Episode 7: Phrasal Verbs for Business II
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In this episode, I continue with the phrasal verbs for business series. Each episode (apart from the introduction) covers 10 phrasal verbs and discusses their use in real business situations. I know that many business English learners have difficulties with phrasal verb, and I really hope that these podcasts are going to help you become very comfortable at using phrasal verbs. Here is the full transcript: 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 there, Paul here, and welcome to episode seven of the Business English Community Podcast. This is the episode where we’re really going to get into these examples of phrasal verbs. If you haven’t listened to the introduction, I would really suggest that you go and listen to that first, that’s episode six, phrasal verbs one. And in that episode, I explained a little bit of the theory about phrasal verbs. So, either before listening to this episode, or if you want to finish this episode, which includes examples of phrasal verbs, and then go back, I would really suggest that you listen to that introduction. Anyway, as I said, I hope you’re having a great week so far, and really there are lots of things going on within the community. So, we have a podcast coming out every Tuesday, we have a YouTube video coming out every Thursday, we have articles up on the website. So there are many, many opportunities for you to get involved with what we are doing. And one of the reasons I chose community for those company is that it really is a community, it really involves all of you. I really value all of your opinions, and especially all of your needs when it comes to learning English, and learning business English in particular, because without your opinion and without your guidance, I don’t know what topics are causing you the most difficulties. In fact, that’s one of the main reason why I decided to do this series on phrasal verbs, because I know how difficult it is for many people. So, if you do wish to get in contact, you can email me, I’m [email protected]. Or you can simply fill in a form on the website, businessenglishcommunity.com, and let me know how I can help you. Okay, well let’s get started with this week’s phrasal verbs, from one to ten. Number one, is to set up, to set up. Well, this one has several different meanings, and in these examples, first of all I’m not going to go through every single meaning, I’m going to try and cover the main meanings, because some phrasal verbs simply have too many variations. And the other point that I wanted to remind you of is that I’m going to try and use examples from business English, or from business situations. This is of course the Business English Community, and I try to focus on business related examples. If you’re interested in general English, this will still be a massive, massive help to you when it comes to phrasal verbs. So number one, to set up. Several different meanings, the first one is to start something, such as a business. An example, they have set up an office in Miami. They have set up an office in Miami. So it can mean to start something, such as a business. Another meaning is to organize something, to organize something such as a meeting. She wants to set up a meeting for next Tuesday. She wants to set up a meeting for next Tuesday. So we already have two different meanings for the phrasal verb to set up. Here’s a third meaning, to put some kind of structure in place, to put some kind of structure in a particular location. So, they set up a mobile office by the train station to help with the extra customers. They set up a mobile office by the train statio
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