BBC vocabulary Flashcards
on the cusp of
- when something is about to change/happen,
- someone or something is between two states, or is about to be in a particular state
the crux
the most important or serious part of a matter, problem, or argument
to respond to something in spades
to respond immediately
expenentially
a lot, without limits
to leverage
- to use,
- to use something that you already have in order to achieve something new or better
to seize
- to capture,
- to take using sudden force
a barrage of
a lot of
incursion
- a hostile attack,
- a sudden attack on or act of going into * a place, especially across a border,
an occasion when people suddenly involve themselves in another person’s private situation
unmanned
- not having or not needing people to operate or work correctly,
- used to refer to a spacecraft, or a place where military guards work, that has no people present to operate or be in charge of it
stealth
the quality of carrying an action out secretly, so that people do not know it is happening
gap in the market
an opportunity for a product or service that does not already exist
to be in the red (finance)
If you or your bank account are in the red, you owe money to the bank
to be in the black
If a bank account is in the black, it contains some money, and if a person or business is in the black, they have money in the bank and are not in deb
bond
an official paper given by the government or a company to show that you have lent them money that they will pay back to you at a particular interest rate (obligacje)
fixed bonds
on the crux of
premises
the land and buildings owned by someone, especially by a company or organization
overdraft
an amount of money that a customer with a bank account is temporarily allowed to owe to the bank, or the agreement which allows this
assets
everything the company owns (aktywa)
liabilities
the amount of money that a person or organization owes (pasywa)
overheads
the regular and necessary costs, such as rent and heating, that are involved in operating a business
USP
Unique Selling Point
ISA
Individual Savings Account
HR
Human Resources
MD
Managing Director
to amass
to gather a large amount of something, esp. money, by collecting it over a period of time
siege
the act of surrounding a place by an armed force in order to defeat those defending it (oblężenie)
to wipe out sth
to destroy something completely
uncanny
strange or mysterious, often in a way that is slightly frightening, hard to explain
to displace
to force something out of its usual or original position (przełożyć)
crisis deepens
at the eleventh hour
at the last moment
to have a raging feeling
something you can’t ignore
to intensify the response
state of the art
cutting/bleeding edge, high tech
- if there’s a noun you have to put dashes between the words ( state-of-the-art)
RiD
Research + Development
blockchain
a database of records of transactions that is maintained by a network of
computers rather than a central authority
to disrupt an industry
changing the rules of competition in an industry by doing things differently
disrupt
to prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected
to be at the forefront
(the forefront - the most noticeable or important position in a particular market, activity, or group)
to take out loans
to obtain, to get money on a temporary basis, for example from a bank
to fill a void
to default on a loan
(Default is the failure to make required interest or principal repayments on a debt)
