Essential English Phrases for Work and Entertainment
English Vocabulary: Work & Entertainment Phrases
Enhance your English proficiency with these essential phrases and idioms related to the entertainment industry and professional life. This collection covers common expressions to help you communicate effectively in various contexts.
Unit 5: Entertainment & Performance Vocabulary
- go back to the drawing board
- sing one’s heart out
- act out
- act up
- appeal
- appeal to
- award-winning
- be in the limelight
- be worth seeing
- behind the scenes
- box office hit
- break a leg
- break out
- break up
- catch on
- catch (someone) out
- catchy
- cheer
- come about
- come out
- down
- dozens (of)
- emotions run high
- expend
- expenditure
- expenses
- fit in
- following
- get the show on the road
- go all out
- hit the big time
- indescribable
- interval
- let-down
- long-running
- make an appearance
- move on
- odds
- on the edge of (one’s) seat
- out of this world
- overrated
- play along with
- pop up
- pull in
- pull off
- queue
- release
- run the show
- set up
- shut down
- sit back
- sit through
- sold out
- stand out
- star-studded event
- tend to
- tendency
- the show must go on
- touching
- underrate
- underrated
- understatement
Unit 6: Workplace & Career Terminology
- acknowledge
- acknowledgement
- all or nothing
- as opposed to
- asset
- back and forth
- blow up
- bright and early
- by and large
- call off
- chalk and cheese
- clock in
- co-worker
- dismiss
- dismissal
- dos and don’ts
- drop by
- duty
- earn a living
- employ
- employed
- employee
- employer
- excel
- excellence
- fair and square
- fall behind
- fall out with
- fill in for
- fill out
- follow up
- get along with
- go into (a field)
- hire
- ins and outs
- leave
- look into
- make or break
- manage
- membership
- more or less
- never-ending
- now or never
- on and off
- overseas
- overtime
- peace and quiet
- perk
- put off
- resign
- resignation
- rewarding
- room for advancement
- roughly
- safe and sound
- self-employed
- shift
- show up
- slack off
- sort out
- staff
- step up
- stress out
- take on
- take over
- take (time) off
- tell off
- tried and tested
- vacancy
- wage(s)
- wine and dine
- work environment