Top-10 Resources for Business English Collocations (ESL)

TEFL Institute Business English Vocabulary

Description:

TEFL Institute Business English Vocabulary collects more than one hundred business terms and phrases, arranged by the situation they are used in, together with methods for teaching them. The TEFL Institute, a teacher training provider, covers vocabulary for meetings, emails and written communication, negotiations, presentations, phone and video calls, idioms and phrasal verbs, register, and finance, human resources and customer service.

100% Free (unlimited): The guide is open to read without an account or a payment: the vocabulary groups, the section on register and cultural awareness, the teaching methods and the questions and answers are all on the page itself.

Access: 100% Free Level: Intermediate (B1-B2) & Advanced (C1-C2) Format: Article / Reference Written for: Business English (ESL) English Variant: UK

How It Helps Your Business English

What this resource offers:

The guide defines what counts as business English vocabulary, then sets the terms out by situation: meetings, emails and written communication, negotiations, presentations, and phone and video calls, followed by idioms and phrasal verbs and by vocabulary for finance, human resources and customer service.

How to use this resource:

You can take the section that matches a lesson or a meeting you are preparing and lift the terms straight from it, since each group is tied to one situation. The part on register shows you which wording suits a client and which suits a colleague, and the teaching methods at the end suggest ways to make the vocabulary stay.

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Last verified — Oct. 29, 2026