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Hello everyone, my name is Ala Abdul Samad and I am an English instructor.
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I'm super, super excited to start a new series with you, the Business English series that you've been waiting for so long.
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We are going to talk about topics that are related to the workplace.
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I know there's a huge difference between business English and conversational English.
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And sometimes it can be a barrier for a lot of English learners,
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especially for those who have no structure to business English.
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And because I know that a lot of you would like to improve their career,
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and because I know that learning business English sometimes can be very boring and overwhelming,
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So I have designed this booklet for you, the Business English at the Workplace,
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where you are going to learn a lot of vocab that is relevant and appropriate to use in the work environment.
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This booklet contains nine topics, and they are the most important topics
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that you will need to be very professional and to sound like native and to speak like a CEO.
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Oh, I mean, who doesn't want to speak like a CEO, right?
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Confidently.
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So this booklet helps you with that.
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It contains topics about formal and informal emails,
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business collocations, business idioms, formal and informal verbs in context.
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And the most important topic that is topic nine is about job interviews.
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If you would like to purchase my book,
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you can find it on Amazon on as a hard copy or you can get it as an ebook.
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You can also get it from the iPhone and Android library as an ebook as well.
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And for those who've already bought my book, I would love to hear your feedback in the comments section.
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All right.
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Let's start with our lesson for today.
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Today, we're going to talk about business idioms.
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Business idioms are so important when it comes to business idioms you cannot escape them because you're going to find them everywhere.
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You're going to find them in the business articles, in the business news, in the workplace meetings, everywhere.
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And I know that you do not have to use idioms.
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That's not a must.
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That's not part of learning the English language.
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Understanding idioms will help you understand native speakers who use idioms naturally when they speak. And therefore,
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today we're going to talk about the most important 10 business idioms
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that I'm pretty sure you're going to come across in the workplace.
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So let's get the ball rolling.
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And to get the ball rolling is an idiom, which means to start doing something.
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You might probably heard your boss saying in the meeting, OK, now let's get the ball rolling, which means let's start our meeting
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or let's start working on this project let's get the ball
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rolling number two to touch base touch base is used commonly in the workplace especially in emails
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you would find people say touch base
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when they want to share updates about something
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so they say let's touch base next week
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which means let's talk about the updates for next week let's
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get some updates let's share our updates for next week three in the loop
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when you want to keep someone in the loop is you want to keep someone informed about what's going on
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so you would say i will send an email to everyone to keep them in the loop
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i don't want anybody to be out of the loop out of the loop
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which means you don't know what's going on for example i didn't go to work for three days
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and i feel now i'm out of the loop
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i don't know what's going on next on the same page on the same page
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i think we have the same saying in arabic we say on the same page
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which means on the same level of understanding of the situation where you agree
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and understand what's going on in the same way with your team for example
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i think we are all on the same page about our next plan.
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This is a very important one that you can use not only in the work environment, but also in the everyday language.
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Down the drain.
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And usually we use the verb go.
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Go down the drain or went down the drain.
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We all know what a drain is, where the water goes.
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So that's a drain.
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So when you say it went down the drain, it means It is wasted or you lost it.
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For example, if we don't work hard on the next project,
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we might lose the deal and thousands of dollars could go down the drain.
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Another example from the everyday language is when you say, I studied really hard for the exam, but the teacher decided to postpone it.
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All my hard work went down the drain.
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next an important one up in the air up in the air means undecided uncertain unplanned yet for example
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you say um our next deal is still up in the air so we can't announce it win -win
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win -win means a situation that benefits all people involved for example you say
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if they accept the offer is going to be a win -win for both companies,
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which means both companies are going to get the benefit.
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It's going to be a win -win for both of them.
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Next, ballpark.
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Ballpark means an estimate, a rough estimate, not an exact number.
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For example, you would say, could you please give me a ballpark figure for the coast of the event
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i can't give you an exact number i can give you a ballpark
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which means i can give you an estimate up to speed up to speed
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and usually we use the um preposition on with it up to speed means
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you want to get fully informed about a situation.
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So you would say I need to get up to speed on the latest plan for the project.
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And the last one for today is a game.
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A game which means our best effort or performance.
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So you would say let's get our A game to win the deal.
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And that was everything for today.
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Business idioms again are so important.
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You don't have to use them in your speech, but you need to understand as many as you can.
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So if you want to learn more about idioms, don't forget to buy my book that includes a whole chapter about idioms.
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There are more than 40 idioms in my book with examples and questions and quizzes at the end of the chat.
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If you have any questions, let me know and see you in the next video.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “سلسلة البزنس The Business English Series”. Las palabras que más se repiten: idiom, English, drain, example, loop. Este vídeo tiene 87 frases y 1120 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:33. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 148 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 86 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| drain sustantivo | /dɹiːn/ | desagüe, drenaje |
| topic sustantivo | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | tema, tópico |
| loop sustantivo | /luːp/ | lazo, lazada |
| workplace sustantivo | /ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/ | lugar de trabajo, curro |
| estimate sustantivo | /ˈɛs.tɪ.mət/ | presupuesto, estimación |
| booklet sustantivo | /ˈbʊk.lət/ | libreto, cuadernillo |
| everyday adjetivo | /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/ | de diario, cuotidiano |
| formal adjetivo | /ˈfɔɹməl/ | formal |
| inform verbo | /ɪnˈfɔɹm/ | informar, enterar |
| informal adjetivo | /ɪnˈfɔɹ.m(ə)l/ | informal, aformal |
| verb sustantivo | /vɝb/ | verbo |
| naturally adverbio | /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/ | naturalmente, a natura |
| lesson sustantivo | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | lección |
| commonly adverbio | /ˈkɑmənli/ | comúnmente |
| feedback sustantivo | /ˈfiːdˌbæk/ | valoración, comentario |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| come across verbo | pasarse a |
| get up to verbo | cometer |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
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| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | those who have · idiom, which means · rolling, which means |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | have designed · who've already bought |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 20 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, collocation /ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, conversational /ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, collocation /ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, confidently /ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/, conversational /ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: everyday /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/, verb /vɝb/, conversational /ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/, overwhelm /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/, vocab [ˈvoʊ.kæb]
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, quiz /kwɪz/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como drain, topic, loop.
¿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.