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Advance their career

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To do things that help them to progress to better jobs and become succesful

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Brainstorm

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To meet in a group to suggest a lot of new ideas very quickly, with the intention of considering them more carefully later

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Breakdown of costs

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A division of how money needs to be spent, so that you can see all the details

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Credible

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Able to be believed or trusted

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Demand

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A need for goods or services that customers want to buy/use

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Outline a requirement

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To give the main facts about something that you need

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Potential return

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The amount of profit made by an investment or a business activity that is able to grow in the future

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Prompt

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Words that help people to remember what they are going to say

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Reduce anxiety

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To make uncomfortable feelings of nervousness smaller in degree

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Rehearse

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To practise a play, a piece of music, etc. in order to prepare it for public performance

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Sound investment

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When you put money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit in a way that shows good judgement

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Feel free

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if someone tells you to feel free to do something, they mean that you can don it if you want.

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Finding

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information or a fact that is discovered by studying something.

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Handout

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a document containing information that is given to people at a meeting or event.

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Mannerism

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something that a person does repeatedly with their face, hands or voice and which they may not realize they are doing.

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Dry up

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to stop being able to talk in the normal way