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Match the definition on the left with the letter of the term on the right: a - balance sheet b - liquid assets c - liability d - net income e - property f - payroll g - equity h - journal i - cash flow j - expense 1. a list of all employees and their wages --> 2. an accounting record where all business transactions are INITIALLY entered -->

3. money that is spent to purchase goods or services provided by someone else --> 4. a detailed summary of a person's or a company's financial condition at a specific point in time, taking into account their assets, liabilities, etc. --> 5. something that is legally owned by a person or company --> 6. an obligation to settle a debt; money owed to someone --> 7. this word has 2 meanings: "stock (shares)" and "net worth" --> 8. the balance of cash receipts minus cash payments over a given period of time --> 9. cash or something that is easily convertible into cash --> 10. money remaining after all expenses and taxes have been paid -->

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1. He is the head of the accounting department = He's __________________________ of the accounting department. in charge charge in control 2. I'd like to __________________________ you to Lisa, our database specialist. introduce meet assist 3. I'm __________________________ manager at Disney. (There are many managers there) the an a 4. I'm __________________________ CEO of Herbalife International. (There is only one CEO) a the an 5. James always does __________________________ well. job working his job 6. You should always call the customer by their __________________________, not their first name.

last name/surname second name familiar name 7. I remember faces very well = I'm __________________________ good with faces good at faces good in faces 8. Do you have any __________________________ on you? cards of business work cards business cards 9. Another word for colleague is __________________________. compatriot co-worker acquaintance 10. Our business is __________________________. We have to hire two more people. slowing down growing growing up

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1. Many companies require you to wear a nice shirt and a __________________________ to work. tie hat belt 2. Lowest paying jobs = __________________________ jobs Small wage Minimum wage Little wage 3. I always have a __________________________ attitude. ( = I'm always optimistic) positive negative pleased 4. I want to __________________________ for this seminar. sign sign up sign in 5. Victoria was __________________________ today. late 15 minutes late by 15 minutes 15 minutes late 6. To be __________________________ means to always be on time. punctured punctuated punctual

7. The amount of work that you have to do is called your __________________________. workload job-load work-heap 8. Please let me know __________________________. through email by email with email 9. I'm sorry, he just __________________________ ( = left the office). He'll be back in half an hour. stormed out walked stepped out 10. He is always __________________________ to help me. willing wants wailing

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1. I need a new chair. This one is not very __________________________. common comfortable comforting 2. He __________________________ his time very well. counts takes manages 3. There's no rush. __________________________ your time. When you finish the report, let me know. Make Take Count 4. My __________________________ is $50,000 per year. salary sale celery 5. In Canada, __________________________ are higher than in the United States. taxes tax taxation 6. 25% of my __________________________ goes to taxes. cash incoming cash income 7. I'm __________________________ right now, can we talk in one hour? busy

occupied business 8. My __________________________ is very important to me. career workload working 9. These days I almost have no __________________________. fun time free time good time 10. We have to __________________________ ( = discuss/review) this report. go get over go over QUESTIONS: (Choose the best response for each one)

1. Can you finish this __________________________ 5:00 PM today? by in until 2. I don't think he's __________________________ ( = here) today. alone around along 3. My __________________________ change all the time. ( = what I have to do changes all the time) duty responses duties 4. It's a manager's job to __________________________ duties to an employee. assign assist assail 5. Could you please __________________________ ( = help) me with this? assail assign assist 6. He is always very __________________________. helping helpful help-giving 7. This has to be done __________________________. as soon as possible as soon as probable as soon possible 8. I got pregnant and was on __________________________ for six months. live (maternity) leave maternal

9. We were unable to come to an __________________________. ( = We were unable to agree) agree agreement action 10. I don't work full-time. I work __________________________. partly part-schedule part-time

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1. George doesn't have a job. He's __________________________. unaware unknown unemployed 2. It's a lot of work, but I can __________________________ it. hand handle answer 3. Every meeting has an __________________________. This is a list of things that you have to discuss (go over) during the meeting. agency agenda agent 4. There is no __________________________ on this = Not everyone agrees about this. consensus census complaint 5. If something is mandatory, __________________________. it does not have to be done it is has to be done by a manager it has to be done 6. I think I should __________________________ ( = take part) in these discussions. participate part control 7. I'm sorry, but could you please __________________________ ( = explain) what you mean by that? clarify clear clear out 8. Most meetings are held in the __________________________. lunch room stairwell boardroom 9. You and I make a __________________________! = You and I work really well together! great duo

great team great friends 10. I'd like to hear your __________________________ about this. ( = I'd like to know what you think about this) opinion/ thoughts speech brainstorming

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1. We had to __________________________ some money to expand our business. burrow borough borrow 2. Victoria is very rich. She and her husband made a ___________________ ( = a lot of money) in real estate. fort fortune sale 3. I can't invest in your business because I can't ___________________ ( = find/gather) the money to do that. come down with come up with come to 4. A ___________________ executive is someone with a very high position within a company. top-level top-notch tip-top 5. Tom is not popular, but he is ___________________ by all the employees. respectfully respect respected 6. My manager almost never ___________________ my work. He's always very happy with the way I do things. criticizes criticism praises 7. Another way of saying "he was fired" is "he was ___________________." shown the door kicked out the door cleaning the door 8. You didn't know he was going to quit? No, I guess I missed all the ___________________ signs. ( = signs that something was wrong) billboard stress warning 9. Do you think it's ___________________ to buy things online? safety safe

safely 10. A company that hasn't been around very long ( = a new company) is often called a ___________________. start-up (company) green company newbie business QUESTIONS: (Choose the best response for each one)

1. We need the board of directors to _____________ ( = support) this proposal. get in get up get behind 2. I have to take Friday _____________. ( = I can't come to work on Friday) away off free 3. I had a _____________ convincing the CEO to support my proposal. bad luck hard time hard luck 4. Our company _____________ ( = makes) bottle caps. b+c produces manufactures 5. We're the biggest _____________ of fireworks in the country. distribute distribution distributor 6. I can't ___________________ the meeting today ( = I won't be able to attend) - I've got an important project that's due this afternoon. make go assist 7. I recommend that we hire another web developer. John can't ___________________ all the work by himself. handle hand pursue 8. Let's start = Let's get ___________________ on start started 9. Let's ___________________ = Let's continue move up move on get some things straight 10. Veronica, could you please get ___________________ with Bob ( = contact Bob) this afternoon? in touch

touch speaking

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1. We _____________ ( = finished) this contract last month. completed complicated complimented 2. You have $100 _____________ ( = that you have to pay) on your account. outlandish outstanding outspoken 3. I had a _____________ convincing the CEO to support my proposal. hard time bad luck hard luck 4. I learned from this experience = It was a _____________ experience learned learning learn 5. You will receive 50% _____________ ( = before you do the work), and the rest when you finish the contract. uptown upscale upfront 6. I have never ___________________ ( = had experience with) these types of clients. enticed assumed dealt with 7. How do I _____________ doing this? = What are the steps I should take in order to do this? go about go around go out 8. He spent a great _____________ ( = a lot) of time and money. dole deal dial 9. I'm not sure which loan I should _____________. apply apply to apply for 10. It's _____________ that you'll get rejected = You probably will not get rejected unlikely unlike unliked

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1. Following months of ________________________ a successful strategy, we finally succeeded. trying to get developed trying to develop try developing 2. With ________________________ ( = As for) Jim's project - let's leave that for the next meeting. requirement for renowned for regard to 3. We plan to implement this in the ________________________ months. ( = in the near future) arriving coming close 4. There's ________________________ ( = It's very clear) that he is unhappy working here. little doubt a little doubt doubtful 5. He ________________________ two examples = He gave/showed two examples cited sided said 6. If something is ________________________, it gives you the wrong idea. misled misunderstood misleading 7. Digital media is ________________________ changing the marketing world. ( = it is causing big changes) dramatically ecstatically respectfully 8. We don't ________________________ this = We agree that this is true dispute dissolve discuss 9. This product never saw the ________________________. ( = it was never launched/released) daylight light of day moonlight 10. This serves to ________________________ us that we should never neglect our core customers. remember recall remind

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1. We haven't been very ________________________ in promoting our products. ( = we haven't been promoting our products too much) action acting active 2. We're investing money in areas where we think we can grow and be ________________________. profit profitable profiting 3. The inflation rate has been ________________________ higher by rising food and energy costs. put pushed increased 4. The ________________________ results surprised everyone. better-than-expected better-than-thought beat expectations 5. I expect this to become the next big ________________________. ( = popular thing) trendy trend-setter trend 6. Job opportunities are sometimes referred to as "job ________________________." prospects offers training 7. We expect this to ________________________ ( = change) in the months ahead. turn around turn out turn 8. They are the world's largest ________________________ of anti-inflammatory drugs. produce production producer 9. We used to make these cups from glass, but we ________________________ to plastic in 2004. swapped switched altered 10. Our factory is inspected on a ________________________. ( = regularly) regular basis scheduled visit time to time QUESTIONS: (Choose the best response for each one)

1. When someone "brings something to the table", it means that they _____________________. have something to offer have nothing to offer buy everyone lunch 2. HP is one of Dell's main _____________________. computers competitors controllers 3. It's pretty hard to _____________________ against big, established companies. compete complete competition 4. James _____________________ last year. changed his jobs changed jobs made a change in jobs 5. It's not good to _____________________ yourself entirely to your career. denigrate detonate dedicate 6. Bill, I need your _____________________ on this. What do you think of this design? intake install input 7. I thought you _____________________ at the conference. did a really good job really did a job did really a good job 8. We've got a meeting in 10 minutes. Do I have to _____________________? Yes, you do. atone attend attain 9. I'd like you to do a little _____________________ on investment strategies. present presenting presentation 10. He's away ______________________ at the moment, but he'll be back in a second from his desk from a desk from the desk

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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 is sure 3. Good time management skills are ____________________ ( = very important) to maintaining a smooth workflow. critique criticized critical 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

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1. When did John start working here? He was ___________________ about two months ago. hire taken hired

2. I can't go out, - my ___________________ is almost over. break for lunch lunch break food break 3. Many of our employees take their breaks in the ___________________. breakfast room lunch room/lunchroom criticized 4. In many offices, employees work in little areas called ___________________. cubes/cubicles boxes rooms 5. You are going to have to ___________________ your cubicle with two other employees. divide coexist in share 6. Everyone has to leave the office during a fire ___________________. drill alarm time 7. I can't ___________________ to my computer. log in log out log 8. You don't have to wear a tie, but you have to wear a ___________________. shirt t-shirt dress shirt 9. Do you have a dress ___________________ at your company? requirement code law 10. I'm going on a ___________________ next month. I'm meeting with one of our clients in Singapore. business trip work trip business travel

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1. John isn't a permanent employee, he's a ___________________. temp part-time hired 2. ___________________ means that someone gets hired as a temporary employee, and then, in time has the chance to become a permanent employee. Temp-to-full Temp-to-hire Temp-to-non-temp

3. I can't make it at 2, I have an important meeting ___________________ ( = I have to attend). I can't get out I can't get out from I can't get out of 4. Make sure you ___________________ with Nancy about what we all discussed this morning. follow-up follow converse 5. He's got a really positive ___________________. He'll do well at this company. look sense attitude 6. A "micromanager" wants to ___________________. let his employees work independently have total control over everything bankrupt the company s/he works for 7. You should always wear your name ________________. ( = a little piece of paper with your name that you wear on your shirt) when you're at work. tag paper patch 8. Tony, can you ___________________ these documents and see if there's anything about the Dell contract? observe look through look 9. Can we meet at 2:00 PM? Let me check my ___________________. requirement schedule clock 10. Marketing really dropped the ___________________ on this one. ( = really made a big mistake) balls bowl ball

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1. I don't think I can take on any more projects right now - I have too much __________________________ already. on my platter on my plate on my mind 2. The USA is one of the easiest places in the world to __________________________. make a business commence a business start a business

3. I'm swamped. = I'm __________________________. drowning really busy confused 4. What's on the __________________________ today? ( = What's the plan for today?/ What do we have to do today?) agenda board notebook 5. I'm a little confused about the timeline. Could you __________________________ ( = explain it to me) again? walk me through it walk me through converse with me 6. What's a "timeline"? A thin watch A deadline A schedule 7. I have a couple of things I'd like to talk about - I'm going to go through them __________________________. ( = one by one) in order by order orderly 8. Tony is always ______________________ the meeting up by being late. holding keeping bringing 9. I have a terrible boss! He never gives me any positive __________________________ on the work I do. (= he never compliments my work) feed feedback opinions 10. A business' "core competency" is something that it can do well - something that sets it apart from its competitors, and is difficult for these competitors to ___________________. ( = copy) initiate inform imitate

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1. When you're "bouncing ideas off each other", you're __________________________. exchanging ideas agreeing with someone else's idea playing basketball 2. Lisa, the marketing rep, and I have been playing __________________________ this whole week. (We've been trying to reach each other, but we keep getting each other's voice mail) phone games phone tag phone contact

3. What's "voice mail"? A messaging service - it allows you to leave messages when you call someone A voice attachment on an email A package with a CD 4. I think David should do the presentation. Database architecture is his __________________________. topic of expertise area of expertise field of knowledge 5. Your report is a little short. I think you have to __________________________ a little more. learn the topic research the substance research the topic 6. Our meetings are always quite informal, but we get __________________________. much done much finished a lot done 7. Where can I get a pen? In the supply room In the lunch room In the conference room 8. What's a binder? paper a notebook cover (often with rings or clamps for holding sheets) a mean boss 9. I've always wanted to ___________________ a career in oceanography. persuade perhaps pursue 10. No, I'm sorry I'm not ___________________ with that service. ( = I haven't heard about that service) familiar famous famished

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1. A company's _____________________ is the supply of goods it has for sale. inventory invention inversion 2. A good CEO will make _____________________ business decisions. sound sonic musical 3. It's not economically _____________________ ( = profitable/worthwhile) for us to pursue this. fast

worthy feasible 4. We have to examine the _____________________ (race, age, income, etc.) of our customer base. democracy demographics demonstrations 5. Our _____________________ is to provide high quality veterinary service. statement mishap mission 6. This seminar will show you how to _____________________ ( = improve) your sales and marketing campaigns. vary variable variety 7. To make an "informed" choice, means to make a _____________________ choice. wise frivolous neutral 8. A "white paper" is an _____________________ report. authored authentic authoritative 9. The manager didn't see any _____________________ ( = real) benefits to his approach. tangy tangible tinged 10. The kids who will receive these computers are the ones who will ultimately _____________________ of this project. rope the benefits reap the benefits take the benefits

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1. Our organization is one of the main _____________________ in the water initiative program. ( = an integral part of the program) holders takers stakeholders 2. Call one of the _____________________ guys to come fix your computer. sales support tech support technical know-how 3. James and I don't really see _____________________ on this issue. ( = we don't really agree) face-to-face eye-to-eye eyes-to-eyes

4. I'm sorry, he's _____________________ right now, can he call you back? in a meeting in meeting with a meeting 5. _____________________ ( = I think), we should concentrate more on customer service. The way I think In other words The way I see things 6. Paul, can we _____________________ your input on this? get receive take 7. He makes _____________________. an excellent point excellent point an excellent idea 8. I understand = I see _____________________ what you say what you think what you mean 9. I agree with you _____________________. up to your point up to a point up to a moment 10. What are the _____________________ on this? = What do we do next? next steps next moves next actions

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1. What are you _____________________? = What are you trying to say? getting at getting making 2. I'm sorry, Lynn, I didn't _____________________ ( = understand/hear) that last figure. engage catch/get grasp 3. Janine has _____________________ a lot to the development of this company. constrained calculated contributed 4. We're running a little short _____________________. ( = we don't have much time left) of time in time time 5. Bill told me that my issue was _____________________ of the meeting. ( = not part of

what the meeting was about) outside the boundary out the door outside the scope 6. Let's _____________________ ( = talk) tomorrow. touch bases touch base touch wood 7. She's really good at _____________________ ( = generating) creative solutions. coming up with coming on to getting on with 8. In business jargon, when something is "on someone's radar": they are not aware of something they are aware of something they are a pilot 9. Let's leave that issue for _____________________. other meeting another meeting the future 10. It's critical not to _____________________ of the main point. see lose site lose sight

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1. Bill's company has broken its four-quarter streak of declining _____________________. revenue reviews cash 2. Revenue from license sales _____________________ 5% during the second quarter of 2007. down fell fell through 3. Because of good business decisions, our company is growing faster than _____________________. assumed expecting expected 4. We expect ____________________ growth during the next couple of quarters. modest shy mid-range 5. The CEO announced that the company was taking a new __________________. way highway direction

6. The 90's stock market __________________ created scores of (= many) dot-com millionaires. boon boom book 7. A __________________ company is one that isn't going to last very long. It's here one day, and gone the next. fly-by-night night flighty 8. The company spokesperson __________________ to answer any questions. decided declined decried 9. We're a little worried. One of our major __________________ is growing at a rapid rate. competition competitors compete 10. Bill was trying to come up with a scheme to steal money from the company, but his boss __________________ to this scheme and fired him. caught caught up caught on

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1. Their profits increased dramatically. = Their profits went _____________________. by the wayside through the roof on and on 2. Not many people use this product. = The _____________________ for this product is weak. request use demand 3. The company is _____________________ ( = being criticized heavily) for some of their policies. overvalued under fire under-funded 4. He didn't write the report himself. He ____________________ it with his colleague. co-authored authorized cooperated 5. To write and release a public letter = To __________________ a public letter issue insure inspect 6. The buyout took him by surprise. = He was __________________ by the buyout. emboldened

unaffected blindsided 7. They couldn't reach a deal. = They couldn't __________________ a deal. hammer out put out come across 8. They rejected his first offer. = They rejected his __________________. initial bid first bidding innovative bidding 9. He wasn't sure about the accepting the proposal. = He was __________________ about accepting the proposal. hesitated hesitant hesitate 10. The talks are at a __________________. = There is no progress being made at the talks. buyout bankruptcy standstill

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1. The two candidates have never argued, so there is no _____________________ between them. ( = there is no grudge stemming from previous arguments, disputes, etc.) bad blood bad news bad manners 2. Investors got _____________________ ( = very upset) about the news. bent out of shape an earful blown out of proportion 3. This is not as serious as it seems. It just got _____________________ ( = its importance was exaggerated). bent out of shape an earful blown out of proportion 4. Jim got ____________________ from his boss. = Jim was reprimanded by his boss. bent out of shape an earful blown out of proportion 5. To affect the stock price = To __________________ the stock price insure instigate impact 6. Jim wanted to __________________ his house against fire. insure impact instigate

7. They wanted to create a conflict between the two firms. = They wanted to __________________ a conflict between the two firms. instigate insure impact 8. He focused in on a good strategy. = He __________________ on a good strategy. called up pulled up honed in 9. Let me explain/clarify. = Let me __________________ on this. shine light shine some light shine the light 10. They went bankrupt last year. = They __________________ last year. flooded folded fell

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1. This message _____________________ the customers. = Customers can (personally) relate to the message. resonates with distracts encourages 2. We need an advertising campaign that _____________________ ( = persuades) customers to switch to our new calling plan. distracts encourages resonates with 3. The image _____________________ you from the logo. = You don't notice the logo because of the image. distracts encourages resonates with 4. This product is ____________________. = A lot of people want this product. out of stock in huge demand fail-safe 5. The CEO though that this was a __________________ plan. ( = a plan that could only succeed) out of stock in huge demand fail-safe 6. Jim wanted to __________________ ( = talk about) the product's shortcomings. accelerate revoke address 7. To speed up growth = To __________________ growth accelerate

address revoke 8. They lost their banking license. = Their banking license was __________________. addressed revoked accelerated 9. The CEO of a company can be said to be "at the __________________" of that company. pinnacle summit helm 10. These meetings will __________________ next week. = These meetings will be the center of interest next week. take center stage take a break take a dive