How to Speak English About Work — Jobs, Careers & Native Expressions

by semaayildizz
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>> Ah, yes, citizens of the world. Welcome
to the RealLife English podcast, where
we help you to become a confident,
natural English speaker, connect to the
world, and actually use your English as
the doorway to living your greatest
life. So, listen until the end because
you are going to learn expressions that
will help you discuss work while
listening to a natural, real-life
conversation where Izzy and I talk about
our first jobs and how we became
entrepreneurs.
By the way, Izzy, what is an
entrepreneur?
>> Ah.
It's a person who
runs a business, who decides to start
their own business and
run it, lead it. Right? A lot of times
without so many resources, I'd say.
Right.
>> Exactly.
Uh,
comes from French. In case people didn't
already notice that it's a very
French-looking word. We have a lot of
words like this in English that we
borrow from French.
>> Mhm.
>> And it's built from
two words in French, which are entre,
which means between, and prendre, which
is to take. So, it literally means like
someone who takes something on or who
undertakes, which in English basically
means to do something risky. If you
undertake something, you do something