5 Things to Cover in Weekly Team Meetings (part 1) COPY Flashcards

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What in the world?

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phrase

Used to emphasize surprise, shock, anger, etc.

What in the world happened here?!

What in the world were you thinking?!

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Jump right into …

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phrasal verb

To get started immediately

Well let’s just jump right into it, shall we?

She tends to jump right into new projects.

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A rut

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noun

A pattern of behavior that has become unproductive and hard to change

I’ve been stuck in a rut lately.

It’s all too easy to get in a bad rut if you’re not constantly trying to innovate.

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Go through the motions

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verbal phrase

To do something without any effort to do it well

He is usually just going through the motions during team meetings.

Don’t just go through the motions, try to improve!

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Critical

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adjective

Extremely important

It is critical that you respond to this email immediately.

Nothing critical came up today.

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Receptionist

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noun

A person who greets and deals with clients and visitors

Please tell the receptionist to deal with this.

I couldn’t get hold of him, but I left a message with the receptionist.

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Tally

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verb

To count or calculate something

It’s his job to tally up our monthly expenses.

Please tally these scores.

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Sticky note

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noun

A slip of notepaper that can be stuck to something

I always keep the items on my to-do list on sticky notes.

He lost the sticky note with her number on it…

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Mandatory

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adjective

Something that has to be done because of a rule

It is mandatory for all employees to take a health check.

It’s not mandatory, but we do encourage it.

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A point of pride

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noun

Something that produces a feeling of self-satisfaction

His PhD is a real point of pride for him.

Hitting my weekly goals is a point of pride for me.

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Hand down

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phrasal verb

To give responsibility to someone younger / less experienced

Unfortunately I need to hand down all my responsibilities to you from here on.

He usually hands down all his tasks to his team.

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Hit a target

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verbal phrase

To reach a goal (usually in terms of numbers / something that can be calculated)

I was not able to hit my sales target now for three weeks in a row.

It’s really hard to hit the targets my boss expects of me.

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Revert a trend

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verbal phrase

To change a trend so that the opposite happens

With the decline of the yen the government is trying to revert the current trend.

They couldn’t revert that trend and had to close down.

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