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How to conduct a business meeting
Learn phrases used to start and end a business meeting.
Learn phrases used to introduce and discuss meeting agendas.
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Listen & Practice
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Useful Phrases
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How to break the ice before a business meeting
Learn phrases and questions you can use to break the ice before a meeting. Learn common structures for describing one's travel experience, personal preferences, and family during small talk.
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Listen & Practice
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Useful Phrases
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Quiz
How to facilitate and run a meeting
Learn phrases used when leading a meeting. Learn expressions to be used encompassing giving the floor to someone, keeping the order and closing the meeting.
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Listen & Practice
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Dialogues
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Giving the floor to someone else
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Encouraging people to speak
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Electing and voting
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Keeping the order
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Keeping the meeting on time
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Closing the meeting
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SUMMARY
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How to facilitate and run a meeting
Verb tenses: A review
Learn the uses and forms of the different verb tenses.
Learn time expressions for the different verb tenses.
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Simple tenses
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Continuous tenses
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Perfect tenses
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Perfect continuous tenses
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SUMMARY
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Adjectives with prepositions: ABOUT, FOR, IN, WITH
Learn different adjectives used with the prepositions "about," "for," "in" or "with."
Learn how to use adjectives with "about," "for," "in" or "with" in sentences.
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Adjectives followed by “about”
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Adjectives followed by “for”
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Adjectives followed by “in”
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Adjectives followed by “with”
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SUMMARY
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Quiz (Adjectives with prepositions: ABOUT, FOR, IN, WITH)
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Quiz (Adjectives with prepositions: OF)
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Quiz (Adjectives with prepositions: TO)
Phrasal verbs with UP I
Learn some phrasal verbs with the word "up."
Learn which phrasal verbs to use to express various ideas.
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Relating to people
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Relating to discussions
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Relating to intensity
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Relating to being awake
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Other phrases
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Using phrasal verbs with up
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SUMMARY
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How to present research data in a meeting
Learn phrases used when presenting the results of a research.
Learn common phrases used for starting a presentation, presenting research data, and concluding a meeting.
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Phrases for presenting research data
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Phrases for introducing the presentation
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Phrases for giving an outline of the presentation
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Phrases for moving on to the next set of data
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Dialogue
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Phrases for presenting data on a graph
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Phrases for concluding the presentation
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SUMMARY
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Describing the degree of change
Learn words that can be used to describe how much something has changed.
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Words that describe the degree of change
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Talking about how much something has changed
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Summary
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Describing the speed of change
Learn words that can be used to describe how quickly something changes.
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Rate of speed
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Describing trends in graphs
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Summary
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Second conditional
Learn the function of a second conditional.
Learn how to form a second conditional.
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To describe a result of an unreal situation
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How to form a second conditional
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Summary
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Conditionals using COULD
Learn how to use "could" in a conditional sentence to express different levels of certainty.
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The second conditional
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The third conditional
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Summary
How to discuss business options
Learn phrases for discussing business options.
Learn to make suggestions when discussing business options.
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Dialogue
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Phrases for discussing business options
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SUMMARY
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What are collocations?
Learn the functions of collocations.
Learn some common examples of collocations.
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Collocations
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Noun phrases
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Verb phrases
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Adjective phrases
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Phrasal verbs with GET
Learn different phrasal verbs that use "get."
Learn which phrases to use when talking about various situations.
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Interacting with people
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Phrases with more than one meaning
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Other phrases
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Using phrasal verbs with get
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SUMMARY
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Quiz
How to debate ideas I
Learn how to participate in a debate.
Learn common phrases for presenting your thoughts, analyzing a point, or ending your argument.
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What is a debate?
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Dialogue 1
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Introducing a point
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Dialogue 2
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Finishing a subject
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Moving on to another subject
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Dialogue 3
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Analyzing a point
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SUMMARY
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Quiz
How to debate ideas II
Learn how to organize and summarize ideas in a debate.
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Debating ideas
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Moving back to the point
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Order and sequencing
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Using examples
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Summarizing
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Phrases for moving back to the point
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Phrases for order and sequence points
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Phrases for giving examples
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Phrases for summarizing points
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SUMMARY
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Quiz
How to debate ideas III
Learn how to express your opinions in a debate.
Learn how to use an assertive tone when debating ideas.
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Dialogue
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Proposing a side
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Proving your point
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Expressing objections
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Overcoming objections
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SUMMARY
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How to debate ideas IV
Learn the proper use of discourse markers when participating in a debate.
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Summarizing points in an argument
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Organizing the summary
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Signaling the end of the summary
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Phrases used to sequence points
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Phrases used to summarize arguments
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Phrases used to begin a summary
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Phrases used to transition between points
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Phrases used to close a summary
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SUMMARY
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Discourse markers I
Learn about commonly used discourse markers.
Learn how to add transitions in your speech or writing by using discourse markers.
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To express ideas
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To make distinctions
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To acknowledge something
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SUMMARY
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Discourse markers II
Learn about commonly used discourse markers.
Learn how to add transitions in your speech or writing by using discourse markers.
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To express ideas
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To express emphasis or feeling
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SUMMARY
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Quiz
Business phrasal verbs with LOOK
Learn phrasal verbs with the word "look" commonly used in business.
Learn how to express ideas with phrasal verbs.
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Relating to time
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Relating to discovery
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Regarding people
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Other phrases
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Using phrasal verbs with “look”
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SUMMARY
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Quiz
Phrasal verbs with OUT
Learn different phrasal verbs with the word "out."
Learn which phrases to use when talking about various situations.
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Actions related to time
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Actions related to discovery or awareness
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Actions related to leaving or a removal
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Using phrasal verbs with out
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SUMMARY
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Quiz
How to use diplomatic expressions in sensitive business situations
Learn how to use diplomatic language when dropping a supplier, declining a client's request, or informing a client about delays.
Learn discourse markers commonly used during sensitive business situations.
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Dropping a supplier
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Declining a client’s request
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Informing a client about delays
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Phrases you can use in sensitive business situations
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SUMMARY
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Quiz
Adjectives with prepositions: TO
Learn different adjectives used with the preposition "to."
Learn how to use adjectives with "to" in sentences.
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Adjectives followed by “to”
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SUMMARY
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Quiz
Adjectives with prepositions: OF
Learn different adjectives used with the preposition "of."
Learn how to use adjectives with "of" in sentences.
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Adjectives followed by “of”
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SUMMARY
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Quiz
How to report a client meeting
Learn how to use indirect speech to report a client meeting.
Learn common verbs for reporting what was said in a client meeting.
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Dialogue
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Phrases for reporting client meetings
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SUMMARY
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Reported speech
Learn the rules for changing direct to indirect speech.
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Rules for reported speech
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SUMMARY
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Phrasal verbs with TAKE I
Learn how to form phrasal verbs with the word "take."
Learn the meaning of common phrasal verbs with "take."
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Meaning: To remove something
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Meaning: To get something
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Take + up
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Using phrasal verbs with take
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SUMMARY
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Phrasal verbs with TAKE II
Learn how to form phrasal verbs with the word "take."
Learn the meaning of common phrasal verbs with "take."
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Meaning: To start
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Meaning: To control
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Relating to people
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Relating to actions
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Using phrasal verbs with take
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SUMMARY
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Greece’s entrepreneurs
Despite the economic crisis in Greece, some entrepreneurs are fighting to build their businesses in the country.
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Learn
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