Just a short test to see if you know these common phrasal verbs used in business English situations.
Mariah Carey was laid off from her job as a professional baseball player. True or False?
Mariah Carey was never a pro baseball player, so she was never laid off. She did throw this terrible first pitch in a game, though.
Guess what? She has 18 number 1 singles in the US charts. Only The Beatles have more. Wow!
Complete this newspaper headline:
Manchester United manager wants to ____________ three new players in January.
Let's hope they bring in Messi, Ronaldo, and Neymar.
Which company might say this:
"We've come across a serious problem with our main product."
All companies have a crisis every now and then. There are bugs in Apple's software, BMW lie about pollution, P+G cuts down huge forests so we can have more shampoo.
But Pizza Hut pizzas are perfect in every way. You will never come across someone who says 'oh that was a bad pizza'. It's impossible.
L'Oréal and Prada __________________ long-term licensing agreement
It means L'Oréal will be able to make perfumes using the Prada brand.
We won the contract. Good job, everyone! All our hard work really ___________________ .
Of course, sometimes you work hard and it doesn't pay off. Only one person gets the gold medal in the Olympics, for example.