hi bob the canadian here welcome to this
little english lesson
where i'm going to teach you some
phrases that you can use
to talk about work in fact i am back at
work
the school day just ended so i'm happy
about that because i can
take my mask off it's been a long day
actually but i'm definitely
back at it and that's the first phrase
that i wanted to teach you
sometimes when you take a break from
work like as a teacher i had the summer
off
when you start working again you say
that you are back at it so back at it
is a simple phrase that just means
you're working again
the other phrase i wanted to teach you
is the phrase to be back in the swing of
things
the first week of school things were a
little rough it's hard to remember how
to do everything
but eventually you get used to the job
again and then we use the english phrase
to be back in the swing of things or to
be back into
the swing of things and basically all
that means is that
work seems pretty normal to me now i've
remembered how to do this job and i
think i do it pretty well
so i'm definitely back in the swing of
things like i said
the first week was a little rough while
i was trying to remember how to do this
job well
i certainly needed to work out some
kinks that's the third phrase i wanted
to teach you when you need to work out
some kinks
it means you need to kind of re-learn
how to do the job well
sometimes you know exactly how to do it
but you haven't done it for a long time
so when you start doing the job again
you need to work out the kinks
and certainly after i worked out the
kinks i needed to roll up my sleeves
now i know i wear short sleeved shirts
but the english phrase to roll up your
sleeves
means to get to work and to work hard so
after i worked out all the kinks i
certainly rolled up my sleeves
and started doing the job well this is
actually my third week back at work and
it's time to get down to business
in english when we talk about work and
we use the phrase
to get down to business it means that
you want to start getting work done
sometimes when you start a job or
restart a job like i just did
there are many things you need to do
that aren't the actual work
you have a lot of training and a lot of
new things you have to learn
but now because it's the third week back
at the job
it's time to get down to business it's
time to get the actual work done
that needs to be done because i want to
make headway
when you use the english phrase to make
headway it means that you want to have
progress at your job when you start a
project
or you start a task you always want to
make
progress or make headway when you say
you want to make headway it means that
each day you want to get a certain
amount of work done
so that eventually you are done the
project it is always nice to get down to
business
and then to make headway so so far the
job is really exciting
it's fun to be back at work but
eventually it will be the same old same
old
in english when we use the phrase the
same old same old
it just simply means that something has
become routine and maybe even a little
bit boring
usually my job doesn't become too boring
but eventually it'll just be the same
old same old
i'll do the same things every day as i
continue to do the job
every once in a while at work i need to
go the extra mile
the english phrase to go the extra mile
means that you do
more than you are expected to do so i'm
expected to teach my classes
but sometimes i go the extra mile by
helping out a colleague
on a project they're working on so at
work
when you say that you are going to go
the extra mile it means you're going to
do more work
than they would expect you to do on a
project or a task
it's really nice to have colleagues that
are willing to go the extra mile
speaking of colleagues i'm sure everyone
has a co-worker
who needs to pull up their socks in
english when we say that someone needs
to pull up their socks
it means they need to work harder i'm
sure at your place of work everyone
works really hard
but there might be that one person who
just doesn't work as hard as everyone
else
and we would say that that person needs
to pull up their socks
because when everyone is working on the
same task or job
it's nice if everyone pulls their weight
in
english when we say that everyone needs
to pull their weight it means that they
all need to work
as hard as everyone else when you have a
job to do
or when you're working on a project and
if three people are pulling their weight
but one person is not working very hard
that person definitely needs to pull up
their socks i really do enjoy being back
at work but i do need to keep my nose to
the grindstone
in english when you're talking about a
job and you say that you need to keep
your nose to the grindstone
it means that you need to keep working
hard and not take too many breaks
it's important when you're a teacher
like me when you're doing this
job that you keep your nose to the
grindstone because if you get behind
the jaw becomes very very difficult i
also want to keep my nose to the
grindstone because i want to stay ahead
of the game
in english when you use the phrase to
stay ahead of the game
it means that you plan well and that you
work ahead
and that you do things before they need
to be done
so that your job is a little bit more
relaxing
i often find that if i get behind my job
becomes a little bit irritating and i
get annoyed
but if i stay ahead of the game i can
stay happy at work and i can do really
well
as an employee well hey thanks for
watching this little lesson on a few
work phrases that you can use when
talking about your job
or about work i hope you were able to
learn just a little bit more english in
this video lesson
and i hope that wherever you work
whether it's a part-time job or
full-time job
that it's going well and that you are
enjoying yourself i'm bob the canadian
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