# Idioms for better business meetings

**Language:** English  
**CEFR Level:** C1  

> Listen in as Mason and Ava talk about essential phrasal verbs and idioms for business meetings in real, everyday English. By the end of this course their conversation will feel easy to follow, and you'll be ready to join in.

**Setting:** The course is set in the bustling headquarters of a tech startup in downtown Seattle, Washington. Mason and Ava are co-leading a high-stakes cross-functional product launch and must collaborate closely over five consecutive preparation meetings to align their teams.

## Lessons

### 1. Postponing a meeting topic

After Mason arrives late, Ava fills him in on the project's status, and they decide to put a difficult budget discussion on hold until later in the day.

### 2. Addressing misalignment on project timelines

Ava and Mason realize they are not on the same page regarding the launch date and coordinate how to work with other teams to revise the schedule.

### 3. Suggesting a simplified approach

Mason and Ava reflect on a previous unproductive meeting before moving on to marketing, where Ava proposes simplifying their core messaging.

### 4. Avoiding unnecessary details in discussions

Mason and Ava agree to focus on high-level marketing points rather than getting bogged down, and they decide to postpone discussing vendor delays until they have facts.

### 5. Concluding a meeting with action items

Ava and Mason wrap up their discussion, agreeing to start on their action items and schedule a follow-up meeting for the next day.