Working Across Teams

Question 1

noun : a group focused on one thing and doing things similarly

monokültür

*When corporations cultivate ——-s, they are wasting their human capital. *

*Some countries have a real ——–, and everyone behaves very similarly.*

Answer 1

• monoculture

Question 2

noun : tiny details, small and often not important details

küçük detay, önemsiz ayrıntılar

*Members should be wary of getting too “deep in the weeds” dealing with ——- that would be more suitably dealt with in a single-function team.*

*The —– of planning travel takes up so much of my attention that I can forget to be excited.*

Answer 2

• minutiae

Question 3

verb : to be made of; to make up

oluşturmak, meydana getirmek

*These teams —– individuals from various functional areas within a corporation—marketing, legal, engineering, and design, for example. *

*Children under the age of ten —— roughly 20% of the city’s population.*

Answer 3

• comprise

Question 4

verb : to imagine

öngörmek, tahmin etmek, önceden kestirmek

*When a marketer entirely comprehends how the product functions, she can —– a more pertinent marketing campaign.*

*The empty field didn’t look like much, but the architect ——d a whole neighborhood there.*

Answer 4

• envision

Question 5

verb : to organize something with many parts

titizlikle düzenlemek; başarmak için özenle yapmak

*These teams should be thoughtfully ——d to include at least one member from each team participating in a project.*

*The CEO ——-d a large deal with another bank.*

Answer 5

• orchestrate

Question 6

adjective : most important Trust is of paramount importance.

en önemli/üstün/yüce

*Her family was —— to her success.*

Answer 6

• paramount

Question 7

verb : to make something sound bigger or more important than it is

mübalağa etmek, abartmak

*The value of a cross-functional team cannot be ——d.*

*The team was upset to find that the new employee had ——d his abilities.*

Answer 7

• overstate

Question 8

adjective : all the same

türdeş, aynı cinsten, homojen

*In many ventures, teams are ——-.*

*The group was relatively —–; most people were very similar in the way they thought and acted.*

Answer 8

• homogeneous

Question 9

noun : a good investment or bet

*The —– —— is on organizing across team boundaries. *

*He hadn’t played the game before, so he followed the —– —–, betting where more experienced people did.*

Answer 9

• smart money

Question 10

adjective : difficult to understand; puzzling

zihin bulandıran, şaşırtan, afallatan, şaşırtıcı

*Cross-functional teams are sometimes ——- to manage.*

*The children couldn’t solve the —— math problem.*

Answer 10

• perplexing

Question 11

adjective : separated from other people or things:

*Working in a big company, you became very —- and it was easy to lose touch with the real world.*

*These —— groups seldom have an opportunity to interact with one another.*

Answer 11

• siloed

Question 12

adverb : not often

nadiren, seyrek, pek az

*We —– go out in the evenings.*

*These siloed groups —- have an opportunity to interact with one another.*

Answer 12

• seldom

Question 13

verb : ​GROW : ​to prepare land and grow crops on it

toprağı işlemek, ekip biçmek, sürüp ekmek

*This shrub is ——d in Europe as a herb used in cooking.*

DEVELOP : to try to develop or improve something

bir şeyi geliştirmek, ilerletmek

*She has ——-d an image as a tough negotiator.*

*When corporations ——- monocultures, they are wasting their human capital. *

—–ion noun :​ ekim, yetiştirme

Answer 13

• cultivate

Question 14

adjective : relating directly to a subject

doğrudan bir konuyla bağlantılı/alakalı/ilgili; ilişkili, ilişkin

*a ——- question*

*When a marketer entirely comprehends how a product functions, she can envision a more —— marketing campaign. *

Answer 14

• pertinent

Question 15

adjective : QUIET​ : quiet because you are thinking about something

düşünceli, düşünceye dalmış

*You look ——-.*

KIND : B2 kind and always thinking about how you can help other people

düşünceli, anlayışlı, nazik, saygılı

*Thank you for the card - it was very ——- of you.*

———ly adverb : düşüncelere dalmış bir şekilde

*She gazed thoughtfully into the distance.*

*These teams should be ——–ly orchestrated to include at least one member from each team participating in a project.*

———ness noun : düşünceli olma durumu

Answer 15

• thoughtful

Question 16

verb : to make something necessary

gerektirmek, zaruri hale getirmek, gerekli kılmak

*Cross-functional teams —— a singular leadership technique.*

Answer 16

• necessitate

Question 17

adjective : ​to contain a large number of something bad

dopdolu olmak, delik deşik olmak; her tarafı kaplamış olmak

*The wall — —– —- bullets.*

*Even their vocabulary may — —– —- industry jargon.*

Answer 17

• be riddled with sth

Question 18

verb : If an idea or situation presupposes something, that thing must be true for the idea or situation to work.

öngörmek, önceden farzetmek

*Everyone must actively work to understand each other and ——- that each person is working on behalf of the whole. *

Answer 18

• presuppose

Question 19

adjective : If you are wary of someone or something, you do not trust them completely.

tedbirli, ihtiyatlı, temkinli, dikkatli

*She’s still —– of strangers.*

*Members should be —- of getting too “deep in the weeds,” dealing with minutiae that would be more suitably dealt with by a single-function team.*

—ily adverb : güvenmeyen bir şekilde

—–iness noun : tedbirli olma

Answer 19

• wary

Question 20

past of deal

deal’ fiilinin geçmiş zaman hali

Answer 20

• dealt

Question 21

noun : something that you do because it is your duty or because you feel you have to

yükümlülük, mecburiyet, görev, boyun borcu, zorunluluk

*Parents have an —— to make sure their children receive a proper education.*

Answer 21

• obligation

Question 22

verb : to form an idea or principle in your mind:

kavramsallaştırmak

*He argued that morality could be conceptualized (= thought about) as a series of principles based on human reason.*

*In the past, a thought leader would ——- a new product and hand it off to a marketing team to determine its marketability; *

Answer 22

• conceptualize

Question 23

adjective : Something unpleasant that is rife is very common.

yaygın, çok rastlanan, salgın, gırla

*Rumours were —- that the band would split up.*

*This traditional process is both time-consuming and —- with potential for miscommunication.*

Answer 23

• rife

Question 24

verb : GROUP : to join other people somewhere to make a group, or to bring people together into a group

toplanmak, bir araya gelmek, grup oluşturmak

*They ——d in the meeting room after lunch.*

BUILD : to build something by joining parts together

birleştirmek, toplamak, parçaları bir araya getirmek

*If, instead, that thought leader ——–d a group of representatives from every team, their simultaneous presence could expedite the process.*

Answer 24

• assemble

Question 25

verb : to expect something, or to prepare for something before it happens

merakla beklemek, ummak

*We —— that prices will fall next year.*

Answer 25

• anticipate