Technology

tweak

make small adjustments

To tweak something means to make small changes to improve it or make it work better.

B2 common speech & writing

Hear it in real life

Does the presentation look ready?

Almost. I just need to tweak the final slide.

Play the conversation

I tweaked the brightness settings on my phone because the screen was too dark.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I tweaked on the settings.

Say: I tweaked the settings.

Use “tweak” with a direct object; do not add “on.”

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

tweak something; tweak something to do something

Your turn: say it out loud

I tweaked the brightness settings on my phone because the screen was too dark.

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

tweak

make small adjustments

“I tweaked the brightness settings on my phone because the screen was too dark.”

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