business Flashcards
hut
cabana
a small, simple building, usually consisting of one room
- a mountain hut
- a row of beach huts
everytime he gets on his feet
to have enough money again, or to be successful again after having problems - I need to get back on my feet again and forget all this.
bake off
a competition in which contestants have to prepare baked goods that are then judged
- Here are the brownies that got me 3rd place in the bakeoff.
- a pie/cupcake/biscuit bake-off
takes the order to his brother
distinct
/dɪˈstɪŋkt/
clearly noticeable; that certainly exists:
- There’s a distinct smell of cigarettes in here.
hand over
to give something to someone else:
- We were ordered to hand over our passports.
- Trembling with fear, she handed over the money to the gunman
to give another person control of someone or something, or responsibility for dealing with him, her, or it:
- The hijacker was handed over to the French police.
- If you hold on a moment I’ll hand you over to someone who might be able to help.
- the police thinks we should hand over some cases to them]
- The founder handed the company over to his sons.
now is the moment of truth
golden goose
a continuing source of wealth or profit that may be exhausted if it is misused.
- they were killing the golden goose of tourism
he nods hello to his assistent
blanket fort