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1
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to change your opinion of something, often influenced by another person’s opinion

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come round

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2
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to talk about things relating to your work when you are in a social situation, especially in a way that is not interesting to other people

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talk shop

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3
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1- to be relaxed

2- to stande with their feet apart and their hands behind their back

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at ease

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4
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What do you think about that?

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What’s your take on that?

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5
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to talk or write a lot without giving any useful information or any clear answers

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waffle

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6
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information that you have heard but do not know to be true

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hearsay

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7
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to successfully deal with a very difficult problem

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weather the storm

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8
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full of activity, or very busy and fast

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hectic

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9
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the act of moving sth ex. a football team to a lower division

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relegation

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10
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How is your business doing?

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How’s your business coming along?

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11
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What are you doing later? What were you doing last week?

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What are you up to later?

What did you get up to last week?

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12
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empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary

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stark

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13
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a bad economic condition that does not allow luxuries or a difficult economic situation caused by a government reducing the amount of money it spends

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austerity

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14
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S and L

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saves and loans

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15
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a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction when something bad happens to someone else

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Schadenfreude

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16
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tea

A

cha

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17
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of bad quality or in bad taste

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cheesy

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18
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to say something by accident that embarrasses or upsets someone

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put your foot in it (in your mouth)

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19
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full market + antonym

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saturated market

antonym gap market

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20
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start strike

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go on strike

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21
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a form of protest in which employees do exactly what is stated in their contracts, and nothing more, in order to slow down production

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work-to-rule

22
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an occasion when employees work more slowly and with less effort than usual in order to try to persuade an employer to agree to higher pay or better working conditions

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1- go-slow

2- slowdown

23
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1-to do or begin to do something, especially something that will take a long time or be difficult
2-to promise that you will do something

A

undertake to

24
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to experience something that is unpleasant or something that involves a change

A

undergo

25
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to make something smaller than it was or smaller than it was planned to be

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scale sth down

26
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four times as big or as much

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fourfold

27
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(especially of jokes, films, stories, etc.) showing no new ideas or too often repeated, and therefore not funny or interesting

A

corny

28
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very easy job

A

cushy job

29
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People covered ice with wood … they ensured a steady supply.

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by which means

30
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the edge or border of something

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verge of

31
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to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all

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inundate

32
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difficult to control or manage

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unruly

33
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banned from

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barred from

34
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shot up (ex. sales, children)

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rapid increase, growth

35
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to be certain to produce an angry or violent reaction

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be like a red rag to a bull

36
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to make someone or something do more than they can or should do, to spend or borrow more money than you can pay

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overstretch

37
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likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly, especially by getting worse or by becoming angry

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volatile

38
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to make a mistake or to do something wrong

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err

39
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to make something smaller than it was or smaller than it was planned to be

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scale sth down/ back

40
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the final line in the accounts of a company or organization, stating the total profit or loss that has been made

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bottom line

41
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the profit made on a product or service or the amount by which one thing is different from another

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margin

42
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something that you say that means that it is natural for people to make mistakes and it is important to forgive people when they do

A

to err is human (to forgive divine)

43
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to give someone an advantage in a particular situation

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give sb an edge (over/on sb/sth)

44
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a list of aims/ possible future achievements/ matters to be discussed at a meeting

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agenda

45
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to decide to take care rather than take any risks

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err on the side of caution

46
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connected with a god, or like a god

A

divine

47
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(the official position of) a person in charge of a meeting, official group or organization

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chair

48
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to write down what is said at a meeting and by whom

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take the minutes

49
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abbreviation for any other business: used at the end of the list of subjects to be discussed at a meeting

A

AOB

50
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the activity of selling goods to the public, usually in shops

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retail