Episode 8: Phrasal Verbs for Business III
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Continuing our series on phrasal verbs! In this episode, I explain 10 more phrasal verbs in a business context – very useful for business English learners! Please let me know if you have any questions. All the best! Paul Here is the full transcript: Phrasal Verbs for Business, part three. Hi there, I’m Paul Urwin and welcome to the Business English Community podcast, where the world of business meets the English language. We discuss culture, strategies, techniques, vocabulary, grammar and much, much more. Find out more at businessenglishcommunity.com. Hi, I’m Paul and welcome to episode eight of the Business English Community podcast. In this episode, I’m going to be continuing with the series on phrasal verbs. If you haven’t listened to the introduction to phrasal verbs, I suggest you check that out. That’s back in episode six. In this episode, I’m going to be going through 10 more examples of phrasal verbs in business, in real business situations. If you want to get in touch, you can email me at [email protected]. Don’t forget, we have a podcast out every Tuesday. We have a YouTube video out every Thursday. And if there’s anything in particular that you need help with, then please get in touch, please let me know. I really want to help you take your business English to the next level. Okay, well let’s get cracking with these 10 examples of phrasal verbs. Number one is to look through. To look through something is to read information and find the details that you need and to kind of get the idea of what is going on. To look through something is to physically look at something, to analyze something, and to get an idea of what is happening. Let me give you an example. Have you had a chance to look through the report? Have you had a chance you look through the report? Or what about this one? We’ve had a look through your CV and we would like to invite you to an interview. We’ve had a look through your CV and we would like to invite you to an interview. So just kind of looking at something, analyze something, getting the idea of something, understanding the key information in a particular report or in a particular document perhaps. That’s number one, to look through. Number two, to get on with. Well you can get on with something or you can get on with someone. It’s one of those phrasal verbs that can be used in different ways. It can mean to make progress on something. For example, how are you getting on with the task? How are you getting on with the task? How are you making progress on that particular task? It can also mean to have a good relationship with someone. To get on with someone, means to have a good relationship with that person. An example, I get on well with my colleagues. We have great fun in the office. I get on well with my colleagues. We have great fun in the office. Or what about this one? He’s a difficult customer. Hard to get on with. He’s a difficult customer. Hard to get on with. Difficult to have a good relationship with that particular person in that particular example. So that’s number two, to get on with. Number three, to sum up. To sum up is to kind of give the conclusions for a particular situation, to share a brief recap of the main points discussed. You might hear this towards the end of a meeting. Before we end the meeting, let me sum up with what we’ve agreed on so far. Before we end the meeting, let me sum up what we’ve agreed on so far. So let me give you the main points, or let me give you the main conclusions regarding what we have talked about today. That’s to sum up, to recap the main points discussed. Number four, to call off. If you are calling something off, that means that you are canceling some plans, something that was due to happen, it has now been called off and is now no longer going to happen. So it’s being canceled effectiv
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