Email and Teams/Slack: What They Really Mean
What work emails and Teams messages really mean.
Hi Tom, hope you're well. Quick question about Friday.
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All 15 phrases
Openers and nudges4
Hidden meanings4
Replies and sign-offs4
Teams and away messages3
- Hi! Have you got five minutes for a quick question about the rota?A Teams message that says why you're messaging, all in one go.
- Sorry, only just seen thisA casual apology for a late reply on chat.
- I'm out of the office until Monday 2 November with limited access to email. For anything urgent, please contactA standard out-of-office.
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Question 1 of 15
Someone emails 'Hope you're well.' Do you need to answer it?
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- Part of Talk's themed British life packs. Talk wrote each phrase with what it really means, when to say it, what not to say instead and one quiz question. A phrase gets a moment only if Talk's spoken videos say it with the same meaning. One review picked each moment, and a second tried to reject it. This pack holds 15 phrases.
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