Vocabulary 8

Question 1

Objective

I think we should all try to stay as objective as possible.

Answer 1

“Objective” (adjective) means not influenced by your own feelings or opinions, especially when you need to make a decision. Other forms include “objectivity” (noun)

Question 2

Recognize

Carolyn reconizes how hard she’ll have to work to finish on time.

Answer 2

“Recognize” (verb) means to feel that you have seen or heard something or someone before. “Recognize” also means to understand and accept that something is true. “Recognize” is used with an object. Other forms include “recognition” (noun).

Question 3

Dynamics

The presence of the new manager changed the dynamics of the department.

Answer 3

“Dynamics” (noun) is the way that people interact in a certain environment or situation. When “dynamics” is used in this way, it is always plural.

Question 4

Perspective

Put in perspective

Keep in perspective

Answer 4

“Perspective” (noun) is a way to represent the spatial relationship between two objects. “Perspective” can also mean the understanding of the importance of something in relation to other factors. “Perspective” is an uncountable noun. “Put in perspective” and “keep in perspective” are common phrases.

Question 5

Have/has been through

Carmen has been through several transitions like ours.

Answer 5

“Have been through” (verb phrase) means to have experienced a certain situation or process. “Have been through” is followed by a noun phrase.

Question 6

Outweigh

When I realized the benefits of the new job outweighed the risks, I decided to take it.

Answer 6

“Outweigh” (verb) means to weigh more than someone or something else. “Outweigh” can also mean to have more value or importance than something else. “Outweigh” is used with an object.

Question 7

Take place

The interview skills workshop took place in Heidelberg.
I need to understand how Accelerated will benefit from any changes that take place.

Answer 7

“Take place” (verb phrase) means to happen or occur. “Take place” is not used with an object.

Question 8

Likely

It’s more than likely that the retreat will take place in Heidelberg.

Answer 8

“Likely” (adjective) means very probable. “More than likely” means extremely probable.

Question 9

Pertain to

I’d like to find out more about the things that pertain to my department.

Answer 9

“Pertain to” (phrasal verb) means to directly relate to something. “Pertain to” is an inseparable phrasal verb and is used with an object. Other forms include “pertaining to” (adjective phrase) and “pertinent” (adjective).

Question 10

Valid

The company’s hiring test is not valid. It doesn’t measure the skills needed to do the job.

Answer 10

“Valid” (adjective) means based on fact, true, and taken seriously. Other forms include “validity” (noun), “validation” (noun), and “validate” (verb).

Question 11

to omit

It cannot be omitted.

Answer 11

пропускам

Question 12

Is she the person to whom you spoke?

Is this the job for which I was hired?

Answer 12

If a preposition is at the beginning of a relative clause, you must use “whom” or “which” (not “who” or “that”) as the relative pronoun. In this case, the pronoun cannot be omitted.

Question 13

In a twisted turn of events

Answer 13

An unforeseen development

events suddenly took an awkward turn

Question 14

disgruntle

disgruntled employee

Answer 14

недоволен, раздразнен, кисел

Question 15

kickoff meeting

Answer 15

The Kickoff Meeting is the first meeting with the project team and the client of the project. This meeting would follow definition of the base elements for the project and other project planning activities.

Question 16

wrap something up

Answer 16

to complete work on something; to bring something to an end. I will wrap the job up this morning. I’ll call you when I finish. I can wrap up this little project in a week.

Question 17

wrap up something also wrap something up

Answer 17

to complete or stop doing something The president will wrap up his visit to China on Thursday. It’s late and I have to get home, so let’s wrap it up and finish tomorrow.
Etymology: based on the literal meaning of wrap something up (to put paper around something to cover it)

Question 18

wrap up

Answer 18

1. Bring to a conclusion, settle successfully, as in As soon as we wrap up this deal, we can go on vacation. [First half of 1900s]
2. Summarize, recapitulate, as in To wrap up, the professor went over the three main categories. [First half of the 1900s]

Question 19

wrap-up

Answer 19

that wraps something up; concluding
⌂ that comes at the end and summarizes
⌂ the concluding event, action, etc. in a sequence
⌂ a concluding, summarizing statement, report, etc.

Question 20

in a nutshell

Answer 20

in the fewest possible words; she put the matter in a nutshell”
synonyms: in short, briefly, in brief, to put it briefly, to cut a long story short, in a word, to sum up, in sum, to come to the point, in essence, in outline
“and that, in a nutshell, is the whole movie”

Question 21

to delve into sth

It’s not always a good ​idea to ​delve too ​deeply into someone’s past.

Answer 21

to ​examine something ​carefully in ​order to ​discover more ​information about someone or something

Question 22

I hate to point this out, but we need to hire more staff.

Answer 22

Thank you for bringing that up.
Thank you for bringing that to my attention.
Thank you for pointing that out.

Question 23

I’m really frustrated with our new hiring policy.

Answer 23

I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you weren’t happy with it.

Question 24

I’m worried about how this will affect the dynamics.

Answer 24

I understand your concern about the future of your department.

Question 25

We haven’t been given enough time to complete the project.

Answer 25

Thank you for bringing this up.
I can assure you, we’ll give you more time.
Rest assured (that) we’ll give you more time.

Question 26

I have a problem with the schedule.

Answer 26

Let me see what I can do.

Let me see what I can do about changing the deadline.