... Administration vocabulary that you need.
Introduction
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You work, or are planning to work, in or around an English- speaking business
environment.
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Your work brings you into regular contact with English- speaking ... usually over a long period of time
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If you want to practise and develop your knowledge of Englishvocabulary for Business and
Administration, you will find that the exercises in this book will ... achieve this, both on and outside the
company premises.
3. We believe that the best way of learning a skill
is through practice. We don't waste time on
courses and workshops. We show the employee
his...
... me that the hotel was the best in the area, but to be honest it fell short of my
expectations. First of all you had to pay through the nose for food and service which wasn't really up to
the ... __________ the journey for a day or two in
somewhere like Hong Kong or Singapore. (stop somewhere for a short time during a long journey)
A. split B. crack C. break
20. One of the biggest problems anyone ... year we went on a __________ visit to Europe: we did seven capital cities in seven days! (a very
short visit)
A. running B. flying C. hurrying
25. The manager insisted our trip to Madrid was for...
... Italy, olive harvesting in Greece and helping to run a bar in Spain are just a few
of the temporary, short- term jobs we have on our books. So if you want to have fun and earn a bit
of money, contact ... and marmalade.
4. A traveller changing from one aircraft to another at an airport.
5. An American -English expression for a journey from one place to another and back again.
6. A system where letters ... addressed to someone at a post office where they can be collected
(called General Delivery in American English) .
7. Extra money to be paid on trains, planes, etc (such as for travelling first class with...
... answer is possible.
Also see Travel 1 on pages 57 and 58.
Travel 2
59
For reference see Easier English Intermediate Dictionary (0-7475-6989-4).
1. (At the airport. A check-in assistant is talking ... warehouse:
one of these is the slow despatch time for overseas orders.
56
For reference see Easier English Intermediate Dictionary (0-7475-6989-4).
Also see Continuing, repeating and starting again ... that
exercise.
Also see Travel 2 on page 59 and Hotels on pages 21 and 22.
58
For reference see Easier English Intermediate Dictionary (0-7475-6989-4).
1. A traveler who makes his / her own travel arrangements...
... a
more active, thoughtful approach to vocabulary learning, this book will have succeeded in its wider aim.
*Nation, I. S. P. (1990) Teaching and Learning Vocabulary. Boston, MA: Heinle & Heinle.
Introduction
Introduction
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â ... blanks as the sole purpose of this book. Instead, students should
approach vocabularylearning actively. This means keeping a vocabulary notebook in which they should be
encouraged to write an example ... have learnt, review
your notes from time to time and try to use new vocabulary items whenever possible.
Start by reading through the sentences below. Then take one word from the box on the left...
... beneficiary
9. probate
10. conveyancing
a. (British English) a person qualified to act as a legal advocate,
especially in higher courts
b. a law firm
c. (British English) a person qualified to draw up wills, ... deceased to carry out the terms of a
will
f. the process of proving a will is genuine
g. (American English) a barrister
h. drawing up contracts for the buying and selling of houses
i. a person who ... b. without-tax profit c. non-tax profit
6. Another word for shareholders (especially in American English) is __________.
a. ticket-holders b. stockholders c. paper-holder
7. Another word for "operating...