Oxford English for Accounting

Question 1

Would you like to start by telling me a little about your experience? And then I’ll ____ you ___ ___ our group. We’re very international here now.

Answer 1

fill in on

Question 2

It is often accepted practice to ______ unrealized gains from unrealized losses or to re-value long term assets _______.

Answer 2

offset, upwards

Question 3

Make notes and prepare to _______ someone else in the class.

Answer 3

brief

Question 4

The proportion of borrowed capital to owned funds when buying an asset or financing a company.

Answer 4

gearing

Question 5

Current ______ are those which are paid within a year.

Answer 5

liabilities

Question 6

The company is in debt __ __ ______ __ 10 million.

Answer 6

to the tune of

Question 7

A way to agree with someone: You’ve got a _____ here.

Answer 7

point

Question 8

A way to agree with someone: ______ taken.

Answer 8

Point

Question 9

• They want us to take a pay ____ this year.
• Are you kidding? It’s just not __.

Answer 9

cut, on

Question 10

Norma asked me to go _____ some ratios I used in the report.

Answer 10

over

Question 11

• What is this working capital?
• I was just ______ to that.

Answer 11

coming

Question 12

excused from paying taxes

Answer 12

tax-exempt

Question 13

This was a ________ investment on our part. We spent a lot of money on this.

Answer 13

sizeable

Question 14

These figures are too ________ for us to ignore. The figures are very high.

Answer 14

material

Question 15

I suggest you consider this again. Have another _____ about it.

Answer 15

think

Question 16

You can’t really _____ spending so much money on office equipment. You can’t defend your actions.

Answer 16

justify

Question 17

The plan is _______ to keep us in business.

Answer 17

designed

Question 18

There are some things I’d like to go _____ with you, but I’d prefer to do it ___ person, not ____ the phone. Could you come ___ the office next week sometime? Tuesday, say?

Answer 18

over, in, over, by

Question 19

On the telephone: - Could you put me ______ to Janet, please?

Answer 19

through

Question 20

Could you come ___ the office next week? Can you _____ Tuesday afternoon?

Answer 20

by, make

Question 21

Data on the chart. We’re ______ at around 3%.

Answer 21

hovering