This sentence is closer to "Are you busy right now?" Are you busy at the moment? ).

"Are you busy?" The meaning of "are you busy recently" is broader

? Don't underestimate such a small change

If you don't "Are you busy?" Besides,

sometimes I know how to use "In the middle of something?" I believe that your English will be different from others when you speak it. For example,

I want someone in the office to gossip

I'm afraid someone is busy

Then you can ask him

"In the middle of something? " Are you busy? )

2. What are you up to? What are you doing?

Just like the example above

"What are you doing?" Usually we just say

"What are you doing? " Wouldn't it be boring like this? In fact, sometimes we can put it another way. For example, "What are you up to?" Ask people what you are doing.

Suppose you are in the office

and you want someone to gossip

, so ask your colleagues

"In the middle of something? " He answered

"Kind of. "(sort of.) Then you can get to the bottom of the matter

"What are you up to?" What have you been up to recently? In addition, sometimes when Americans meet, they will ask "What are you up to?" What are you doing recently? With another greeting "What's up? "The meaning is very close.

3. Can you just give me a ball park figure? Can you give me a rough figure?

ballpark figure means a rough estimate. In the company, if the boss asks the accountant

how much was the water and electricity bill last month? Then add a sentence

"Just give me a ballpark figure. ",which means I just need a rough figure. Even some Americans are too lazy to just say ballpark

, so the boss may say

" I'll need a ball park of the revenue last. Year. "(I need the approximate figures of last year's revenue.) You should know for yourself that this ballpark means ballpark figure.

4. Bottom line: we have to turn into profit by 22. The most important thing is that we must turn losses into profits before 22.

Have you read the financial statements? There are a lot of dense numbers

that tell you how much the company's assets are

how much it depreciates

how much it accounts receivable. But these are not the most important

The most important thing is that the bottom line

is called Net earnings, which tells you whether the company always makes money or loses money

(. ) So the word bottom line later became the meaning of "the most important thing is ..." For example, there is a famous saying in the shopping mall,

"in business

if you don't take care of your customers

someone else will. and that I. S the bottom line. "(If you don't care about your customers,

others will

This is the most important principle.) In addition, the bottom line also means "the last bottom line"

and "the principle of no further concession". For example, the boss can warn employees

"bottom line: we have to ship this order by Friday." (My last bottom line is

that we must deliver the goods before Friday.)

5. The new CFO was sent to bring the pan out of the red. The new CFO was sent to save the company from the deficit.

People in China like red

So when the stock market soared, everything was red. However, the cognition of red in Europe and the United States was quite different.

Red is on the table. Show a loss

deficit. As mentioned earlier, if the bottom line is written in red

, it means that the company as a whole is losing money. On the contrary, if it is written in black

, it means that it is making money. So we often hear expressions like in the red or in the black

actually mean that the company is making money. Of course,

We can also use the simplest expressions

lose money and make money or adjectives unprofitable and profitable to express losing money or making money. For example, this company is profitable

You can say

"this company is in the black."

"The apny is making money." or "The pany is profitable." You can do it. < P > 6. Shelly just called in sick.

Call in sick is a phrase that is often used in the office. < P > It means that someone calls to say that he is ill and can't come to work. We know that a considerable proportion of this kind of thing is lazy and doesn't want to come to work.

Otherwise, employees will find an excuse to go on strike collectively.

For example, "Some workers called in sick to have a strike." (Some workers call sick leave collectively to strike.)

If it is a normal sick leave (sick leave/ medical leave, You can say

"I need a sick leave for days." (I need to ask for two days' sick leave.) or if my wife is going to give birth, you can say

"I'm asking for a three-day paid/ Unpaid personal leave for my wife's labor. "(Because my wife is going to have a baby, I want to take three days off.) As for this leave, is it deductible? (paid/unpaid) It depends on the company's policy.

7. I just heard that seven people are going to be laid off next month. I just heard that the company is going to layoff seven employees next month.

There are many ways to say that the company is going to lay off employees.

The most common one is the word lay off. Write: layoff is a verb

, but when written together, it is a noun). For example,

"Cisco issues a profit warning

plans to lay off employees" (Cisco issued a earnings warning

) Of course, you can also say

cut jobs or slash jobs

In the last sentence, for example, we can also say

"Cisco plans to cut/slash jobs. "(Cisco plans to lay off employees.)

What if it is really unfortunate to be laid off in the United States? Remember two sentences before saying

The first sentence is

"Who decision was this? "(Whose decision is this?) As the saying goes, if you have a grievance, you have a debt.

Ask who moved you first.

You won't know which one to put until you deflate the car tires in the future. Another sentence is

"I am beeen jobs." This sentence is very useful when looking for a new job. People ask you what you are doing now.

Don't just say

. You should say

"I am beeen jobs. "I happen to be in the gap between two workshops. That sounds euphemistic.

8. He suggested we should go to eat after my grave shift. He suggested that we could go to eat together after my big night shift.

Shift this. In English, the word is called shift

. For example, three shifts are called three shifts. For example,

"We have to work in three shifts to keep the company running." (We have to work in three shifts to keep the factory running.) I think we all know that the three-shift system means night shift and night shift. In English, day shift means day shift or regular shift

called graveyard shift. So if you want to explain that you are working the night shift

, you can say

"I work on the Graveyard Shift."

9. I refund to work overtime during the weekend. I refuse to work overtime on weekends.

Working overtime in English is called work overtime. For example, when someone calls you to go out for dinner tonight, you say

"Sorry

I have to work overtime. "That is to tell him

I'm sorry

I have to work overtime tonight. But it's interesting that

besides" overtime ",you can. Overtime can also be called overtime. For example, you can tell your boss

"You have to pay me overtime! "You must pay me overtime." But now the timing is bad.

I think it's better to whisper.

In addition to this pay overtime,

Americans often use two other words.

One is called double time, and the other is called time and one-half. Double time means double salary.

And time. And one-half or time and a half means one and a half times the salary. For example, if the boss asks you to do some extra work

, you can say

"If you pay me double time

I'll do it." (If you pay me double the salary

, I'll do it.) Re-create a sentence

"I like to work on holidays because I am on time and a half." (I like to work on holidays

because my salary is one and a half times.)