Neste post você vai aprender a utilizar alguns verbos muito importantes para a comunicação no ambiente de trabalho e no dia-a-dia. Tente diferenciar o uso desses verbos, pois eles podem te confundir. O macete está em observar as palavras que são usadas em conjunto e se acostumar com os padrões de uso. Como bônus, os exemplos estarão recheados de vocabulário relacionado ao mundo business.
Atenção às marcações:
Negrito/black = possíveis preposições usadas com os verbos.
Sublinhado = chunks (bloco de palavras que funcionam em conjunto com as expressões apresentadas)
Talk & Speak
I want to talk/speak to you.
I need to talk/speak with you.
Could I speak to Mr. Henderson?
Could I speak with Mr. Henderson?
Have you talked/spoken to Ms. Diaz?
Have you talked/spoken with Mr. Smith?
I want to talk/speak with you about our business plan.
I need to talk/speak to you about our business plan.
Mr. Jones, we need to talk/speak about your current position in the company.
Say
Do you want to say something? / Do you wanna say something?
I wanna say something / I need to say something.
Did you say anything? / Do you wanna say anything?
Well, at the last meeting, you said we needed to focus on quality rather than quantity.
Bem, na última reunião, você disse que precisavamos focar em (qualidade ao invés de quantidade).
What I wanna say is that you've got the talent for it.
They said it was tense. The project leader wasn't thrilled with the outcome of the meeting.
You know, as I said, I think at the last meeting... I'll just repeat again now...
He stopped and said to me, "Nicky, that was the best presentation I've seen so far".
Tell
I need to tell you something.
Can you tell me who she is?
She always tells the truth.
Could you tell me a little bit about yourself?
Have you told the interns they could leave earlier today?
He told us the CEO couldn't make it to the meeting, so he spoke on her behalf.
They'd told us our boss insists on doing everything by the book.
Other verbs
Can I ask you a favor?
They asked me to have a look at their product.
The director questioned my decision-making and shared his thoughts on how I could improve.
I think it's really important that we discuss the impact of the pandemic on the job market.
Acho muito importante discutirmos o impacto da pandemia no (mercado de trabalho).
It's a meeting where every department head will come to my office, and we will discuss the goals for the day.
In our last meeting, you mentioned some risk factors regarding our project proposal.
Time to increase your vocabulary!
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