Here you can find some useful expressions talking about different situations inside business.
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Situation |
Expressions |
Real Meaning |
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Telephoning |
Sorry, I got cut off |
Sorry, the line was disconnected |
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Can you speak up? |
Can you speak more loudly? |
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I’m a bit tied up at the moment |
I’m not available now |
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Timing |
Be on schedule |
Be as planned |
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It arrived just in time |
It arrived before it was too late |
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Sorry to ask you at such short notice |
Sorry to give you so little time to prepare |
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A short-sighted view |
Only seeing the immediate benefits |
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Problems and Solutions |
Tackle / address the problem |
Deal with the problem |
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Find a stop-gap solution |
Find a temporary solution |
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Cut corners |
Reach a solution, usually quickly or easily, often by not observing correct practice |
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Nip it in the bud |
stop a problem before it gets worse |
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Teething problems |
problems always encountered in the early stages of a project |
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Understanding |
I couldn’t make head or tail of it |
I couldn’t understand it at all |
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His presentation went right over my head |
His presentation was too difficult to understand |
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You’ll get the hang of it |
You’ll learn how it works |
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