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Match the definition on the left with the letter of the term on the right:

a - balance sheet

b - liquid assetsc - liability

d - net incomee - property

f - payrollg - equity

h - journali - cash flow

j - expense

1. a list of all employees and their wages -->

2. an accounting record where all business transactions are INITIALLY entered -->
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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 intime, 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 -->

QUESTIONS:(Choose the best response for each one)

1. He is the head of the accounting department = He's __________________________ ofthe accounting department.in chargechargein control

2. I'd like to __________________________ you to Lisa, our database specialist.introducemeetassist

3. I'm __________________________ manager at Disney. (There are many managersthere)theana

4. I'm __________________________ CEO of Herbalife International. (There is only oneCEO)athean

5. James always does __________________________ well.jobworkinghis job

6. You should always call the customer by their __________________________, not theirfirst name.


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last name/surnamesecond namefamiliar name

7. I remember faces very well = I'm __________________________good with facesgood at facesgood in faces

8. Do you have any __________________________ on you?cards of businesswork cardsbusiness cards

9. Another word for colleague is __________________________.compatriotco-workeracquaintance

10. Our business is __________________________. We have to hire two more people.

slowing downgrowinggrowing up


1. Many companies require you to wear a nice shirt and a __________________________

to work.tie

hatbelt

2. Lowest paying jobs = __________________________ jobs

Small wageMinimum wage

Little wage

3. I always have a __________________________ attitude. ( = I'm always optimistic)positive

negative

pleased

4. I want to __________________________ for this seminar.

signsign up

sign in

5. Victoria was __________________________ today.late 15 minutes

late by 15 minutes15 minutes late

6. To be __________________________ means to always be on time.

puncturedpunctuated

punctual


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7. The amount of work that you have to do is called your __________________________.workloadjob-loadwork-heap

8. Please let me know __________________________.through emailby emailwith email

9. I'm sorry, he just __________________________ ( = left the office). He'll be back in halfan hour.stormed outwalkedstepped out

10. He is always __________________________ to help me.willingwants

wailing


1. I need a new chair. This one is not very __________________________.commoncomfortable

comforting

2. He __________________________ his time very well.countstakesmanages

3. There's no rush. __________________________ your time. When you finish the report,let me know.MakeTakeCount

4. My __________________________ is $50,000 per year.

salarysalecelery

5. In Canada, __________________________ are higher than in the United States.taxestaxtaxation

6. 25% of my __________________________ goes to taxes.cashincoming cashincome

7. I'm __________________________ right now, can we talk in one hour?busy


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occupiedbusiness

8. My __________________________ is very important to me.careerworkloadworking

9. These days I almost have no __________________________.fun timefree timegood time

10. We have to __________________________ ( = discuss/review) this report.goget overgo over


1. Can you finish this __________________________ 5:00 PM today?

byin

until

2. I don't think he's __________________________ ( = here) today.alone

aroundalong

3. My __________________________ change all the time. ( = what I have to do changesall the time)duty

responsesduties

4. It's a manager's job to __________________________ duties to an employee.

assignassist

assail

5. Could you please __________________________ ( = help) me with this?assail

assignassist

6. He is always very __________________________.

helpinghelpful

help-giving

7. This has to be done __________________________.as soon as possible

as soon as probableas soon possible

8. I got pregnant and was on __________________________ for six months.

live(maternity) leave

maternal


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9. We were unable to come to an __________________________. ( = We were unable toagree)agreeagreementaction

10. I don't work full-time. I work __________________________.partlypart-schedulepart-time


1. George doesn't have a job. He's __________________________.unawareunknownunemployed

2. It's a lot of work, but I can __________________________ it.handhandleanswer

3. Every meeting has an __________________________. This is a list of things that youhave to discuss (go over) during the meeting.agencyagenda

agent

4. There is no __________________________ on this = Not everyone agrees about this.consensuscensuscomplaint

5. If something is mandatory, __________________________.it does not have to be doneit is has to be done by a managerit has to be done

6. I think I should __________________________ ( = take part) in these discussions.participate

partcontrol

7. I'm sorry, but could you please __________________________ ( = explain) what youmean by that?clarifyclearclear out

8. Most meetings are held in the __________________________.lunch roomstairwellboardroom

9. You and I make a __________________________! = You and I work really well together!great duo


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great teamgreat friends

10. I'd like to hear your __________________________ about this. ( = I'd like to knowwhat you think about this)opinion/ thoughtsspeechbrainstorming


1. We had to __________________________ some money to expand our business.burrow

boroughborrow

2. Victoria is very rich. She and her husband made a ___________________ ( = a lot of

money) in real estate.fort

fortunesale

3. I can't invest in your business because I can't ___________________ ( = find/gather) the

money to do that.come down with

come up withcome to

4. A ___________________ executive is someone with a very high position within a

company.top-level

top-notchtip-top

5. Tom is not popular, but he is ___________________ by all the employees.

respectfullyrespect

respected

6. My manager almost never ___________________ my work. He's always very happy withthe way I do things.

criticizescriticism

praises

7. Another way of saying "he was fired" is "he was ___________________."shown the door

kicked out the doorcleaning 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

stresswarning

9. Do you think it's ___________________ to buy things online?safetysafe


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safely

10. A company that hasn't been around very long ( = a new company) is often called a___________________.

start-up (company)green companynewbie business


1. We need the board of directors to _____________ ( = support) this proposal.

get inget up

get behind

2. I have to take Friday _____________. ( = I can't come to work on Friday)

awayofffree

3. I had a _____________ convincing the CEO to support my proposal.

bad luckhard time

hard luck

4. Our company _____________ ( = makes) bottle caps.b + c

producesmanufactures

5. We're the biggest _____________ of fireworks in the country.distributedistribution

distributor

6. I can't ___________________ the meeting today ( = I won't be able to attend) - I've gotan important project that's due this afternoon.

makego

assist

7. I recommend that we hire another web developer. John can't ___________________ allthe work by himself.

handlehand

pursue

8. Let's start = Let's get ___________________on

startstarted

9. Let's ___________________ = Let's continue

move upmove on

get some things straight

10. Veronica, could you please get ___________________ with Bob ( = contact Bob) thisafternoon?

in touch


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touchspeaking


1. We _____________ ( = finished) this contract last month.completed

complicatedcomplimented

2. You have $100 _____________ ( = that you have to pay) on your account.

outlandishoutstanding

outspoken

3. I had a _____________ convincing the CEO to support my proposal.hard time

bad luckhard luck

4. I learned from this experience = It was a _____________ experience

learnedlearning

learn

5. You will receive 50% _____________ ( = before you do the work), and the rest when youfinish the contract.

uptownupscale

upfront

6. I have never ___________________ ( = had experience with) these types of clients.enticed

assumeddealt with

7. How do I _____________ doing this? = What are the steps I should take in order to do

this?go about

go aroundgo out

8. He spent a great _____________ ( = a lot) of time and money.

doledeal

dial

9. I'm not sure which loan I should _____________.apply

apply toapply for

10. It's _____________ that you'll get rejected = You probably will not get rejected

unlikelyunlike

unliked


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1. Following months of ________________________ a successful strategy, we finally

succeeded.trying to get developedtrying to developtry developing

2. With ________________________ ( = As for) Jim's project - let's leave that for the nextmeeting.requirement forrenowned forregard to

3. We plan to implement this in the ________________________ months. ( = in the nearfuture)arrivingcomingclose

4. There's ________________________ ( = It's very clear) that he is unhappy workinghere.little doubta little doubtdoubtful

5. He ________________________ two examples = He gave/showed two examplescitedsidedsaid

6. If something is ________________________, it gives you the wrong idea.misledmisunderstoodmisleading

7. Digital media is ________________________ changing the marketing world. ( = it iscausing big changes)dramaticallyecstaticallyrespectfully

8. We don't ________________________ this = We agree that this is truedispute

dissolvediscuss

9. This product never saw the ________________________. ( = it was neverlaunched/released)daylightlight of daymoonlight

10. This serves to ________________________ us that we should never neglect our corecustomers.rememberrecall

remind


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1. When someone "brings something to the table", it means that they_____________________.

have something to offerhave nothing to offer

buy everyone lunch

2. HP is one of Dell's main _____________________.computerscompetitorscontrollers

3. It's pretty hard to _____________________ against big, established companies.competecompletecompetition

4. James _____________________ last year.changed his jobschanged jobsmade a change in jobs

5. It's not good to _____________________ yourself entirely to your career.denigratedetonatededicate

6. Bill, I need your _____________________ on this. What do you think of this design?intakeinstallinput

7. I thought you _____________________ at the conference.did a really good jobreally did a jobdid really a good job

8. We've got a meeting in 10 minutes. Do I have to _____________________? Yes, you do.atoneattendattain

9. I'd like you to do a little _____________________ on investment strategies.presentpresentingpresentation

10. He's away ______________________ at the moment, but he'll be back in a secondfrom his deskfrom a deskfrom the desk

QUESTIONS:

(Choose the best response for each one)

1. Let's have lunch on Thursday = Let's _____________________ on Thursdaydo lunchlunch


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eat lunch

2. Generally speaking, a good manager ____________________ a smooth productionprocess.ensuresmakes sureis sure

3. Good time management skills are ____________________ ( = very important) tomaintaining a smooth workflow.critiquecriticizedcritical

4. I was ____________________ with my other tasks to finish the report.very busytoo busyexcessively busy

5. I'd like to have that by ____________________ Friday.

end of the dayendingend 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.milestonemilemarker

7. After you visualize, and plan a project, you have to ____________________ it.implementimplyimplode

8. In the modern business world, "assigning multiple resources to a single activity" means:spending lots of money to do a taskgetting one person to do a taskgetting two or more people to do a task

9. We need someone who knows how to use offline advertising to ____________________ (= increase) online sales.gaindriveget

10. These issues could ______________________ ( = endanger) the completion of this

project.jeopardyjeopardizedanger


1. When did John start working here? He was ___________________ about two months

ago.

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2. I can't go out, - my ___________________ is almost over.break for lunchlunch breakfood break

3. Many of our employees take their breaks in the ___________________.breakfast roomlunch room/lunchroomcriticized

4. In many offices, employees work in little areas called ___________________.cubes/cubiclesboxesrooms

5. You are going to have to ___________________ your cubicle with two other employees.dividecoexist inshare

6. Everyone has to leave the office during a fire ___________________.drillalarmtime

7. I can't ___________________ to my computer.log inlog outlog

8. You don't have to wear a tie, but you have to wear a ___________________.shirtt-shirt

dress shirt

9. Do you have a dress ___________________ at your company?requirementcodelaw

10. I'm going on a ___________________ next month. I'm meeting with one of our clientsin Singapore.business tripwork tripbusiness travel


1. John isn't a permanent employee, he's a ___________________.temp

part-timehired

2. ___________________ means that someone gets hired as a temporary employee, and

then, in time has the chance to become a permanent employee.

Temp-to-fullTemp-to-hireTemp-to-non-temp


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3. I can't make it at 2, I have an important meeting ___________________ ( = I have toattend).I can't get outI can't get out fromI can't get out of

4. Make sure you ___________________ with Nancy about what we all discussed thismorning.follow-upfollowconverse

5. He's got a really positive ___________________. He'll do well at this company.looksenseattitude

6. A "micromanager" wants to ___________________.let his employees work independently

have total control over everythingbankrupt the company s/he works for

7. You should always wear your name ________________. ( = a little piece of paper withyour name that you wear on your shirt) when you're at work.tagpaperpatch

8. Tony, can you ___________________ these documents and see if there's anything aboutthe Dell contract?observelook throughlook

9. Can we meet at 2:00 PM? Let me check my ___________________.requirementscheduleclock

10. Marketing really dropped the ___________________ on this one. ( = really made a bigmistake)ballsbowlball


1. I don't think I can take on any more projects right now - I have too much

__________________________ already.on my platter

on my plateon my mind

2. The USA is one of the easiest places in the world to __________________________.

make a business

commence a businessstart a business


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3. I'm swamped. = I'm __________________________.drowningreally busyconfused

4. What's on the __________________________ today? ( = What's the plan for today?/What do we have to do today?)agendaboardnotebook

5. I'm a little confused about the timeline. Could you __________________________ ( =explain it to me) again?walk me through itwalk me throughconverse with me

6. What's a "timeline"?A thin watchA 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 orderby orderorderly

8. Tony is always ______________________ the meeting up by being late.holdingkeepingbringing

9. I have a terrible boss! He never gives me any positive __________________________ on

the work I do. (= he never compliments my work)feedfeedbackopinions

10. A business' "core competency" is something that it can do well - something that sets itapart from its competitors, and is difficult for these competitors to ___________________. (= copy)initiateinformimitate


1. When you're "bouncing ideas off each other", you're __________________________.

exchanging ideasagreeing with someone else's idea

playing basketball

2. Lisa, the marketing rep, and I have been playing __________________________ thiswhole week. (We've been trying to reach each other, but we keep getting each other's voice

mail)

phone gamesphone tagphone contact


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3. What's "voice mail"?A messaging service - it allows you to leave messages when you call someoneA voice attachment on an emailA package with a CD

4. I think David should do the presentation. Database architecture is his__________________________.

topic of expertisearea of expertisefield of knowledge

5. Your report is a little short. I think you have to __________________________ a littlemore.learn the topicresearch the substanceresearch the topic

6. Our meetings are always quite informal, but we get __________________________.much done

much finisheda lot done

7. Where can I get a pen?In the supply roomIn the lunch roomIn the conference room

8. What's a binder?papera notebook cover (often with rings or clamps for holding sheets)a mean boss

9. I've always wanted to ___________________ a career in oceanography.

persuadeperhapspursue

10. No, I'm sorry I'm not ___________________ with that service. ( = I haven't heardabout that service)familiarfamousfamished


1. A company's _____________________ is the supply of goods it has for sale.

inventoryinvention

inversion

2. A good CEO will make _____________________ business decisions.sound

sonicmusical

3. It's not economically _____________________ ( = profitable/worthwhile) for us topursue this.fast


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worthyfeasible

4. We have to examine the _____________________ (race, age, income, etc.) of ourcustomer base.democracydemographicsdemonstrations

5. Our _____________________ is to provide high quality veterinary service.statementmishapmission

6. This seminar will show you how to _____________________ ( = improve) your sales andmarketing campaigns.varyvariablevariety

7. To make an "informed" choice, means to make a _____________________ choice.wisefrivolousneutral

8. A "white paper" is an _____________________ report.authoredauthenticauthoritative

9. The manager didn't see any _____________________ ( = real) benefits to his approach.tangytangibletinged

10. The kids who will receive these computers are the ones who will ultimately_____________________ of this project.

rope the benefitsreap the benefitstake the benefits


1. Our organization is one of the main _____________________ in the water initiativeprogram. ( = an integral part of the program)

holderstakers

stakeholders

2. Call one of the _____________________ guys to come fix your computer.sales support

tech supporttechnical know-how

3. James and I don't really see _____________________ on this issue. ( = we don't really

agree)

face-to-faceeye-to-eyeeyes-to-eyes


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4. I'm sorry, he's _____________________ right now, can he call you back?in a meetingin meetingwith a meeting

5. _____________________ ( = I think), we should concentrate more on customer service.The way I thinkIn other wordsThe way I see things

6. Paul, can we _____________________ your input on this?getreceivetake

7. He makes _____________________.an excellent pointexcellent pointan excellent idea

8. I understand = I see _____________________what you saywhat you thinkwhat you mean

9. I agree with you _____________________.up to your pointup to a pointup to a moment

10. What are the _____________________ on this? = What do we do next?next stepsnext moves

next actions


1. What are you _____________________? = What are you trying to say?

getting atgetting

making

2. I'm sorry, Lynn, I didn't _____________________ ( = understand/hear) that last figure.engage

catch/getgrasp

3. Janine has _____________________ a lot to the development of this company.

constrainedcalculated

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


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what the meeting was about)outside the boundaryout the dooroutside the scope

6. Let's _____________________ ( = talk) tomorrow.touch basestouch basetouch wood

7. She's really good at _____________________ ( = generating) creative solutions.coming up withcoming on togetting on with

8. In business jargon, when something is "on someone's radar":they are not aware of somethingthey are aware of somethingthey are a pilot

9. Let's leave that issue for _____________________.other meetinganother meetingthe future

10. It's critical not to _____________________ of the main point.seelose sitelose sight


1. Bill's company has broken its four-quarter streak of declining _____________________.

revenuereviews

cash

2. Revenue from license sales _____________________ 5% during the second quarter of2007.

downfell

fell through

3. Because of good business decisions, our company is growing faster than_____________________.

assumedexpecting

expected

4. We expect ____________________ growth during the next couple of quarters.modest

shymid-range

5. The CEO announced that the company was taking a new __________________.

way

highwaydirection


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6. The 90's stock market __________________ created scores of (= many) dot-commillionaires.boonboombook

7. A __________________ company is one that isn't going to last very long. It's here oneday, and gone the next.fly-by-nightnightflighty

8. The company spokesperson __________________ to answer any questions.decideddeclineddecried

9. We're a little worried. One of our major __________________ is growing at a rapid rate.competitioncompetitors

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.

caughtcaught upcaught on


1. Their profits increased dramatically. = Their profits went _____________________.

by the waysidethrough the roof

on and on

2. Not many people use this product. = The _____________________ for this product isweak.

requestuse

demand

3. The company is _____________________ ( = being criticized heavily) for some of theirpolicies.

overvaluedunder fire

under-funded

4. He didn't write the report himself. He ____________________ it with his colleague.co-authored

authorizedcooperated

5. To write and release a public letter = To __________________ a public letter

issueinsure

inspect

6. The buyout took him by surprise. = He was __________________ by the buyout.emboldened


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unaffectedblindsided

7. They couldn't reach a deal. = They couldn't __________________ a deal.hammer output outcome across

8. They rejected his first offer. = They rejected his __________________.initial bidfirst biddinginnovative bidding

9. He wasn't sure about the accepting the proposal. = He was __________________ aboutaccepting the proposal.hesitatedhesitanthesitate

10. The talks are at a __________________. = There is no progress being made at the

talks.buyoutbankruptcystandstill


1. The two candidates have never argued, so there is no _____________________ betweenthem. ( = there is no grudge stemming from previous arguments, disputes, etc.)

bad bloodbad news

bad manners

2. Investors got _____________________ ( = very upset) about the news.bent out of shape

an earfulblown out of proportion

3. This is not as serious as it seems. It just got _____________________ ( = its importance

was exaggerated).bent out of shape

an earfulblown out of proportion

4. Jim got ____________________ from his boss. = Jim was reprimanded by his boss.

bent out of shapean earful

blown out of proportion

5. To affect the stock price = To __________________ the stock priceinsure

instigateimpact

6. Jim wanted to __________________ his house against fire.

insure

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7. They wanted to create a conflict between the two firms. = They wanted to__________________ a conflict between the two firms.

instigateinsureimpact

8. He focused in on a good strategy. = He __________________ on a good strategy.called uppulled uphoned in

9. Let me explain/clarify. = Let me __________________ on this.shine lightshine some lightshine the light

10. They went bankrupt last year. = They __________________ last year.floodedfoldedfell


1. This message _____________________ the customers. = Customers can (personally)relate to the message.

resonates withdistracts

encourages

2. We need an advertising campaign that _____________________ ( = persuades)customers to switch to our new calling plan.

distractsencourages

resonates with

3. The image _____________________ you from the logo. = You don't notice the logobecause of the image.

distractsencourages

resonates with

4. This product is ____________________. = A lot of people want this product.out of stock

in huge demandfail-safe

5. The CEO though that this was a __________________ plan. ( = a plan that could only

succeed)out of stock

in huge demandfail-safe

6. Jim wanted to __________________ ( = talk about) the product's shortcomings.

acceleraterevoke

address

7. To speed up growth = To __________________ growthaccelerate


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addressrevoke

8. They lost their banking license. = Their banking license was __________________.addressedrevokedaccelerated

9. The CEO of a company can be said to be "at the __________________" of that company.pinnaclesummithelm

10. These meetings will __________________ next week. = These meetings will be thecenter of interest next week.take center stagetake a breaktake a dive

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