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now you think you know english then you walk into an office
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or you log on to a zoom call
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and you hear things like this we'll circle back
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and touch base later he has to take it offline it's just not in your wheelhouse
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and suddenly you're lost and that's
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because business english isn't just english it really is its own
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language now to help you level up your business english skills in this video i want to share eight expressions
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that you will hear every single day in the English -speaking workplace.
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So you can go from constantly confused to really speaking like a pro.
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All right, let's get started.
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Okay, the first phrase that you will absolutely hear every single day at work, a quick heads up.
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Quick heads up.
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A heads up is an advance notice that you give to your colleagues, a warning, so to speak.
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Hey, quick heads up.
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Hey, quick heads up.
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Hey, quick heads up.
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So as you just saw in that clip, the man was running into the room, giving everybody a heads up to tell his co -workers something that they needed to know about.
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You can give a heads up about upcoming changes, potential issues, maybe work that's coming somebody's way.
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Here's another example.
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Just a quick heads up.
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Sarah will need us to put together some slides for her presentation by the end of the day.
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Expression number two.
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Where do we stand on?
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Where do we stand on?
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You'll hear this one talking about updates or progress.
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Where do we stand on this?
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Where do we stand on this?
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Where do we stand on this?
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Now this is an idiom here.
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We're not really standing on anything.
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A prime example of why sometimes English can be so confusing.
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It just means what's the current status of this project or issue.
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Where do we stand on the website redesign?
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Is the first version ready for me to review?
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Expression number three, I'm on it.
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I'm on it.
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This means I'll handle this task immediately and take full responsibility for it.
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I'm on it.
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I'm on it.
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I'm on it.
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So you're working on it.
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Super common, super confident thing to say.
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Here's an example.
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Can you get some feedback from the client yep i'm on it all right guys expression number four
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that you will hear every day in the english speaking workplace i'll follow up on
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that i'll follow up on
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that now the phrasal verb to follow up means a couple
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of different things it means to check on something it means to remind somebody about something
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or it can just mean to take the next step to keep something moving forward.
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One thing I'd like to point out, we follow up with a person.
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I can follow up with them.
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I can follow up with them.
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I can follow up with them.
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So for example, let me follow up with the candidate who hasn't yet responded.
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And we follow up on a thing, a topic, a task.
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Did you follow up on that?
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Did you follow up on that?
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Did you follow up on that?
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For example, in emails, you could write I'm following up on my email below from last week.
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Expression number five, let's run it by someone.
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Let's run it by someone.
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To run something by someone means to get their approval
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or to get their opinion on something before you take action on it.
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So you use this when you need input from a decision maker.
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For example, maybe you're reviewing a document and you say to your colleague, hey this looks good but let's run it by legal first.
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Phrase number six, I'll get back to you.
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I'll get back to you.
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If you don't have an answer now or if you don't have the information that somebody is asking you for right now, you can say this.
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I'll get back to you.
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I'll get back to you.
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I'll get back to you.
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It just means I don't have the answer now.
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Let me research the question and I'll respond to you later with the answer, with the info that you're looking for.
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I'll get back to you.
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I don't have those sales numbers with me right now.
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I'll get back to you by the end of the day.
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Expression number seven, keep me in the loop.
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Keep me in the loop.
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This means please continue to update me on the progress.
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Keep me in the loop on that too.
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Keep me in the loop on that too.
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Keep me in the loop on that too.
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You say this when you want to stay informed about something.
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For example, I won't be in the meeting but keep me in the loop on any major decisions.
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And expression number eight that you will hear every day in the workplace, let's catch up.
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Let's catch up.
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This means to have an informal conversation, to share updates.
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Let's catch up later.
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Let's catch up later let's catch up later we often say this
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if we haven't talked to the person in a while or
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if we haven't spoken about the specific topic in a while
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so there's new information to exchange
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and share i want to hear how the rollout went let's
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catch up this week all right guys i hope you found these expressions helpful they really are a great start
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but phrasal verbs that is where the real language upgrade begins.
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I suggest you check out this video right here.
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I have 10 phrasal verbs that you will hear every single day in the English speaking workplace.
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So I recommend you watch that video next.
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All right, guys, thank you so much for watching.
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I appreciate all of you and I'll see you in this video next.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 100 frases y 975 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:37. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 173 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 89 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
loop sustantivo/luːp/lazo, lazada
workplace sustantivo/ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/lugar de trabajo, curro
verb sustantivo/vɝb/verbo
topic sustantivo/ˈtɑpɪk/tema, tópico
phrase sustantivo/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/frase
colleague sustantivo/ˈkɒliːɡ/colega, compañero
confused adjetivo/kənˈfjuːzd/confundido
helpful adjetivo/ˈhɛlp.fl̩/servicial, adyuvante
worker sustantivo/ˈwɝ.kɚ/trabajador, obrero
skill sustantivo/skɪl/destreza, habilidad
remind verbo/ɹəˈmaɪnd/(hacer) recordar/arrecordar, hacer acordar/arrecordar (se de)
input sustantivo/ˈɪnpʊt/aportación, aporte
feedback sustantivo/ˈfiːdˌbæk/valoración, comentario
presentation sustantivo/ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/presentación, exposición
slide sustantivo/ˈslaɪ̯d/tobogán, resbaladilla

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
get back to verboresponder / contestar (en un rato), volver / tornar a contactar
catch up verboenredar
check out verboinvestigar, chequear
follow up verbodar seguimiento, dar un seguimiento
move forward verboir adelante, adelantar
point out verboseñalar, apuntar
put together verboconstruir, elaborar

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahaven't talked · haven't spoken
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwe'll circle · will hear · will absolutely
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasWe're not really standing · you're working · I'm following
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesariohas to take · needed to know

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 36 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'll, I'm, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como loop, workplace, verb.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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