You're listening to ESLPod.com's Using English at Work lesson 10. I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, from the Center for Educational Development. In the ninth lesson of Using English at Work, we learned vocabulary related to leaving the office at the...
Now that we've talked about the new vocabulary, let's listen to the story again, this time at a normal speed. I look at the clock and it's already 5:30. It's quitting time! I still need to put the finishing touches on my report, but I can do that on...
To leave something behind means to forget to take something when you are leaving a place. When I leave the office on a hot afternoon, I may accidentally leave my jacket behind and then I don't have anything warm to wear on my walk back to work the ne...
We put our money in the bank for safekeeping, and you probably keep important documents in some place in your house or business for safekeeping; we often put them in a safe, which is a box, usually a metal box that is locked. Next, I take the paper a...
When things are out of control, I have to take work home and burn the midnight oil. But this week I have everything under control, so I don't need to work over the weekend. In order to get ready to go home, I pack up my briefcase. To pack up means to...
When your wife is getting dressed in the morning, a finishing touch may be a piece of jewelry, the last thing that she puts on. I'm talking about putting the finishing touches on my report, which might be writing a little more text or perhaps formatt...
You're listening to ESLPod.com's Using English at Work. I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, from the Center for Educational Development. In our last lesson, our eighth lesson in Using English at Work, we learned vocabulary related to having a meeting...
I don't know for sure that this promotion is going to happen, so I don't want to jump the gun by thinking about it too much, because then I may be disappointed or embarrassed if the regional manager later changes her mind or decides to give the promo...
A standout (one word) is something that is the best, better than anything else. You might be a standout on the soccer team you play on; you score more goals or points than anyone else. You are the best player - you're a standout. Apparently the boss...
It's nice to hear someone praise us, because it lets us know that our hard work has been noticed and is being appreciated. It's always a good idea to praise employees when they do something very well. In fact, there's some research to suggest that pr...