Archive | Business English Vocab and Grammar

A helping hand from a business partner.

A complaint from your customer.

An invitation to a global conference.

What do these have in common?

That’s right!

They’re all situations that could use a note of thanks.

According to Chron…

The first time I was on a logistics team, I was pretty bad at it.

I was in school and we’d organized a debate contest.

We ran out of paper and didn’t have enough refreshments for our participants.

Then …

I’m not a political diplomat, but I can pretend to be one.

I mean that literally.

When I was in school, I participated in competitions called “Model United Nations,” or MUNs.

In these competitions, we held fake United Nations meetings. …

When I was young, I wanted to be a pilot.

My parents got me a book on airplanes that described the different types of aircraft and how they stay afloat in the sky.

I remember coming across a whole lot …

Have you ever signed up with a phone service provider like T-mobile?

Or registered for a social media account like Instagram?

Or signed up for a health and fitness mobile app like Charity Miles or FitBit?

If …

Have you found yourself in charge of a project at work?

Or maybe you’ve been selected to be part of a team with very specific goals?

In either case, you’re going to need a lot of terms and phrases to …