13A Flashcards
to change your opinion of something, often influenced by another person’s opinion
come round
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
talk shop
1- to be relaxed
2- to stande with their feet apart and their hands behind their back
at ease
What do you think about that?
What’s your take on that?
to talk or write a lot without giving any useful information or any clear answers
waffle
information that you have heard but do not know to be true
hearsay
to successfully deal with a very difficult problem
weather the storm
full of activity, or very busy and fast
hectic
the act of moving sth ex. a football team to a lower division
relegation
How is your business doing?
How’s your business coming along?
What are you doing later? What were you doing last week?
What are you up to later?
What did you get up to last week?
empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary
stark
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
austerity
S and L
saves and loans
a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction when something bad happens to someone else
Schadenfreude
tea
cha
of bad quality or in bad taste
cheesy
to say something by accident that embarrasses or upsets someone
put your foot in it (in your mouth)
full market + antonym
saturated market
antonym gap market
start strike
go on strike
a form of protest in which employees do exactly what is stated in their contracts, and nothing more, in order to slow down production
work-to-rule
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
1- go-slow
2- slowdown
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
undertake to
to experience something that is unpleasant or something that involves a change
undergo
to make something smaller than it was or smaller than it was planned to be
scale sth down
four times as big or as much
fourfold
(especially of jokes, films, stories, etc.) showing no new ideas or too often repeated, and therefore not funny or interesting
corny
very easy job
cushy job
People covered ice with wood … they ensured a steady supply.
by which means
the edge or border of something
verge of
to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all
inundate
difficult to control or manage
unruly
banned from
barred from
shot up (ex. sales, children)
rapid increase, growth
to be certain to produce an angry or violent reaction
be like a red rag to a bull
to make someone or something do more than they can or should do, to spend or borrow more money than you can pay
overstretch
likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly, especially by getting worse or by becoming angry
volatile
to make a mistake or to do something wrong
err
to make something smaller than it was or smaller than it was planned to be
scale sth down/ back
the final line in the accounts of a company or organization, stating the total profit or loss that has been made
bottom line
the profit made on a product or service or the amount by which one thing is different from another
margin
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
to err is human (to forgive divine)
to give someone an advantage in a particular situation
give sb an edge (over/on sb/sth)
a list of aims/ possible future achievements/ matters to be discussed at a meeting
agenda
to decide to take care rather than take any risks
err on the side of caution
connected with a god, or like a god
divine
(the official position of) a person in charge of a meeting, official group or organization
chair
to write down what is said at a meeting and by whom
take the minutes
abbreviation for any other business: used at the end of the list of subjects to be discussed at a meeting
AOB
the activity of selling goods to the public, usually in shops
retail
