- Hello, this is Jack from ToFluency.com and welcome to this lesson
where you are going to learn phrasal verbs that are often
used in business situations. So these English phrasal
verbs are often used at the workplace and any type
of business English situation. Now I am also going to
give you some examples of how to use these in everyday English. But again, the focus
here is business English. Now if you are new here, then
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that you can learn these phrases and really internalize them. And I'll also leave a link
to a method that you can use in order to do this more efficiently. Okay, let's get started with number one. Number one is hurry up. Now to hurry up means to
do something more quickly and this is often used by managers who want their workers
to work more quickly and to finish something on time. And it can be quite direct
and a little bit rude, but a lot of situations
in business can be direct. So here is an example. Can you hurry up with that new contract? Can you hurry up with that new contract? I understand that your car won't start, but hurry up and get here. I understand that your car won't start, but hurry up and get here. Like I said, this can be quite direct and if you want to be a
little bit more polite when you say it, then
you can say things like, "I need that report by Monday. "Do you think you can
get it done on time?" It's basically saying, "Come on, hurry up. "I need that report on Monday." But it's asking the question
in a more polite way. Now the next one is to work something out. Now you might know the
phrasal verb work out for things like to work out at the gym, which means to exercise at the gym. But in this case, to work something out means to agree on something. So let's say that you are
negotiating with a firm about the price of their paper. They supply you with paper and you are negotiating with them and negotiations aren't
really going anywhere, so you can't really agree on something. But you say, "I'm sure we
can work something out. "Maybe if we meet in the middle. "I'm sure we can work something out." So I'm sure we can do something in order to agree on the
price, to work something out. Number three is close down. Now in this case, it
means to cease operating. To close down, for example, do you think we'll close down our London office? Do you think we'll close
down our London office? So the company has an office in London, but maybe it isn't doing very well. So you ask one of your work colleagues, "Do you think we're going
to close down this office?" And an example from everyday English but related to business, have you heard that the neighborhood bar has closed down? Have you heard that the
neighborhood bar has closed down? Number four is call back, and this means to return a phone call. So if you try to call somebody and they are busy or in a meeting, then the receptionist might say, "Can I have him call you
back once he is done?" Can I have him call you
back once he is done? That's more of a complex
sentence structure, but you're going to hear this a lot in the UK and in America if
you are calling businesses. Another example is that you're
on the phone to somebody but somebody walks into your office. So you can say, "Oh, hi
Janet, can I call you back? "David just walked in. "Okay, I'll call you back." (phone clatters)
So that's an example of call back. The next one is to take on. And this can be used in three main ways. So for example, I can say, "He's not taking on any
new clients at the moment." He's not taking on any
new clients at the moment. Which means he's not
accepting any new clients. So his schedule is full. You might also hear in a
business meeting the manager say, "Who wants to take this project on?" Who wants to take this new project on? Which means who wants to be
in charge of this new project. Who wants to work on this new project? And finally, it can also mean to hire. So somebody might say, "We're not taking "anyone on at the moment, "but feel free to drop off your CV." Which means we're not
hiring anyone at the moment, but give me your resume, your CV, and we'll keep it for a later date. Number six is fall through, which means something has failed
or it has stopped suddenly. So for example, the merger fell through. The merger fell through. And a merger is when two
companies come together to form one company. So if the merger fell through, it means it didn't happen, it failed. And another example, I don't
want this to fall through. We need to work something out, okay. I don't want this to fall through. We need to work something out. And that's another example of work out. The next one is take off. Now you might know this
in terms of a plane going off the ground, taking off. So for example, John's just taking off for New York right now. Can I get him to call you back? But it can also mean to
become successful or popular. So for example, that new
restaurant has really taken off. It was so busy last night. So it's becoming popular. Another example is this new
app just isn't taking off. I don't know why, but this
new app just isn't taking off. The next one is to think something over. And this means to consider something and to really think about something before giving an answer. So for example, that
building design looks great. I just need to think it over
before fully committing to it. So I just need to think it over before fully committing to it. And during negotiations, you can say, "You don't need to decide now. "Think it over and get
back to us tomorrow." So consider this position and our offer and then get back to us
tomorrow, think it over. And the last one is to
run something by someone. To run something by someone. And it means to get somebody's opinion or to get their decision on something. For example, I've got
everything that I need. I just need to run it by my boss. I just need to run it by my boss. Which means I need to show my boss, get his or her approval, and maybe just get their opinion. If you made a decision about something and you should have got
your boss's opinion first, they might say, "Why didn't
you run it by me first?" Why didn't you run it by me first? So those are the business
English phrasal verbs. What I want you to do now
is to go to the description and have a look at all
the phrases that we used. And again, look at the
method that I recommend so that you can internalize
these phrases and phrasal verbs and be able to use them
when speaking English. So go do that first. And then also, I would love
for you to leave a comment giving me some more examples of business English phrasal verbs. So more phrasal verbs that are used in business English settings. And then again, if you're
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