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Using English at Work：46 Meeting with the Boss(5)
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
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Using English at Work：47 Meeting with the Boss(6)
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
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Using English at Work：48 Meeting with the Boss(7)
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
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Using English at Work：49 Leaving Work(1)
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
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Using English at Work：50 Leaving Work(2)
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
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Using English at Work：51 Leaving Work(3)
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
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Using English at Work：52 Leaving Work(4)
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
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Using English at Work：53 Leaving Work(5)
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
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Using English at Work：54 Leaving Work(6)
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
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Using English at Work：55 Socializing with Coworkers(1)
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
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Using English at Work：56 Socializing with Coworkers(2)
Our final story begins with me walking past Van's desk as I'm leaving the office. I see that he is talking with a group of other people. He stops me as I walk by and asks me if I want to go with them to happy hour at a restaurant and bar down the str
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Using English at Work：57 Socializing with Coworkers(3)
When we say we have big plans, we are talking about something that would be exciting or interesting to do. You may have big plans for your career or you can have big plans for building a new house - something big and exciting. But I don't have big pl
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Using English at Work：58 Socializing with Coworkers(4)
Chips and dip is a plate with a lot of potato chips or perhaps tortilla chips that are fried in oil and salted. The dip is a creamy sauce; for example, the sauce may be made with onions and sour cream. There are many different types of dip. We use th
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Using English at Work：59 Socializing with Coworkers(5)
To bad-mouth (someone) means to say bad things about another person. It's never a good idea to bad-mouth someone, because that other person may hear you, or people that you are talking to might tell that person - especially if that person is your bos
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Using English at Work：60 Socializing with Coworkers(6)
Next, Van tells a funny story about the last date he went on that didn't go very well. Van's story is about something that went wrong on his date. We have a good laugh over his story. To have a good laugh means to laugh very loudly and for a long tim
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