Business English Flashcards

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unsafe strategy

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a risky business

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2
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to make possible or happen

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to set the stage

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3
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most complete

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full-blown

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4
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do things incorrectly

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to head down the wrong track

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5
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when not everything and not always is ideal

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it isn’t all sunshine and roses

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potentially problematic and dangerous situation (phrase)

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the stakes can be high and the pitfalls many

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7
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to come or go into some place for a moment.

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to pop into

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8
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to want a coffee

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to fancy a coffee

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9
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to tell idea to get the feedback

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to bounce off

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10
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to explain too much

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to cover too much

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11
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to understand

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to figure out

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12
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wooden/metal post

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a stake

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13
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a style of an utterance

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a delivery

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14
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public speaking

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an utterance

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15
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extremely complex

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convoluted

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16
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to trip over somebody

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to stumble over

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17
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to stay with somebody

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to keep up with somebody

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18
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to rise the level of understanding

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to increase comprehension

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19
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while (BrE)

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whilst

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20
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large in degree, quantity

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ample

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21
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to penetrate like a liquid

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to soak-in / sink-in

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22
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with eager attention

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intently

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23
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choice/control of the moment something when should be done

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timing

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24
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mainly (BrE)

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chiefly

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25
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to make progress / be successful in life

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to get on

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26
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to become successful

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to get ahead

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27
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to come into effect

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to kick in

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28
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to work excessively hard

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to slave away

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29
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a problem caused by a stupid mistake

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a foul-up

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30
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related to an informal dress

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dress-down

31
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to make worse or less effective

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to impair

32
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to join metal parts by applying heat

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to weld

33
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a pin / bolt

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a rivet

34
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to highlight

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to mark out

35
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a person who prepares dead bodies and funerals

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an undertaker

36
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judging the nature of something or someone

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appraisal

37
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a way of behaving that shows respect for someone or something

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a deference

38
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the essential or basic aspects

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nuts and bolts

39
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a quality of an object, or an environment, which allows an individual to perform an action

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an affordance

40
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deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite

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contradicted

41
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confused and difficult to deal with

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messy

42
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by that means

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thereby

43
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a mistake

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cock-up

44
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acknowledgement of existence

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recognition

45
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plastic object that separates sections of a road

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cone

46
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lacking ability/strength to move

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inert

47
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used to intensify a denial if what has been just said

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on the contrary

48
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a chairman

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a chair person

49
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slang: a person or thing considered to be useless or defective

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a lemon

50
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(idiom) unwanted, useless, idle, esp. with a hint of painfully embarrassed superfluity

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to stand around like a (lost) lemon

51
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unavoidable

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inevitable

52
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done in disciplined matter

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tightly run

53
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happy without worries

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gay abandon

54
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self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way

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brash

55
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to become very angry

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to blow your top

56
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speechless, esp. with embarrassment or shyness

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tongue-tied

57
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in an unfortunate situation, unprepared and with none of the resources to remedy the matter

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up a river without a paddle

58
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someone who is particularly audacious or has a lot of “guts”

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chutzpah

59
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a detailed drawing, usually in blue ink, containing all the information needed to construct a particular building

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a blueprint

60
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to make something seem real; to do something that allows other people visualize something and believe that it is happening or will happen

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to bring something to life

61
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to be able to imagine something so that one can almost see it in one’s mind

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to envision

62
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a person who makes detailed measurement to determine the exact location of something and/or the distance between two objects

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a surveyor

63
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a person whose job is to design bridges, roads, dams, and similar structures

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a civil engineer

64
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to accept the praise or admiration for some success without mentioning all the other people who helped to make it happen

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to take all of the credit

65
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to request proposals and budgets from other organizations

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to solicit bids

66
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to destroy something, especially a building, so that nothing is left

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to tear down

67
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an obstacle; something that makes a project more difficult or slower, but not impossible

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a stumbling block

68
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to deal with challenges or problems so that one can continue with what one wants to do; to overcome obstacles

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to clear the hurdles

69
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a person who manages a construction project, performing some of the work, but mostly communicating with specialists doing the work

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a general contractor

70
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official permission to do something, especially to create, modify, or destroy a building

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a permit

71
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something that has been in a family for generations

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a heirloom

72
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an opportunity for complaint that is seldom missed

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pet peeve (grammatical mistakes are his pet peeve)

73
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make minor changes in (a text) in order to make it fairer, more accurate, or more up-to-date.

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to amend