- [[English Lesson]] - to have a head start - to start with an advantage - it's been a smooth morning - Susan's article - Helping a colleague renovating [....] was exhilarating, meaningful, and all-consuming. - Biking in door [....] didn’t quite live up to my expectations. - [.......] reminds me of ….. - **exhilarating** - joyful, making you extremely happy - **all-consuming** - taking all of your time and attention - **to pick sth. up** - to **refurbish** > have a refurb - to renovate - **to do a flat up** - to upgrade - **unplugged / to unplug** - to disengage - it's been overcast - clouded over - **REMIND SB OF STH** - I never wear grey because it reminds me of my old school uniform. (it brings my school to my mind) - You remind me of someone I used to know. - I liked her immediately because she reminded me of Sally. - He reminds me of my dad. - Something about her manner reminds me of an old school teacher I used to have. - **business English checkup: ** - what is critical to your daily work? (=most important) - can you have/do lunch in the office? - who makes sure that there are enough stationery supplies? - BUSINESS ENGLISH PART 2 - 1. Let's have lunch on Thursday. = Let's _____________________ on Thursday. **do lunch** lunch eat lunch - 2. Generally speaking, a good manager ____________________ a smooth production process. **ensures - makes sure about** makes sure is sure - 3. Good time management skills are ____________________ ( = very important) to maintaining a smooth workflow. critique criticized **critical TO** - 4. I was ____________________ with my other tasks to finish the report. very busy **too busy** excessively busy - 5. I'd like to have that by ____________________ Friday. end of the day ending **end of day/ the end of** - 6. I'm happy to inform you that we've reached another ____________________ ( = significant completion point) with the successful completion of user testing. **milestone** mile marker - 7. After you visualize and plan a project, you have to ____________________ it. **implement** imply implode - 8. In the modern business world, "assigning multiple resources to a single activity" means: spending lots of money to do a task getting one person to do a task getting two or more people to do a task - 9. We need someone who knows how to use offline advertising to ____________________ ( = increase) online sales. gain drive get - 10. These issues could ______________________ ( = endanger) the completion of this project. jeopardy jeopardize danger