{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68bffc4cf5c5afe5c257bd22/6a9e6af23559f1747849e174?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Bottom Line: 4 Business Idioms You’ll Hear at Work","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68bffc4cf5c5afe5c257bd22/94061770-3f26-40d1-b08b-b5b10b20ea73.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>This podcast is created through a human-led editorial process. Every episode concept, educational strategy, narrative direction and final editorial decision is developed and reviewed by people committed to making English learning meaningful. Artificial intelligence supports script development and editing, while ElevenLabs provides the synthetic voices of our hosts. Human judgement leads the process; technology supports its production.</p>\r\n<p>Learn with this episode on Your English Toolbox: follow the transcript, compare translations, review the vocabulary, use Cinema Mode and practise with seven listening speeds: <a href=\"https://yourenglishtoolbox.com/episodes/133-the-bottom-line-4-business-idioms-youll-hear-at-work/\">https://yourenglishtoolbox.com/episodes/133-the-bottom-line-4-business-idioms-youll-hear-at-work/</a></p>\r\n<p>Continue with Lesson 7 — Business — in our free Idiom Toolbox course: <a href=\"https://yourenglishtoolbox.com/idioms/lesson-07-business/\">https://yourenglishtoolbox.com/idioms/lesson-07-business/</a></p>\r\n<p>Why does a business email contain a base, a bottom line, a bar and an extra mile? In this conversational Slow English lesson, Martin and Julia decode four common business idioms that appear in meetings, emails and workplace conversations.</p>\r\n<p>You will learn:</p>\r\n<ul><li>touch base — make brief contact to exchange information;</li><li>the bottom line — identify the essential fact or final financial result;</li><li>raise the bar — set a higher standard;</li><li>go the extra mile — make more effort than is normally expected.</li></ul>\r\n<p>The conversation also explains useful grammar patterns, the financial meaning of “the bottom line”, the difference between extra effort and unhealthy expectations, and the situations where each expression sounds natural.</p>\r\n<p>Finish with an active-recall challenge and create a personal example that connects the language with your own work or studies.</p>\r\n<p>Level: B1–B2 · Focus: business idioms · workplace English · listening and speaking · Format: short conversational Slow English</p>\r\n<p>Keywords: business English idioms, the bottom line meaning, touch base meaning, raise the bar meaning, go the extra mile meaning, English for work, workplace English vocabulary, business English listening practice, slow English podcast, English idioms course, intermediate English, Your English Toolbox</p>\r\n<p>#BusinessEnglish #EnglishIdioms #SlowEnglishPodcast #LearnEnglish #EnglishForWork #YourEnglishToolbox</p>","author_name":"YOUR ENGLISH TOOLBOX"}