Language & Skills

Dream on

Deborah Capras — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:21:09 +0100

Do you dream? Do you daydream? In business, it’s good to have dreams, but it’s probably not a good idea to spend all day daydreaming about them.

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work one's fingers to the bone

Kirstie Crail — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:21:06 +0100

"I've worked my fingers to the bone this week. I'll probably sleep all weekend!"

application developer

Kirstie Crail — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:21:05 +0100

"As an application developer I have to know a lot of different programming languages."

Discussing plans on the telephone

Kirstie Crail — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:53:38 +0100

Imagine that you have to make plans with a colleague in your next phone call. Would you know which expressions to use? Would you also know how to use them in a grammatically correct way?

If you want more details, ask for a ___ of the costs.

Deborah Capras — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:18:14 +0100

* breakdown * break-up

be just the job

Kirstie Crail — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:21:05 +0100

"A holiday in the sun would be just the job for me now."

physicist

Kirstie Crail — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:21:06 +0100

"As a physicist, he can explain the theory of relativity better than I can."

be in the works

Kirstie Crail — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:21:06 +0100

"Is there something in the works that I should know about?"

Do you use too much business jargon?

Michelle Carstens — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:21:06 +0100

Do you use a lot of business jargon in your meetings with native speakers of English? Maybe you shouldn't! In this test, we look at the topic of business jargon — and why some people hate it.

chief executive officer (CEO)

Kirstie Crail — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:21:06 +0100

"Brian's no longer CEO. He was fired last week."