12A

Question 1

to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all

Answer 1

inundate

Question 2

the regular and necessary costs, such as rent, heat, electricity, and telephone, involved in operating a business (all costs)

Answer 2

overhead

Question 3

a cost such as wages, rent, and interest that does not change in relation to how much a business produces

Answer 3

fixed cost

Question 4

the money you need to spend regularly to keep a system or organization working

Answer 4

running costs

Question 5

to stop employing a worker, esp. for reasons that have nothing to do with the worker’s performance

Answer 5

lay off someone

Question 6

employ -> phrasal verb

Answer 6

take on

Question 7

to start selling shares in a business or company for the first time

Answer 7

float = launch (on the stock market)

Question 8

1- to sink

2-(about a company) to be unsuccessful and has to stop doing business, to buncrupt

Answer 8

go under

Question 9

to try to persuade someone to do something (ex. sell sth)

Answer 9

pitch for

Question 10

to start to include more different types or things ex. to make new products or to offer new services

Answer 10

diversify

Question 11

to combine several things, especially businesses, so that they become more effective, or to be combined in this way

Answer 11

consolidate

Question 12

the more it changes, the more it’s the same thing (used to express resigned acknowledgement of the fundamental immutability of human nature and institutions)

Answer 12

plus ça change

Question 13

the strange feeling that in some way you have already experienced what is happening now

Answer 13

déjà vu

Question 14

to be familiar with or know about something

Answer 14

(be) au fait with sth

Question 15

someone who demands to be treated in a special way and is difficult to please

Answer 15

prima donna

Question 16

the general set of ideas, beliefs, feelings, etc. that is typical of a particular period in history

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zeitgeist

Question 17

an open area or square in a town, especially in Spanish-speaking countries

Answer 17

plaza

Question 18

something planned that goes wrong and is a complete failure, usually in an embarrassing way

Answer 18

fiasco

Question 19

something that has already happened or been done and cannot be changed

Answer 19

fait accompli

Question 20

on the way to or from somewhere

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en route

Question 21

strong worry and unhappiness, especially about personal problems

Answer 21

angst

Question 22

art, decorative objects, or design considered by many people to be ugly, without style, or false but enjoyed by other people, often because they are funny

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kitsch

Question 23

words or behaviour that are a social mistake or not polite

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faux pas

Question 24

revolutionary fighter

Answer 24

guerrilla

Question 25

behaving forcefully or showing no emotion in a way traditionally thought to be typical of a man, seeming too determined to avoid showing weakness and sympathy

Answer 25

macho

Question 26

to walk a long distance, usually over land such as hills, mountains, or forests

Answer 26

trek

Question 27

to very much reduce something, such as money or jobs

Answer 27

slash

Question 28

a flat, usually square or rectangular, paper container for a letter

Answer 28

envelope

Question 29

to cause something such as a plan or an opportunity to fail

Answer 29

scupper

Question 30

to be likely to happen

Answer 30

be in/ on the cards

Question 31

an act of opposition, sometimes using violence, by many people in one area of a country against those who are in power

Answer 31

uprising

Question 32

1-to stay on the surface of a liquid and not sink

2-to move or act without purpose

Answer 32

float

Question 33

to be what someone likes or is interested in

Answer 33

float sb’s boat

Question 34

said when you think it is best not to take risks even when it seems boring or difficult to be careful

Answer 34

better safe than sorry

Question 35

to gradually stop or become less

Answer 35

ease off ex. rain, pressure

Question 36

to get as much from sb as possible

Answer 36

squeeze sb dry

Question 37

a period in which the supply of money is limited by the government because of economic difficulties

Answer 37

squeeze

Question 38

to arrange for something to happen or for someone to do something on a particular date or occasion, knowing that the arrangement might be changed later

Answer 38

pencil sth/sb in

Question 39

How are you and your family?

Answer 39

How are you and yours?

Question 40

the part of a person’s face below their mouth

Answer 40

chin

Question 41

whatever exites you

Answer 41

whatever floats yourboat

Question 42

have a long and pleasant conversation between friends

Answer 42

have a chinwag

Question 43

talk or speech that has no meaning

Answer 43

babbling away

Question 44

What’s up with you?

Answer 44

How are things your end?