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When people gather in groups, they tend to come up with a new way of speaking. They want to differ themselves from others. Of course, in business environment, it wouldn't be different. Taking that into account, I was surfing online when I came across some jargons and I've decided to show some of those phrases here. My goal is to make English easier for those ones who have difficulties in learning it. So, take a look at them: (they were first written on grammarly blog) 1 Low-Hanging Fruit This phrase is all about going for the quick fix and the easy win in order to get immediate results. So go ahead and put all the hard stuff on the “back burner”—there’s zero chance that could come back to bite you, right? 2 Leverage Mind-numbingly overused, and a favorite of managers attempting to “climb the ladder.” “Leveraging our goodwill with millennials will help us increase sales.” Please, quit deluding yourself. Incessantly using “leverage” as a verb does not increase our estimation of your intelligence. 3 Open the Kimono It means to reveal information or secrets, such as the inner workings of a company or the details of a project. If being low-key racist and sexist doesn’t turn you off, this phrase is also exceptionally creepy. 4 Giving 110% A hyperbolic phrase synonymous with “going above and beyond.” Translation: “We’d like you to work fourteen-hour days for the next two weeks because of an arbitrary decision the CEO made.” Unless you’re a professional athlete or Little League coach, this phrase should not be in your vocabulary. 5 Learnings One of the most heinous buzzwords to crawl out of the office petri dish. “On this next slide I’ll share my main learnings from the conference.” Please, don’t ever share your “learnings” with us, just tell us what you learned. #MakeLearningAVerbAgain 6 Out of Pocket A term with dubious etymology meaning “I won’t be available.” “I’ll be out of pocket this week. You can reach out to my assistant with any urgent requests.” Okay, enough with the abysmal out-of-office messages. For those of you who would like to make a positive impression, here are ten out of office messages you’ll want to copy . 7 Drink the Kool-Aid Meaning to unquestioningly buy into something, such as a company’s “mission.” This common idiom originated from the mass suicide-massacre of 1978 when over 900 members of the Jonestown commune were forced to drink poisoned Flavor Aid by their crazed leader. So, maybe you should stop casually referencing horrific tragedies during your board meetings. 8 Bio Break An annoying and unnecessary euphemism for taking a bathroom break during a meeting. Seriously, all you need to do is announce a ten-minute break. You can spare us the details. 9 Blue Sky Thinking Thinking “outside the box” wasn’t enough. Your new imperative is to think in a way that is so exceptionally creative that you are unbound by the constraints of convention, common sense, or even reality. It’s all blue sky up there, baby! 10 Tiger Team A group of specialists assembled to tackle a particular problem. “The Tiger Team is working to get the pension problem under control.” Stop kidding yourself. Unless you’re an elite government hacker (the origin of the term) or you’re wearing tights and shouting “Thundercats, Hooo!” you are not in a Tiger Team. 11 Idea Shower or Thought Shower A brainstorm, but apparently with no brains required. Please keep your “thought showers” to yourself, thank you very much. 12 Moving the Goalposts Changing an expectation or parameter of an ongoing project, making the project more difficult to complete. “If our client keeps moving the goalposts, we won’t be able to deliver their report on time!” This is also a great way to cheat at games in your backyard, when you’re a child. “Mom! Benny moved the goalposts again! It’s not fair!” 13 Drill Down To investigate something in detail. Synonymous with the equally insufferable “let’s unpack that” and “peeling the onion.” 14 Gain Traction An infuriatingly overused buzzword meaning “to gain popularity.” “Our new SeeFood app has failed to gain traction, we’ve only had twelve downloads.”

Finding mistakes in sentences is a great way to learn English because it helps yu actively engage with the language and understand its rules. Here's why this practice is so useful: Identifying patterns: When you find and correct mistakes, you begin to notice patterns in how the language works. For example, you might spot common errors with verb tenses, word order, sentence structure or prepositions. Recognizing these patterns helps you apply the correct rules in future sentences when speaking. Improving accuracy:   By spotting mistakes, you're actively learning to avoid them. Over time, this leads to better accuracy in your speaking and writing, making your English sound more natural and fluent. Building confidence: Correcting mistakes teaches you that it's okay to make errors while learning a new language. The more mistakes you identify and fix, the more confident you become in your ability to use English correctly. Be confident! Deepening understanding: When you analyze mistakes, you gain a deeper understanding of grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structure. This can help you grasp subtler aspects of the language that might otherwise be overlooked. Memory reinforcement: The act of correcting errors helps reinforce the right way to do things. When you actively engage with the language, it sticks in your memory better than just reading or listening passively. Fostering self-correction: Learning to find mistakes on your own makes you more independent. You’ll become better at self-editing and recognizing when something doesn't sound right, even without a teacher's help. Overall, this method of learning encourages critical thinking and helps you build a solid foundation in English.

Finding mistakes in sentences is a great way to learn English because it helps yu actively engage with the language and understand its rules. Here's why this practice is so useful: Identifying patterns: When you find and correct mistakes, you begin to notice patterns in how the language works. For example, you might spot common errors with verb tenses, word order, sentence structure or prepositions. Recognizing these patterns helps you apply the correct rules in future sentences when speaking. Improving accuracy:   By spotting mistakes, you're actively learning to avoid them. Over time, this leads to better accuracy in your speaking and writing, making your English sound more natural and fluent. Building confidence: Correcting mistakes teaches you that it's okay to make errors while learning a new language. The more mistakes you identify and fix, the more confident you become in your ability to use English correctly. Be confident! Deepening understanding: When you analyze mistakes, you gain a deeper understanding of grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structure. This can help you grasp subtler aspects of the language that might otherwise be overlooked. Memory reinforcement: The act of correcting errors helps reinforce the right way to do things. When you actively engage with the language, it sticks in your memory better than just reading or listening passively. Fostering self-correction: Learning to find mistakes on your own makes you more independent. You’ll become better at self-editing and recognizing when something doesn't sound right, even without a teacher's help. Overall, this method of learning encourages critical thinking and helps you build a solid foundation in English.

I was reading some quotes this morning and I've decided to write this post to you. There are many posts online telling us the dos and don'ts to learn a foreign language effectively. But, I'll tell you the truth, there's no magic in that. We have to have devotion, commitment, attachment, whatever word you would like to apply in this case, which means "want". I speak 4 languages. That wasn't by either chance or luck. It implies a lot of training, memorization, usage of the language. We have to do a lot of exercises in order to apply the rules, watch movies with no subtitles, read either books or news to learn new words for us to use when we talk to a foreigner. Even so, we take the risk of making mistakes. Everyone is able to learn a different language and be fluent as well. There is nothing to do with intelligence. It doesn't mean I'm more intelligent than others who speak one or two languages. It's a matter of practicing. The more you speak the better your communication gets. The more you read the better your speech turns. So far so good. You have to manage your time to study the language you want to learn. Nowadays, due to pandemics and more and more people doing home office, it's hard to find some time for our practice. But, if you don't schedule it in your calendar as if it were an appointment, something you can't postpone, you will never succeed in finding time to study. Remember: You have to have commitment, then fluency comes naturally.

Definitely not, according to 60 Minutes from CBS. "How cybercriminals hold data hostage... and why the best solution is often paying a ransom" This is not the first time I read news on how our data has been used without either our approval or awareness. Our face can be scanned on streets and our social profile can be hacked into by companies in order to sell us their products. In this case, I mean, products we have neither intention nor need to buy. Our lives are thoroughly dependent on internet. We can't figure out living with no access to it. In other words, banking accounts, investments, e-tails, e-commerce, e-mails are part of our daily routine, mainly, at this moment of pandemics. We have raised an "e-life", and now how we could get rid of it. I believe there's no way out there. They say, "Targets have included hospitals and municipalities, but the FBI says anyone on the internet should expect to be attacked by cybercriminals." Based on that statement, I keep thinking to myself whether I should go back to "paper era". I was so happy at that time, but I wasn't aware of it.