business english collocations
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Job share scheme
On a positive note
Step into the office
Get to the point
Centralizing distribution
Spending more on research and development
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Inadequate preparation
Time wasting
Lets get back to that
Let’s set the price issue
We can sort something out
Terms of payment
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Price cuts
Communication barrier
Terms of contract
Down-sizing your workforce
Make redundant
Productive assets
Run a company
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Make a sale
Start up
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• Hold on for a minute, please.
• Do you want to leave a message?
• What exactly is your problem?
• What seems to be the problem?
• It sounds like...
• It seems as...
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• I’ll check what I can do.
• He is not in at the moment.
• Can you call back later?
• I am sorry to say, but...
• I need to speak with him about...
• Shall I ask him to give you a call?
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• I’m putting you through.
• Can I have extension 458...?
• Can you ask her to give me a ring?
• I’m afraid the line is busy at the moment.
• Look, I must let you go.
• Speak to you soon.
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Managing a Meeting
• Ok, let’s start...
• Ok, lets’ get started
• Thanks for coming!
• As I said...
• Let’s move on to the next....
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• Ok, just to summarize...
• Perhaps we could...
• Does anybody have...?
• What is your position on this?
• I suggest...
• I’m afraid we have to stop here.
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Saying No, without No
• I hear you are based in Oslo...
• I believe your company is in computers, too.
• I read somewhere...
• I understand...
• Not very.
• Not really.
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• Not especially.
• Not exactly.
• Not yet.
• Not any more.
• Not at the moment.
• Not, as far as I know.
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• Actually...
• As a matter of fact...
• I hear you are based in Oslo...
• I believe your company is in computers, too.
• I read somewhere...
• I understand...
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• Not very.
• Not really.
• Not especially.
• Not exactly.
• Not yet.
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• Not any more.
• Not at the moment.
• Not, as far as I know.
• Actually...
• As a matter of fact...