Work & Business

Professional phrasal verbs for the workplace

はじめに

現代の職場は句動詞で回っています。プロジェクトは「take on（引き受ける）」されて「carry out（実行する）」され、会議は「set up（設定する）」されて「wrap up（締めくくる）」される。そして自分のアイデアが会議室で「shoot down（却下される）」されないことを誰もが祈ります。

この章では、仕事に必要な句動詞をカバーします。同僚の代わりに「fill in（穴を埋める）」する、責任を「hand over（引き継ぐ）」する、あるいは「get ahead（出世する）」しようとする——どんなビジネスシーンでも自信を持って使えるようになりましょう。

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この章の句動詞一覧（59）

• take on To accept responsibility for a task or hire someone
• carry out To complete or perform a task
• wrap up To finish or conclude something
• set up To establish or arrange something
• hand over To transfer responsibility or possession
• fill in To substitute for someone or complete a form
• put off To postpone or delay something
• get ahead To make progress or become successful
• cut back To reduce spending or consumption
• lay off To dismiss employees or stop doing something
• come up with To think of an idea or plan
• follow up To take further action or check on progress
• bring up To mention or introduce a topic
• call off To cancel something
• put forward To propose or suggest something
• turn down To reject or refuse something
• draw up To prepare a document or plan
• scale up To increase in size or scope
• step down To resign from a position
• keep up with To maintain the same pace or level as others
• fall behind To fail to keep up with progress or schedule
• knuckle down To start working hard and seriously
• slack off To work less hard than usual
• branch out To expand into new areas
• step up To increase effort or take responsibility
• clock in To record arrival at work
• clock out To record departure from work
• fill in for To temporarily do someone else's job
• take off To not work for a period; to become successful
• buckle down To start working hard and seriously
• burn the midnight oil To work late into the night
• pencil in To schedule tentatively
• iron out To resolve problems or difficulties
• crack on To continue working quickly
• sign off on To give official approval
• burn through To use up resources quickly
• pitch in To help with a task
• factor in To include something in calculations
• hand in To submit work or documents
• hand out To distribute something to people
• set out To explain or present clearly
• stand in for To replace someone temporarily
• push ahead To continue despite difficulties
• sign off To approve or end communication
• knock off To finish work for the day
• step in To intervene or take over temporarily
• stand in To substitute for someone
• cover for To substitute or protect someone
• bring in To hire or generate
• report to To be accountable to a manager
• answer to To be accountable to someone
• weigh up To assess or consider carefully
• beaver away To work hard and steadily
• slog away To work hard continuously
• slave away To work extremely hard
• delegate out To assign work to others
• farm out To outsource or assign externally
• clock up To accumulate or achieve
• notch up To achieve or record