32 lines
1.2 KiB
Markdown
32 lines
1.2 KiB
Markdown
- [[English Lesson]]
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- modern business English expressions
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- **“could you give me a ballpark figure?”**
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- approximate/rough
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- around/roughly
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- more or less
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- ____ or so
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- it's getting late and you hear a colleague say this:
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- “Team, I am so done with this project.”
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How would you react?
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- keep focused on the work at hand
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- scatty = scatter-brained
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- your colleague says this:
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- The marketing team think(s) the launch is on Tuesday.
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- But the design team think(s) it's on Wednesday. what's going on?
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- do you say:
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- they must have **got their knickers in a twist **
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- they must have **got their wires crossed**
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- blunt
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- to get your knickers in a twist = lose your self-control, blow up
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- to get your wires crossed = get sth. wrong, confused sth., different understanding of the same situation
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- your colleague looks stressed.
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- 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…
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- what might be a good response?
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- Sounds like you've got a lot on your plate. What can I do to help?
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- Sounds like you've got your glass half full. How can I help?
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- overwhelmed with work
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- overburdened
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- pre-empt
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