Can you (do something)?

This is a way to ask someone to do something. It's appropriate for:

• a boss to use with the people who work for him or her
• a customer to use with a store employee
• a parent to use with his or her children
• asking a friend to help you with something

"Can you ___" is more direct than asking "Could you..."

Sometimes a person will include "maybe" in this question:

Can you maybe call him and tell him to meet us there?

Can you maybe turn the volume down just a little?

send (something) out

When you add "out" to the verb "send", it suggests that you are sending it to more than one person:

We sent out our wedding invitations 6 months before the wedding.

This phrase can be used in casual or business settings. In a very formal setting, you can use the phrase "distribute (something)" instead:

Did you receive the revised schedule that I distributed on March 7th?

pull up (a file on a computer)

When you're using a computer or mobile phone, "pulling up" a file means opening it.

You can pull up:

• a photo
• a web page
• a spreadsheet
• a document
• an email

However, "pull up" is probably not correct for talking about opening a music file or a game.

Use this phrase in casual or more formal situations.

an estimate

An "estimate" is a formal guess about how much something is going to cost. You can make an estimate for things like:

• a construction project
• a software product that your company is building

Estimates are often documents which show in detail the expected costs for something. However, if someone tells you the expected price in a meeting or over the phone, that can also be called a "pricing estimate".