Name: 20 Important Business English Phrases
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Hey, I'd love to pick your brains on some best  practices. Do you have a minute to hop on a  

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call? What in the world, pick your brains?  Am I some kind of Frankenstein monster? No,  

absolutely not. These are some common business  English expressions that if you work in English,  

if you speak with clients in English, if you  speak with coworkers or colleagues in English,  

you need to know these phrases so that you can  accurately convey what you want to say so you  

can understand what other people are saying, and  so you're simply not embarrassed in the workplace. 

Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.  And today I have some good news, you are going  

to learn 20 Essential Business English  phrases, plus five bonus acronyms that  

you are likely to see in the workplace, and  you need to know what they mean. Like always,  

I've created a free PDF worksheet for you with  all 20 of these essential phrases plus the five  

acronyms. And at the bottom of the free worksheet,  you can answer Vanessa's Challenge Question. 

You can click on the link in the description  to download that free PDF worksheet today and  

never forget what you are about to learn.  Let's get started with the first Essential  

Business English phrase. It's kind of a  two for one. It is a case of the Mondays,  

or you might hear some people say, "Mondays, am  I right?" I got a question for you. Do you love  

waking up early on Monday morning and going to  work? If you said no, well, you're not alone. 

A lot of people really do not look forward to  starting a new work week. They had a great time  

relaxing over the weekend and ugh, here comes  Monday again. So sometimes we just simply blame  

Monday. You could say, "Ugh, I just don't have  any motivation to do anything today. I guess,  

I have a case of the Mondays." Or  you could say, "Ugh, this printer  

really isn't working. Mondays, am I right?" Of course, it's not Monday's fault that the  

printer isn't working, but it's kind of a silly  way to blame Monday. Poor Monday. The second  

Essential Business English phrase is actually a  question and it's extremely polite and you just  

heard me say it at the beginning of this lesson,  when you have a minute or do you have a minute? 

This is a great way to ask, do you have some time  to help me? I see that you're in the middle of  

your work, but I'd like to ask you a favor. So  you can use this really polite phrase, "When you  

have a minute, could you look at this report  for me?" Or, "Do you have a minute to look at  

this report?" Wonderful, polite phrase. Essential  Business English phrase number three is a fun one. 

I'd like to bounce some ideas off of you. Do you  get the idea here that there's a bouncy ball,  

the ideas, and one person shares an idea,  the other person shares an idea. Your idea  

gets better and better and better as you  bounce ideas off of each other. This is  

a wonderful phrase to use when you want to share  an idea and you want the other person's opinion,  

but they don't have to give you solid answers. You just want to share your idea. Let's look  

at some sentences. Do you want to grab some  coffee right now? I'd like to bounce some  

ideas off of you for this assignment. You  just want their opinion. I've been thinking  

about this project and I'd like to bounce  some ideas off of you. Do you have time? 

And just a little note, sometimes we cut off the  final of and we simply say, "I'd like to bounce  

some ideas off you." Both of these are equally  acceptable, and it's just a personal preference.  

Essential Business English phrase number four  is, first thing in the morning. Notice that  

there is no the, in this phrase. Take a look at  a sentence, "First thing in the morning, I make  

a pot of coffee." Or, "If I don't hear from her  today, I'll call her first thing in the morning." 

This is a good fixed phrase to remember  and you can add it when you're talking  

about something that you do right away. Sorry,  I don't have time to finish the report today,  

but I will do it first thing in the morning.  Essential Business English phrase number five  

is pick your brains. This is a fun one, and it  means that you're asking for someone's input or  

advice when they have more experience than you. So you could say, "I know you've worked at this  

company for five years, so I'd love to pick  your brains about what it's like to work  

here." Or you could say, "Could we hop on a  call and I can pick your brains about what  

you're thinking about the next quarter?"  This means you simply want to know what  

they're thinking about the next quarter. Phrase  number six is one I just used, to hop on a call. 

This could be a phone call or it could be a Zoom  call, which are becoming more and more popular  

nowadays. And it means you're talking probably  unexpectedly. It's not planned, it's spontaneous,  

and you want to discuss something. So you could  say, "Do you have a minute to hop on a call?  

Our client has some questions and I don't know  exactly how to answer them." Or you could say,  

"I was going to send you an email,  but it might be easier to talk. 

Can we hop on a call?" Great phrase. Essential  Business phrase number seven is kind of two for  

one. It is to shoot off an email or to fire off  an email. Both of these verbs to shoot and to  

fire have the sense of it's quick, it's fast,  it's organized, it's not long and drawn out. So  

this means that you are quickly sending an email.  You could also shoot off a text on your phone,  

but it has this idea of something fast. So you could say, "I'm going to fire off  

an email with these questions before we meet with  the client." Or you could say, "Shoot me an email  

and I'll get to it first thing in the morning."  Oh, a good way to combine both of these phrases,  

shoot me an email and first thing in the  morning, check. Check Essential Business  

phrase number eight is keep someone in the loop. If we have a loop, that means that no one is left  

out, everyone is included. So we often say, "Hey,  I missed the meeting yesterday, so could you keep  

me in the loop and still send me the emails?"  This means I don't want to be not included. Please  

send me the information I need to know. We can  change that pronoun in the middle. You could say,  

"The boss wants you to keep her in the loop." That means you are going to need to tell her  

everything that's going on. You need to tell  her everything, you need to keep her in the  

loop. Essential Business phrase number nine  is brainstorm. This is commonly used to talk  

about generating new ideas. So you could  say, "Hey, tomorrow during our meeting,  

we are going to brainstorm our new marketing  ideas for the next quarter." Great. 

Everyone's going to throw out ideas. Maybe some  of them will be great, maybe some of them won't  

be great, but we're going to put all ideas on the  table and just see what works. Or you could say,  

"Our team got together to brainstorm  better ways to help our customers."  

Excellent. Essential Business phrase number  10 is debrief. This is when you're kind of  

summarizing or giving information after an event. So you could say, "After the project is complete,  

let's have a meeting to debrief." Maybe you're  getting together and you're talking about what  

went well, what didn't go well, how can we  do it better the next time. After the project  

is finished, we'll have a meeting to debrief.  You can use this as a noun. So you could say,  

"We had a debrief and decided to make some  changes the next time we do this project." 

This is a debrief versus to debrief, but they all  mean the same thing. Essential Business phrase  

number 11 is one that you do not want to have to  use. It is a slacker. Oh, no. This is someone who  

is lazy and does not do their part of the work.  You might unfortunately say, "Ugh, he's such  

a slacker. He's always late with his projects  and he expects me to work harder to keep up." 

No one wants to work with someone who's a  slacker. Have you ever been part of a group  

project and said this? In every group project,  there's always a slacker who expects other people  

to do the work for him. That's so frustrating,  isn't it? But on the other hand, our next phrase  

is beautiful. Essential Business phrase number 12  is the opposite of a slacker, it is a workhorse. 

This is someone who works really hard and  diligently. So you might say, "He is a real  

workhorse. Whether it's in the office or at home,  he always gets projects done." Or you could say,  

"She really deserves a promotion. She's a  workhorse." We know that she is always on  

the ball. So I hope for you, you are more of  a workhorse and less of a slacker. Essential  

Business phrase number 13 is all hands on deck. This used to come from boating and sailing.  

The main part of a boat where you walk is  called the deck, but here we're using this  

more figuratively to talk about a project that  is really all consuming, so we need everyone  

to be active. We need all hands on deck. So  you could say, "We need all hands on deck if  

we're going to finish this project on time." You  might even hear this phrase twisted just a bit. 

You might hear someone say, "The boss called  for an all hands meeting on Thursday." That  

means everyone needs to be there. It sounds  pretty urgent. Talking about manager's,  

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