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Hen and stag parties, 6 Minute English, 22 July 2010. As the wedding season comes to a close, Yvonne and Kate talk about money - how much the happy couple spend as well as their guests, for example for the hen and stag parties.

Welcome back to Business Skills 360 – the podcast that looks at the other side of Business English.

This is the third part in our 360 series on your first job interview, and we’re going to be looking at the topic of research. And by that I mean the research that you should be doing before you step into the interview. Okay, so let’s get started…

When you prepare for an interview, you want to arm yourself with knowledge in three key areas. Number one is the position itself. Number two is the company. And number three is the industry.

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Photos from Peru showing celebrations for the start of the rainy season. The photo was taken by Jack Vidal Delgado Crisóstomo from Peru. Costumes and celebrations: August 2010

Twilight; dusk.

morganatic: pertaining to a form of marriage where a person of high rank weds someone of lower station without claim to the property of the high-ranking partner.

* either * neither * both

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"Did you know that the quagga is a variant of the zebra?"

blab: to tell somebody information...

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Topics: Ask an American: Obsolete; regarding versus concerning versus as for; can't be bothered; How you doing?

Words:
block
soundtrack
to tote
ghetto blaster
forefinger
knob
cultural reference
next door
otherwise
to Tweet
terse
to water down
regarding
concerning
as for
can't be bothered
How you doing?

occlude: to shut in, out, or off.

A pitifully timid or ineffectual person.

These telephoning English conversations can be used in the following ways:

• Use the entire telephoning English conversation in pairs to practice the situations.
• Use the separate telephoning English conversations with your role. The other role is taken away so that you can listen to your partner more carefully.
• Use the telephoning English conversations without your role once you have used the role plays a number of times. This will help you memorize common phrases used in typical telephoning English situations.

Telephoning English - Making a Doctor's Appointment
Telephoning English - Leaving a Message
Telephoning English - Making a Reservation for Dinner
Telephoning English - Telephoning School for your Child
Telephoning English - Asking a Question about a Bill

Feel free to print out these telephoning English situations for use in class, or share the telephoning conversations with your friends online. For example, you could call your friend on Skype, navigate to a telephoning English practice page and practice together by each taking a role, exchanging roles, and practicing a few times. Click on the following telephoning English conversations to begin.

Telephoning in English originally appeared on About.com English as 2nd Language on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 at 05:28:25.

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