
Speak Business English Like An American covers over 350 idioms and expressions you're likely to encounter in today's business world. Familiarize yourself with all of them.
Speak English Like an American » LESSON 23 - Bob Has a Surprise Visitor
Peter: Hi Bob. I was just in the neighborhood so I thought I'd stop by.
Bob: Come on in. Take a cookie.
Peter: Thanks. I'm glad to see you're not holding a grudge against me for firing you.
Bob: Not at all. At first, it burned me up. But I feel better now.
Peter: Good. I'm glad you have no hard feelings. How would you like your old job back?
Bob: What happened to your wonderful new manager?
Peter: She drank at work. By five o'clock, she'd be lying under a dining room table, three sheets to the wind. Yesterday, I finally got rid of her.
Bob: Let me get this straight. You replaced me with some crazy woman who got plastered every day on the job?
Peter: Yeah, I lost my head.
Bob: I don't think you lost your head. I just think you've got rocks in your head!
Peter: Bob, I'm trying to level with you. I never should've let you go.
Bob: No use crying over spilt milk.
Peter: So you'll come back and work for me?
Bob: Not on your life! Susan and I are very well off now. We just sold our new company for a small fortune!
NOTE: This is a more conversational way of saying "come in."
SYNONYMS: to get loaded [slang]; to get sloshed [slang]
SYNONYMS: wasted [slang]; liquored up [slang]; dead drunk
Speak Business English Like An American covers over 350 idioms and expressions you're likely to encounter in today's business world. Familiarize yourself with all of them.
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