I have tried to make sentences (especially for business) using some phrasal verbs.
Could someone correct them or suggest better one?
1. branch out=expand
We prefer branching out into the new project rather than keeping the current business.
2. break into=enter
The company decided to break into the new project on the automatic driving.
3. carry on=continue
Let’s carry on discussion until the time is over.
4. close down=stop operating
The management decided to close down the plant because the strikes happened off and on the past few years.
5. step down=resign
Our general manager stepped down and a replacement has been assigned since this April.
6. take up (something )=occupy
Many agendas took up the meeting time, so our proposed agenda was not discussed at all.
7. carry out =perform
Can you prepare some materials for the presentation and carry it out at the meeting next week?
8. come up=happen
The urgent direction came up from the management yesterday, so we are very busy today.
9. get on=make progress
I got many calls from our customers today, so I could not get on with my work very much.
10. keep up with=follow
We have had a lot to do recently, so we are not keeping up with your task.
Thank you for your patience!
Now I am practicing to describe what I feel/imagine when I see a picture.
Following is about a picture of a woman standing beside a new shop.
Could anyone correct it? Thank you!
"A woman is standing beside a new shop. This is the opening day of her own shop. She has dreamed to have her shop for a long time so that she has spent so much time to study many things - how to have own shop and operate it, how to hire new employees and what she should do to increase the sales.
Of course she has worked really hard to earn money. Sometimes she went to another work at night after she finished her work in the evening.
She felt sometimes anxiety especially she was exhausted. However in case of such a time, she remembered what she was hoping."
I saw the phrases below on YouTube, but I'm not sure if I understand the meaning of "overhyped" and "it lived up to the hype" in this. Could anybody rephrase it, or can we have another way of saying for them?
" I thought that movie was gonna be overhyped because everyone is saying that it was a really good movie but I actually thought it lived up to the hype."
Thank you!
" It is almost twice the size. "
So, how about following phrases? I would like to know these are correct.
1. It is almost a half the size
2. It is almost a half the age (for instance, I am 40 year-old and my son is 19 year-old)
