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Top 5 Business English Phrasal Verbs for making (and breaking!) Business Arrangements

Phrasal verbs used for making (and breaking!) arrangements are useful across all sectors of business. Here are my top 5!

to call off

This means the same as to cancel an arrangement. The word ‘cancel’ is just as good here in my opinion. This is a nice alternative which can still be used formally:

“We are going to call off the event because we don’t have enough participants.”

It is also very useful in its passive form:

‘The business trip has been called off’.

to put off

This means the same as to postpone an arrangement.

”Let’s put off this discussion until tomorrow.”



For more formal arrangements, ‘postpone’ is probably the better option here, but for slightly less formal situations such as discussions, stand-up meetings or quick calls, put off is a great alternative.

‘Put off’ is great also for postponing individual tasks.

“I sometimes put off difficult tasks until the last minute.”

For individual tasks, the word ‘postpone’ sounds too strict and timetabled, so ‘put off’ is the ideal option here.

to bring forward / to move forward

This is a great phrase meaning to make an arrangement earlier than the originally scheduled time. I personally really like this one because there is no real alternative phrase.

“The situation is quite urgent, so let’s bring forward the meeting to this afternoon.”

to work around someone

To work around someone means to change your schedule around to adapt to someone else’s schedule. If you have a lot of free space in your schedule, you may be able to ask the other person when they are free, and you can change your schedule according to theirs:

“I have quite a lot of free spaces in my schedule next week, so I can work around you” (if you let me know when you are free, then I can move some things in my schedule to make sure that I am free as well).

“If you are quite busy over the next few days, I can work around you so that we can fit in an extra meeting before the project launch.”

to line up / to set up

This simply means to arrange something:

“Let’s set up a conference call for sometime early next week.”

“We can line up a follow-up meeting tomorrow.”

Considerando as informações apresentadas, avalie as afirmações a seguir.

I. Na frase “The business trip has been cancelled”, aparece um dos phrasal verbs citados no texto acima.

II. Para tarefas individuais, o verbo postpone (postergar) parece estrito e cronometrado demais, então put off é a opção ideal.

III. Quando você tem muito espaço livre no horário, pode perguntar a um colega quando ele estará livre, já que você pode alterar seu horário de acordo com o dele; nesse caso, um exemplo de frase empregando um phrasal verb citado acima, pode ser: “I have a lot of free spaces in my schedule next week, so I can work around you. When are you free?”

IV. A frase “We can line up the follow-up meeting tomorrow” significa “Podemos antecipar a reunião de acompanhamento para amanhã”.

É correto apenas o que se afirma em


Escolha uma opção:

a.
I e IV.

b.
I e III.

c.
II e III.

d.
II, III e IV.

e.
I, II e IV.

Answer 1

Resposta:

C II e III

Explicação:

Está correto, Ava que diz... Dá like ae...

Answer 2

Lendo o texto "Top 5 Business English Phrasal Verbs for making (and breaking!) Business Arrangements", temos que a correta é: c) II e III.

Analisando o texto

O texto fala sobre o uso de phrasal verbs na para comunicações informacionais relacionadas a negócios. As expressões ensinadas são:

• to call off: cancelar;
• to put off: adiar;
• to bring forward / to move forward: antecipar;
• to work around someone: mudar sua agenda para ajustá-la a da outra pessoa;
• to line up / to set up: organizar, alinhar.

Vendo as alternativas:

• I - Falsa. Não há verbo frasal na frase dada.
• II - Correta.
• III - Correta.
• IV - Falsa. Para antecipar usa-se "to bring forward", não "line up".

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