VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

pace myself – go slowly and not overdo it
eg. I should have paced myself to avoid injury

board room – a larger style, professional, long table meeting room

manipulate (formal) / fudge (casual)
eg. sometimes we feel that the numbers have been fudged so we need to clarify the details

based on our records / as far as we know / as far as we’re concerned / according to what you’ve stated = we think

i think that’s wrong – we feel that it’s possible that is not completely correct / we are under the impression that this might not be totally factual / we have doubts about those numbers

it’s really important that we get a clear idea of the number of employees in this division, would you mind helping us with that?

Would you be able to tell us what the position’s name is?
Would you be able to tell us how to organise it?
Would you be able to tell us why you decided that?
Would you be able tell us who the singer you like is?
Would you be able to tell us when you went to the park?

What is the position’s name
How do you organise it?
Why did you decide that?
Who is the singer you like?
When did you go to the park?

stray too far from the topic / go to far off topic

wander – “wonder” – to casually walk around
eg. sorry I sometimes wander off

Grammar

I went to cafes – not important which one / more than 1
I went to a cafe – not important which one / 1
I went to the cafe – specific one / 1
I went to Starbucks – not important which one / 1 / maybe more
I went to the Starbucks – obvious one / 1

please find attached questionnaire
please find the questionnaire attached / the attached questionnaire

Pronunciation

wander = “wonder”
wonder = “wunder“