“Here's my card. My direct number and email are on the back.”
B1 · Intermediate9 minPhrases
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Business cards haven't disappeared; they've become a little ceremony. At a trade fair in Singapore, a first meeting in Tokyo, or a supplier visit in São Paulo, handing over a card is how you say "this was worth remembering". Plenty of people now scan a code on a phone instead, but the language around the exchange is the same.
Offer your card at a natural break, usually near the end of a conversation, and say something with it so it's not a silent handoff. When you receive one, look at it for a second before you put it away. In Japan and much of East Asia, people hand over cards with both hands and read them carefully, and returning that care is a good habit everywhere. Then follow up within a day or two, while they still remember your face.
Phrases
the standard line when you hand it over
asks for someone's contact details
you have none left
offers your contact information in any form
the phone number that reaches you without reception
your job name, like manager or engineer
add each other on a professional networking site
use a phone camera to save someone's details
stay in contact
contact someone again after meeting them
a warm line to close the conversation
Say it out loud
Tap a sentence to hear it. Say it after the voice.
Practice · 3 min
Say the line that fits. Situation on the left, one natural line on the right.
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Say it today
Use it once in a real conversation before tomorrow. Out loud counts, even to yourself.