Communication

one at a time

individually and in order

If you do things one at a time, you deal with each one separately rather than all together.

B1 very common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Can I ask you three things?

Sure, but one at a time, please.

Play the conversation

I try to solve problems one at a time instead of worrying about everything together.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: Please ask your questions one by one at a time.

Say: Please ask your questions one at a time.

“One at a time” already means separately and in order, so do not add “by one.”

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

do something one at a time; take something one at a time

Your turn: say it out loud

I try to solve problems one at a time instead of worrying about everything together.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

one at a time

individually and in order

“I try to solve problems one at a time instead of worrying about everything together.”

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