business

Question 1

33 years of banking

Answer 1

/ˈbæŋ.kɪŋ/
the business of operating a bank:
- international banking

the activity of managing the money in your bank accounts
- I need to do my banking this afternoon.
- A lot of people are doing their banking online now.
- my dad spent his whole morning banking

Question 2

In Planning Day I will walk you through

Question 3

throwback

Answer 3

a person or thing that is similar to an earlier type, something that is like a thing from an earlier time
- This year’s styles are throwbacks to the fashions of the 1940s.
- This year’s styles are throwbacks to the fashions of the 1940s.
- our pizzaria is not a throwback to the pizzarias of the 70s,80s90s….

Question 4

backlog

Answer 4

a large number of things that you should have done before and must do now
- I’ve got a huge backlog of work to do.

a large number of things waiting to be done
- I have a huge backlog of work on my desk.

a large number of things you have to do or deal with that has increased over a period of time
- I have often been distracted over the last year or so: health issues in the family; major roof repairs; time abroad; deadlines; an irreducible backlog.
- She has a three-week backlog of work.
- a backlog of orders
- I need to catch up on my backlog of emails before I can start work.

Question 5

pitch

Answer 5

/pɪtʃ/
an area painted with lines for playing particular sports, especially football:
- a football/hockey/cricket pitch
- Supporters invaded (= ran onto) the pitch.

Question 6

for all intends and purposes

Answer 6

used to say that one thing has the same effect or result as something else or almost completely:
- Escape from the prison was, for all intents and purposes, impossible.
- Their decision to begin bombing was, for all intents and purposes, a declaration of war.

Question 7

field

Answer 7

/fiːld/
an area of activity or interest:

• the field of history/science/medicine
• Are you still in the same field (= are you doing the same type of work)?

not be your field (also be outside your field)
to be something you do not know much about:

• Programming really isn’t my field - you’d better ask Phil.
• physics isn´t really my field why don’t you ask Esther