Business English Flashcards

(73 cards)

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unsafe strategy

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a risky business

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to make possible or happen

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to set the stage

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most complete

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full-blown

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do things incorrectly

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to head down the wrong track

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when not everything and not always is ideal

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it isn’t all sunshine and roses

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potentially problematic and dangerous situation (phrase)

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the stakes can be high and the pitfalls many

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to come or go into some place for a moment.

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to pop into

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to want a coffee

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to fancy a coffee

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to tell idea to get the feedback

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to bounce off

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to explain too much

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to cover too much

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to understand

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to figure out

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wooden/metal post

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a stake

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a style of an utterance

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a delivery

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public speaking

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an utterance

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extremely complex

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convoluted

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to trip over somebody

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to stumble over

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to stay with somebody

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to keep up with somebody

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to rise the level of understanding

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to increase comprehension

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while (BrE)

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whilst

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large in degree, quantity

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ample

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to penetrate like a liquid

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to soak-in / sink-in

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with eager attention

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intently

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choice/control of the moment something when should be done

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timing

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mainly (BrE)

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chiefly

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to make progress / be successful in life
to get on
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to become successful
to get ahead
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to come into effect
to kick in
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to work excessively hard
to slave away
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a problem caused by a stupid mistake
a foul-up
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related to an informal dress
dress-down
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to make worse or less effective
to impair
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to join metal parts by applying heat
to weld
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a pin / bolt
a rivet
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to highlight
to mark out
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a person who prepares dead bodies and funerals
an undertaker
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judging the nature of something or someone
appraisal
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a way of behaving that shows respect for someone or something
a deference
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the essential or basic aspects
nuts and bolts
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a quality of an object, or an environment, which allows an individual to perform an action
an affordance
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deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite
contradicted
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confused and difficult to deal with
messy
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by that means
thereby
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a mistake
cock-up
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acknowledgement of existence
recognition
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plastic object that separates sections of a road
cone
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lacking ability/strength to move
inert
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used to intensify a denial if what has been just said
on the contrary
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a chairman
a chair person
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slang: a person or thing considered to be useless or defective
a lemon
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(idiom) unwanted, useless, idle, esp. with a hint of painfully embarrassed superfluity
to stand around like a (lost) lemon
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unavoidable
inevitable
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done in disciplined matter
tightly run
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happy without worries
gay abandon
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self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way
brash
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to become very angry
to blow your top
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speechless, esp. with embarrassment or shyness
tongue-tied
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in an unfortunate situation, unprepared and with none of the resources to remedy the matter
up a river without a paddle
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someone who is particularly audacious or has a lot of "guts"
chutzpah
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a detailed drawing, usually in blue ink, containing all the information needed to construct a particular building
a blueprint
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to make something seem real; to do something that allows other people visualize something and believe that it is happening or will happen
to bring something to life
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to be able to imagine something so that one can almost see it in one's mind
to envision
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a person who makes detailed measurement to determine the exact location of something and/or the distance between two objects
a surveyor
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a person whose job is to design bridges, roads, dams, and similar structures
a civil engineer
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to accept the praise or admiration for some success without mentioning all the other people who helped to make it happen
to take all of the credit
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to request proposals and budgets from other organizations
to solicit bids
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to destroy something, especially a building, so that nothing is left
to tear down
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an obstacle; something that makes a project more difficult or slower, but not impossible
a stumbling block
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to deal with challenges or problems so that one can continue with what one wants to do; to overcome obstacles
to clear the hurdles
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a person who manages a construction project, performing some of the work, but mostly communicating with specialists doing the work
a general contractor
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official permission to do something, especially to create, modify, or destroy a building
a permit
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something that has been in a family for generations
a heirloom
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an opportunity for complaint that is seldom missed
pet peeve (grammatical mistakes are his pet peeve)
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make minor changes in (a text) in order to make it fairer, more accurate, or more up-to-date.
to amend