Essential English Phrasal Verbs & Business Vocabulary

Essential English for Travel and Socializing

Common Phrasal Verbs

• Go out: salir fuera
• Freshen up: lavarse
• Eat out: comer fuera
• Check in: registrarse
• Meet up with: quedar con alguien
• Show someone around: To act as a guide for someone in a new place; enseñar un lugar.
• Pick someone up: To collect someone, typically in a vehicle; recoger a alguien.
• Drop someone off: To take someone to a place and leave them there; dejar a alguien.

Useful Travel Nouns

• Sightseeing: Visiting interesting buildings and places as a tourist.
• Conference: A large meeting where people with the same work or interest come together.
• Venue: The place where a conference or a big event is held.
• Facilities: Space, equipment, and services provided.
• Nightlife: Things to do in the evening.

Vocabulary for Inventory and Supply Chain Management

Inventory Status and Actions

• Stock up: To buy a large quantity of something; abastecerse.
• Running low: Having a small amount of stock left; agotándose.
• Run out: To have no more of something left; quedarse sin existencias.
• Out of stock: No stock is currently available; agotado.
• In stock: Stock is available; en stock / disponible.
• Get back: To return something; devolución.

Monitoring and Management

• Keep track of: To monitor or follow the progress of something; hacer un seguimiento de.
• Look into: To investigate or examine; investigar.
• Check it out: To verify or inspect; comprobar.

Supply Chain Components

• Raw materials: The basic substances used to make something.
• Components: Parts you need to construct something.
• Suppliers: Providers of goods.
• Warehouse: The place where goods are stored.
• Distributors: The middleman between the manufacturer and the retailer.
• Retailers: People or businesses that sell products to the public.
• Client: A customer of the company.
• Supply chain: A series of processes involved in supplying a product to someone.
• Streamline: Designed for optimal efficiency.

Essential Terms for Business and Innovation

Corporate Structure and Marketing

• Headquarters: The main office of an organization or a business.
• Team leader: The person in charge of a team.
• Market leader: A company that sells more of its products than any other company of the same type.
• Advertisement: A short film, notice, or announcement to persuade people to buy something.
• Feedback: Comments about how well or how badly someone is doing something.

Innovation and Development

• Invention: A design for something new.
• Brainchild: An idea or invention of one person or group of people.
• Concept: An idea for something new.
• Innovative: New and original.
• Aha moment: When you suddenly realize or understand something.
• Catalyst: Something that causes change.
• Prototype: The first form of something new.
• ASAP: An acronym for "As Soon As Possible".

Useful Descriptive Adjectives

• Worthwhile: A good thing to do; worth the time or effort.
• Dull: Boring.
• Challenging: Difficult in a satisfying way.
• Rewarding: Makes us feel good; provides satisfaction.