Business Jargon: Jargon about workload

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  Thanks for listening to Learning English for Work.

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  We're busy making some new programmes to help improve your business English.

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  In the meantime, we thought you'd enjoy this programme from 2024.

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  It's all about business jargon and the strange phrases we use at work.

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  Hello and welcome to Learning English for Work.

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  I'm Phil.

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  And I'm Pippa.

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  This week,

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  we're talking more about business jargon and looking at how people talk about the amount of work they have to do.

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  Now, you can find a transcript for this episode on our website.

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  That's bbclearningenglish.com.

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  So, Phil, you know what it's like.

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  You're at work, you've got loads to do, and then someone comes up.

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  and ask if you could do something for them or do you have time for a meeting?

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  What do you do?

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  It's a nightmare, isn't it?

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  Yes.

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  I mean,

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  some days the only thing that happens is you have meetings and it's

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  like you can't actually get any work done.

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