WHAT’S NEW
WORKING WITH WORDS
A fixer upper A house or apartment for sale in bad condition
Diss To lack respect
Heads-up A short statement giving information on how a situation is
developing
Yas Expressing great pleasure or excitement
Showrooming Visiting a physical shop before buying products online
Hak Hugs and kisses
Glamping Glamorous camping
Smirting Smoking and flirting
A flip-flopper Someone who constantly changes his mind, especially on political
and economic issues
A personal day An employment benefit that allows employees to take a day off
(with pay)
Stats Statistics
Staycation Staying home instead of going on vacation, to save money, avoid
travelling etc
Hols Holidays
Grads Graduates
Duvet day A day staying in your bed
Gearhead Someone who is interested in new gadgets
Weekend warrior A person who participates in activities only in their part-time or
weekend
Grads graduates
OFFICE SPEAK
Bring your a-game To do whatever it takes
I’m heading for an important meeting, but I’ll To follow up
circle back later
Don’t worry. I’ve got that on my radar To be aware of something
Think outside the box To come up with new ideas
Who’s going to action the press conference? To take care of
Going forward I will take a more directive From now on
approach
I suggest we drill down into their financial To look into something more in detail
statements
LISTENING
How should millennials be managed?
- Trust
o Autonomy
o Bottom-up
, o >< top down
To boss around
Boss tells you what to do
- Flexibility
- Creative environment
o Having your say in what happens
- Personal development
LANGUAGE FOCUS
Tense Active Passive
Present simple We accept credit cards Credit cards are accepted
Present I am doing the job The job is being done
continuous
Past simple The board appointed him He was appointed
Present perfect Have they informed mr. X? Has mr X been informed?
Past perfect They had robbed him He had been robbed
Future simple They will not replace the parts The parts will not be replaced
Modal You must return the top copy The top copy must be returned
Infinitive You need to sign the document The document needs to be
signed
Special cases
Prepositional case We dealt with the problems The problems were dealt with
Impersonal They say women live longer It is said that women live longer
passive Women are said to live longer
Two objects They have told the news to Liz The news has been told to Liz
Liz has been told the news
Relative clauses Companies that are listed on Companies listed on the SE
the SE (al passief)
Many/a lot of companies still don’t Heel wat bedrijven snappen nog altijd niet
understand how social media can be used hoe sociale media effectief gebruikt kan
effectively to attract new customers for worden om bvb nieuwe klanten aan te
example trekken
A moment please, the programs are being Een ogenblikje aub. De programma’s
downloaded worden gedownload
It is assumed that Brexit will slow down Er wordt aangenomen dat de Brexit de
the economic growth of the UK economische groei van het VK aanzienlijk
considerably zal vertragen
New measures will have to be taken to Er zullen nieuwe maatregelen genomen
prevent tax avoidance worden om belastingontwijking te
verkomen
Mariah Carey said to have insured her legs MC zou haar benen verzekerd hebben
It is said that MC has insured her legs voor 470 milion.
NOTE:
Economic: economisch
economical: zuinig
WORKING WITH WORDS
A fixer upper A house or apartment for sale in bad condition
Diss To lack respect
Heads-up A short statement giving information on how a situation is
developing
Yas Expressing great pleasure or excitement
Showrooming Visiting a physical shop before buying products online
Hak Hugs and kisses
Glamping Glamorous camping
Smirting Smoking and flirting
A flip-flopper Someone who constantly changes his mind, especially on political
and economic issues
A personal day An employment benefit that allows employees to take a day off
(with pay)
Stats Statistics
Staycation Staying home instead of going on vacation, to save money, avoid
travelling etc
Hols Holidays
Grads Graduates
Duvet day A day staying in your bed
Gearhead Someone who is interested in new gadgets
Weekend warrior A person who participates in activities only in their part-time or
weekend
Grads graduates
OFFICE SPEAK
Bring your a-game To do whatever it takes
I’m heading for an important meeting, but I’ll To follow up
circle back later
Don’t worry. I’ve got that on my radar To be aware of something
Think outside the box To come up with new ideas
Who’s going to action the press conference? To take care of
Going forward I will take a more directive From now on
approach
I suggest we drill down into their financial To look into something more in detail
statements
LISTENING
How should millennials be managed?
- Trust
o Autonomy
o Bottom-up
, o >< top down
To boss around
Boss tells you what to do
- Flexibility
- Creative environment
o Having your say in what happens
- Personal development
LANGUAGE FOCUS
Tense Active Passive
Present simple We accept credit cards Credit cards are accepted
Present I am doing the job The job is being done
continuous
Past simple The board appointed him He was appointed
Present perfect Have they informed mr. X? Has mr X been informed?
Past perfect They had robbed him He had been robbed
Future simple They will not replace the parts The parts will not be replaced
Modal You must return the top copy The top copy must be returned
Infinitive You need to sign the document The document needs to be
signed
Special cases
Prepositional case We dealt with the problems The problems were dealt with
Impersonal They say women live longer It is said that women live longer
passive Women are said to live longer
Two objects They have told the news to Liz The news has been told to Liz
Liz has been told the news
Relative clauses Companies that are listed on Companies listed on the SE
the SE (al passief)
Many/a lot of companies still don’t Heel wat bedrijven snappen nog altijd niet
understand how social media can be used hoe sociale media effectief gebruikt kan
effectively to attract new customers for worden om bvb nieuwe klanten aan te
example trekken
A moment please, the programs are being Een ogenblikje aub. De programma’s
downloaded worden gedownload
It is assumed that Brexit will slow down Er wordt aangenomen dat de Brexit de
the economic growth of the UK economische groei van het VK aanzienlijk
considerably zal vertragen
New measures will have to be taken to Er zullen nieuwe maatregelen genomen
prevent tax avoidance worden om belastingontwijking te
verkomen
Mariah Carey said to have insured her legs MC zou haar benen verzekerd hebben
It is said that MC has insured her legs voor 470 milion.
NOTE:
Economic: economisch
economical: zuinig
