This is an All-Ears English bonus episode. Was your invitation rejected? How to respond in English?

Welcome to the All-Ears English Podcast. Downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English?

We'll show you how to become

fearless and fluent by focusing on

connection, not perfection. With your American hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English

adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York Radio girl, coming to you from Colorado and New

York City, USA.

When you invite a colleague out after work and they reject your invitation, what can you say to

still maintain the connection? Find out in this special episode.

Hey Lindsay, how are you today? Hi, Aubrey. I'm happy to be on the mic with you. How's it going?

Yes, I am great and I'm very excited for this special episode. Every now and then we get to share

with you guys a really good conversation from the Business English Podcast and this, what you're

going to hear today is so vital, such a vital skill. Oh my gosh, I know a lot of our listeners

really want to improve that social communication side of business, right? Because business is not

just, you know, we are human beings doing business with each other. We need to be able to socialize

with our colleagues, right? And that's why we created our other business, our new Business English

Podcast, right, Aubrey? Exactly. So if you're not following it yet, absolutely search all

there's English wherever you find your podcasts. You'll see all three of our podcasts and be sure

to follow the Business English Podcast as well. These episodes are curated for you guys. Very much

focused on how we talk at work, how to improve Business English. And today you're going to hear one

of those. This is all about when you invite a colleague out. You're taking a chance, right? There's

a chance they might say no. Maybe they're not free or they don't want to go. And if that's the case,

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