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Jan 2022
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Ep 1 - Vocabulary for talking about meet...

Chris - Breakout Business English
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Meetings can be intimidating for a lot of people, even to native speakers! Especially if you’re meeting with people who you don’t know very well, if at all. Today we’re going to look at a few pieces of vocabulary that you might hear in meetings and that you might be able to use yourself. At the end we also have our 'big discussion question'. I hope you enjoy today's podcast and I look forward to meeting you on a call very soon!

Vocabulary bank for this episode:

  • collaborate
  • hold
  • minutes
  • confidential
  • address
  • consensus
  • the elephant in the room
  • to pencil in
  • to follow up

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