Inglés de Negocios
5-10 horas práctica (311 video frases)
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Expresiones útiles para negociar
Aquí encontrarás una selección de las expresiones más habituales en el mundo de los negocios que te permitirán entender y expresarte con mayor precisión y empatía. Con ellas te manejarás mejor en las reuniones y podrás llevar las negociaciones a buen puerto.
- Let's get directly down to brass tacks.
- In China we are facing an uphill battle.
- I can't help you, my hands are tied.
- It's already late, how about we call it a day?
- Get down to brass tacks
- Let's get directly down to brass tacks.
- Put your cards on the table.
- I think it's time to put all of our cards on the table.
- Draw a line.
- We need to draw a line here if we want to finish the project on time.
- Run around in circles.
- We haven't made a decision, I feel like we've been running around in circles all day.
- Get down to business.
- We don't have so much time so let's get down to business and talk about the proposal.
- Win-win situation.
- Going into business with them was a win-win situation.
- Same boat .
- We're all worried about losing our jobs. We're in the same boat.
- A two-way street.
- We need you to make an effort on that, It should be a two-way street.
- Sky's the limit.
- With the technology that is available the sky is the limit.
- Start off on the right foot.
- We offered them our best price. We really started off on the right foot.
- In a nutshell.
- In a nutshell, the meeting was pointless.
- Off the top of one's head.
- I have no idea but off the top of my head, I'd say about 20.
- Big picture.
- We can't lose sight of the big picture and making this important decision.
- Pipe dream.
- Do you really think we can sell one million units this year, or is it just a pipe dream?
- The lion's share.
- If we want the lion's share of the profit, we'll have to do the lion's share of the work.
- Down time.
- There should be a lot of down time at the conference, so I'll be able to meet you.
- Level playing field.
- Being in a level playing field with our competitor will enable us to grow this year.
- Number crunching.
- Before the meeting I have to do some number crunching, and see if the proposal is viable.
- Back of the envelope calculations.
- I don't know the exact figures right now, but I can give you back of the envelope calculations.
- Uphill battle.
- In China we are facing an uphill battle.
- Lose Lose situation.
- There's no way out, this is a lose-lose situation.
- At stake.
- I'm a little nervous about this meeting. There's a lot at stake.
- Go down the drain.
- One wrong move and all our work will go down the drain.
- A tough break.
- It was a tough break when John quit. He was one of our best managers.
- Play hardball.
- In business you have to play hardball.
- Above board.
- Our company has always been legal and above board.
- Under the table.
- To avoid paying taxes, they paid some of their employees under the table.
- Behind the scenes.
- It doesn't look like it, but we've been doing a lot of work behind the scenes.
- By the book.
- It's important that we do everything by the book, there's going to be an audit next week.
- Put the cart before the horse.
- They were trying to find investors before even having a business plan. They were trying to put the cart before the horse.
- Go broke.
- Because of the crisis a lot of companies went broke.
- Square one.
- They didn't like the proposal so we're back to square one.
- (To) bite the bullet.
- When demand was down, we had to bite the bullet and cut prices.
- Back to the drawing board.
- The prototype wasn't successful so we have to go back to the drawing board.
- To jump through hoops.
- We had to jump through hoops to export to Venezuela, but we finally did it.
- Start off on the wrong foot.
- He came late for the meeting, he really started off on the wrong foot.
- To face the music.
- Politicians will finally have to face the music and admit that they are involved in some illegal activities.
- Hands are tied.
- I can't help you, my hands are tied.
- Talk until you are blue in the face.
- You can talk until you are blue in the face, but we won't give you another discount.
- Safe bet.
- Investing in technology is a safe bet.
- It will never fly.
- We should re-think the idea because it will never fly with this client.
- Rocket science.
- It's easy, it's not like it's rocket science!
- Up in the air.
- Everything's still up in the air. We haven't decided yet.
- No brainer.
- Taking the new job was a no brainer. They offered me more money and less responsibility.
- Call it a day.
- It's already late, how about we call it a day?
- Throw in the towel.
- I was trying to learn Chinese, but I got frustrated and threw in the towel.
- To see something through.
- Before starting the new project we should see the old one through.
- Server ties.
- We had to sever ties with several of our suppliers because of late deliveries.
- Upper hand.
- They had the technology first, so now they have the upper hand.
- (To) compare apples to oranges.
- Comparing Motel 6 with the Hilton is like comparing apples to oranges.
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Phrasal verbs útiles para negociar
Aprende los phrasal verbs más usados dentro del entorno laboral, tanto en reuniones como en negociaciones. Saberlos aumentará tu confianza y tu discurso sonará más profesional.
- Thanks for backing me up in the meeting.
- I always mix figures up, I'm dyslexic.
- Can I cut in and say something, please?
- I wanna go over last year's figures with you.
- To shop around
- We should shop around before buying a new laptop.
- To ask around
- We'll need a good lawyer. I'll ask around the office and see if anyone knows one.
- To mix (something) up
- I always mix figures up, I'm dyslexic.
- To back (someone) up
- Thanks for backing me up in the meeting.
- To keep (something) up
- You've been improving a lot lately. Keep it up!
- To pass (something) up
- Don't pass up on this great opportunity. Place your order today.
- To look up to
- I really look up to my boss. He has great knowledge of the market.
- To get up
- He got up and walked to the podium to receive his award.
- Linda Evangelista says that when she was young she didn't get up for less than 10000$.
- To give (something) up
- Just because the results aren't as good as we wanted, we shouldn't give up this project.
- To end up
- Even though I wanted to be a lawyer I ended up being a manager.
- To set (something) up
- We decided to set up a business together.
- I'll set up the conference call and send you an invitation.
- To make (something) up
- I don't believe their story. I think they made it up.
- Are they still fighting about that? I thought they'd made up a while ago.
- To use (something) up
- I can't believe it's only May and I've already used up all my holidays.
- To send (something) back
- The smartphone was defective. We had to send it back.
- To cut back on
- Nowadays everybody is cutting back on unnecessary expenses.
- To take (something) back
- She always shops there because she can take anything back that she isn't happy with.
- To get back at
- He might get back at you for asking him so many tough questions during his presentation.
- To put (something) off
- I haven't done my taxes yet. I always put it off for as long as possible.
- To drop (someone/something) off
- My car didn't work, so John had to drop me off at the office.
- To call (something) off
- Management called off the meeting because so many people were out sick yesterday.
- To check (someone/something) out.
- I'm not sure if I've sent the email. I'll check it out.
- To cross (something) out
- Cross out her name. I don't think she's interested.
- To pass (something) out
- Albert is passing out a schedule of today's events.
- To find out
- I finally found out how to use this new software.
- To fill (something) out
- There were a lot of forms to fill out to apply for this job.
- To look out for
- We must always look out for new business opportunities.
- To hand (something) out
- I'll start explaining the proposal while Frank hands out copies.
- To try (something) out
- We're gonna try it out for a few days. If we like it, we'll place an order.
- To figure (something) out
- I can't figure out why the laptop isn't working.
- To sort (something) out
- There is some confusion with the schedule. We're calling a meeting to sort it out.
- To get in
- Get in the car. I'll give you a ride.
- I worked late last night and didn't get in until after 10 PM.
- To cut in
- Can I cut in and say something, please?
- To pitch in
- We should be able to finish quickly if everyone pitches in.
- To let (someone) in
- I forgot my badge again. Hopefully security is still there and will let me in.
- To hand (something) in
- I forgot to hand in my expense reports. Now I won't get reimbursed until next month.
- To come across
- I was reading last night and I came across a new idea.
- To count on
- John is a great colleague. You can always count on him.
- To hang on
- Can you hang on for a second, please? I'll be right there.
- To go over
- I wanna go over last year's figures with you.
- To look (something) over
- Can you look over this invoice and make sure there are no mistakes?
- To get over (something)
- I'm upset about the promotion, but I'll get over it after a while.
- To do (something) over
- I can't believe I closed the document without saving it. Now I'm gonna have to do the whole thing over.
- To do away with
- They did away with bonuses last year because the company was struggling.
- To drop by
- John dropped by my office to talk about last month's figures.
- To put (something) together
- How long will it take to put the mockup together?
- To get together
- I try to get together with my old colleagues at least once or twice a year.
- To look into
- Please look into some ways we can cut costs. Every penny counts.
- To run into
- I ran into Brad from Human Resources at the supermarket today.
- To give into
- Management didn't wanna give into the union's demands, but in the end they didn't have a choice.
- To go after
- Steve will give his talk first, the Bill will go after him.
- Let's go after this client. They are the biggest on the industry.
- To go against
- We're going against three or four other agencies. We'll have to work hard.
- To turn (something) down
- They turned down our proposal.
- Can you turn your music down so I can take this call?
- To look forward to
- I'm really looking forward to meeting the new boss.
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Cómo hacer una presentación efectiva
Descubre cómo estructurar tu mensaje de forma que vayas ganando poco a poco la atención de la audiencia con algunas fórmulas basadas en PNL (programación neurolingüística), y adquiere soltura y fluidez a la hora de expresarte, algo fundamental para aumentar tu confianza. Y la de la audiencia.- What can we learn from this?
- Let me elaborate on that.
- This is important because (…)
- I'd like to point out that (…)
- Good morning, ladies and gentleman.
- Thank you for coming today, it's great to see you all here.
- I would like to thank you all for attending this presentation. I plan to be brief.
- Let me start off by saying what a pleasure it is for me to speak to you today.
- My name's Dona Draper from Sterling Cooper.
- My name is Jennifer Smith please call me Jenny.
- I'm head of sales at Sterling Cooper Services, the most awarded agency in the World.
- I am the project manager for Real Change, a social platform born to help the homeless in a completely different way.
- Would you like to work less and make more Money?
- Do you imagine a world without poverty? That's what we are going to talk about.
- Before I start, I would like to ask if we even believe that what we are doing makes a difference.
- My objective is to (…)
- This is important because (…)
- The purpose of this presentation is (…)
- I'd like to give you a brief presentation about (…)
- The reason why I'm here today is to talk to you about alternative teaching methods.
- Faith, Hope and Love.
- Faith, Hope, Love and Kindness.
- I'll be speaking about why this product is important. How it can change your life and how it can improve the world.
- Basically, I have three things I want to say.
- The main points I will be talking about are : Firstly, Secondly, Next, and finally ... we're going to look at (...)
- There are three things in particular that I want to touch upon today: number 1, number 2 and number 3.
- This should only take about fifteen minutes of your time.
- Should you have any questions, I'd be very happy to answer them at the end.
- Feel free to interrupt me if you have any questions during my presentation.
- Let's start with (…)
- Ok, Let's begin by looking at what happens when (…)
- Well, As I told you a little while ago the first thing I'd like to discuss is (…)
- Why is this important?
- The significance of this is (...)
- Let me elaborate on that.
- Let's consider this in more detail.
- Well, next up is (...)
- Now, let's turn to (…)
- Well, Now let's move on to (…)
- The area I'd like to focus on next is (…)
- I'd like to digress here for a moment and just mention (…)
- Let me go back to what I said earlier about (…)
- Well, I think I've said enough about (…)
- Now, that I've told you about (…)
- So, in this section, we've looked a (…)
- What can we learn from this?
- How did we arrive at this conclusion?
- So, what does this prove?
- Isn't it amazing?
- What do you think about (…)?
- Are you aware of (…)?
- A good example of this is (…)
- As an illustration, I'd like to mention (…)
- To give you an example of what I mean (…)
- It's a fact that (…)
- Few people would deny that (...)
- It's no secret that (…)
- It has been scientifically proven that (…)
- The way I see it (…)
- In my humble opinion (…)
- Personally, I think (…)
- As far as I know (…)
- As you will see from this graph (…)
- Take a look at this table. Here, we can see quite clearly that (…)
- This pie chart shows our share of the European market today.
- The bar chart represents sales in our Asian outlets.
- Here you can see a comparison between (…)
- I'd like to point out that (…)
- I'd like to emphasize (…)
- We must focus our attention on (…)
- Finally, let me remind you of some issues we've covered.
- Let me wrap up by quickly going over the key points.
- Unfortunately, I seem to have run out of time, so I'll conclude very briefly by saying that.
- I'd now like to sum up the main points which were: First, Second, and Third (...)
- What I suggest is (…)
- I strongly recommend (…)
- To conclude, I am happy to announce that (…)
- To conclude I regret to announce that (…)
- Any questions?
- So now is the time for Q&A. Who would like to start us off?
- Now I'd like to invite any questions you may have.
- I'm of exactly the same opinion.
- I entirely agree with (…)
- I absolutely agree with (…)
- That's not the way I see it.
- I see things rather differently myself.
- I see your point, but (…)
- Perhaps you may want to consider (…)
- Sir, I can understand your objection. As we are running out of time I would suggest that we talk about it privately. Next question please.
- It seems we run out of time, but please feel free to contact me at info@nativox.com
- Well. It looks like we're out of time. It was a great pleasure to be here today. If you have any questions, comments or feedback, please email me or give me a call. Thank you
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