Académique Documents
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Vocabulary:
Agenda
Attitude
Battery
Court
Crisp
Databank
Delighted
Design - to design - designer
Dust
Electrical appliance
Event
Fizzy drink
Handle
Hose
Input (words)
Laptop computer
Lock
Marketing strategy
Mind the gap
Phrase book
Playback
Product aimed at
Purpose (of advertisement, of the meeting, ...)
Recognition
Spelling correction
Suitcase --- briefcase
Twist
Vacuum cleaner
Was it worth it?
Whereas
Yuppy (Young, urban, professional person)
A x year guarantee
Adjustable = you can change the different levels = suitable for all person
Annoying = irritating
Attractive
Available in a wide range of colours
Back-up = reinforcement
Beautiful = cute
Brass (locks)
Campaign
Colourful = bright --- dull
Comfortable to wear
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Crazy = mad
Dear = expensive --- cheap
Desktop computer --- Laptop computer
Desktop product
Discreet
Durable = robust = made to last
Easy-to-carry --- easy-to-use = user-friendly (user-friendliness)
Elegant = smart --- casual = informal
Environmentally-friendly
Extremely lightweight and compact
Fake
Fault = Defect
Faulty = defective
Flat
Foldable --- collapsible
Hand-crafted
High performance = powerful
High quality --- low quality
Leather
Light --- dark (colour)
Luxurius
Modern --- traditional
New technology
Polite --- impolite
Portable
Practical = handy = useful --- impractical = useless
Prototype = the first model
Qualities of products: fantastic, great, marvellous, brilliant, super, wonderful,
gorgeous ...
Reliable fiable = reliable --- unreliable = doesn't work
Slim
Solar watch = powered by solar battery = it doesnt' need battery --- batteries
supplied
Sporty
Stylish = fashionable = trendy = up-to date --- old-fashioned = out of date
Successful
Top of the range = the best product in a category
Trim (p. ex. Golded trim)
Unusual = original
USP (Unique selling point) = characteristic = feature
Waterproof
Synonyms:
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Antonyms:
Verbs:
To advertise - advertiser
To analyse - analyser
To compete - competition
To expand - expansion
To launch - launch
To manufacture - manufacturer
To operate - operation
To plan - planner
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To prepare - preparation
To programme - programmer
To troubleshoot - troubleshooter
To visit - visitor
To wholesale - wholesaler
To work - worker
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Loco
Caro --- barato
Ordenador normal --- ordenador portátil
Producto de sobremesa
Discreto
Resistente, hecho para durar
Fácil de llevar --- fácil de usar
Elegante / inteligente --- casual = informal
Respetuoso con el medio ambiente
Extremadamente delgado y compacto
Sintético, bañado
Defecto
Defectuoso
Plano
Plegable --- plegable totalmente
Hecho a mano
Alto rendimiento
Alta calidad --- baja calidad
Piel, cuero
(Color) claro --- oscuro / delgado
Lujoso
Moderno --- tradicional
Nueva tecnología
Educado --- maleducado
Portátil
Práctico, útil --- no práctico, inútil
Prototipo
Muy bueno
De aspecto deportivo
De moda, con estilo --- pasado de moda
Exitoso
El más alto de la gama
Borde, acabado
Inusual = original
Característica
Resistente al agua
Anuncio publicitario
Apariencia
¿Estás al tanto?
Bolígrafo
Ventaja --- desventaja
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Anunciar - anunciante
Analizar - analizador
Competir - competición
Expandir - expansión
Lanzar - lanzamiento
Fabricar - fabricante
Operar - operación
Planear - plan
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Preparar - preparación
Programar - programador
Disparar - disparador
Visitar - visitante
Vender al por mayor - venta mayorista
Trabajar - trabajador
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Vocabulary:
Aggresive
Approachable
Available
Cartoon
Collaborative
Covering letter
Far more than
Freedom to develop my role
Good reputation
Gossip
Government policy
High staff turnover
Higher productivity
Performance
Performance appraisal
Personal achievement
Personal matter
Physically handicapped
Position of responsibility
Public sector worker
Responsible
Sensationalistic
Shift
Split schedule
Staff morale
Stage of the life
Success --- successes
Supportive
Sympathetic
Tax - taxes / taxation
Tax law
The end justifies the means
Time management
Synonyms:
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Graduated = someone who has finished the university = ... Obtained a degree
Antonyms:
Banner
Billboard
Bus stop / bus shelter
TV / radio / newspaper / magazine (advert)
Verbs:
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To compete (with)
To complete = to close = to end = to finish
To decide = to make up the mind
To discriminate on grounds of gender or race (will not)
To earn (a salary = a wage = an income)
To get on well / ... with (somebody) = To have a good relationship
To give a good impression on the company
To have a very good timetable
To have confidence
To have job security
To interfere --- To be hands off = to leave to do the job
To joke
To make mistakes
To match = to fit (my needs)
To meet our expectations = fulfil
To notice
To prioritise
To promote
To quote - quoting reference
To respond = to answer
To set = to establish --- To achieve --- To exceed (a goal = a target = an aim
= an objective)
To shop around
To shop on impulse
To sit cross-legged
To sort out = to solve
To spend time with
To take = to do = to sit (an exam)
To take into account = to bear in mind = to look at (various options)
To take the job seriously
To take work home
To unwind (pasado: unwound) = to switch off
To value
To work overtime
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Agresivo/a
Persona abierta
Disponible
Viñeta
Colaborador, que colabora
Carta de presentación
Mucho más que
Libertad para hacer mi trabajo
Buena reputación
Cotilla, chismoso
Política gubernamental
Mucha rotación de personal
Mayor productividad
Rendimiento
Evaluación del rendimiento
Logro personal
Asunto personal
Físicamente capacitado
Política (siempre en plural) - persona que se dedica a la
política - política de una compañía
Puesto de responsabilidad
Funcionario
Responsable
Sensacionalista
Turno
Jornada partida
Motivación del personal
Etapa de la vida
Éxito --- éxitos
Persona que ayuda
Comprensivo, que escucha
Impuesto - impuestos / tasación
Ley de impuestos
El fin justifica los medios
Organización del tiempo
Anuncio de trabajo
Objetivo
Encuesta, formulario
Area
Activo / virtud
Facilidad, habilidad
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Trabajo, profesión
Aviso, advertencia
Fecha tope
Colega
Contento, feliz, satisfecho
Hoy día, actualmente
Reto, desafío, algo estimulante
Seguro, definitivo, cierto
Dar más responsabilidad
Más
Universitario
Razón, motivo
(Jefe) que motiva
Satisfacción en el trabajo
Conocimientos
Simpático
"Cosa" extra en el trabajo
Presupuesto
Papel, tarea
Zapatillas deportivas
Cargo en una empresa / clase social, prestigio
Guía turístico (persona)
Conocido/a, famoso/a
Cultura de tu empresa
Publicidad en movimiento
Valla publicitaria de carretera
Parada de autobús, marquesina de la parada del autobús
Anuncio en TV, radio, periódicos, magazines
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Tener el control
Estar entusiasmado con
Culpar
Comprometerse a
Tener la capacidad de hacer algo, competir
Acabar
Decidir
Discriminar por razón de sexo y raza (no)
Ganar (un sueldo)
Llevarlo bien / Llevarse bien (con alguien)
Dar una buena impresión de la empresa
Tener un muy buen horario
Tener confianza en alguien
Tener una seguridad en el trabajo
Interferir --- no interferir
Bromear
Cometer errores
Satisfacer (mis necesidades)
Cumplir con nuestras esperanzas y expectativas
Darse cuenta
Priorizar
Promocionar
Mencionar - mencionando la referencia
Contestar
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Lesson 9
Vocabulary:
Attendance
Average worker
Business --- businesses
Competitiveness
Database
Entrepreneurial spirit
Everyday goods
Exchange rate
In sight
Inflation
International trade
Internet banking
Life cost
Multinational
Overall
Price difference between
Quarter
Rate of growth
Respite
Shopping basket
Skilled workforce
Slightly
Speech
Staff: personnel = employee = worker = workforce
Technology
Until the end of the year
Variation in (price, taxes)
Working day
Synonyms:
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Antonyms:
Verbs:
To account for
To affect --- to be affected by --- to be hit by
To attract (foreign investment)
To be source in (país)
To be willing = to be prepared
To bear
To benefit from
To charge
To choose = to select
To decrease = to fall = to drop = to decline
To drop
To improve = to rise = to increase = to grow = to boost
To invest
To make cuts = to reduce costs --- to improve profits
To motivate --- to desmotivate
To purchase = to buy = to shop
To put into practice = to implement = to carry out
To stabilise = to maintain the level = to remain steady at = to stay at the
level
To stand up (pasado: stood up)
To suffer a downturn
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Asistencia
Trabajador medio
Negocio --- negocios
Competitividad
Base de datos
Espíritu emprendedor
Productos de consumo diario
Tipo de cambio
A la vista
Inflación
Comercio internacional
Banco por internet
Coste de la vida
Multinacional
En general
Diferencia de precio entre
Trimestre
Tasa de crecimiento
Respiro, alivio
Cesta de la compra
Mano de obra preparada
Ligeramente
Manera de hablar, lenguaje, habla
Trabajador / personal
Tecnología
Hasta final de año
Variación de (precio, impuestos)
Día laborable
En el extranjero
Casi
Por todo el mundo
Candidato
Lo antes posible
Descenso, disminución
Conversación
Bruscamente
Debido a
Crisis económica
Bastante, suficiente
Pregunta
Medio ambiente, atmósfera
Gran (mayoría)
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Instalaciones
Nadie
Parte, componente --- pieza
Fuerte
Transporte
A un ritmo constante
Cantidad
Tendencia
Dibujo, estampado
Mantenerse en
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Vocabulary:
Agenda
Aggresive
Approachable
Attendance
Attitude
Available
Average worker
Battery
Business --- businesses
Cartoon
Collaborative
Competitiveness
Court
Covering letter
Crisp
Databank
Database
Delighted
Dust
Electrical appliance
Entrepreneurial spirit
Event
Everyday goods
Exchange rate
Far more than
Fizzy drink
Freedom to develop my role
Good reputation
Gossip
Government policy
Handle
High staff turnover
Higher productivity
Hose
In sight
Inflation
Input (words)
International trade
Internet banking
Laptop computer
Life cost
Lock
Marketing strategy
Mind the gap
Multinational
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Overall
Performance appraisal
Personal achievement
Personal matter
Phrase book
Physically handicapped
Playback
Position of responsibility
Price difference between
Product aimed at
Public sector worker
Purpose (of the advertisement, of the meeting, ...)
Quarter
Rate of growth
Recognition
Respite
Responsible
Sensationalistic
Shift
Shopping basket
Skilled workforce
Slightly
Speech
Spelling correction
Split schedule
Staff morale
Staff: personnel = employee = worker
Stage of the life
Success - successes
Suitcase --- briefcase
Supportive
Sympathetic
Tax - taxes / taxation
Tax law
Technology
The end justifies the means
Time management
Twist
Until the end of the year
Vacuum cleaner
Variation in (price, taxes)
Was it worth it?
Whereas
Working day
Yuppy (Young, urban, professional person)
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A x year guarantee
Adjustable = you can change the different levels = suitable for all person
Annoying = irritating
Attractive
Available in a wide range of colours
Back-up = reinforcement
Beautiful = cute
Brass (locks)
Campaign
Colourful = bright --- dull
Comfortable to wear
Crazy = mad
Dear = expensive --- cheap
Desktop computer --- Laptop computer
Desktop product
Discreet
Durable = robust = made to last
Easy-to-carry --- easy-to-use = user-friendly (user-friendliness)
Elegant = smart --- casual = informal
Environmentally-friendly
Extremely lightweight and compact
Fake
Fault = Defect
Faulty = defective
Flat
Foldable --- collapsible
Hand-crafted
High performance = powerful
High quality --- low quality
Leather
Light --- dark (colour)
Luxurius
Modern --- traditional
New technology
Polite --- impolite
Portable
Practical = handy = useful --- impractical = useless
Prototype = the first model
Qualities of products: fantastic, great, marvellous, brilliant, super,
wonderful, gorgeous ...
Reliable fiable = reliable --- unreliable = doesn't work
Slim
Solar watch = powered by solar battery = it doesnt' need battery ---
batteries supplied
Sporty
Stylish = fashionable = trendy = up-to date --- old-fashioned = out of date
Successful
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Banner
Billboard
Bus stop / bus shelter
TV / radio / newspaper / magazine (advert)
Synonyms:
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Due to = because of
Economic recession = economic crisis
Empowerment = to give more responsibility
Enough = sufficient
Enquiry = question
Environment = atmosphere
Eye-catching = attention getting
Further = more
Graduated = someone who has finished the university = ... obtained a
degree
Great = vast (majority)
Grounds (siempre en plural) = reason = motivation
Huge = enormous = massive
Illness = disease
Improvement = rise = increase = growth
Infrastructure = facilities = amenities = installations where the firm is
ubicated.
Inspirational = motivating (boss)
Job satisfaction = to enjoy your job = to feel satisfied with you are doing
Knowledge = awareness
Nice = friendly = kind
No one = nobody
Part = component --- piece
Perk = extra-thing in a job
Prize +/- award
Quote = quotation
Rather than = instead of
Resilient = strong
Role = task
Shipping = transportation
Shoulder strap = belt
Sort = kind = type
Sport shoes = training shoes
Status = professional position = prestige
Steadily
Such as = e.g. = for instance = for example
Sum = amount = quantitiy
Tour guide = courier = tour representative
Trend = direction
Trend = pattern
Turnover of x pounds = total sales of (x pounds)
Well-known = famous
Workplace culture = culture of the firm where you work
Antonyms:
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Verbs:
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To charge
To choose = to select
To decide = to make up the mind
To decrease = to fall = to drop = to decline
To discriminate on grounds of gender or race (will not)
To drop
To earn (a salary = a wage)
To emphasize
To get on well / ... with (somebody) = To have a good relationship
To give a good impression on the company
To handle = to deal with (pasado: dealt)
To have a very good timetable
To have confidence
To have job security
To highlight
To improve = to rise = to increase = to grow = to boost
To interfere --- To be hands off = to leave to do the job
To joke
To lose up to X
To make cuts = to reduce costs --- to improve profits
To make mistakes
To match = to fit (my needs)
To meet our expectations = fulfil
To motivate --- to desmotivate
To notice
To overtake
To persuade = to encourage
To prioritise
To promote
To purchase = to buy = to shop
To put into practice = to implement = to carry out
To quote - quoting reference
To refuse = to reject = to turn down (an offer)
To remind = to remember
To respond = to answer
To set (the alarm, the video, ...)
To set = to establish - a goal = a target = an aim = an objective --- To
achieve a goal ... --- To exceed a goal ...
To set = to establish a price
To shop around
To shop on impulse
To sit cross-legged
To sort out = to solve
To spend time with
To stabilise = to maintain the level = to remain steady at = to stay at the
level
To stand up (pasado: stood up)
To steal (pasado: stole)
To suffer a downturn
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To advertise - advertiser
To analyse - analyser
To compete - competition
To expand - expansion
To launch - launch
To manufacture - manufacturer
To operate - operation
To plan - planner
To prepare - preparation
To programme - programmer
To troubleshoot - troubleshooter
To visit - visitor
To wholesale - wholesaler
To work - worker
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En general
Evaluación del rendimiento, del resultado
Logro personal
Asunto personal
Libro de viaje
Físicamente capacitado
Volver a reproducir
Política (siempre en plural) - persona que se dedica a la política -
política de una compañía
Puesto de responsabilidad
Diferencia de precio entre
Producto dirigido a
Funcionario
Propósito, motivo (del anuncio, de la reunión, ...)
Trimestre
Tasa de crecimiento
Reconocimiento
Respiro, alivio
Responsable
Sensacionalista
Turno
Cesta de la compra
Mano de obra preparada
Ligeramente
Manera de hablar, lenguaje, habla
Corrección de ortografía
Jornada partida
Motivación del personal
Trabajador
Etapa de la vida
Éxito - éxitos
Maleta --- maletín
Persona que ayuda
Comprensivo, que escucha
Impuesto - impuestos / tasación
Ley de impuestos
Tecnología
El fin justifica los medios
Organización del tiempo
Giro
Hasta final de año
Aspiradora
Variación de (precio, impuestos)
¿Valió la pena?
Mientras
Día laborable
Yupi
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Muy bueno
De aspecto deportivo
De moda, con estilo --- pasado de moda
Exitoso
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Publicidad en movimiento
Valla publicitaria de carretera
Parada de autobús, marquesina de la parada del autobús
Anuncio en TV, radio, periódicos, magazines
En el extranjero
Acciones para resolver un problema
Anuncio publicitario
Anuncio de trabajo
Objetivo
Casi
Por todo el mundo
Apariencia
Candidato
Encuesta, formulario
¿Estás al tanto?
Area
Lo antes posible
Activo / virtud
Facilidad, habilidad
Bolígrafo
Ventaja --- desventaja
Marca --- marca registrada
Trabajo, profesión
Aviso, advertencia
Fecha tope
Colega
Mercado comercial, profesional --- mercado doméstico
Empresa
Contento, feliz, satisfecho
Hoy día, actualmente
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Debido a
Crisis económica
Dar más responsabilidad
Bastante, suficiente
Pregunta
Medio ambiente, atmósfera
Que llama la atención
Más
Universitario
Gran (mayoría)
Razón, motivo
Enorme, muy grande
Enfermedad
Crecimiento, aumento
Instalaciones
Satisfacción en el trabajo
Conocimientos
Simpático
Nadie
Parte, componente --- pieza
"Cosa" extra en el trabajo
Premio
Presupuesto
En lugar de
Fuerte
Papel, tarea
Transporte
Cinturón (de colgar)
Clase, tipo
Zapatillas deportivas
Cargo en una empresa / clase social, prestigio
A un ritmo constante
Por ejemplo
Cantidad
Guía turístico (persona)
Tendencia
Dibujo, estampado
Ventas totales de (x libras)
Conocido/a, famoso/a
Cultura de tu empresa
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Cobrar
Seleccionar
Decidir
Disminuir
Discriminar por razón de sexo y raza (no)
Dejar caer
Ganar (un sueldo)
Enfatizar
Llevarlo bien / Llevarse bien (con alguien)
Dar una buena impresión de la empresa
Tratar con
Tener un muy buen horario
Tener confianza en alguien
Tener una seguridad en el trabajo
Destacar
Aumentar
Interferir --- no interferir
Bromear
Perder hasta
Reducir gastos --- Aumentar beneficios
Cometer errores
Satisfacer (mis necesidades)
Cumplir con nuestras esperanzas y expectativas
Motivar --- desmotivar
Darse cuenta
Adelantar
Persuadir, animar, favorecer
Priorizar
Promocionar
Comprar (la 1ª es la más formal)
Poner en práctica
Mencionar - mencionando la referencia
Rechazar (una oferta)
Recordar
Contestar
Programar (la alarma, el vídeo, ...)
Establecer un objetivo --- conseguir un objetivo --- exceder el
objetivo
Establecer un precio
Comprar en varios sitios
Comprar por impulso
Sentarse con las piernas cruzadas
Resolver
Pasar el tiempo con
Mantenerse en
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Anunciar - anunciante
Analizar - analizador
Competir - competición
Expandir - expansión
Lanzar - lanzamiento
Fabricar - fabricante
Operar - operación
Planear - plan
Preparar - preparación
Programar - programador
Disparar - disparador
Visitar - visitante
Vender al por mayor - venta mayorista
Trabajar - trabajador
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Lesson 10
Vocabulary:
Annual report
Balance sheet
Earning per share
Equity
Exchange-rate
Expenditure
Fare
Financial results
How well the company is performing
Income tax
Interest rate
Interest-bearing
International presence
Land
Offshore bank account
On-demand
Profit and loss account
Proposal
Public expending
Regardless
Return
Share
Shareholder
Statement
Summary
Tax year
Tax-free
The Inland Revenue
The investment may go down as well as up
VAT - Value Added Tax
Worthwhile
Cardinal number
Decimal number
Fraction
Metre - centimetre (squared)
Ordinal number
Percentage
To spend on ...
Clothing and footwear
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Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Verbs:
To avoid
To ban = to prohibit = to forbid
To be obliged --- to oblige (to do something)
To borrow (e.g. If I borrow money from you, then you lend me the
money)
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To deduct
To draw up
To focus on = to concentrate on
To get rid of
To lend (e.g. If I borrow money from you, then you lend me the money)
To save money
To sell off = to dispose of = to sell (an asset)
To switch = to change = to vary
To take care of = to look after
To take full advantage
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Informe anual
Balance
Beneficio por acción
Plusvalía
Tipo de cambio
Gasto de una persona
Tarifa
Resultados financieros
Si la empresa va bien o no
IRPF
Tipo de interés
Que paga intereses
Presencia internacional
Terreno
Cuenta bancaria en un banco situado en un paraíso fiscal
Sobre demanda
Cuenta de pérdidas y ganancias
Propuesta
Gasto público
Sea cual sea
Devolución
Acción
Accionista
Afirmación / extracto
Resumen
Año fiscal
Libre de impuestos
Hacienda
La inversión puede bajar como subir
IVA
Que merece la pena
Número cardinal
Número decimal
Fracción
Metro - centímetro (cuadrado)
Número ordinal
Porcentaje
Gastar en ...
Ropa y calzado
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Comida y bebida
Combustible y electricidad
Producto para el hogar
Gastos del hogar
Productos y servicios de ocio
Varios
Alquiler --- hipoteca
Bebida refresacante --- bebida alcohólica
Tabaco
Transporte
Evitar
Prohibir
Verse obligado --- obligar (a hacer algo)
Pedir prestado
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Deducir
Preparar, planear, poner por escrito
Concentrarse en algo
Deshacerse de algo
Prestar
Ahorrar dinero
Vender (un activo)
Cambiar, variar
Cuidar
Aprovecharse de las ventajas
El primero es que te invitan y paga el otro y el segundo no quiere
decir que vayan a pagar
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Lesson 11
Vocabulary:
Bankruptcy
Early settlement discount
Equal opportunities policy
Ethical policy
Fair
Fine
Fortnight
Freely
Ground coffee
Harmful = hurtful = dangerous
Human rights
Needlessly
Ozone layer
Payment on time
Payment policy
Product policy
Roast coffee
Spokesman
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Verbs:
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To overcharge
To owe (money)
To pollute
To preserve
To proceed
To provide
To raise
To settle = to pay
To submit = to send in
To take ages to pay
To turn over
To use delaying tactics (for the payment)
Environment - environmental
Power - powerful --- powerless
Sceptic - sceptical
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Bancarrota
Descuento por pronto pago
Política de igual de oportunidades
Política ética
Justo
Multa
Quincena, dos semanas
Gratuitamente
Café molido
Dañino
Derechos humanos
Necesariamente
Capa de ozono
Pagar a tiempo
Política de pagos
Política de producto
Café torrefacto
Portavoz
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Cobrar de más
Deber (dinero)
Contaminar
Conservar
Proceder a hacer algo
Conllevar
Recaudar
Pagar
Enviar
Tardar mucho tiempo en pagar
Convertir
Usar tácticas para retrasar (el pago)
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Vocabulary:
Branch
Brand loyalty
Collapse
Chairman
Flavour
Synonyms:
Border = frontier
Competitor = seller = rival
Drink = beverage
Good = product = item
Manufacturer = producer
Market share = proportion of market
Open market = area of business where there is free competition
Parent = holding (company) --- subsidiary
Plant = factory = facility
Antonyms:
Verbs:
To break into = to enter into = to begin doing business = to exploit (in a new area,
in a new market)
To float = to sell (shares)
To form = to establish = to create (a company)
To gain supremacy = to win the first position
To merge --- to demerger
To outsell = to sell more than
To retain = to keep (shares)
To split = to divide (a company)
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Sucursal, tienda
Fidelidad a una marca determinada
Caída
Presidente, director general
Gusto, sabor
Frontera
Competidor, rival
Bebida
Producto
Fabricante, productor
Cuota de mercado
Area de libre competencia
Empresa matriz --- filial
Fábrica
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Vocabulary:
Agenda
Aggresive
Annual report
Approachable
Attendance
Attitude
Available
Average worker
Balance sheet
Bankruptcy
Battery
Branch
Brand loyalty
Business - businesses
Cartoon
Collaborative
Collapse
Competitiveness
Court
Covering letter
Crisp
Chairman
Databank
Database
Delighted
Dust
Early settlement discount
Earning per share
Electrical appliance
Entrepreneurial spirit
Equal opportunities policy
Equity
Ethical policy
Event
Everyday goods
Exchange rate
Expenditure
Fair
Far more than
Fare
Financial results
Fine
Fizzy drink
Flavour
Fortnight
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Position of responsibility
Price difference between
Product aimed at
Product policy
Profit and loss account
Proposal
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Public expending
Public sector worker
Purpose (of the advertisement, of the meeting, ...)
Quarter
Rate of growth
Recognition
Regardless
Respite
Return
Roast coffee
Sensationalistic
Share
Shareholder
Shift
Shopping basket
Skilled workforce
Slightly
Speech
Spelling correction
Split schedule
Spokesman
Staff morale
Staff: personnel = employee = worker = workforce
Stage of the life
Statement
Success - successes
Suitcase --- briefcase
Summary
Supportive
Sympathetic
Tax - taxes / taxation
Tax law
Tax year
Tax-free
Technology
The end justifies the means
The Inland Revenue
The investment may go down as well as up
Time management
Twist
Until the end of the year
Vacuum cleaner
VAT - Value Added Tax
Variation in (price, taxes)
Was it worth it?
Whereas
Working day
Worthwhile
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A x year guarantee
Adjustable = you can change the different levels = suitable for all person
Annoying = irritating
Attractive
Available in a wide range of colours
Back-up = reinforcement
Beautiful = cute
Brass (locks)
Campaign
Colourful = bright --- dull
Comfortable to wear
Crazy = mad
Dear = expensive --- cheap
Desktop computer --- Laptop computer
Desktop product
Discreet
Durable = robust = made to last
Easy-to-carry --- easy-to-use = user-friendly (user-friendliness)
Elegant = smart --- casual = informal
Environmentally-friendly
Extremely lightweight and compact
Fake
Fault = Defect
Faulty = defective
Flat
Foldable --- collapsible
Hand-crafted
High performance = powerful
High quality --- low quality
Leather
Light --- dark (colour)
Luxurius
Modern --- traditional
New technology
Polite --- impolite
Portable
Practical = handy = useful --- impractical = useless
Prototype = the first model
Qualities of products: fantastic, great, marvellous, brilliant, super, wonderful,
gorgeous ...
Reliable fiable = reliable --- unreliable = doesn't work
Slim
Solar watch = powered by solar battery = it doesnt' need battery --- batteries
supplied
Sporty
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Banner
Billboard
Bus stop / bus shelter
TV / radio / newspaper / magazine (advert)
Cardinal number
Decimal number
Fraction
Metre - centimetre (squared)
Ordinal number
Percentage
To spend on ...
Clothing and footwear
Food and drink
Fuel and power
Household good = household product = furniture
Housing
Leisure goods and services
Miscellaneous
Rent --- mortgage
Soft drink --- alcoholic drink
Tobacco
Transport
Synonyms:
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Almost = nearly
All over the world = throughout the world = around the world
Appearance = how it looks = what is look like
Applicant = candidate = someone who is applying for a job
Application form = survey = questionnaire
Are you aware? = Do you know?
Area = field
As soon as possible = as quickly as possible
Asset +/- skill
Asset = skill = ability
Ball point pen = biro pen
Benefit = advantage --- disadvantage / drawback
Bill = law = legislation
Border = frontier
Brand = make --- trademark
Career = job = post = position
Cash = money
Cash-flow = movement of money in a company
Caveat = warning
Closing date = deadline
Colleague = a person who works with you or in the same field
Commercial market = professional market --- domestic market
Company = business = firm
Competitor = seller = rival
Content = happy = pleased = satisfied
Currency = money
Current = nowadays
Challenging = interesting
Decrease = fall = drop = decline = downturn
Definite = sure = certain
Developing = underdeveloped = third world (country)
Discussion = debate = conversation
Dividend = share of the turnover that the shareholders receive
Dramatically = sharply
Drink = beverage
Due to = because of
Economic recession = economic crisis
Empowerment = to give more responsibility
Enough = sufficient
Enquiry = question
Environment = atmosphere
Ethical consumer = morally right --- morally wrong
Eye-catching = attention getting
For a start = to begin
Further = more
Good = product = item
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Graduated = someone who has finished the university = ... obtained a degree
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Well-known = famous
Workplace culture = culture of the firm where you work
Antonyms:
Verbs:
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To account for
To affect --- to be affected by --- to be hit by
To afford (e.g. He cans afford wathever he wants)
To allow
To appoint = to recruit = to looking for = to hire = to employ = to take on --- to
fire = to dismiss = to sack = to lay off
To attract (foreign investment)
To avoid
To ban = to prohibit = to forbid
To be backed by = to be supported by - to get backing = to get support = to
support --- supportive
To be in control
To be obliged --- to oblige (to do something)
To be passionate about = to be very enthusiastic
To be source in (país)
To be willing = to be prepared
To bear
To benefit from
To blame
To borrow (e.g. If I borrow money from you, then you lend me the money)
To break into = to enter into = to begin doing business = to exploit (in a new
area, in a new market)
To call = to phone = to ring = to speak (by phone = over the phone)
To carry --- to hold
To claim (the lead)
To commit to / commited to +ing = to dedicate = to applicate
To compete (with)
To complete = to close = to end = to finish
To conduct = to run = to manage (a business = a company)
To continue --- to give up
To charge
To charge an interest
To choose = to select
To damage = to harm = to hurt
To decide = to make up the mind
To decrease = to fall = to drop = to decline
To deduct
To discriminate on grounds of gender or race (will not)
To dissuade
To draw up
To drop
To earn (a salary = a wage = an income)
To emphasize
To face a problem
To float = to sell (shares)
To focus on = to concentrate on
To form = to establish = to create (a company)
To gain supremacy = to win the first position
To get on well / ... with (somebody) = To have a good relationship
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To get rid of
To give a good impression (on the company)
To go out of business = to close
To grow = to expand = to develop
To handle = to deal with (pasado: dealt)
To have a very good timetable
To have confidence
To have high spending power = To be rich = to be wealthy
To have job security
To highlight
To improve = to rise = to increase = to grow = to boost
To interfere --- to be hands off = to leave to do the job
To joke
To lack (a lack)
To lend (e.g. If I borrow money from you, then you lend me the money)
To lose up to
To make cuts = to reduce costs --- to improve profits
To make mistakes
To match = to fit (my needs)
To meet our expectations = fulfil
To merge --- to demerger
To motivate --- to desmotivate
To notice
To outsell = to sell more than
To overcharge
To overtake
To owe (money)
To persuade = to encourage
To pollute
To preserve
To prioritise
To proceed
To promote
To provide
To purchase = to buy = to shop
To put into practice = to implement = to carry out
To quote - quoting reference
To raise
To refuse = to reject = to turn down (an offer)
To remind = to remember
To respond = to answer
To retain = to keep (shares)
To save money
To sell off = to dispose of = to sell (an asset)
To set (the alarm, the video, ...)
To set = to establish --- To achieve --- To exceed (a goal = a target = an aim =
an objective)
To set = to establish a price
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To settle = to pay
To shop around
To shop on impulse
To sit cross-legged
To sort out = to solve
To spend time with
To split = to divide (a company)
To turn over
To unwind (pasado: unwound) = to switch off
To use delaying tactics (for the payment)
To value
To withdraw a product from the shops / from the market
To work overtime
To worry = to concern
To advertise - advertiser
To analyse - analyser
To compete - competition
To expand - expansion
To launch - launch
To manufacture - manufacturer
To operate - operation
To plan - planner
To prepare - preparation
To programme - programmer
To troubleshoot - troubleshooter
To visit - visitor
To wholesale - wholesaler
To work - worker
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Environment - environmental
Power - powerful --- powerless
Responsible - responsibility
Sceptic - sceptical
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Gasto público
Funcionario
Propósito, motivo (del anuncio, de la reunión, ...)
Trimestre
Tasa de crecimiento
Reconocimiento
Sea cual sea
Respiro, alivio
Devolución
Café torrefacto
Sensacionalista
Acción
Accionista
Turno
Cesta de la compra
Mano de obra preparada
Ligeramente
Manera de hablar, lenguaje, habla
Corrección de ortografía
Jornada partida
Portavoz
Motivación del personal
Trabajador / personal
Etapa de la vida
Afirmación / extracto
Éxito - éxitos
Maleta --- maletín
Resumen
Persona que ayuda
Comprensivo, que escucha
Impuesto - impuestos / tasación
Ley de impuestos
Año fiscal
Libre de impuestos
Tecnología
El fin justifica los medios
Hacienda
La inversión puede bajar como subir
Organización del tiempo
Giro
Hasta final de año
Aspiradora
IVA
Variación de (precio, impuestos)
¿Valió la pena?
Mientras
Día laborable
Que merece la pena
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Yupi
Muy bueno
De aspecto deportivo
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Publicidad en movimiento
Valla publicitaria de carretera
Parada de autobús, marquesina de la parada del autobús
Anuncio en TV, radio, periódicos, magazines
Número cardinal
Número decimal
Fracción
Metro - centímetro (cuadrado)
Número ordinal
Porcentaje
Gastar en ...
Ropa y calzado
Comida y bebida
Combustible y electricidad
Producto para el hogar
Gastos del hogar
Productos y servicios de ocio
Varios
Alquiler --- hipoteca
Bebida refresacante --- bebida alcohólica
Tabaco
Transporte
En el extranjero
Comprar otra empresa
Acciones para resolver un problema
Anuncio publicitario
Anuncio de trabajo
Objetivo
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Casi
Por todo el mundo
Apariencia
Candidato
Encuesta, formulario
¿Estás al tanto?
Area
Lo antes posible
Activo / virtud
Facilidad, habilidad
Bolígrafo
Ventaja --- desventaja
Ley
Frontera
Marca --- marca registrada
Trabajo, profesión
Dinero en efectivo
Entrada y salida de dinero
Aviso, advertencia
Fecha tope
Colega
Mercado comercial, profesional --- mercado doméstico
Empresa
Competidor, rival
Contento, feliz, satisfecho
Moneda, divisa
Hoy día, actualmente
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Universitario
Gran (mayoría)
Razón, motivo
Dañino
Enorme, muy grande
Enfermedad
Crecimiento, aumento
En otras palabras, es decir
Inflación
Instalaciones
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Conocido/a, famoso/a
Cultura de tu empresa
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Deshacerse de algo
Dar una buena impresión (de la empresa)
Cerrar una empresa
Crecer, cultivar, producir / expandirse
Tratar con
Tener un muy buen horario
Tener confianza en alguien
Ser rico
Tener una seguridad en el trabajo
Destacar
Aumentar
Interferir --- no interferir
Bromear
Faltar, no tener (falta)
Prestar
Perder hasta
Reducir gastos --- Aumentar beneficios
Cometer errores
Satisfacer (mis necesidades)
Cumplir con nuestras esperanzas y expectativas
Fusionarse --- desfusionarse
Motivar --- desmotivar
Darse cuenta
Vender más que
Cobrar de más
Adelantar
Deber (dinero)
Persuadir, animar, favorecer
Contaminar
Conservar
Priorizar
Proceder a hacer algo
Promocionar
Conllevar
Comprar (la 1ª es la más formal)
Poner en práctica
Mencionar - mencionando la referencia
Recaudar
Rechazar (una oferta)
Recordar
Contestar
Quedarse, guardarse (acciones)
Ahorrar dinero
Vender (un activo)
Programar (la alarma, el vídeo, ...)
Establecer un precio
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Pagar
Comprar en varios sitios
Comprar por impulso
Sentarse con las piernas cruzadas
Resolver
Pasar el tiempo con
Dividir (una empresa)
Mantenerse en
Anunciar - anunciante
Analizar - analizador
Competir - competición
Expandir - expansión
Lanzar - lanzamiento
Fabricar - fabricante
Operar - operación
Planear - plan
Preparar - preparación
Programar - programador
Disparar - disparador
Visitar - visitante
Vender al por mayor - venta mayorista
Trabajar - trabajador
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