VOCABULARY

- Get down to business - start to get serious/negotiate business
- Touch base with - talk to smb about smt
- cut down the chase - set to the point
- take it to the next level - progress and move things forward
- think outside the box - think imaginatively of new and different things.
- out of the loop - smb who is not up to date with information about smt.
- a ballpark figure - arough estimate.
- on the ball - well informated / alert/ knowledgeable
- out the same page - agree with smb
- callings the shots - making the decision.
- pulling the strings - she sill be the 1 in charge.
- appraisal system - a method ofevaluating hte performance of an employee

EXAMPLES

1- Can I have a quick word? I just want to touch base with you about this report.

2- I like to get straight to the point - so, to cut the chase I think it's too expensive.

3- I can't give you an exact amount, but I can give you a ballpark figure.

4- I don't want to waste anymore time talking. Let's get down to business.

5- Well. It's your decision. You're calling the shots.

6- He's great manager, really well informed, very on the ball
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