Business English Mari

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BEFORE WE START, LET'S LEARN SOME EUPHEMISMS IN THE WORKPLACE​

​Euphemisms are vague expressions we use to replace something blunt and direct. For example, instead of saying that someone was “fired” (blunt and direct), we might say that the person was “laid off” (vague and indirect). There are many euphemisms that we use in the workplace.

​Instead of saying:

• ​Boss

• ​Secretary

• ​Problem

• ​Lie

• ​Illegal

• ​Used

You say:

• ​Supervisor, Manager, Super-ordinate

• ​Administrative assistant, Personal assistant

• ​Issue, Concern

• ​Falsify, Forge, Fabricate

• ​Undocumented

• ​Pre-owned, Secondhand

Let's try to change the underlined words with another word that we learned earlier

​Make a question using the word in a bracket

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Example:

What ___ you ___ (work) on at the moment?

What are you working on at the moment?

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​P.S: you can write the complete sentence or separate the words with comma