5 Things to Cover in Weekly Team Meetings (part 1) COPY Flashcards
What in the world?
phrase
Used to emphasize surprise, shock, anger, etc.
What in the world happened here?!
What in the world were you thinking?!
Jump right into …
phrasal verb
To get started immediately
Well let’s just jump right into it, shall we?
She tends to jump right into new projects.
A rut
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.
Go through the motions
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!
Critical
adjective
Extremely important
It is critical that you respond to this email immediately.
Nothing critical came up today.
Receptionist
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.
Tally
verb
To count or calculate something
It’s his job to tally up our monthly expenses.
Please tally these scores.
Sticky note
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…
Mandatory
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.
A point of pride
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.
Hand down
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.
Hit a target
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.
Revert a trend
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.