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English Vocabulary in Use Advanced > Lesson 5 > Flashcards

Lesson 5 Flashcards

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Cold Calling

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Phoning people who have not requested a call in order to try to sell them something

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Telesale / telemarketing

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Selling or marketing good sand services by phone

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Hard sell

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Attempt to sell something by being very forceful or persuasive

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Part with their money

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Spend money

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TV shopping channel

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a TV channel devoted to selling products

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Merchandise

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Products that are bought or sold

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Hasn’t looked back

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Has moved forward successfully

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Shop around

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To compare the price and quality of the same or a similar object in different shops before you decide which one to buy

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Stock

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Supply

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Trade up/down

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To buy something, usually a house or car, that is of higher or lower value than the one you already have

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Loss leader

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An article that is sold cheaply in order to attract the public and make them buy other, more expensive things

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Niche market

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A small area of trade within the economy, often involving specialized products

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Come/go under the hammer

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To be sold at an all auction

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Auction

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Public sale where objects are bought by the people who offer the most money

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Lucrative

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Producing a lot of money

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Red tape

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Bureaucracy

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Administration

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Organization an d arrangement of operations

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Proposition

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Formal offer

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Takeover

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Agreement in which one company takes control of another one

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Merger

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Two companies join together to become one company

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Hammer out a deal

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Talk in detail until a business agreement is made

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Compromise

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Come to an agreement in which both sides reduce their demands a little

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Swallowed up

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Taken over by a larger company

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Capital assets

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Buildings and machines owned by a company

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Invest in

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Put money into

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Start-up

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New company

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Holiday property letting agency

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A business organizing the rental of holiday houses and flats

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