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I want to study some English for the office  / to use in the office.
and it is not very hard but I want to learn more words which are often used in the daily work.
It is in an American company.
Before this job I worked in a local company for 10 years
The job was also in Fintech

I joined a new company for 1 week so I must use English at work.

I think the first thing I want to learn are words like review, refresh , catch up…

I need to reply to emails in English. Before this job I only used Chinese.
Often it is meeting invitation by emails and contact with the support

When it is difficult I will use google translate but it is not perfect and my boss comes from America so sometimes he uses very complicated words.
For daily talk  maybe I can guess but it is so hard talk I don’t know many words

my boss had a debate with another manager.

Vocabulary

debate (n/v)辩论/讨论
I had a debate with Tom
I couldn’t understand the debate

software (n) apps…

with fresh eyes : from a different point of view / opinion from someone who is not familiar with the problem

invitation (n)
I will send you the Webex invitation by email

to invite (v)
I invited Tom to the meeting
I want to invite Tom to discuss a topic with us

past (n) 过去

present (n) now

future (n) 将来

to guess (v) 猜测
I guess he is tired today

translator (n) 译者 ／翻译程序
I use a translator on my phone

chit chat / small talk (n)闲聊
We had some small talk before the start of the meeting

uncomfortable (adj) not comfortable 让某人（感到）不自在
He said something uncomfortable to the team

on time : not late
Tom is always on time

punctual (adj) : on time准时的
The boss expects us to be punctual

punctuality (n) 守时
The boss cares a lot about punctuality

set back (n/v) 耽搁
We met a set back yesterday and the project will be delayed
The project is set back to next year because of an IT problem…

priority (n) 优先事项/优先
Our priority is to finish project A so project B might be delayed …

deadline (n) 最后期限
The deadline is tomorrow so we need to work overtime
We set the deadline to January 5
It will be hard to meet the deadline (=finish on time)

update (n/v)更新/最新报道
I will update you on the situation when I get more information

solution (n)解决办法
We need to find a solution to the problem

to solve (v) 解开 / 破解 /解决
We solved the problem by changing the computer
We decided to hire more people to solve the problem

problem (n) 问题
I have a problem with my computer so I contacted the support

job position (n) 职位 :
executive
team leader
manager
director
head …
CFO (chief financial officer) / CEO  (chief executive officer)

board (n) 委员会/担任委员
The board chooses the CEO

shareholder (n) 股东
Tom is the biggest shareholder, he holds 35% of the company

Headquarter (HQ) (n) 总部
Our HQ is in BJ

on-boarding (n) training for new employees
The on-boarding will take 1 week

training (n) 培训
We had an online training on how to use the new app.

department (n) 部门
Tom is the head of the marketing department
Finance
Accounting
Marketing
Sales
Operations
Development
PR ( Public Relations)
Legal / compliance
risk

to hire (v) 租用 / 雇用
We need to hire a new CFO

employee (n) 雇员
The company has 20,000 employees

employer (n) 雇主
Tom is my employer
Coca Cola is my employer

to employ (v) 雇用
My company employs 20,000 people

Schedule (v/n)计划 /安排
I want to schedule a meeting with Tom
Tom asked me if I was free tomorrow and I told him I needed to check my schedule

guest (n)客人
the guests are waiting for me in the meeting room

Pronunciation

problem

program程序

support

Grammar

must is only used in the present
I must work hard

must do something

use have to for the future or past
I had to work hard 5 years ago
I will have to work hard next month