Here is a helpful guide to essential business meeting vocabulary and phrases, complete with meanings and practical examples.     Opening the Meeting Phrase: „Let’s get started.” Meaning: Begin the meeting. Example: „Since everyone is here, let’s get started.” Phrase: „The main purpose of today’s meeting is to…” Meaning: State the goal of the gathering. Example: […]

1. „That” (Essential Information) Use that to introduce information you must have to understand the sentence. If you remove the part with „that,” the sentence loses its core meaning or doesn’t make sense. Rule: Do not use commas before „that”. Example: „The car that I bought yesterday is red.” Why? „That I bought yesterday” tells […]

hunger pangs   hunger pangs =sudden feelings of being hungry – hirtelen fellépő éhségérzet • She was cold and unwashed and hunger pangs were beginning to gnaw again. – Fázott és mosdatlan volt, és újra elkezdte gyötörni az éhség. • If you should feel hunger pangs, nibble on carrot, celery or cucumber sticks. – Ha […]

cut your teeth (on something) to get your first experience of doing something and learn the basic skills- először tapasztalatot szerezni valamiről(hogy hogyan csináld azt), és elsajátítani az alapvető készségeket * Both reporters cut their journalistic teeth on the same small newspaper. * Keanu Reeves cut his teeth on filming Speed in an everyman-hero role. […]

rig something up to build something, usually quickly, with whatever material is available. – valamit építeni, általában gyorsan, a rendelkezésre álló anyagból. They rigged up a rough shelter with branches and mud.