2026-09-23
31 分钟Hi there, this is Harry and welcome back to Advanced English Lessons with Harry,
where I try to help you to get a better understanding of the English language
and to speak English in a more natural and confident way.
So what are we going to help you with today?
Well, in this particular business English lesson,
we're going to look at 20 phrasal verbs that you will usually hear in meetings when somebody is giving an up.
Date or when people are talking about the progress of a project.
These are I promise you expressions
that people use every day at work and sometimes they use them without even thinking about them.
Now, if English isn't your first language, you may understand a phrasal verb when somebody else uses it.
But when it's your turn to speak, you may decide to use a more formal single word alternative.
So you might use begin instead of kick off, investigate instead of look into or resolve instead of sort out.
There's nothing wrong with those words, of course, but if you want your spoken English to sound a little more natural,
then phrasal verbs are very useful and they are part and parcel of everyday English.
Let me give you an example of the sort of language you might hear when somebody's giving an update on a project.
They might say, let's kick off with a quick update.
We ran into a problem with the supplier and that held us up for a few days.
We've had to push the launch back, but I'm looking into the extra cost and I'll get back to you tomorrow.
So there are several phrasal verbs in that short update.
And when you understand them, you know exactly what the problem was, what effect it had on the project