Phrasal Verbs: to ramp (something) up

 
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This edition of 2-minute English is in response to an email question from Mei, a Better At English listener in China. She asked about the meaning of the phrase, to ramp (something) up.
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Today’s phrase is to ramp something up.
To ramp [...]

Business English vocabulary: perk

 
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Welcome to 2-minute English! Today’s word is perk.
One of the perks of my job as a salesperson is that I get to travel around the world.
Perk.
Meaning
In business contexts, a perk is an informal advantage or benefit that you get because of your job. In everyday English contexts, a perk is some kind of advantage or [...]

idioms: to deal with (something)

 
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Welcome to 2-minute English, brought to you by Better at English dot com.
Today’s phrase is to deal with.

The government proposed a treaty designed to deal with the problem of global warming.

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