Advanced Details: Tech-savvy & In the pipeline

By learning some technical English idioms and incorporating them into your speech, you’ll be able to talk with increased fluency and confidence when discussing the latest advances in technology. These idioms are useful in everyday conversation with friends or family, but they are also increasingly used in the workplace, so if you are working on your business English, these expressions will come in useful!

Tech-savvy is an adjective used to describe people who are knowledgeable and skilled in using technology effectively.

• Instead of using “tech-savvy,” you could use “technologically proficient” or “technology competent” on your résumé.

Something in the pipeline is in progress and on the way. For example, a new game in the pipeline is being worked on by the game developers and will likely be released soon.

• Already in the pipeline is a 2.9% pay increase for all staff.