[30-Day Challenge][Day3] Business English Expressions

■ 10 Sentences

1. He will be flat out from next week becuase of the business trip preparation

2. She's been flat out all day.

3. I tried flat out to submit the report by the end of the day.

4. I ran flat out and escaped from the chaser.

5. His murmuring disrupted my train of thought.

6. He always lose his train of thought when eating something.

7. I tried to keep my uninterrupted progression of thinking.

8. Let's get back on track. 

9. We can get back on track if we prepare the next project well.

10. We can't make it today because we got off track now.

 

■ Expressions

10 Business English Expressions You Need To Know | Vocabulary

 

1. flat out

: very busy (Austrailian term)

Ex) I'll be flat out next week because there's a new shipment arriving.

Ex) I've been flat out all week, I'm exhausted!

 

[Cambridge Dictionary]

1) as fast/hard as possible
2) (adverb) completely; used for emphasis
3) (adjective) complete; used for emphsis

 

2. train of thought

Ex) Oh! I've lost my train of thought! What was I talking about?

Ex) My mom called and completely disrupted my train of thought.

Ex) Can I ask you a question? Just give me a minute, I don't want to disrupt my train of thought.

Ex) When the phone rang, it derailed my train of thought—I totally forget what I was talking about! 
Ex) Please don't interrupt my train of thought when I'm writing.

* One's uninterrupted progression of thinking.

 

3. get back on track

Ex) You want to get back on track.

Ex) We missed the deadline last week, but we have just submitted the report now, so we are getting back on track.

Ex) Are you on track to complete the report by the end of the week?

 

4. off track

Ex) We are getting off track here, guys. We've only got 10 more minutes left and we need to confirm the marketing budget.

Ex) Sorry, I'm getting off track!

Ex) It's difficult to stay on track with so many disruptions, perhaps we should move to the conference room.

Ex) I don't want to get off track, but we can all agree that the new marketing manager is difficult to get along with. 

Ex) We should have completed the work by now, but the team got off track with some technical issues.

*(literal meaning) to get lost

Ex) get off the track

 

5. (to) bank on
: to expect or rely with confidence on (the freedictionary)

: to depend or rely on (Merriam-Webster)

: ~에 의지하다, 기대하다

Ex) I'm banking on Sarah to get a promotion, so that I can apply for her position.

Ex) Since it's a public holiday on Monday, we're banking on an early fisnish tonight.

Ex) I wouldn't bank on it. (=It's not a good idea.) 

 

6. (to) brush up on

: to update or improve your skills

Ex) I'm brushing up on my Italian, because I've got a business trip in July.

Ex) I got the job at the publishing company! But I really need to brush up on my editing skills, I'm out of practice.

 

7. (to) bring something to the table

Ex) The great things about Sam is that she brings years of management experience to the table.

Ex) He brings excellent communication skills and award-winning design experinence to the table.

Ex) What have you bought to the table? 

 

8. (to) bring up 

Ex) I'll bring it up with Stefanie when I see her next week.

Ex) Our presentation is missing some of the key points. So I'm going to bring it up with the team tomorrow, we can spend some more time on it.

 

9. (to) turn down

: to say no to something or refuse something 

Ex) They offered me tickets to the conference, but I had to turn them down because it's my son's birthday.

Ex) He turned it down because they offered him the promotion but told him that they couldn't increase his salary.

Ex) I applied for the position but then I found out I had to spend 6 months of the year living in New Zealand. So I had to turn them down.

 

10. wing it. 

Ex) My presentation is on my laptop, which I left at home. I'll just have to wing it.

Ex) If you haven't received the notes, you'll just have to wing it.

 

11. off-the-cuff 

Ex) I wish that I was confident enough to make presentations off-the-cuff,  I spend so much time planning for our monthly board meetings.

Ex) Paul won an award last night and made a fantastic speech, toatally off-the-cuff!