No matter how hard he works, he never gets promotion.
4. idiom or phrase
in charge of
roll out
work out
in terms of
in that case
by the way
5. at & in
at work
at HP company
at Futian
at the station
at 26 Fuhua 1st Road
in Beijing
in China
in the world
in the middle of
in the east
in the office
6. at & in & on
at eleven o‘clock
at noon
at night
at present
at the moment
at the same time
at the beginning of
at the end of
in the morning
in a week
in July
in Summer
in 1988
in the beginning
in the end
on August 15,2014
on Monday
on Sunday morning
on that day
on this sixth of June
this morning
last week
some day
today
tomorrow
yesterday
7. in & within + time
He will be back in a few days.
He will be back within a week.
8. by & until + time
This project must be finished by the end of this week.
I‘ll wait until six o‘clock.
9. from & since + time
He worked at HP from 2011 to 2013.
I have been worked at HP since 2011.
10. time + week + place
Please confirm the meeting at 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. on June in ITB(International Trade Building) 14F conference room.
11. Abbreviations in E-mail
FYI For your information
ASAP As soon as possible
vs. Verse
e.g. Exampli gratia
i.e. Id est
Q1 First quarter
int‘I International
ATTN. Attention
corp. Corporation
a.m./A.M. Ante meridiem (24:00-12:00)
p.m./P.M. Post meridiem (12:00-24:00)
TKS Thanks
etc. Etcetera
Typo Type error
YTD Year to date
QTD Quarter to date
MTD Month to date
RGDS Regards
info Information
Incl. Including
H.Q. Headquarter
BTW By the way
Pls Please
FAQ Frequently asked questions
COB Close of business (#UK, US: the end of day)
P.S. Postscript
cc Carbon Copy
bcc Blind carbon copy
Re Regarding
Dept. Department
Encl Enclosed
ETA Estimated time of arrival
ATA Actual time of arrival
TCC Tele conference call
P&C Personal & Confidential
FYU For your use
R&R Role & Responsibiility
T&C Terms & Conditions
RSVP répondez s‘il vous plaît
et al et alii/alia, and others
biz business
FYA For Your Action
Pros and cons advantages and disadvantage
STP Standard through Procedure
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
USP Unique selling Point
w/o without
12. E-mail
Can we chat next Wednesday?
How‘re things going?
Congrats on your promotion!
Wish you a successful launch!
It is really amazing!
Nice to hear from you!
Let‘s catch up sometime. Call me if you‘d like to have a lunch!
The time is fine with me. c u then.
I‘d be in China next week. how about tues nite?
If you are around by chance, please give me a call for a coffee break.
Good day. I trust that all well with you.
Let me know if you and your family are free for lunch on the 20rd. Maybe we can meet then.
Bon voyage.
Let me know if it‘s your first time here, or you‘re looking for. Also any preference on food?
Wish you Merry X‘mas and a healthy & wealthy 2015!
Sorry but forgot to mention that if possible, can we start the first session from 10 a.m.? Since I‘ll be taking a late flight and won‘t arrive at Taipei airport ‘til midnight.
That‘s fine and let‘s do that some other day then. I can‘t make it this Sat., as I‘m going back to HK this Friday.
Ooooops!
Let‘s check the latest realistic sales estimates and as long as we are very confident of US$ 5m then let‘s proceed.
Pls have your team draft up an indication plan for the businness after talking to the business heads and getting Sam‘s agreement before submitting it to Paul.
My team will make bullet points for you in the replies so please have me as a cc please.
I would really appreciate it if you or one of your team members coudle take me through the system as this would be really useful for me and helpful in any coversations with James.
Please do not copy me in on product approval requests that are not directly for me-my in box is too full and I will only review this when it comes to me signed off by everyone.
We have been discussing the proliferation of products we have on our investments products we have on our investments product list and my feeling is that there are simply too many, causing us to lose focus and spread limited resources too thinly, both in your business and in sales.
in place (Can you please ensure that the disclaimers are in place as a matter of urgency please?)
in this regard (Zimo please liaises with Gaara in this regard tomorrow.)
in hand (This is now in hand and expected timeline for completion is 14th July.)
in essence (In essence, I believe it is but can I ask Zimo to verify on behalf of the finance department please?)
subject to (I am agreeable in principle subject to there being no adverse impacts on customers demand/service.)
in case (Send you the questions in English again in case you can‘t read Chinese words.)
in terms of (In terms of the comments raised by the CEO, I shall discuss them further with Zimo.)
run into (If anyone run into barriers, please feel free to call or e-mail me.)
