Phrases & Expressions

The planning and structuring of topics for a meeting or event.

• Agenda design should reflect the event's goals.
• We need to start the agenda design for the workshop.

To set an aircraft door so its emergency slide inflates automatically if opened.

• The crew will arm the slide after the doors are closed.
• Cabin crew arm the slides before the aircraft starts to taxi.

In US air traffic control, said when a departure clearance stops being valid if the aircraft is not airborne by a set time.

• Clearance void if not off by 1430; time now 1422.
• The pilot missed the clearance void time and had to call ATC again.

To raise the spoiler panels on top of an aircraft wing to reduce lift and slow down.

• The system will automatically deploy the spoilers on landing.
• When should the pilot deploy the spoilers?

A support frame used to hold an aircraft engine during transport or maintenance.

• The engine cradle protected the unit during shipping.
• We need an engine cradle for the new model.

To ask a court to approve a dead person's will and allow the estate to be shared out.

• They need to file probate for the estate.
• He decided to file probate himself.

To add fuel to an aircraft while passengers are still on board, done under strict safety rules.

• To refuel with passengers, the cabin crew had to brief the exits and keep one door clear.
• You refuel with passengers only when the turnaround is too short for everyone to get off.

A polite or old-fashioned way to say that a woman is pregnant.

• We were delighted to hear she is with child.
• The announcement that she was with child surprised everyone.

To prepare an aircraft door so that the emergency slide will deploy automatically.

• Please arm the door before takeoff.
• The purser reminded the crew to arm the doors before pushback.

At the end of an event or process.

• At the conclusion of the race, the winner was tired.
• At the conclusion of the study, new findings were published.