Name: 5 American Business Idioms - Become more fluent in English
Uploaded: 2018-07-10T11:23:16.000Z
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And there a lot of idiomatic expressions that we use in everyday business discussions to talk about results.

Adverbs of degree

We don't even realize that other people probably don't understand these expressions.

So how can you know when your American colleagues are talking about results

I'm Christina and you're watching Speak Better, Feel Great TV.

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very common business idioms Americans use

here are the 5 idioms that you'll understand after this video

Imagine, you're presenting the background of a situation and Bob the big American says

“OK, Jean-François, that's important and all, but cut to the chase.”

He wants you to tell him the present situation, what's important now.

In a discussion with Bob the big American, you may hear

“That's interesting information, but at the end of the day,

we still don't have a concrete result.”

This expression comes from the finance world.Where literally,

you can see how much money you have on the bottom line of your balance sheet,

In everyday business discussion, it means the result.

“What's the result of all these problems”

just before summarizing the action plan decided in the meeting.

and the outcome is beneficial to  everyone involved

a merger that is good for both of the companies that merge

We Americans like consensus, so we'll probably say

“Let's look for a win-win situation.”

Here's your Speak Better, Feel Great challenge for this week:

In your conversations with your Americans,

listen carefully to see if they use any of these expressions.

then come back and In the comments section below,

We'll see which one is the MOST common expression.

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5 American Business Idioms - Become more fluent in English

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