Unit 8 Change

Question 1

Goldmine (n)

Answer 1

A business or activity that makes large amounts of money very easily.

Question 2

Joint venture (n)

Answer 2

A business partnership between companies

Question 3

Magnitude (n)

Answer 3

of great size or importance

Question 4

Retail (n)

Answer 4

the sale of goods to the public

Question 5

Revive (v)

Answer 5

Make something active, successful or popular again

Question 6

Vehement (adj)

Answer 6

Showing strong feeling

Question 7

Dedicated (adj)

Answer 7

(of a person) devoted to a task or purpose; having single-minded loyalty or integrity.

Question 8

Exemplify (v)

Answer 8

be a typical example of.

Question 9

Insolvent (adj)

Answer 9

unable to pay debts owed.

quebrado

Question 10

Knowledgeable (adj)

Answer 10

intelligent and well informed.

Experto, entendido

Question 11

Lawsuit (n)

Answer 11

a claim or dispute brought to a court of law for adjudication.
Pleito, litigio

Question 12

Tailor (v)

Answer 12

Verb:
(of a tailor) make (clothes) to fit individual customers.

Noun:
Person who makes fitted clothes such as suit, pants, jackets
Sastre

Question 13

Teamed up with (phr v)

Answer 13

United to

Question 14

Tech-savvy (adj)

Answer 14

Person who knows a lot of technology

Question 15

Core (adj)

Answer 15

The most important or central part of something

Center, nucleus, heart

Question 16

Exclude (v)

Answer 16

to deliberately not include something

Question 17

Incorporate (v)

Answer 17

to include something as part of something else

Question 18

Inflexibility (n)

Answer 18

an inability to change your ideas, beliefs, or decisions

Question 19

Initiate (v)

Answer 19

to make something start

Question 20

Maximize (v)

Answer 20

to increase as much as is possible

Question 21

Persist (v)

Answer 21

continue to do something in a determined way

Question 22

Successor (n)

Answer 22

someone who holds an important position after someone else

Question 23

Business model (n)

Answer 23

an outline of how a company plans to make money with its product and customer base in a specific market.

Question 24

Follow suit (phr)

Answer 24

conform to another’s actions.

Seguir el ejemplo, hacer lo mismo

Question 25

Empower (v)

Answer 25

give (someone) the authority or power to do something. | Allow

Question 26

Execute (v)

Answer 26

carry out or put into effect (a plan, order, or course of action).

Question 27

Hostility (n)

Answer 27

hostile behavior; unfriendliness or opposition. | enemistad

Question 28

Incentivize (v)

Answer 28

provide (someone) with an incentive for doing something.

Question 29

Mentoring scheme (n)

Answer 29

Esquema de tutoria

Question 30

Transition period (n)

Answer 30

change to something

Question 31

Across the board (phr)

Answer 31

En todos los ámbitos

Question 32

At the expense of (phr)

Answer 32

a expensas de

Question 33

Come to prominence (phr)

Answer 33

achieving importance

Question 34

Competitive edge (n)

Answer 34

Ventaja competitiva

Question 35

Course of action (phr)

Answer 35

the route or direction followed for an action

Question 36

Give rise to (phr)

Answer 36

Dar lugar a

Question 37

Uphill struggle (idiom)

Answer 37

lucha cuesta arriba

Question 38

Coherent

Answer 38

(of an argument, theory, or policy) logical and consistent.

Question 39

Utility

Answer 39

the state of being useful, profitable, or beneficial.

Question 40

Check-out

Answer 40

verify, check