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  • English Lesson
    • Introduction
      • Wrap up your weekend
        • to express your opinion:
          • ***if you ask me ***
          • ***to my mind ***
          • ***I believe ***
          • ***well, I’m afraid (****negative news follows) *
        • to sum up:
          • ***overall ***
          • ***all in all ***
          • ***all things considered ***
          • ***on the whole ***
          • ***on balance ***
          • mainly/mostly
        • After running on saturday, I had some pain in my left food, so I believe I have to step down on my training schedule. After that, I've been all in all pretty lazy.
          • I kept increasing the distance
          • ask a great deal of myself (= Require, push myself)
          • forced rest time
          • to stand sb in good stead = it is beneficitial
          • recover promptly = a prompt recovery
        • dodgy weather = uncertain weather
        • nothing out of the ordinary = "nothing special"
        • an away weekend
        • it cropped up/came up as one of the suggestions on Netflix
        • it's not exactly what I mean as great entertainment but still, better than nothing
    • A little retrospective time
      • what helped us move forward?
        • the lesson about email conversation was very helpful (Topic)
        • ready-made business English phrases
        • working on our proper output + analysis
        • news articles
      • what held us back?
      • how can we do things differently?
        • less everyday casual English topics (keep to informal )
        • more business English vocab
        • give a hint of the next lesson's content
      • what should we do next?
        • focus on articulation, comment on german accent
        • working on the pronunciation
    • the most prized perks/incentives in you workplace
      • advantages beneficts comming on top of your salary
      • in-office snacks
        • to poke fun at sb/sth = to make of fun of sth.
        • provide sb with free apples
    • bike rentals
    • supsidised meals = nice gesture
    • do these help employee retention?
    • do these make your rate the company’s culture highly?
    • do these **boost your engagement/**motivation?
    • tuition reimbursement = some of the cost is covered/education costs
      • this english course
    • extra PTO