Master Business English Vocabulary: Very Practical English for the Business World

By Jackie Bolen

Set yourself apart in the business world with these useful phrases, expressions and idioms.

 

Have more confidence when speaking English at a meeting with clients, during a presentation or business lunch, or when making small talk with co-workers. And that's just to name a few of the situations that this business English book covers! Master Business English Vocabulary will help you improve your English quickly and easily.

 

Jackie Bolen has fifteen years of experience teaching ESL/EFL to students in South Korea and Canada. She has written these dialogues filled with helpful sentences, expressions, and phrases in American English for business people.
 

Pick up Master Business English Vocabulary if you want to . . .

 

• Have more confidence in conducting business in English.
• Have hundreds of English phrases, expressions, and idioms for business at your fingertips.
• Learn the definition of each one of them.
• Improve your American English.
• Put into practice the phrases and expressions with the practice opportunities.
• See how the language is used in real-life dialogues and situations.
• Improve your TOEFL, TOEIC, or IELTS score.
• Sounds more like a native speaker.

These are the business English sentences that you'll hear over and over again in real life. Speak more fluently and gain some confidence with this book. 

 

Besides the common business English phrases and expressions, there are dialogues so that you can see how the language is used. Plus, some opportunities to put into practice and review the sentences and phrases you've learned. This book is for intermediate English learners.

 

Master Business English Vocabulary by Jackie Bolen will help you stay motivated while consistently improving your business English skills.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jackie Bolen
• Release date: Apr 17, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223471424

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Master Business English Vocabulary:

Very Practical English for the Business World

Jackie Bolen

www.eslpeaking.org

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Table of Contents

About the Author: Jackie Bolen.....................................................5

How to Use this Book .............................................................6

Controversy ....................................................................7

Talking About a New Project......................................................11

Sorry, I'm Late..................................................................13

Widespread Outrage.............................................................14

Talking About Bad Results........................................................16

Long Time, No Talk  ............................................................18

Abandon the Plan ...............................................................19

Talking About a Dissatisfied Customer..............................................21

Business Trip ..................................................................23

Speak With Candor..............................................................24

Time to Call it a Day.............................................................26

Widespread Abuse...............................................................27

Where can we Check In?..........................................................29

Beef Up.......................................................................30

Checking In at the Airport.........................................................32

On Time.......................................................................33

On the Phone...................................................................35

A Dilemma....................................................................36

Job Interview...................................................................38

Checking in at a Hotel...........................................................40

Dry Up........................................................................41

Bring Back.....................................................................43

Taking a Taxi...................................................................45

Survey Design..................................................................46

The WiFi Isn't Working...........................................................48

Talking About Retirement ........................................................49

An Ethical Issue.................................................................51

Please Stay Home! ..............................................................53

At Risk........................................................................54

Lunch Tomorrow ...............................................................56

Key Role......................................................................57

Exchanging Money..............................................................59

Spill the Beans .................................................................61

For the Long Haul ..............................................................62

Negotiating with Another Company.................................................64

Knowledge-Based Economy.......................................................66

Asking For Help ................................................................68

Getting Back to Work............................................................70

In the Black....................................................................72

Private Industry  ................................................................74

Talking About a Mistake..........................................................76

Small Talk about the News........................................................78

Tariffs........................................................................79

The Start-Up...................................................................81

Talking About Strategy...........................................................83

By No Means...................................................................85

Factory Farms ..................................................................87

Talking about the New Coffee Machine..............................................89

Out of Luck....................................................................91

Talking about a Customer ........................................................93

Swallow My Pride...............................................................95

Make Good Money ..............................................................97

Talking About Good Results.......................................................99

Chatting at Lunch..............................................................101

Before You Go................................................................102

About the Author: Jackie Bolen

I taught English in South Korea for 10 years to every level and type of student. I've taught every age from kindergarten kids to adults. Most of my time has centered around teaching at two universities in Cheonan and Busan. These days, I'm teaching teenagers and adults in Vancouver, Canada. In my spare time, you can usually find me outside surfing, biking, hiking, or snowshoeing.

In case you were wondering what my academic qualifications are, I hold a Master of Arts in Psychology. During my time in Korea I successfully completed both the Cambridge CELTA and DELTA certification programs. With the combination of almost 15 years teaching ESL/EFL learners of all ages and levels, and the more formal teaching qualifications I've obtained, I have a solid foundation on which to offer advice to English learners.

I hope that you find this book useful. I would love it if you sent me an email with any questions or feedback that you might have.

YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/jackiebolen

Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/eslspeaking

Email: [e-mail]

You may also want to check out some of my other books (by Jackie Bolen). It's easy to find them wherever you like to buy books.

−  English Collocations in Dialogue

−  Advanced English Conversation Dialogues

−  1001 English Expressions and Phrases

How to Use this Book

This book is designed to help you build a bigger business English vocabulary. If you want to succeed in the modern world, it will be necessary to know the kind of language you'll find in this book.

To use this book, I recommend doing one lesson per day, instead of all of them at one time. This will help you to remember the material. There are about 10 weeks of lessons. Do the exercises, and try not to cheat by looking at the answers!

Use a vocabulary notebook, and be sure to write down any new words that you learn. Review them frequently and consider making some flashcards. Push yourself to use this new vocabulary when speaking and see if you can find them when watching English TV or movies, or reading.

Make sure you know how to say any new word that you learn. Look on YouTube or Google, How to say _____ to find out.

This book is one way to expand your vocabulary range. You might also consider extensive reading and listening as well. Find things to listen to (podcasts, movies, TV shows) or read (books, magazine, newspaper articles) that are at your level, or just slightly below. The key is to read or listen just for fun and to not have to use a dictionary all the time. This will not only help you become more familiar with business English vocabulary but it'll also help you improve your grammatical accuracy as well.

Controversy

Gary is telling his wife, Anna about something that happened at work.

Gary: So there was controversy at work today.

Anna: Oh! Tell me more! Was it something with Bob again?

Gary: Of course. He's always a factor! If he had even a modicum of social grace, he could avoid most of his