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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
        1. Let's have lunch on Thursday. = Let's _____________________ on Thursday. do lunch lunch eat lunch
        1. Generally speaking, a good manager ____________________ a smooth production process. ensures - makes sure about makes sure is sure
        1. Good time management skills are ____________________ ( = very important) to maintaining a smooth workflow. critique criticized critical TO
        1. I was ____________________ with my other tasks to finish the report. very busy too busy excessively busy
        1. I'd like to have that by ____________________ Friday. end of the day ending end of day/ the end of
        1. I'm happy to inform you that we've reached another ____________________ ( = significant completion point) with the successful completion of user testing. milestone mile marker
        1. After you visualize and plan a project, you have to ____________________ it. implement imply implode
        1. 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
        1. We need someone who knows how to use offline advertising to ____________________ ( = increase) online sales. gain drive get
        1. These issues could ______________________ ( = endanger) the completion of this project. jeopardy jeopardize danger