Amanda Hesser

Question 1

E-commerce

Answer 1

noun

Commercial transactions on the Internet

_{They have now also launched a very successful e-commerce site.}

_{Our e-commerce business is not doing well.}

Question 2

Strike

Answer 2

verb

Information that surprises someone / makes an impression on someone

_{What really struck me from his speech was his positive energy.}

_{What strikes me is that the numbers you are showing me are very low.}

Question 3

At an early age

Answer 3

phrase

When someone is young

_{I learned at an early age to be polite to others.}

_{She was able to achieve some success even at an early age.}

Question 4

Burn to the ground

Answer 4

verbal phrase

Something is destroyed

_{My previous company burned to the ground because of the pandemic.}

_{His marriage also burned to the ground unfortunately.}

Question 5

Personal sacrifice

Answer 5

noun

Giving up some things that are important to you in order to achieve something

_{Some personal sacrifice will be required if you want this position.}

_{They had to undergo some significant personal sacrifice.}

Question 6

Experience

Answer 6

noun

Something that happens to you

_{Based on my experience I don’t think this is a good idea.}

_{She had a bad experience in India once.}

Question 7

Near-death experience

Answer 7

noun

An experience where you think you are about to die

_{The economic recession felt like a near-death experience to me.}

_{He went through a near-death experience at the hospital.}

Question 8

On the ledge

Answer 8

idiom

Being in a very dangerous situation

_{After losing her last job she felt like she was on the ledge.}

_{Last year I felt like I was on the ledge.}

Question 9

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