{"id":16781,"date":"2021-07-18T11:37:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T19:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=16781"},"modified":"2022-10-11T11:49:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T19:49:11","slug":"bep-376-english-idioms-for-describing-challenges-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2021\/07\/18\/bep-376-english-idioms-for-describing-challenges-1\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 376 &#8211; English Idioms for Describing Challenges (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16781-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP376-Challenges-Idioms-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP376-Challenges-Idioms-1.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP376-Challenges-Idioms-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"BEP 376 - English Idioms for Describing Challenges (1)\" href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP376POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-376-LESSON-English-Idioms-Describing-Challenges-1.jpg\" alt=\"Business English Idioms for Describing Challenges (1)\" width=\"1500\" height=\"648\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-376-LESSON-English-Idioms-Describing-Challenges-1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-376-LESSON-English-Idioms-Describing-Challenges-1-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-376-LESSON-English-Idioms-Describing-Challenges-1-600x259.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-376-LESSON-English-Idioms-Describing-Challenges-1-768x332.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to Business English Pod for today\u2019s lesson on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-idioms\/\" title=\"Business English Idioms\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">English idioms<\/a> for describing challenges.<\/p>\n<p>According to an old expression, what doesn\u2019t kill us makes us stronger. The idea is that life\u2019s challenges and difficulties are good for us. They help us grow. They force us to learn. And shared challenges have a way of strengthening the bonds between people.<\/p>\n<p>In your work life, you can probably think of many challenges that have tested you. There\u2019s a good chance that you\u2019ve talked about these challenges, with your colleagues or at the dinner table with your family. You\u2019ve also probably listened to other people describe their challenges. Yes, difficulties at work are a rich topic of conversation. And for that reason, there are many useful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-idioms\/\" title=\"Business Idioms\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">English idioms<\/a> we can use to describe challenges.<\/p>\n<p>In the dialog, we\u2019ll hear a conversation between two friends and former business partners. Simon and Allie ran a graphic design business together some years ago. Now they\u2019re chatting over coffee and recalling some of the challenges they experienced. In their conversation, they use many idioms to describe these challenges. Try to pick out these idioms as you listen, and we\u2019ll talk about them later in the debrief.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\tWhat did Allie think about the idea of keeping their office?<br \/>\n2.\tWhat does Simon now think about their idea to rent a big office?<br \/>\n3.\tHow does Allie describe the situation in which they had a team of people they didn\u2019t know how to manage?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP376SN-Challenge-Idioms1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP376QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Quizzes<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP376PC.mp3\" 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