Business English Vocabulary Challenge: bring up, wrap up, or check up?

Welcome to the Business English Vocabulary Challenge!

Today's Challenge:

Choose the correct option and listen to the sentence.

Did you get the answer right?

BRING UP

to start a conversation about something or to mention a topic

It's not the right time to bring this up yet.

He brought up an interesting point during the discussion.

During dinner, he brought up his recent trip to Paris.

WRAP UP

to complete tasks, projects, or other activities before the holidays begin

We need to wrap up this project before the holidays. After all, everyone wants to have a stress-free break.

Let's wrap it up before the holidays so we don't have to deal with it later.

It would be great to wrap this up before the holidays

Make sure to wrap up your important tasks before the holidays so you can relax and enjoy the season.

CHECK UP on something/ somebody

to examine something to make sure it's okay

The manager asked me to check up on the team's progress.

I’ll check up on the status of the order later today.

Can you check up on the new employees to see how they're adjusting?

MESS UP

to make a mistake or do something badly

They messed up the order and delivered the wrong items.

I totally messed up my presentation; I forgot half of what I wanted to say.

He accidentally messed up the calculations and had to redo the entire report.

So, the correct answer is b.wrap up.

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