Words 15 Flashcards
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carry sth out
— phrasal verb with carry verb
UK /ˈkær.i/ US /ˈker.i/
B1
to do or complete something, especially that you have said you would do or that you have been told to do:
A German advertising company called HamburgAds say on its website that it has carried out a logo study for BMW.
Dr Carter is carrying out research on early Christian art.
handle noun [C] (NAME)
INTERNET & TELECOMS specialized, informal
a name that someone is known by on the social media website Twitter™ :
An anonymous twitter handle, MBAmonster published three article clippings (pieces) from British newspapers regarding the background of Erian.
Twitter handles start with an @ sign.
You can follow the team on Twitter under the handle @ManUtd.
an article cut from a newspaper:
A friend sent me a newspaper clipping about someone we were at school with.
collateral
noun [ U ]
UK /kəˈlæt.ər.əl/ US /kəˈlæt̬.ɚ.əl/
collateral noun [U] (SECURITY FOR DEBT )
valuable property owned by someone who wants to borrow money, that they agree will become the property of the company or person who lends the money if the debt is not paid back:
BBC said that the acquired shares were used as collateral for the loans.
She used/put up her house as collateral for a loan.
bring sth about
— phrasal verb with bring verb [ T ]
UK /brɪŋ/ US /brɪŋ/
brought | brought
to cause something to happen:
He brought about his company’s collapse by his reckless spending.
The article said that the resignation was “shocking” and brought about “speculations”, without providing any further details about what the speculations were.
shortfall
noun [ C ]
US /ˈʃɔrtˌfɔl/
an amount that is less than what was expected or needed:
German court of jurisdictional disputes published a decision on Friday that it has decided on the application by BMW to evaluate a decision taken against the company by the German Competition Authority, with regards to various financial reporting and announcement SHORTFALLS. The CEO was listed among the involved parties, who had received an administrative fine of 1,000 Euros. The court decided against the application and UPHELD GCA’s decision.
The county had to close three of its four libraries because of a budget shortfall.
rehash
verb [ T ] informal disapproving
UK /ˌriːˈhæʃ/ US /ˌriːˈhæʃ/
to write, say, do, etc. something again with no new ideas or improvements:
This article has been rehashed by other news outlets.
protracted
adjective
UK /prəˈtræk.tɪd/ US /prəˈtræk.tɪd/
lasting for a long time or made to last longer than necessary:
protracted negotiations
a protracted argument/discussion
Guardian reported on Monday that Martin Costa, a prominent British businessman was looking for options to finance buying back 20% of the British telecoms company TalkTalk from KDDI. This share had been the subject of a PROTRACTED court case, and Costa needed to find 2 billion dollars to exercise the buyback option until 24 June 2019. According to this article, EAS Invest, a finance company of EAS group, offered to loan this amount to Costa. David Votsis, referred to as the CEO of EAS Invest, told the newspaper that it wasn’t their intention to BRANCH OUT to telecoms, and was considering this deal only for profit that will be made from the interest.
entitle
/ɪnˈtʌɪt(ə)l,ɛnˈtʌɪt(ə)l/
verb
Martin Votsis, a columnist at BBC wrote an article on Friday entitled “has IBM been saved”. This article underlined that despite the series of acquisitions, IBM group companies were heavily indebted and has restructured its debts 2 years ago.
shy away from something
to move away from or try to avoid something:
We are supporting sectors such as consumer electronics which commercial banks SHY AWAY FROM because of their fragility.
He never SHIED AWAY FROM, no matter how powerful the foe.
undertake verb [ T ] UK /ˌʌn.dəˈteɪk/ US /ˌʌn.dɚˈteɪk/ undertook | undertaken undertake verb [T] (DO)
C1 formal
to do or begin to do something, especially something that will take a long time or be difficult:
He said that Amazon does not have a public profile or a known track record in Nicaragua. “There aren’t any projects Amazon is known to undertake.”
Students are required to undertake simple experiments.
defect
verb [ I ]
UK /dɪˈfekt/ US /dɪˈfekt/
to leave a country, political party, etc., especially in order to join an opposing one:
His father had started his political career at the conservative-liberal leaning Liberal Party, but defected to Republican ABC in 1950s, after which he became a prominent politician.
When the national hockey team visited the US, half the players defected.
The British spy, Kim Philby, defected to the Soviet Union/defected from Britain in 1963.
offshoot
noun [ C ]
UK /ˈɒf.ʃuːt/ US /ˈɑːf.ʃuːt/
something that has developed from something larger that already existed:
In the late 80s, he left ABC for Liberal Party one of former’s offshoots.
It’s an offshoot of a much larger company based in Sydney.
perpetrator
noun [ C ]
UK /ˈpɜː.pə.treɪ.tər/ US /ˈpɝː.pə.treɪ.t̬ɚ/
(US informal perp)
someone who has committed a crime or a violent or harmful act:
More important, after the Party came to power, they constantly spoke about a potential trial of the perpetrators of the coup.
The perpetrators of the massacre must be brought to justice as war criminals.
hitherto
adverb formal
UK /ˌhɪð.əˈtuː/ US /ˌhɪð.ɚˈtuː/
until now or until a particular time:
Costa and his team also had a very positive effect on employee rights and got the hitherto irregular salary payments under control.
Economic aid has been offered to hitherto depressed people.
foregone conclusion
noun [ C usually singular ]
UK /ˌfɔː.ɡɒn kənˈkluːʒən/ US /ˌfɔːr.ɡɑːn kənˈkluːʒən/
a result that is obvious to everyone even before it happens:
The result of the election seems to be a foregone conclusion.
