Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
#83 Ideating
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is ideating and what is an ideation. These words are becoming popular in business today, but th...
#82 (You Don’t Have To) Take My Word For It
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you want people to confirm what you say or just trust you? You can use this phrase either way. We...
#81 Make Up Your Mind!
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This can be quite a strong request, but you can also use it among friends or close colleagues. What ...
#80 Get Used To OR Used To Do?
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have these two phrases confused you in the past? They are so close but the meaning is so different. ...
#79 Trolling at Work
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This word, “trolling” has gotten a lot of attention recently. But not every meaning is b...
#78 Gaslighting
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when your boss or colleague accuses you of doing something you don’t remember doi...
#77 Cut to the Cuts
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“Cut” is a word that just keeps coming up in English idioms. It means so much that somet...
#76 Crickets and Ghosts, Oh My!
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are we in the office or in the woods? What do crickets and ghosts have to do with business English? ...
#75 The Former or the Latter
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you get confused by these two options? Which one is the former, which one is the latter? What doe...
#74 Blue Sky Scenario
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More corporate speak? Well, yes, this idiom is from corporate speak too, and you may hear it in busi...
#73 Another Day in Paradise
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can you recognize sarcasm when you hear it? What is sarcasm and why do we use it? We talk about sarc...
#72 Googling Texting and Adulting
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What does is mean when someone says they are adulting? And when did the noun “adult” bec...
#71 Pivot, Value Add, Burning Bridges
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Corporate-speak is loved and hated in business. We’re almost finished with a 4 part series on ...
#70 Greenlight, Boil the Ocean and Bandwidth
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Corporate-speak is loved and hated in business. We’re in the middle of a 4 part series on corp...
#69 – Move the Needle, Scale, and Key Learnings
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Corporate-speak is loved and hated in business. We’re in the middle of a 4 part series on corp...
#68 Table It, Circle Back and Touch Base
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Corporate-speak is loved and hated in business. In the Next few episodes we’ll talk about some...
#67 I Get Your Gist
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Has someone told you they get your gist? Could you get the gist of that? Or do you know what gist me...
#66 Which or That
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of the hardest things to decide in English is whether to use which or that for your relative cla...
#65 Swag and Merch
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is swag and what is merch? These are two business words that are similar but a little different...
#64 Catch Me Up
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The phrasal verb “Catch up” does a lot of work in English, In this episode we talk about...