Expressions Flashcards

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e.g. Because my Wi-Fi has no password, my neighbor has been __________ __ my internet for months.

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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>

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e.g. You arrive at the office at 8:00am with a calendar packed full of __________ _________.

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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.

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e.g. Ok folks, let’s wrap it up and halt for a ______.

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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

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e.g. Finally, he invited me to dinner in his town, and we had a fab meal and hours of great ____.

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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.

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e.g. I now ____ ___ ____ to Luisa. Luisa please tell us your comments.

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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.

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