Phrasal Verbs For Meetings - Business English

hi everybody hope you're all doing well in this short lesson i'm going to show you eight useful phrasal verbs that are often used in business meetings welcome back to english for professionals i'm derek and i'm here with another short lesson for you busy people before we get started just a quick reminder to subscribe to my channel hit the red button and don't forget to click on the little bell that way you'll be notified every time i upload a new lesson and join my email list every two weeks i send out my free vocabulary email with additional business english words from the news and everyday english for you to learn the link is in the description below and now let's get started for each phrasal verb you'll see two example sentences to practice your speaking and pronunciation skills repeat each example sentence with me after you hear one two three and our first phrasal verb is get through get through if you get through a task or an amount of work you complete it the first example sentence is something that you would hear at the start of a meeting we have a lot to get through today so let's begin one two three we have a lot to get through today so let's begin and the second example is something you would hear at the end of a meeting thanks for a great meeting everybody we got through a lot of important business today one two three thanks for a great meeting everybody we got through a lot of important business today and the second phrasal verb is knuckle down knuckle down and this means to focus and work hard on the task or job to be done we'll have to really knuckle down if we want to finish the project on schedule one two three we'll have to really knuckle down if we want to finish the project on schedule the start of the month was hard but we knuckled down and hit our sales targets in the end one two three the start of the month was hard but we knuckled down and hit our sales targets in the end up next we have go over go over which means to carefully check or review something this proposal is very important so let's go over it one more time one two three this proposal is very important so let's go over it one more time alex please go over the report and make sure there are no mistakes one two three alex please go over the report and make sure there are no mistakes the next phrasal verb is bring up bring up which means to start discussing a topic that's a very interesting point i'm glad you brought it up one two three that's a very interesting point i'm glad you brought it up i'm sorry but i don't think we have time for that maybe you should bring it up at the next meeting one two three i'm sorry but i don't think we have time for that maybe you should bring it up at the next meeting up next we have go on go on and this means to start talking again after a pause or interruption please go on i'm sorry for interrupting one two three please go on i'm sorry for interrupting and the second example is a little more formal you would use this after you've been interrupted in a formal meeting may i go on one two three may i go on up next we have break something down break something down and this means to separate something into smaller parts so that it's easier to do or understand the process sounds quite complex could you break it down for us please one two three the process sounds quite complex could you break it down for us please there's a lot involved in this task so it might be better to break it down into smaller tasks one two three there's a lot involved in this task so it might be better to break it down into smaller tasks and the next phrasal verb is point something out point something out which means to tell someone something that they did not already know or had not thought about that's completely new to me thanks for pointing it out one two three that's completely new to me thanks for pointing it out i'd just like to point out that these results are from last year not this year one two three i'd just like to point out that these results are from last year not this year our last phrasal verb is to think something through think something through which means to carefully think about the possible result of doing something i'm afraid that wasn't our best decision we just didn't think it through one two three i'm afraid that wasn't our best decision we just didn't think it through i'm sorry but i don't think this plan will work you and your team need to think it through again one two three i'm sorry but i don't think this plan will work you and your team need to think it through again so that brings us to the end of another short lesson i hope you found it helpful and if you'd like to learn more phrasal verbs for business check out my other lesson on phrasal verbs you should see the link somewhere here if you like this lesson hit the like button and share with your friends and colleagues subscribe to my channel if you haven't done that already and don't forget to join my email list every two weeks i send 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Length: 6min 57sec (417 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 12 2020