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Business jargon can sound like a very different language. Jargon refers to a specialised language that gets used in a certain profession or trade.
In business it is sometimes unfairly called 「management-speak」. It can be a clever way of disguising what people really want to say!
Listen out for these phrases in the programme:
Touch base
Downsize
Going forward
Close of play
Jackie and Helen explain the real meaning of these phrases.
As always, if you have a question about the English language you can send it to the team at questions.chinaelt@bbc.co.uk.