Thursday, May 6, 2021

12 Important Phrasal Verbs for Everyday Business English Conversation

BRING UP

  • Let's bring this up in the next meeting.

Raise

  • Let's raise this issues in the next meeting.

Get Across

  • Am I getting my message across clearly?
  • I'm trying to get my ideas across but every time I do it, James keeps butting in.

Let on

  • Know secret
  • I don't let on what happened in the meeting room, please don't mentioned it to anyone out there.
  • You don't let on that you know the news, I haven't mentioned it Jess yet.
  • I don't think I trust him. I think he knows more than he lets on.
Jump in
  • Do you mind if I jump in here?

Butt In-Informal interrupting

Blurt Out

  • You say something you're not suppose to
  • I'm so sorry, I blurted it out!

Get through to

  • I'm trying to get through  but no one answers my call.

Talk Over - To discuss problem

  • I know you're upset, lets talk it over tonight when we get home.

Back Up
  • Thanks for backing me up during the meeting.
  • I hope my team back me up when I feel short of confidence on delivery timeline.
MOST COMMON PHRASE
  • Reach Out to
  • Walk-through 
  • Touch base
  • You know what I mean
  • Some of the solutions still in the air
  • Push through this decision
  • Help support
  • Explicitly called out
  • Few unknowns up in the air
  • Surface those up
  • Information from the right people
  • Item brought up
  • We can't be in a position
  • Highly unlikely
  • That was it, for the update
  • Rest of the day
  • As best as you can
  • Please do so
  • Help out
  • That's we are at the moment



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