1. green with envy - to crave for something that someone else has

2. vivid colours - bright colours that are clearly visible

3. muted tones - pale versions of bright colours

4. shade of green - a degree of green colour

5. monochromatic - subject contains only black & white colours

6. greyscale - scale of grey colours from white to black

7. once in a blue moon - to occur very rare

8. out of the blue - suddenly, something happens without expectation

9. passed with flying colours - to pass some test/exam perfectly without mistakes

10. the black sheep of the family - someone extremely distinct from others

vague

abstract

reinventing the wheel

bandwidth

blue sky thinking

put a pin in it

causing a bottleneck

break the ice

across the board

Let’s call it a day

a can of worms

breathe down someone’s neck

keep a cool head

The dialog:

-- Hi Mike! Do you have few minutes to discuss our project? My manager is breathing down my neck and I need to provide some update today.

-- Sure, let's discuss it.

-- Some people from our team said that this old code base is a can of worms and they need more time to complete the changes.

-- I know, I think we need some blue sky thinking here: let's see what parts of other projects we can reuse and make sure that we are not reinventing the wheel here.

-- Agree, and let's ask if there is someone familiar with the code base around the board, so he can help us as well. Even some abstract understanding could help.

-- I'll do that. In my opinion we could also clarify requirements and find out what can be postponed, because there are some vague things that are not clear from implementation perspective.

-- I can take a look on the requirements document and check if we have a bandwidth to implement everything.

-- Sounds good. It is late already and I need to go, let's call it a day and continue tomorrow morning.

-- Yes, we need to have some rest and keep a cool head. See you.

-- Bye.

collaborate / predict / conflict / increase / disappear / die out / eliminate / preserve

Answer:

Language is a tool that used to collaborate with others effectively. My prediction for the future is that the amount of new words will be increased and some old-fashioned words are going to die out gradually until they disappear completely. All of them will be preserved in dictionaries but rarely used. People also tend to eliminate delays when waiting for answer by reducing average amount of symbols used in written speech, so a lot of abbreviations are usually introduced if everyone is in context.

Write a short paragraph about any relevant topic that includes these adjectives and nouns!

appealing / cost-effective / valuable / digital / motivating / connections / interaction / accessible / convenience / isolating / technical hitches

When choosing a smartphone make sure that it is appealing to you and has good amount of valuable features. It also should be convenient and have accessibility features if you need them. All manufacture companies are trying to make their products cost-effective, so make sure that it is made of high quality materials and assembled properly. Check reviews online and make sure that there are no technical hitches or any issues with connections to other devices that you have, like smart watch or headphones.