Top-10 Resources for Everyday Business English Phrases (ESL)

English with Alex Speak Like a Pro: Top 50 Essential Business English Phrases

Description:

English with Alex Speak Like a Pro: Top 50 Essential Business English Phrases teaches fifty expressions heard in English-speaking offices, split into six short lessons of eight or nine phrases. Each phrase has a plain definition and an example sentence, and each lesson ends with a dialogue and pictures. The site recommends it for learners at B2 and C1.

100% Free (unlimited): All six lessons are open to read in full: the fifty definitions, the example sentences, the dialogues and the pictures that go with them. No account, no email address and no payment is asked for at any point.

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

How It Helps Your Business English

What this resource offers:

Fifty business phrases are taught across six lessons, covering phrases 1 to 8, 9 to 16, 17 to 25, 26 to 34, 35 to 42 and 43 to 50. Each phrase has a short definition and a sentence showing it at work, and each lesson closes with a dialogue and pictures that use the phrases in one workplace conversation.

How to use this resource:

Take one lesson at a time rather than the whole list: read the eight or nine definitions, then read the dialogue at the end and watch for the phrases in it. Say the example sentences out loud, swapping in the names and projects from your own work. Come back for the next lesson once the phrases from the last one turn up in your own speech.

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Last verified — Oct. 14, 2026