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Phrasal Verbs to Use at Work20 Phrasal Verbs Plus Common Expressionsto Use to talk About Work
With Kat from High Level Listening
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• Small Talk is Big
• First Name Basis
• Informality = Friendliness
Are phrasal verbs too informalfor the workplace?
At Work
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Go by
She introduced me as Katarina,
but I usually go by Kat.
Do you go by Kate? –It’s Kat
actually.
Introduce Yourself – Nickname
Phrasals
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Work on
What’ve you been working on?
I started working on this new
project this week.
I really need you to work on
something for me.
Improve or Develop
Phrasals
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Go over / Look over
Let’s get together and go over
the details.
Look over this document for
me before the meeting.
Similar but a little different
Review, Check, Examine
Phrasals
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Look Into
My boss had me look into new
markets in Europe.
We’re looking into last month’s
reports to see where we
might’ve made an error.
Investigate, Research, Find Information
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Hand in / Hand over
I’m supposed to hand this in to
Louise by the end of the day Friday.
Complete your portion, then hand
it over to Marketing.
Submit / Give Control
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Put Off / Push Back
She usually puts everything off
‘til the last minute.
I think we should put the
meeting off until next week.
We’ve gotta push the meeting
back to Tuesday.
Postpone, Delay
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Bring Forward / Move Up
Boss wants to bring the meeting
forward a few hours, so we’ll have
it before lunch instead of after.
Our deadline’s been moved up to
Wednesday, which means we’ll
probably be staying late this week.
Change to an Earlier Time
Phrasals
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Put Together
You’ll be in charge of putting a
team together for the project.
She’s put together lots of
presentations like this, you
should ask her for advice.
Assemble, Organize
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Sort Out / Figure out
There’s just a few things we need to
sort out before I sign.
Let’s figure out what we should do.
Figure out: think
Sort out: take action
Solve a problem, Find a Solution
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Run by / Run Past
The report looks good, just run it
by Marcia before uploading it.
While I love the idea, I think you
should run it past Mark in
Engineering to see if it’s possible.
Inform, Get an Opinion, Ask Permission, Discuss
Phrasals
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Burn Out
I’ve been feeling a bit burnt out this
week, good thing we have Friday
off. (also, burned out)
I know you’re a hard worker, but
don’t burn yourself out, it’s not
worth it.
Become Exhausted due to Difficult Work
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Draw up
I’m having Louis draw up some
plans for the new building.
She’ll draw up the initial report,
and I’ll revise it next week.
Prepare/Create a draft
Phrasals
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Fill in
3 separate meanings
You’ll just need to fill in the missing
information and we’ll hand it in.
The meeting was pretty standard,
I’ll fill you in about it later.
Lesley’s filling in for Jeff this week
while he’s on vacation.
Complete / Give Information / Substitute
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Pencil in / Put Down
Could you pencil me in on
Tuesday at 5?
Pencil him in, and we can change
it if we need to.
More confident: Put me down for
4:30.
Schedule
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Pick Up / Slow Down
Opposites
Sales have really picked up this
past week.
Everything’s slowed down since we
hired all those new staff members.
Increase / Decrease
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How’s work going?
Small Talk
Work going okay?
How’s work?
Talking about Work
How’s work been going?
How’s work been this week?
How was work today?
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Work’s been good
Work’s been good, I’ve been… verb + ing (p.p.)
Work’s been great. I verb’ed…
Today was great. The end of the month is usually
pretty quiet, so I’m just taking advantage of it and
getting everything in order.
Good!
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Work’s been okay.
Can’t complain. Work is work.
Same old same to be honest, my job doesn’t really
change much week to week.
Okay.
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Eh, not so great.Just finished up all of the end of year madness. Just in time too, I’ve been feeling really run down this week.Hectic, but I’m getting through it.A little burnt out this week, but busy season’s almost over.Work’s been crazy. I’ve got a really heavy workload, and I’m just trying to get through it.
Not Great
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