Being LATE and ON TIME - Business English class

About this episode

This episode teaches how to communicate about punctuality in English, focusing on vocabulary and grammar for meetings.

Send us Fan Mail Are you ever late for meetings? Or maybe you're always on time? How can you tell people that you're going to be late or promise then you'll be on time in the most natural and native sounding spoken English possible. Today you'll learn the vocabulary and the grammar to communicate about punctuality with your colleagues, clients, and customers like a native English speaker. We'll learn from formal and professional English, some informal idioms and phrasal verbs, and you might e...

People in this episode

Host: Chris

Topics covered

• punctuality
• business English
• communication
• vocabulary
• grammar
• meetings

Keywords

• being late
• on time
• business English
• idioms
• phrasal verbs
• communication skills

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