Making plans
Suggest something to do, check whether someone is interested, and agree on a time without making a casual invitation sound like a formal request.
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Simple English can already express the idea clearly. A useful expression gives you another natural way to say it when the meaning and tone fit.
I have an idea for Saturday: we could try painting pottery.
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I've come up with an idea for Saturday: we could try painting pottery at the studio near me.
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“Come up with” means think of or produce an idea, plan, or solution.
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Your situation
Nadia wants to do something together on Saturday but is tired of meeting for coffee. You found a nearby studio where people can paint a small ceramic piece in about an hour.
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Example journey · come up with
3 expressions
To think of, suggest, find, or produce an idea, plan, solution, or something else that is needed.
Work out means to reach a plan, agreement, or diagnosis through effort when it has an object ("work out the details"); to report how a situation ultimately…
To decide how to act as a situation develops, rather than committing to a fixed plan in advance.
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