The 100 most useful phrases for business meetings The most useful phrases for the beginning of meetings Meeting people for the first time (We’ve emailed many times but We’ve spoken on the phone but) it’s so nice to finally meet you (face to face) You must be (name) Here’s my business card Small talk at the beginning of a meeting Did you have any trouble finding us? Did you have any trouble getting here? How was your journey? How
present simple and continuous describing company and job We are trying to cut costs compared to last year by moving more production abroad We provide language training to big and small companies in 34 countries around the world We make electronics for athletes such as pedometers We’re making plans to launch health insurance for people working abroad for up to a year We manufacture electric
List of regular plurals ending in -s, -es and -ies The big list of regular plurals ending in -s, -es and -ies, arranged by level Most nouns in English simply take -s to make a plural, without adding any other extra sounds or syllables, as in the one-syllable plurals “pets” and “sofas” As in these examples, unvoiced final sounds like “t” are followed by the unvoiced sound “s” and voiced final sounds are followed by the voice