50 Business English Collocations You Need for Work + QUIZ

Описание: Struggling to sound natural and confident at work, even though your English grammar is strong? The problem is often not grammar....often it’s collocations.

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This complete Business English lesson (+QUIZ) focuses on the word combinations professionals actually use in meetings, emails, reports, and everyday workplace communication.

Collocations are what make English sound natural.
Without them, even advanced speakers sound hesitant or unnatural.

In this lesson, you’ll practise real Business English collocations used daily in international companies.

Whether you work in an office, remotely, or in an international team, these collocations will help you speak more clearly, confidently, and professionally.

What you will learn in this Business English lesson

▪︎ Essential collocations for meetings and decision making
▪︎ Natural word combinations for deadlines, projects, and results
▪︎ Professional collocations for managing people and expectations
▪︎ Common business collocations for problem solving and solutions
▪︎ Natural phrases used in emails, reports, and presentations
▪︎ Collocations that immediately improve fluency and confidence

You’ll learn phrases such as:
▪︎ make a decision
▪︎ meet a deadline
▪︎ build relationships
▪︎ manage expectations
▪︎ take responsibility

These are not advanced words.
They are the correct combinations professionals use every day.

Who this lesson is for

▪︎ Professionals using English at work
▪︎ Business English learners at B2 to C1 level
▪︎ Managers and team leads
▪︎ Job seekers preparing for interviews
▪︎ Remote and hybrid workers
▪︎ International teams and global professionals

If you work in English and want to sound natural, confident, and professional, this lesson is essential.

Most English learners know individual words but struggle to combine them naturally in real time.

This lesson helps you:
▪︎ stop translating word by word
▪︎ use ready-made professional language
▪︎ sound more fluent with less effort
▪︎ speak and write with clarity and confidence
▪︎ avoid common collocation mistakes

Strong Business English is not about using complex vocabulary.
It is about using the right words together.

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00:00 Introduction to Business English collocations
00:37 Strategy & planning terms
03:36 Meetings and communication collocations
07:56 Performance and results collocations
11:35 Finance and budget terms
13:54 Project management collocations
17:04 Problems, solutions, and risk terms
20:15 People management and teamwork collocations
23:23 Client and business relations vocabulary
26:07 Client and business relations vocabulary
28:04 Business English Collocations Quiz 1
28:50 Business English Collocations Quiz 2

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