So how do you think the company is going to react to Lola's resignation?

Will she be able to

Have you ever resigned from a company? Have you ever walked away from a project or a
team? It's not an easy thing to do, particularly if your team or your company don't want you to
go. You have to handle the situation well. As you know, it's a small world, and it's best to avoid
making enemies, right?

So we'll discuss the sensitive issue of moving companies in the next couple of podcasts. But
let's start by looking at a few cool business expressions. Have another listen to the advice that
Concha gives to Lola. "Then you have to be ruthless." "Remember, Lola. It's a dog-eat-dog
world out there."

What is it to be ruthless? What is a dog-eat-dog world? Well, this word and this expression
allude to the same thing. Ruthless means without pity or showing no remorse for your actions.
A dog-eat-dog world is one which is aggressive and competitive. Either I survive at your
expense or you survive at my expense.

Concha wants Lola to do what's best for her. Even if it hurts the company. Because at the end
of the day, that's exactly what the company would do to her if they needed to. It's a dog-eat-
dog world.

Have you ever worked for a ruthless manager? Have you ever worked in a dog-eat-dog world?
Well, it depends on how competitive your industry is and how much money is at risk. Anybody
who has been fired in their career or had to fire someone will probably know what we're talking
about here. I myself have experienced both of those unpleasant situations. I have worked for a
ruthless manager in a dog-eat-dog world.

There are several other cool common expressions. Let's go through them. You know what the
rush hour is, right? Everybody who has a 9 to 5 job has experienced the rush hour in the
morning and in the evening.

You understand the expression to bite the hand that feeds. This is almost self-explanatory. It's
normally said as a warning - don't bite the hand that feeds, don't hurt the person who you
depend on.

Here's another obvious one - to be head and shoulders above the rest. It means that you stand
out. You are significantly bigger or better than the people around you.

Right, one final modern business expression that I only learned recently. Have a listen to this
sentence again. "The company has nurtured you, trained you and invested in you. You've
become one of their top producers, a HiPo. They won't let you go without a fight".

What is a HiPo? A Hi-Po? Our human resource managers will know what this means. HiPo is
short for high potential or high potential employee, someone who the company believes is
worth investing in. Somebody on the fast track to senior management. Somebody with high
potential. Normally there will be only a handful of employees at a big company who are
considered HiPos. They are the future leaders and there will be specific retention and
promotion strategies in place for these people. Are you a HiPo? Yes, of course you are.

Let's move from common expressions to phrasal verbs. Yes, the tricky verb plus preposition
combinations that drive non-native English speakers crazy. How many phrasal verbs did we
include in this short text? I counted 16 different phrasal verbs in this text. In fact, we included
three phrasal verbs in the very first sentence. Have a listen again. "Lola got on the subway
train, switched on her iPod and turned up the volume."

Now, these are very common and pretty basic phrasal verbs. Remember, you get on and get
off a train, you switch on and switch off electrical items and you turn up and turn down the
volume. Learning phrasal verbs is a constant work in progress. You can't just memorize a long
list. You have to try to add 1 or 2 phrasal verbs to your vocabulary each week.

Let's continue with a classic phrasal verb question. What mode of transport do you get on?
And what mode of transport do you get into? Yes. This is English designed to confuse the non-
native speaker. Well, here is the definitive answer.

Let's start off with a horse and a bicycle. Well, this is quite obvious, really. You get on a horse,
you get on top of a horse, and you get on a bicycle. You get on top of the bicycle. You don't go
inside. You don't get in the horse or the bicycle. So we definitely say, you get on the horse, you
get on the bicycle. That makes perfect sense.

But what about an enclosed vehicle? Because sometimes you say get on. And sometimes you
say get into. Well, here's the rule. Are you listening carefully? If you enter the vehicle standing
up. You get on the vehicle. If you enter sitting down. You get into the vehicle. So a bus, a plane.
a train, a ship, a spaceship, whenever you enter these vehicles, you are standing up. So you
get on those vehicles, you get on a bus, you get on a plane. etc.

In contrast, a car, a taxi, a canoe, a kayak, a space capsule. As you enter, you sit down. So you
get into those vehicles. You get into a car. You get into a space capsule. And the preposition
remains constant whenever you refer to that mode of transport. So, for example, you would
say, I'm on the bus, I'll be home soon or I'm on the plane. Or if you're Captain Kirk, you might
say, I'm on the Starship Enterprise. ON for any vehicle you enter standing up.

In contrast, you would say, I'm in the taxi. I'll be there in five minutes. I'm in the kayak having
fun? Or if you're Jeff Bezos, you might say that you are in the lunar module on your way to
landing on the moon. So IN or INTO for any vehicle where you enter sitting down.

So there you go. You never need to be confused by those phrasal verbs again or those
prepositions. Just keep practicing and you'll get there.
Now that we have reviewed and explained some of the key vocabulary, expressions and
concepts. Why don't you listen to the chapter again? Count the phrasal verbs and absorb the
common expressions so that you can use them in your next conversation. And make sure you
join us for the next podcast. You can find out what happens when Lola resigns, how her
company reacts, and if there's trouble ahead as we continue to entertain you to a leadership
level of business English. Until then, keep practicing. And remember, it's a dog-eat-dog world
out there.