
BE 118: Meant to Versus Supposed to in Business English
Business English from All Ears English
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The Meaning of Being Together
I've heard Australians say that more. I haven't really heard Americans say that. Have you? Yeah. We're a little more informal in our speech. It does sound very formal to me. If they say, we were meant to arrive at four and got there late, it means the same thing. This was expected of us. This was supposed to happen. That's an important point. Like the universe collided and we were always going to be together. Right? And some people... Some people believe that, that you're meant to be with the person you're meant for. There's one person that's meant for you. They're like, I could have been happy with lots
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