English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'office'
Learning English Vocabulary
BBC
4.5 • 523 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2025
⏱️ 1 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
An office is a place in a building where some people work. There are some words that we often use together. These are called collocations. Learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun 'office' with Georgie.
TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/english_in_a_minute
FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus
LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ Learning English Stories ✔️ Learning English Conversations
They're all available by searching in your podcast app.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | You're listening to BBC LearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:04.9 | Let's learn verbs you're likely to hear with the word office. |
| 0:09.0 | An office is a place in a building where some people work. |
| 0:12.6 | If you go to the office, this emphasises the journey there. |
| 0:16.9 | Whereas, if you go into the office, this is more about entering the building. |
| 0:21.6 | I go to the office by train every day. |
| 0:24.6 | I usually go into the office after buying a coffee. |
| 0:28.6 | When you reach the office after travelling, you can say you arrive at the office or get to the office. |
| 0:34.6 | Then, after work, you leave the office. You exit the building. |
| 0:40.7 | What time do you usually get to the office? I usually arrive at the office around 9am. |
| 0:46.5 | Then I leave the office around 6pm. If you're responsible for organising the office, you might |
| 0:53.3 | manage or run the office. |
| 0:55.7 | Sarah manages the office. She plans training for employees and organises office documents. |
| 1:01.4 | So you can go to the office, go into the office, arrive at and leave the office. |
| 1:07.5 | You can manage and run an office. See you next time. BBC Learning English. |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.