According to Amazon Germany, Beast Business is now the top-selling title in the “Learn Business English” category.
Embracing Augustine Montgomery as a romantic lead assassin with illusion magic? That’s so last week. We must look ahead to Pancakes, the Educator.
In the spirit of lifelong learning, below are some of the advanced Business English phrases, taken directly from Augustine and Diana’s new novella, helpfully recontextualized for all your high-stakes professional environment needs.
1. “She could’ve played a princess in a medieval drama, the kind who had suffered an injustice and needed a strong ally. The kind who would inspire the audience to root for her.
It was a front. Augustine was absolutely sure of it. If he became an enemy, Diana Harrison would attempt to kill him without a moment’s hesitation.”
This is a classic example of initial stakeholder assessment. At times, the narrative is so persuasive that even if you see the manipulation, you step forward anyway.
That’s just business.
2. “Besides, he had a feeling that spending time with Diana Harrison promised the kind of insight into animal mages no amount of background research could provide.”
In Business English, this is referred to as hands-on data acquisition.
Of course, Augustine’s dedication humbles us all, but please don’t let yourselves be intimidated. He has executive-level experience, after all. Much insight, very animal mages. So priceless. All work, work, work. Nothing to do with medieval princesses with golden eyes.
3. “The illusions don’t have to touch me. If you are unarmed, and I’m holding a gun pointed at your chest, you could kill me without lifting a finger. You could make me run into a solid wall. You could walk me off a cliff. You could herd me into traffic, or trick me into hanging myself from the power lines.”
This passage illustrates why hostile intimidation tactics are generally discouraged in professional settings where Business English is used.
Such psychological dominance often leads to tragic follow-up meetings, regulatory scrutiny and reputational harm. Allegedly.
4. “Augustine was looking at her, and his eyes were so warm. “Why is it I tell you all my secrets?”
“Because you like the way I look draped over a tree branch?”
This is the gold standard of successful negotiation outcomes.
When you have reached this stage of lowered defenses, leverage loses strategic relevance, and proprietary information flows freely. Some preliminaries may follow, but you’re sharing the table as equals. At weddings, even.
We here at House Andrews hope this brief overview helps you on your Business English journey. Impressively, almost no part of what I wrote is accurate.
For our next lesson, we will tackle asserting boardroom dominance with a well-placed “Barsa. Barsa. Barsa.“
Barsa?
Certified Barsa!
Wow
“For our next lesson, we will tackle asserting boardroom dominance with a well-placed “Barsa. Barsa. Barsa.“”
At first I read that as “bedroom dominace,” which produced an even scarier image than the original.
Potatoh – potatoe. Where there’s a Prime, there’s a way 😉
LOLOLOL! That was lovely, Mod R!
LOL! Thanks Mod R, that was the perfect think to wake up to on a Friday morning.
Sorry for the bad news… It’s Thursday …. Unless you’re somewhere where the date is different, I’m never sure what exactly the International Date Line does!
Danithra is in Australia, can confirm Fridayness! 😀
I am slowly working my way through Beast Business, (I’m usually an audio girlie!) and enjoying it very much. Thank you for the summary for the business side of the beasties! 😀
Maybe I’ll finally learn how to business speak.
Barsa! Barsa! Barsa!
Augustine business assassin. Do you wish to discuss? *intimidating tree noises*
Oh, this is AWESOME.
I wish I had known this earlier — could have totally justified reading this at work.
“Oh, what am I reading? It’s the latest in pedagogical approaches to teaching business English . . . incredibly innovative.”
Haha! You really have to wonder how Amazon comes up with some of these lists! I absolutely loved the book, except for the part where it was far too short! Looking forward to the audiobook. I love listening to HA novels while working out!
And speaking of listening, I just stumbled over the GA version of Wildfire on Hoopla. I somehow missed when it was released last month! It’s proving to be excellent company on my commute!
Great Post! Funny thing is, I did learn a good deal of my English by reading fantasy books. My mother didn‘t really see that as great literature, but I convinced her that reading fantasy in the original English language would be good for my marks in school.
LMAO! This post made my day!
Thanks you, House Andrews!
Good thing I wasn’t drinking anything when I read this. Still giggling.
👏😆
Lov’Ya witty posts ModR!🤣
Bwahahahaha!
Reading this while sitting in my government-provided office reminds me why I left the corporate world years ago.
Barsa! just, Barsa!
This is hysterical. Loved it
BWAHAHA, thanks for the laugh! And big congrats to House Andrews – when I looked a day or two after launch, Beast Business was #3 on Amazon’s top 100 list!!!
Amazing! I think when I next run an improv exercise of communicate only using one word, Im going to pick Barsa