12B

Question 1

inundate

Answer 1

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

Question 2

overhead

Answer 2

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

Question 3

fixed cost

Answer 3

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

Question 4

running costs

Answer 4

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

Question 5

lay off someone

Answer 5

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

Question 6

take on

Answer 6

employ -> phrasal verb

Question 7

float = launch (on the stock market)

Answer 7

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

Question 8

go under

Answer 8

1- to sink

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

Question 9

pitch for

Answer 9

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

Question 10

diversify

Answer 10

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

Question 11

consolidate

Answer 11

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

Question 12

plus ça change

Answer 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)

Question 13

déjà vu

Answer 13

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

Question 14

(be) au fait with sth

Answer 14

to be familiar with or know about something

Question 15

prima donna

Answer 15

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

Question 16

zeitgeist

Answer 16

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

Question 17

plaza

Answer 17

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

Question 18

fiasco

Answer 18

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

Question 19

fait accompli

Answer 19

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

Question 20

en route

Answer 20

on the way to or from somewhere

Question 21

angst

Answer 21

strong worry and unhappiness, especially about personal problems

Question 22

kitsch

Answer 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

Question 23

faux pas

Answer 23

words or behaviour that are a social mistake or not polite

Question 24

guerrilla

Answer 24

revolutionary fighter

Question 25

macho

Answer 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

Question 26

trek

Answer 26

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

Question 27

slash

Answer 27

to very much reduce something, such as money or jobs

Question 28

envelope

Answer 28

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

Question 29

scupper

Answer 29

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

Question 30

be in/ on the cards

Answer 30

to be likely to happen

Question 31

uprising

Answer 31

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

Question 32

float

Answer 32

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

2-to move or act without purpose

Question 33

float sb’s boat

Answer 33

to be what someone likes or is interested in

Question 34

better safe than sorry

Answer 34

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

Question 35

ease off ex. rain, pressure

Answer 35

to gradually stop or become less

Question 36

squeeze sb dry

Answer 36

to get as much from sb as possible

Question 37

pencil sth/sb in

Answer 37

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

Question 38

How are you and yours?

Answer 38

How are you and your family?

Question 39

chin

Answer 39

the part of a person’s face below their mouth

Question 40

whatever floats your boat

Answer 40

whatever exites you

Question 41

squeeze

Answer 41

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

Question 42

have a chinwag

Answer 42

have a long and pleasant conversation between friends

Question 43

babbling away

Answer 43

talk or speech that has no meaning

Question 44

How are things your end?

Answer 44

What’s up with you?