---
id: 67b2bca04ca3531ce94de51a
title: Task 72
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-72
---

<!-- (Audio) Sarah: Yes, let's work on speeding up the database queries. It'll make the app run faster. -->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence--

`Yes, let's work on speeding up the database queries. It'll make the app BLANK BLANK.`

## --blanks--

`run`

### --feedback--

This verb means to operate or function, often referring to software or applications.

---

`faster`

### --feedback--

This word means at a greater speed, indicating improved performance or efficiency.

# --explanation--

`Run faster` means to operate more quickly and efficiently. In the context of software, it refers to improving performance so that the application processes tasks in less time. For example:

`Optimizing the code helped the program run faster.` - This means that improvements in the code made the program operate more efficiently.

# --scene--

```json
{
  "setup": {
    "background": "company2-center.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Sarah",
        "position": {
          "x": 50,
          "y": 0,
          "z": 1.4
        },
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "B1_10-2.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 33.1,
      "finishTimestamp": 37.22
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Sarah",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Sarah",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 3.42,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "Yes. Let's work on speeding up the database queries.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Sarah",
      "startTime": 3.76,
      "finishTime": 5.12,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "It'll make the app run faster.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Sarah",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 5.62
    }
  ]
}
```
