[Business Assignments] Vocabulary(1,2,3,7units)

1. the key people in the line – very important people in some business

2. forestry equipment – band saws, de-barking machines, resins for the plywood trade

3. timber business – лесной бизнес

4. to sound rosy for – has prospects

5. there is a future here – sounds to be promising

6. a sizeable market – a large market

7. to have a good maintenance & service back-up – to provide good after-sales service

8. key selling point – the most important quality of the product

9. to be in with a chance – to have a good chance

10. to talk through one’s hat – to talk nonsense

11. a knotty problem – a difficult problem to solve

12. to look favourably on – to show approval

13. to sort out – a) to put smth. into order

b) to arrange, to solve a problem

Can we sort out a day for that meeting

16. Fire away – to start asking questions. ‘Go ahead with your interrogation’.

17. a shake-out – a very extensive reorganization

There’s been a big shake-out in the whole timber business.

18. hand-held chain-saws – ручная пила с зубчиками

19. heavy gear (power saws and the like) - a piece of machinery that performs a particular

job

20. Their stuff’s too sophisticated - very complicated equipment

21. to slump – drop rapidly

World prices slumped

20. to soar – increase rapidly

Soaring energy prices made a lot of firms feel exposed

20. top-level contacts – the most important contacts in business

21. inventory – a list of all things in a place

We’d like you to carry a full inventory of products and parts

20. exclusive agent – exclusive representative (the one authorized to present the company)

21. principle – a basic general truth (a rule)

22. to be competitive on (price, quality …) – to have best price (quality)

23. We haven’t got money to throw away – don’t have extra money

1. to be up to… - to be occupied or busy with, thinking about smth

2. premature – occurring, impulsive, hasty

3. to come out with smth – to come out with great idea

Nicholson is always coming out with wild schemes

4. to come up with – to suggest smth

5. to go down-market /up-market – to start producing products with low/high price

6. to break into the market – to enter the market (to start new business)

7. deviation (from) - отступление от чего-то

to deviate - to turn aside, especially from standard course

7. a long-term commitment – loyalty lasting for a long time

8. to be sensitive to – responsive

9. Point taken – a polite and formal saying of “I understood”

10. tried and tested – proved to be effective after being used by many people

11. to bring smb round to the point/idea/proposal – to convince or persuade smb. that the idea or proposal is right

12. It grows on you – it is becoming more and more attractive for you

13. a golden opportunity – an excellent opportunity that won’t likely be repeated

14. the key to success/fame/market share –smth crucial to succeed

15. to build on… - to be based on

16. to sound feasible – to be reasonable and suitable

economically/technically/politically etc feasible

7. to go straight for smth – to reach smth, go directly to the aim

8. to go down a blind alley (with smth) – the course of action that seems to be unproductive

9. to stand a chance – (usually negative) – it does not stand a chance – there is no smaller possibility to success

10. to stick one’s neck out – to do/say smth that may bring severe criticism or result in a painful experience

1. to be on the sour side – to be generally sour; going bad

2. be beyond its shelf life – expired product

3. an aftertaste – the taste after eating or drinking smth

4. to bump up – to increase

5. an unqualified success – a complete success

6. I see what you are getting at… - what you mean

7. to be price sensitive – to be very responsive to price changes

8. to make a few concessions to / on (a taste) – allow smth to receive

9. tradition is our selling point – distinctive characteristics

10. fresh chocolate

11. additives – smth to improve, increase taste, shelf life

permitted food additives

Our products are free from artificial additives .

1. preservatives -

2. high sugar content –

1. to crack an issue – crash the problem, to resolve the issue, solve the problem

2. to take some bugs out of smth – something that is preventing a system from operating effectively

3. to boil down to something – (inf.) if a long statement, argument etc boils down to a single statement, that statement is the main point or cause

What it boils down to is costs

15. there must be a way round this problem – to try to find a solution to a problem

16. to have data on – to have information

17. to have a leeway on – (literally) – the sideways movement of ship caused by wind; (metaphorically) – space for maneuver or possibility for changing an arrangement

18. markup – increase the price

19. perishable products – very short shelf life

20. there is a price rise in the pipe-line – under discussion, on the way

21. to have a problem on one’s hands – to face up with somebody’s problem

22. to pass smth. on to smb. - to give something to another person so that they can deal with it

You don’t want us to pass your increase on to our customers?

23. ultimatum - final offer, final proposal

24. to find middle ground – ideas that are not extreme, and that people who oppose each other can agree about

The negotiators could find no middle ground.

25. to get a foothold – strong position to proceed

26. pacling – into cartoons, a lot of cure

27. packaging – to protect out good from spoilage (wrappers)

28. injurenes – always very expensive

1. to be on the rocks (metaphor) – to be in a state of difficult situation

2. to be upbeat # downbeat – to be optimistic, pessimistic

3. everything’s under control – everything is perfect

4. to shrug off – to be minimized of important neglect

5. it might not even come up – appear

6. to butter smb. up (idiom) – подмазать

7. to soft-soap smb. – to pay compliments

8. to come round to smb.’s way of (seeing, thinking, etc.) – to change one’s mind

9. It’s all yours (inf.) – It’s now your turn to speak or perform

I’ve done as much as I can with this case now it’s all yours

10. speculative – 1.based on guessing, not on information or facts 2. bought or done in the hope of making a profit later

11. negligible (sales, returns, results, etc.) – unimportant

12. to broaden a market base – to extend

13. wise (suffix) (inf.) – used for saying which feature of a situation you are referring to

profitwise – concerning profit

moneywise

timewise, etc.

And you’ll have little to show for it profitwise

14. to come up with – to suggest

15. fight back (competition) – to defend your position

16. to stick one’s neck out – to take risks

to talk minuses (pluses, millions, + plural noun) – used to emphasis a point. (Here)- We should expect to see losses (discuss)