{"id":4696,"date":"2022-06-09T10:22:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T09:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/englishplease.de\/?p=4696"},"modified":"2022-06-09T10:44:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T09:44:57","slug":"10-work-idioms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishplease.de\/de\/10-work-idioms\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorise and practise these work idioms!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Understanding &#8211; or better still <em>using<\/em> &#8211; idioms will make you sound more fluent when speaking English at work. 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