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Business English Vocabulary Lessons

BEP — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:57:13 +0000

All business English Vocabulary lessons published by Business English Pod.

We now have over 150 audio and video English lessons covering key aspects of business English vocabulary. Vocabulary is presented in context using realistic conversations and visuals and each lesson has a downloadable PDF transcript and online quizzes for extra practice. In addition to our vocabulary lessons, we have a great selection of lessons on business English idioms and collocations.

Use these links to jump to business vocabulary for specific areas such as finance, marketing and legal:

Below is the complete list of business English vocabulary lessons ordered by published date, starting with the most recent lessons.

Business English News 61 – Data Centers

Business English Games – Tariffs Monster Challenge

BEP 417 – English for Accounting: Discussing an Audit (2)

BEP 416 – English for Accounting: Discussing an Audit (1)

Business English News 60 – Tariffs: Rewiring Global Trade

Business English News 59 – DeepSeek

BEP 413 – Business English Idioms about Technology (2)

BEP 412 – Business English Idioms about Technology (1)

Business English News 58 – HR: Hiring Trends

BEN 57 – Robots: Back to the Future

BEP 409 – Quality Control 2: Customer Service

BEP 408 – Quality Control 1: Manufacturing

Business English News 56 – Deglobalization

BEP 405 – English Idioms about Animals (2)

BEP 404 – English Idioms about Animals (1)

Business English News 55 – 2024 Global Economic Outlook

Business English News 54 – Tech Takeovers

BEP 398 – English for Sales: Financial Services (2)

Business English News 53 – TikTok

Business English News 52 – ChatGPT

BEP 394 – English Idioms about Body Parts (2)

BEP 393 – English Idioms about Body Parts (1)

Business English News 51 – Energy Costs

BEP 390 – English Collocations: Online Marketing (2)

BEP 389 – English Collocations: Online Marketing (1)

Business English News 50 – Streaming TV Services

BEP 386 – English Idioms about Spending Money (2)

BEP 385 – English Idioms about Spending Money (1)

Business English News 49 – Inflation and Interest Rates

BEP 382 – Collocations for Discussing a Partnership (2)

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Business English News 61 – Data Centers

BEP — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:11:24 +0000

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In this Business English News lesson on data centers, we look at business English vocabulary related to energy supply and tech.

AI seemed relatively uncontroversial when it was limited to simple functions in your toothbrush or car. But then, in 2022, ChatGPT made an enormous splash, signaling the commercialization of generative AI. Since then, there’s been a rapid proliferation of new tools. And the popularity of these tools has necessitated massive infrastructure to support all this computing power.

The energy demand is huge. In 2024, U.S. data centers used 183 terawatt-hours of electricity – more than 4% of all U.S. power usage. A single large AI data center can use as much electricity as 100,000 homes in a year. Bigger ones under construction may use twenty times more. This growing demand puts pressure on local power grids and can lead to increased energy costs.

They also need large amounts of water to keep their machines cool, which can strain local water supplies. Yet companies are not required to fully report their energy or water use.

As concerns grow about higher bills, water shortages, and climate change, companies promise cleaner energy and better technology. Still, experts warn that AI’s energy use may grow faster than these improvements.

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Business English Games – Tariffs Monster Challenge

BEP — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 18:46:46 +0000

Battle your way through the monster’s den as you face terrifying terms, creepy collocations, and devilish definitions – all based on financial English vocabulary from our BEN 60 lesson.

You can review all the financial English vocabulary featured in this game in this lesson:

BEN 60 – Tariffs

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BEP 417 – English for Accounting: Discussing an Audit (2)

BEP — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 17:02:01 +0000

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Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson, the second part of our financial English series on discussing an audit.

Money is the language of business, and audits are one way companies prove they can be trusted with it. Audits check whether financial records are accurate and reliable. They help investors, managers, and the public see that the numbers tell the truth about the organization’s money.

If you’ve ever been a part of a discussion about an audit, you’ll know that there’s a lot of specialized language in the world of finance. And some of this language is what we call collocations, or natural combinations of words. We use collocations all the time. In fact, we store a collocation in our memory as one unit, rather than individual words.

Maybe you’ve noticed a few collocations I’ve already used. Earlier, I said “financial records,” which are the documents related to a company’s finances. I also said “to tell the truth,” which is a verb plus noun, showing that collocations include combinations of different types of words. And if you learn these combinations, you can both understand better and sound more fluent.

In today’s dialog, we’ll hear a conversation between Ray and Elaine, who work for an international company that has just gone through an audit. Ray is the CFO, or Chief Financial Officer, and Elaine is the CEO. In their conversation about the audit results, they use many collocations. We’ll explain these collocations later in the debrief.

Listening Questions

1. Ray says that the “audit findings” revealed a gap. What financial process is this gap related to?
2. What question does Elaine ask about reporting?
3. What does Ray suggest rolling out this quarter to improve procedures?

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BEP 416 – English for Accounting: Discussing an Audit (1)

BEP — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 16:05:16 +0000

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Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson, the first in a two-part series on financial English for discussing an audit.

Financial audits have a way of increasing stress within a company. Suddenly everyone’s paying attention as reports get checked, numbers are reviewed, and details that seemed minor yesterday become urgent today. Audits can feel intense, but they are a critical part of good business practice.

Like many other financial processes, the world of audits has its own language or vocabulary. And much of this language comes in the form of “collocations.” Collocations are words that go together naturally. They are combinations of words that we learn as a group, rather than individually.

For example, a minute ago I said “everyone suddenly pays attention.” We always use that verb “pay” with the noun “attention.” It’s a strong collocation. That expression includes a verb and a noun, but collocations can feature any word forms. “For example” is a collocation that has a preposition and a noun, for example.

In today’s dialog, we’ll hear a conversation between Ray and Marcia. Ray is the Chief Financial Officer for an international company. Marcia is an auditor with an accounting firm hired to do an audit of Ray’s company. During their conversation about the upcoming audit, Ray and Marcia use many English collocations. We’ll explain these collocations later in the debrief.

Listening Questions

1. What does Ray hope to do in the week following the 15th of the month?
2. What does Marcia want to “walk through,” or review, with Ray?
3. Ray asks about something that is a hot topic, in Marcia’s opinion. What does he ask about?

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Business English News 60 – Tariffs: Rewiring Global Trade

BEP — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 15:55:28 +0000

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In this Business English News lesson on the effects of tariffs on global trade, we look at business English vocabulary related to the global supply chain and economics.

With his recent moves, Donald Trump has plunged the global economy into a new era of mercantile competition. He slapped tariffs on numerous trading partners even as he finalized new deals with others, such as Japan and the EU. The US president’s executive order last month announcing the tariffs said they were designed to reduce America’s trade deficit. As the Washington Post reports:

Since returning to office, Trump has raised US tariffs to their highest level since the 1930s, with an average rate of about 17% on nearly 45% of all imports. New 25% tariffs have been announced on India, with 50% on Brazil and copper imports. Although the administration has signed framework deals with key partners such as the EU and Japan, analysts warn these agreements remain fragile and insufficient to offset rising input costs and legal challenges.

The consequences of these sweeping tariff increases are being felt deep within the mechanics of global trade. As costs rise and agreements remain uncertain, businesses are struggling to maintain operational stability. Nowhere is this more evident than in global supply chains.

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