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- 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
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- Let's have lunch on Thursday. = Let's _____________________ on Thursday. do lunch lunch eat lunch
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- Generally speaking, a good manager ____________________ a smooth production process. ensures - makes sure about makes sure is sure
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- Good time management skills are ____________________ ( = very important) to maintaining a smooth workflow. critique criticized critical TO
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- I was ____________________ with my other tasks to finish the report. very busy too busy excessively busy
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- I'd like to have that by ____________________ Friday. end of the day ending end of day/ the end of
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- I'm happy to inform you that we've reached another ____________________ ( = significant completion point) with the successful completion of user testing. milestone mile marker
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- After you visualize and plan a project, you have to ____________________ it. implement imply implode
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- 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
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- We need someone who knows how to use offline advertising to ____________________ ( = increase) online sales. gain drive get
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- These issues could ______________________ ( = endanger) the completion of this project. jeopardy jeopardize danger
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