Phrasal verbs for Business English | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Can you think of a sportsperson who started off being quite average, but through hard work and dedication was able to make/do great progress?

make

Is it a normal practice for German people to set aside money for ...... payment of major purchases such as a house or a flat. Has it become easier in the past couple of years?

down

Is there such thing as “too much praise”? How often to you get and give credit/ thanks for doing things? Is it important for you?

credit

Describe a hobby or interest you temporarily put on .......... due to other commitments. Do you plan to reintegrate it into your life in the future?

hold

How often do people at your workplace accept/ acknowledge the mistakes when they make them?

acknowledge

Why are we talking about Israel? I wanted to tell you something.....Wait, I've lost my ______of _______

train of thought

We only have ten minutes left, so let's ..... ........ and clarify any doubts you have before we leave

wrap up

We're really busy today so let's ----- the meeting until tomorrow

Put off

We need to ------- the details before we make a decision (INVESTIGATE)

Look into

John is going away on Friday so we have to ---- the meeting to today (

bring forward

We're too tied up, let's ---- the meeting (CANCEL)

call off

We must ------- the client before we proceed (ASK THE CLIENT FIRST)

Run this by

I hope we can --------- the solution to the problem

figure out

I will ------- to you after I check all the details (GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU)

get back

I need to --------- my emails, there are too many of them after I came back from my holidays

Catch up with

I'm going to have to cancel our class, an urgent thing has ........ up.

come

You should ___ up the advantages and disadvantages of each type before buying..

WEIGH UP

It not a PROBLEM , you can hand in the file tomorrow (BIG)

it's not a BIG DEAL

CTM:Are you witing for a long time?

Have you been waiting for a long time?

When you need to need to find a solution to a problem with the app, you say that you need to _____________ what's wrong with the app (WORK)

work out

"I'll ......... to you when I've heard something about the interview. (telephone someone again

get back

You should carefully weigh up all the pros and cons before you .........

....

I know I am close to a burnout when.......

....

Before .......... they should always run it by me

....

Fingers crossed that next week I .........

...

The last time I had to push back the meeting was ......

....

A friend offered you a ticket to a concert, but you're not a fan of the band playing and had to SAY NO. What do you tell your friend?

turn down the tickets/ the offer

Let's REPEAT what we have agreed on (GO)

GO OVER

To be honest, I think that's ......... the scope my expertise, I think my colleague might be able to answer this question better

beyond

..... the record, I was in favour of firing him

for

When you want your team to vote on whether they prefer to have a meeting on Tuesday or Thursday (hands)

by a show of hands, let's see who prefers to have a meeting on Tuesday

When you want to interrupt politely what your colleague is saying (in)

Could I jump in for a second?

I’d like to .......... responsibility for the action points we’ve agreed to several people from our team

allocate

They didn't mention the deadline and that's why you accepted the offer. Make a conditional sentence

If they had mentioned the deadline before, we wouldn't have accepted the offer

If you want to say that you were almost leaving the office when the client called, you can say "I was ...... to leave the office, when the client called"

about

We might have to do some overtime. ......... said that, I would like to remind you that we’re not going to ask you to cancel the holidays.

having

If you want to interrupt a speaker politely you can aske "Do you mind if I ...... in?"

jump

I am afraid we don't see ..... to ......

eye/eye

Let's ...... this question and come back to it later

skip

Do you know, ..... chance, where I can find the ATM?

by

If you cancel the class 20 min prior to its start, you might text me " I am sorry for having to call off the class on such .... ......"

short notice

This is a great phrase for when you actually do know something but you just can't remember it right in that moment

it's on the tip of my tongue

If somebody asks you "Hi Daniel! What have you been up to?" what will you reply?

Not much/ Working as usual/ I have had a pretty relaxing week/ We have just got back from our vacation

If a friend is telling you that they feel unde the weather and will not be able to meet with you tonight, you can say "it's a ......" and tell him to "...... better soon"

it's pity/bummer ....... get better

You want to say that you will pay for a coffee of your colleagues (ON)

The coffee is on me, guys

No, no, put your credit card away! This is ..... me

on

You want to offer a colleague of yours to have lunch together (BITE)

Let's grab a bite/ feel like grabbing a bite?

Name 3 ways of disagreeing with smb

....

Name 3 ways of agreeing with smb

When you want to disagree with someone politely, you can say "I ....... your point, but I am afraid I have a different opinion"

see

Actually, I could use a with analysing this research. There’s a lot more than we anticipated

hand

You apologize for not being able to come to the Friday meeting (MAKE)

I am sorry, but I won't be able to make it to Friday meeting

You want to say that your team still hasn't discovered how to move the furtniture from the old flat into the new one (FIGURE)

We still haven't figured out how to move the furniture

You want to thank a client for contacting you (REACH)

thank you for reaching out to me

Congratulations ..... getting married!

on

You want to say that the dates of the launch of your website is still uncertain (AIR)

It is still up in the air

To give you a ........... figure, how much the project in Mexico is going to cost, I’d say about 30 million dollars.

ballpark

You want to thank people for coming and say that now is the perfect time to start talking about work issues (DOWN)

Now that everybody is here, let's get down to business

The report remains unfinished as of .......

yet

You want to ask to move a meeting from 13.00 to 11.30, so you can get to the train station on time

Could we bring forward a meeting from 13.00 till 11.30?

CTM: We will miss the deadline if the shipment will be delayed

if the shipment IS delayed

Paul won't ask for the loan because the interest rate is too high. Make a conditional sentence

If the interest rate wasn't so high, he would ask for a loan

SPEAK.What are currently working on? What will you do if you run into problems?

...

SPEAK.What is the worst decision you have ever made in your professional life? What would have happened if you had made a different decision? How would your life be different now if you hadn’t made that decision?

....

SPEAK. If you could eliminate one company policy, what policy would you eliminate? What would the result be? If you could implement one company policy, what policy would you implement? What would the result be?

...

Your colleague was veery lazy and that's why got fired. Make a conditional sentece

If he hadn't been so lazy, he wouldn't have been fired

You worked really hard and got promoted because of that. Make a conditional sentence

If I hadn't worked hard, I wouldn't have been promoted

You tell you colleague that the event has been cancelled because many people wouldn't be able to attend it (called)

It was called off

We need to ....... up all the pros and cons first, and then decide what option would benefit us the most

weigh

Please, keep it ......., I am trying to concentrate

down

SPEAK: Do you think there are advantages in meeting clients socially?

...

SPEAK: "Work hard, play hard". Is this statement true about you?

...

SPEAK: At what age do you think people should retire from work? When is it official in your country?

...

SPEAK: Are you a perfectionist? Does your industry attract a lot of people who are perfectionists?

....

CTM: Thank you for remembering me to bring my ipad with me

REMINDING

You would like a client to give you more details about the issue (on)

elaborate ON this

You tell your client that you are sorry about the problem and you will investigate what happened (look)

look into

You want to say that you need to consult your team first before taking any decision (BY)

run this by my team

SPEAK: What was the last issue that you had to deal with/sort out?

You would like to remind your team about the deadline (MIND)

Please, keep in mind/ bear in mind

Ask Tim. He is ..... top of the issue

on

How much do you think we will get? _ ...... the top of my head, I would say five thousand each

off

Let's call it a day means

let's finish and go home

let's talk about how our day went

I will see you at 10.00 am ........... (EXACTLY)

sharp

When you tell your team member that you want to receive regular updates on how the project goes (posted)

keep me posted about the project

CTM: I have no key how to fix this problem

I have no CLUE

If a person asks you to SPEAK UP, he wants you to .....

speak louder

If you want somebody to repeat the sentence they said because you didn't understand them (CATCH)

I didn't catch that, would you mind repeating it, please?

If somebody is talking really loud and keeps bothering you, what can you say? ( DOWN)

Would you mind keeping it down, please?

CTM: When I am in the job I switch off my mobile phone

at work

I would be grateful if everyone could be ..... brief ..... possible

as ..as

Arrive ..... time to the meeting

on

When you want to say that you hate it when people are unpunctual (STAND)

I can't stand unpunctual people

If you want to improve, you need to ...... an effort

make

You want to say that the event was cancelled because not many people could attend it (off)

called off

You say that your team has been pretty busy this week with the project (UP)

We have been tied up this week

You would like to ask your colleague to have a meeting one hour ealier (FORWARD)

Can we bring forward the meeting by one hour?

You thank your client for mentioning this topic because you wanted to talk to him about it (up)

thank you for bringing it up

To be honest, his promotion is long........, he has the best results in the department and is the most hard-working guy I've ever met

overdue

The meeting was quite long and everybody was bor.....

ed

We need to ------- the details before we make a decision (INVESTIGATE)

Look into

Look up

Look off

I'm not sure what to do, let's ----- the advantages and disadvantages

Weigh up

Weigh on

Weigh off

We're too busy, let's ---- the meeting (CANCEL)

call off

call on

call in

We're really busy today so let's ----- the meeting until tomorrow (POSTPONE)

Put off

Put on

Put over

Something has ----- so I cannot attend the party (HAPPENED)

come up

come off

come on

John is going away on Friday so we have to ---- the meeting to today (MAKE IT HAPPEN SOONER)

bring forward

bring on

bring off

You can always ----- me (RELY)

Count on

Count up

Count over

We must ------- the client before we proceed (ASK THE CLIENT FIRST)

Run this by

Run this off

Run this over

I hope we can --------- this ..........(SOLVE)

Work this out

Work this on

Work this off

I will ------- to you after I check all the details

get back

get on

get over

I need to --------- my emails, there are too many of them after I came back from my holidays

Catch up with

Catch on with

Catch over