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Hi there,

Eccoci qua con la nuova edizione di The English Breakfast—la rubrica settimanale di consigli e trucchi di Business English pensata appositamente per i professionisti italiani.

Versati un’altra tazza di caffè e mettiamoci all’opera… ☕️

Oggi parliamo di una selezione di frasi che spero non ti servano mai. Guarda il video qui sotto per scoprire perché!

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Let’s continue in English 😎 

Can you remember all the phrases from the video? Test your understanding by completing the sentences 1-8 with the phrases a-h

a. get the sack / get fired b. are fired c. was made redundant d. were made redundant e. got fired f. got the sack / was fired g. was made redundant h. is out of work

1. Tom was always late, so one day his boss said, “That’s it! You __________!”

2. The company didn’t have enough money to pay everyone, so some workers __________.

3. Lisa made a big mistake at work, and the next day she __________.

4. Dan lost his job last month, and now he __________ and looking for a new one.

5. Sarah’s company had too many employees, so she __________ last year.

6. Jack told his boss what he really thought… and guess what? He __________ the next day!

7. Emma lost her job, but it wasn’t her fault—the company was closing, so she __________.

8. After forgetting an important meeting (again!), Steve knew he might __________ soon.

Here are the answers 👀 How many did you get correct?

1. are fired

2. were made redundant

3. got the sack / was fired

4. is out of work

5. was made redundant

6. got fired

7. was made redundant

8. get the sack / get fired

Challenge 🏆️ 

If you’ve been learning English for a while, you’re probably familiar with the term phrasal verbs. They’re those annoying little verbs with prepositions attached to them that completely change the meaning

For example, blow up (explode) and blow out (extinguish a candle) have very different meanings!

So, let’s look at a collection of phrasal verbs you’re likely to come across (= find - also a phrasal verb 😉) at work.

Test yourself with the quiz below. Can you get them all correct? Let me know how you get on (=make progress - that’s another one. OK…I’ll stop now.)

Infine, se non sei soddisfatto del tuo livello di inglese e vuoi fare progressi quest’anno, offro lezioni private online. Ho una disponibilità molto limitata, (ho disponibili solo un corso Basic e un corso Level Up) quindi, se questo ti interessa, clicca sul link qui sotto per vedere i miei corsi o semplicemente rispondi a questa email con la parola “corso” e ti contatterò per discutere i tuoi obiettivi e vedere se posso aiutarti a raggiungerli, tutto senza impegno ovviamente 😀 

All right, that’s it for today’s edition. What did you think? Reply to this email and let me know 📧 

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Ciao for now,

Dan

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