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- English Lesson
- modern business English expressions
- “could you give me a ballpark figure?”
- approximate/rough
- around/roughly
- more or less
- ____ or so
- it's getting late and you hear a colleague say this:
- “Team, I am so done with this project.” How would you react?
- keep focused on the work at hand
- scatty = scatter-brained
- your colleague says this:
- The marketing team think(s) the launch is on Tuesday.
- But the design team think(s) it's on Wednesday. what's going on?
- do you say:
- they must have **got their knickers in a twist **
- they must have got their wires crossed
- blunt
- to get your knickers in a twist = lose your self-control, blow up
- to get your wires crossed = get sth. wrong, confused sth., different understanding of the same situation
- your colleague looks stressed.
- She says: I've got to do these reports, I've got to pick up the kids from school, run a presentation, ring my grandmother up…
- what might be a good response?
- Sounds like you've got a lot on your plate. What can I do to help?
- Sounds like you've got your glass half full. How can I help?
- overwhelmed with work
- overburdened
- pre-empt
- your colleague has just delivered a presentation. to your mind, it was brilliant and you want to praise him. how do you say this?
- hey, congrats! you knocked it out the park! well done.
- congrats! you kicked it into the goal, well done.
- “could you give me a ballpark figure?”
- modern business English expressions