Meeting norms

 Get teams understanding on your walkthrough

• What do you think about that?
• What's your opinion?
• How do you feel about it?
• I'd like to hear your thoughts on that.
• I'm interested to hear your opinion about this.

Interrupting the meeting

• "Do you mind if I add to that?" or
• "Can I jump in here real quick?"
• "Sorry to interrupt but I've got something to say"
• "Sorry, may I interrupt you for just a moment?"
• "If I may interrupt you for a minute,
• I'd like to share something with you"
• Oh actually, if you don't mind me interrupting for a moment, I'd love to tell you a little bit about The Imagine Dragon Project.

Distracting from the meeting Agenda

• "How on earth did we end up talking about potatoes?"
• You've got to get your conversation back on track right?
• And it really is just that simple shift in the conversation. So here's how to do it.
• So anyway, getting back to my story..
• As I was saying...
• Where was I?
• Ah yes..
• So anyway, where were we?
• Ah yes... You were talking about apples!

What to say when you think you understood but you need to double-check.

• Do you mean?
• And then paraphrase what you heard
• or you could say
• "In other words, what you're saying is..."
• "I'd like to confirm what you said"
• or "Excuse me, can I just confirm that/what you said"

Agree with the points made in the meeting

• "Yes! Absolutely!"
• I completely agree with you!
• "I couldn't agree more"
• I couldn't possibly agree more.
• I really strongly agree with you.
• But what to say to somewhat disagree?
• "I see what you mean but..."
• I understand your point of view but...
• I can see where you're coming from but...
• I agree with you up to a point, however...
• I've got a different opinion.
• So then what to say when you disagree completely?
• I don't feel the same way.
• Actually, I don't quite agree or I disagree.
• I'm afraid I don't agree with you on that
• or about that.
• Now this is quite an interesting English expression.
• "I'm afraid"
• I'm afraid I can't help you.
• I'm afraid we've run out of sausages.
• I'm afraid I don't agree with you.
• Respectfully, I have to disagree.
• Well, we'll have to agree to disagree then.

you can simply change the topic and change direction.

• That reminds me...
• Or speaking about or speaking of that...
• Speaking about your holiday to Greece,
• did I tell you that I've got a trip planned later in the year?
• "Oh, by the way, did I tell you about this?"
• Or "Oh, while I remember..."
• Or "Before I forget
• I've got something I want to say."
• This has nothing to do with what we're talking about but
• I've got to share it anyway.
• I know this is completely changing the topic
• but I've got to tell you.
• but maybe you want to talk about politics,
• "I know not everyone agrees with me"
• but this is what I think.
• Or I know this is a contentious issue. Contentious.
• And then go in to explain. It might be an unpopular opinion
• but I strongly believe...
• I don't see eye to eye with everyone on this matter,
• but I think it's really important to discuss this.
• Whilst you may not agree with my views,
• I'm definitely interested in hearing yours.
• I'm not trying to ruffle anyone's feathers here. to make anyone upset or angry,
• you know, I'm just sharing a different opinion.
• I'm not intending to ruffle anyone's feathers.

What to say when you want to end a conversation?

• Well, I'd best be off! It's been great chatting.
• Anyway, I'd better get back to it.
• I better get back to work.
• I'm so glad I ran into you. It's been great catching up.
• I'll see you soon.

English idioms phrases to be used for work and business meetings

 1. Get your foot in the door

    Starting as intern will help get your foot in the door.

2. Thrown in the deep end

    I was thrown in the deep end with my first assignment as a developer.

3. A steep learning curve

    If you trying to learn block chain technology with no prior experience it can be a steep learning curve.

4. Cut corners { To do it quickly without due diligence}

    Tomorrow is the audit and we don't want to cut corners . We need everything done by the book!

5. Touch base

     Can we touch base before we kick off any design work for this payment gateway system.

6. Cut to the chase

   We all know why we are here, let's cut to the chase and get onto point without further ado.

7. Rock the boat {Upset people}

    Lately she is going too many things right now, I don't want to rock the boat by telling her about my resignation.

8. Put out fires {Extinguish Suppress Stamp out abate}

    Due to recent software updates we introduce platform issues online, my weekend was spend just to put out fires to resolve them.

9. Think Outside the box { Think creatively}

    Mr Tweet , Elon Musk has started making the Twitter a better product by thinking outside the box.

10. A blessings in disguise {that seems unlucky turns out to be good}

    The feature that seems not much value add however it turns out to be a blessings in disguise when customer posted a feedback to have them in next product releases.

11. The best of both worlds 

    It is always good to have full stack developer in a development team that offers the best of both worlds in terms of backend and frontend devs .

12. Give someone a benefit of doubt 

    I gave a developer a benefit of doubt to go-ahead with the fix in production without user acceptance testing due to the nature of high priority incident.

13. Out of hand

    The system is down for almost an hour , customers are complaining and situation is getting out of hand.

14. to get someone on board

    It's a great idea but you need to get steering committee on board if you want it to make it happen.

15. to jump ship {not to stay with current situation and jump to avoid}

    If I got the same job with higher salary and work life balance I would rather jump ship!

16. smooth sailing 

    We have best talent in our team and they ensure smooth sailing during every single release we have so far.

17. a sinking ship 

    Elon Musk left Tesla as he realized he is on board a sinking ship

18. flat out

    I will be flat out completely as this is the end of the financial years.

19. train of thoughts

   What was I up to, sorry I lost the train of thoughts .

   What was I talking about sorry I lost the train of thoughts.

20. get back on track

   We need to pull our socks up and get back on track before we miss our delivery deadline.

21. to bank on

   I'm banking on my team to meet deadline well before time this year.

22. to brush up on

   I'm brushing up on business English to win over my stakeholder next month.

23. to bring something to the table

   What have you brought to the table.

    The great thing about me, I bring a years of marketing experience to the table.

24. to bring up

   In status meeting tomorrow , I'll going to bring up the blockers we faced yesterday.

25. to turn down

    I turned it down the offers made to me last year as they were not promising enough the position I'm looking for.

26. Call it a day

    Okay, it is time to call it a day, we'll revisit and go through the agenda once again tomorrow.

27. off the top of my head

    Off the top of my head , I would say today's sale touch 90% more than as usual.

28. at the end of the day

   At the end of the day, all that matters is we are all together.

29. to get your head around something

   I need more time to get my head around this subject to understand it more in detail.

30. in the loop

   Please keep me in the loop for any latest update on upcoming series.

31. take something for granted

   Please keep me in the loop for any latest update on upcoming series.

32. Having said that

   Please keep me in the loop for any latest update on upcoming series.

33. Have something in mind

   Please keep me in the loop for any latest update on upcoming series.

34. keep an eye on

   We need to keep an eye on recent production issues otherwise we are on a verge of putting out fire during weekend.

35. turns out to be

  After Hindenberg research report, Adani's scam turns out to be a big corporate con in the history.

36. by no means

  Due to recession by no means I can expect promotion this year.

37. keep in touch

   Nice talking to you, lets keep in touch.

38. Contrary to popular belief

   Contrary to popular belief, Prime Minister of Australia Albanese is indeed a good politician we got till this date.

39. To boil down to something

   We are unable to buy car this year as it all boils down to inflation that making it worse.

The best lines ever

God has a way of getting back at you by giving you everything you want well before you can handle it.

Hard times creates strong men, strong men creates good times, good times create weak mean and weak men creates hard times.

You must try your best, and that’s the best anybody can do.

Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. 

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. -Bruce Lee 

 

By Confucius

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

We have two lives; the second begins when we realise we only have one.

Peace of Mind vs Peace from the mind

You just not my type

Dialogue writing

Girl : How about this one 

Boy  : Oh! that's the one you look amazing 

Girl : Really! I think they look like trash

Boy  : Trash! if that's what trash looks like, I would take it out every day

Girl : you are the funniest guy ever

Boy  : the funny thing is i wasn't trying to be funny

Girl : Oh my god you're just like keep going with it. You know what I mean like that's

       what makes it funny no no

Boy : i'm done with the trash joke it's like my way of asking you out but but we are out i mean like out you know like a real date not as friends oh

Girl :oh look

i don't know how to tell you this but

you're just ,you're not my type

Boy:

is it the personality or no no oh my god

Girl :you are smart and you're funny and you re so sweet so it's the looks yeah i just i just have this really specific type 

and you're just Not my type

Idioms to use in Meetings Decision making

Sit on the fence

Stick to your guns

Up in the air

Up for grabs

Low hanging fruits

Weigh your pros and cons

Take a back seat

One step at a time

The management has taken a back seat on a decision to allow more funding for the proposal but there are some low hanging fruits that they can tackle first to get them started. In order to take further course of action they have to weigh pros and cons of the proposed solution to a problem before they can convince the stakeholders who are still sitting on the fence to give their final go ahead. Given the situation , management is sticking to their guns at the moment until the opportunity is available up for the grabs in next quarter.

Top 5 world headlines

1# 

Donald Trump will be allowed back on to Facebook and Instagram, after Meta announced it would be ending its two-year suspension of his accounts

Former US president was indefinitely suspended from Facebook and Instagram after the Capitol riot in 2021

2#

Changed my name to Mr. Tweet, now Twitter won’t let me change it back 🤣

— Mr. Tweet (@elonmusk) January 25, 2023

3#

US research firm Hindenburg put Adani Group into fix

Investment research firm accused Industrialist Gautam Adani of brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud.

4# 

SRK Pathan declared Blockbuster despite boycott by right wing BJP -RSS lead Modi government.

5# AO Australia Open 2023 Tennis

Australian Open Order of Play - RLA - Friday 27 January.#AusOpen #AO2023 pic.twitter.com/1nZgLnYmFa

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 26, 2023

Daily conversation English

Narrow down further

I don't know, to be very honest

Overlap, dependencies

We don't know exactly what's going to happen.

One day we could find  ourselves in a situation where it is difficult for us to get out of this so easily.

Different forms of LOOK

 

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Anwar Jibawi My Girlfriend's Best Friend

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what the hell what glumpy a pet name

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he was just teasing okay look i'm not a

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psychiatrist but there's teasing and

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then there's

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actual abuse that was like physical

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mental physical everything abuse it was

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like happening to me you think he's like

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manipulating me yes i do

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that's crazy, I know like, why would he do that though

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I don't know maybe because he's a liar

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I just, I really think, you deserve better

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You know what, you're right. I think I do deserve better

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pet names and what if all of this is

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just fake and he's just manipulating me

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so manipulative he looks manipulative

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yeah with his like nice eyes

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he was like i just like love her so much

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which is a lie a lie

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i thought i was gonna get married he's a

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bad actor god what would i do without

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you

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this iced tea is hey clubby

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[Laughter]

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the flowers came in early shut up

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i know right do you think i'm stupid

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no i don't think you're stupid why would

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you say that you think you can just get

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me a strawberry lemonade and some what

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rose is

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and you can control me control you no i

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mean i am an independent woman

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and i deserve better you know what

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you guys thank you so much for letting

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me stay with you

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of course hey all of amanda's friends

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are my friends

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oh my god where'd you find him oh he's

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so

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sweet so sweet i was supposed to be

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having boys night but i'm like i'd

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much rather be here you know oh my gosh

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i'll go get a drink do you guys want

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anything definitely i would love an iced

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tea

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could i do like a strawberry strawberry

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lemonade and half inch lemon wedge

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yes i knew it thank you

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what the hell amanda what what was that

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he just cut you off oh

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i think it's just cause he knew what i

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wanted no he just cut you off

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you think nobody cut you off oh just so

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aggressive