Common Business Expressions in Meetings

Often during a live meeting/teleconference, native speakers use language and expressions a non-native speaker fails to recognize. Your supplier gives you a “ballpark figure”, or your colleague says something that sounds like “taking a rain check”.

 

 

Listen to the beginning and end of a meeting.

Audio 1

Audio 2

Choose the correct definition of the expression from the options below:

1. Without further ado

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2. To touch on

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

3. To hand it over to

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

4. There is still room for improvement

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

5. In essence

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

6. To be on the same page

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

7. To keep someone posted

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

8. To give someone a good flavour of something

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

9. To be mindful of time

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

10. To draw your attention to

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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