Expressions Flashcards
e.g. Because my Wi-Fi has no password, my neighbor has been __________ __ my internet for months.
Piggybacking on <a></a>
To use something that already exists as a support for your own work; to use a larger organization, etc. for your own advantage.
e.g. Because my Wi-Fi has no password, my neighbor has been piggybacking on my internet for months.</a>
e.g. You arrive at the office at 8:00am with a calendar packed full of __________ _________.
back-to-back meetings.
Following one immediately after the other; in unbroken sequence;
e.g. You arrive at the office at 8:00am with a calendar packed full of back-to-back meetings.
e.g. Ok folks, let’s wrap it up and halt for a ______.
bio-break
A polite corporate term for using the restroom -or other biological necessities, usually during interminably long unnecessary meetings.
e.g. Ok folks, let’s wrap it up and halt for a biobreak
e.g. Finally, he invited me to dinner in his town, and we had a fab meal and hours of great ____.
convo.
An abbreviation for the word conversation.
Finally, he invited me to dinner in his town, and we had a fab meal and hours of great convo.
e.g. I now ____ ___ ____ to Luisa. Luisa please tell us your comments.
Give the floor.
To give the turn to talk to someone.
e.g. I now give the floor to Luisa. Luisa please tell us your comments.
Related: Take the floor.