Business English Phrasal Verbs with Examples | Lingoda Business Course (Spon)

Welcome back to love English I'm Leila and today I've got twenty five business phrasal verbs for you now you might find it a little bit confusing to think that we use phrasal verbs in business English phrasal verbs have probably been explained to you as being colloquial and informal something you really wouldn't want in a business situation right wrong phrasal verbs in business English can often soften your language meaning it's actually more diplomatic and more polite for example if you want to say no to somebody in a business situation you usually wouldn't say no you would say I'm afraid I have to turn down the offer in this case a phrasal verb is being used to be softer and more polite much more diplomatic and you want to get anybody angry so that is why phrasal verbs in business English can be essential if you haven't already make sure you subscribe click that little red button below and also click the little bell that will mean that you get notifications when it looks like this 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also help you understand English people in the workplace ok number one to deal with don't worry I'll deal with the problem essentially deal with means manage handle work on it isn't that simple so what problems do you have to deal with at work number two a really important phrasal verb that you will often hear in business English particularly if you're watching things like Bloomberg Television take over now to take over means that you've gained a control over someone or something very often we can use it as a noun describing a business take over when one Anthony has bought another company and then manage it or you can talk about it within the workplace she's taking over everything meaning she's taking control and not allowing other people to do their job number three to look into to investigate or to learn more about something we're looking into using new software for our training we're looking into the problem we're looking into hiring more people we're investigating something we're trying to learn more about it so number four to sort out is very similar to deal with it means that you find a solution to the problem don't worry I'll sort it out can you sort that out for me meaning can you deal with the problem and find a solution to whatever is happening thank you for sorting out the problem with my email it's working perfectly now number five to take on now when you talk about taking on something it means that you are taking a responsibility to accept a task or a job that is given to you I'm pleased to offer you this new job I hope you will take on the responsibility happily I've taken it too much on at work I'm exhausted number six to cut back now this is probably going to be referring to financial situations too budgets at work we need to reduce how much we are spending number seven to back up now you might think about this in terms of software many of us backup our photos on a hard drive or on Google Drive so it's a backup actually means not to save but to support in business English in this case an example would be thank you so much for backing me up in the meeting I don't think anyone agreed with me on that point backup think about it it's your back and someone leaning behind you and giving you support so she backed me up when I suggested more money in the budget number eight is look through the simply means to search many things it might be for example a contract at work I'm just going to look through it to check that everything is okay so when you look through something you are checking and you might be looking for something specific or it could just be in general I'm looking through your notes from the meeting number nine is a great one and you can use this in any situation to catch on now in the context that I'm giving you to catch on means to understand and it essentially means to finally understand and so when someone asks you are you catching on to this it means are you following what I'm saying and keeping up to speed so for example Ally learns quickly he caught on very fast in the job number ten is to get ahead now often when we have a head think about the top of something it essentially means to move up in your position or indeed improve your career my boss has told me that if I want to get a head I need to work a little bit harder so how many of you want to get ahead at work I'm sure many of you are looking for a promotion number twelve is useful also if you are applying for a job remember many of us I have to complete an application form and rather than say complete we usually say fill in so to fill in that means to complete an application form you literally put inside the boxes your name your date of birth your details you need to fill in the form before you apply for the job now number twelve is actually fill in again however as with many phrasal verbs fill in has two meanings in this case we would use it in the workplace to say that someone is temporarily filling a position so for example I just need to go to the toilet can you fill in for me on the phone so it's to do or to hold a position temporarily number 13 is a phrasal verb that you will be familiar with in another context bring up now bring up we usually think of as being raised to raise a child my mother brought me up however in a business situation when you bring something up you raise an issue to introduce a topic or idea so for example the number of sick days allowed at work was brought up in the meeting it was raised it was brought to our attention now 14 break down and this is not referring to you a car when it stops working in business English when we break something down we take it down in two parts to understand it better so we are explaining something or dividing it so it is easier for another person to understand the new management system seemed really confusing but when my boss broke it down into five simple steps I was able to understand it better number 15 is another great phrasal verb to hold up or to be held up often in the passive form it simply means to be delayed the bad weather is holding up progress on the new building number 16 is to turn down now this simply means to refuse sometimes in business situations a phrasal verb can soften the language so rather than saying no or I refuse if somebody offers you something for example I'm really sorry I'm afraid I'm going to have to turn you down so it's a much softer way of saying something in business English none of us 17 we had look through and now we've got think through in the same way it means that we are processing some information to make sure a that we understand it properly and B check there's nothing that we're not happy with so it's to consider something carefully the marketing team didn't think things through when they decided to spend ten thousand pounds on the advert none of the 18 can be a little bit rude if said in the wrong way to spell something out if someone doesn't understand a situation properly you might say I had to spell it out for her it basically means that you had to explain something literally a B C D very simply very slowly very carefully Sarah misunderstood the question so we had to spell it out for her number 19 is really nice and simple because if you think about it it's quite logical to point out now when you point something out you are indicating you are showing somebody something that they might not have noticed before everybody was shocked when the boss pointed out their mistake number 20 is to call off to call something off not just in a business situation means to cancel so we had to call off the meeting because the boss was sick to cool off cancel so easy 21 is put off don't get the two confused that could cause a problem to put something off means to postpone so we put off the meeting until Friday when the boss was feeling better we delayed it number 22 is a little bit colloquial it's generally spoken you wouldn't write it it's quite informal to chip in meaning to give help or to add something to the conversation so she chipped in and gave us some brilliant ideas on how to improve the product number 23 I think is possibly one of the most important because you really would not understand it unless you've been watching this lesson to run something by or to run something past someone now in this case we are getting approval we are checking that it's okay so she ran the figures by me she ran the Biggers past me it's usually to get somebody's opinion or indeed like I said approval so she ran the idea past her boss he loved it number 24 is to set up it means to arrange let's set up a meeting for tomorrow afternoon and again it can be used within a general English context so have you set up the meeting yet so number 25 is more of a phrasal verb expression to put in a good word when you put in a good word usually with someone it means that that you are adding a positive comment usually in the case of helping somebody get a job don't worry I'll put in a good word with the boss so to say it's something positive to put in a good word right guys I hope that was helpful don't forget to subscribe to click that little bell as well to make sure that you get notifications and to click the link in the description box to go through its fueling Gowda and sign up for that amazing business course offer don't forget the voucher code to get your special love English discount

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Length: 14min 23sec (863 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 13 2018