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Englisch-Test (173 Karten)

Sag Danke
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attributes
qualities, features - in a good way
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fringe benefits
Additional payments, salary
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get the credit
approval or praise
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compromise
to do something which is against your principles and which therefore seems dishonest or shameful
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to assail
worry or upset
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relatively
compared to other things it's fairly easy or small
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common purpose
same target for all
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to mould
to influence the development
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equity
the value (of a company)
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gone into administration
gone bankrupt
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Invoice discounting
Lending a business a sum of money equal to that owed by its suppliers or customers
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Merchant banks
banks dealing with companies or businesses
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defaults
sth they are legally supposed to do
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exposing
putting it into a situation
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to dilute
to make it weaker or less effective
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inadequate
not enough / insufficient
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Hire purchase
buying goods by paying regularly over a certain period of time
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contemplating
thinking about / considering
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venture capital
money lent to start a new business
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to overdraw
spend more than one has in the bank
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it is secured
legal promise to give the lender goods or property of the same value
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ascribed
to claim that sth has been
written, said, made etc by a particular person
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Indemnities
payments for the loss of money or property
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business angel
usually to invest in a company
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to pass the buck
avoid responsibility
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it was the last straw
the last in a series of irritating events
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ripped off
payed far to much for sth
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they were talking at cross purposes
they misunderstood each other
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sort it out
to solve the problem
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jamming
sth prevented it from moving
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utility
an organization that supplies the public with water, gas or electricity
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surrendered
given up
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a mania
a strong desire
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deteriorating
worsening
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execution
performing / carrying out
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mindset
a persons general attitude
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persistent
continuous, longer than usual
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disembarked
got off a ship  or aircraft
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hostile
angry / ready to argue
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formidable
difficult to deal with
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desertion
caused people to leave
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lawsuits
sth brought to court
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Plumber
sb who repairs waterpipes etc.
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defect
to go to or join the competitor
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trivialise
make sth seem less important
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merely
only - show how small or unimportant sth is
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curtailed
reduced / limited
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contingency
plan for future event or situation that might cause trouble
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concede
admit sth is true or correct
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aborted
to cause sth to stop before it begins or before it is completed
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laissez faire
not interfering
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participatory style
involving everyone
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empowering style
giving employees power to decide
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time-bounded
needs to be finished in a certain time
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establish
lay down / set up
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to brief sb
to give all the information sb needs
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assumptions
sth you think is true but cannot prove
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facilitator
help a group to discuss or work effectively
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collaboratively
in cooperation with each other
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accomplished
achieved
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equation
two things beeing similar
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evolve
develop and change
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implementation plan
action plan, officially decided
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joint venture
two or more businesses invested together, project
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merger
two or more companies build a big one
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stake
money invested in a company
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acquisition
getting control by buying more than 50%
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big picture
very important
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resolved
settled or solved
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logistical
practical arrangements - involving a lot of people and equipment succesfully
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humility
not beeing to proud of oneself
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public knowledge
known to everyone
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of the essence
vitally important
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tendency
its likely
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reassurance
say or do sth that lets sb worry less
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clean room
everything is highly regulated because of sensitive equipment
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unveiled
people were told for the first time
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inevitable occupied
more than likely busy
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redundancies
situation were people have to leave their job
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transition
change from one condition to another
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nitty-gritty
details
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get buy-in
acceptance
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can count
be relevant
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shop floor
where goods are made
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steam rollered
forced to do sth
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revival
sth becomes active or strong again
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seeking out
searching
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flattering noises
trying to encourage
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embark
set out on
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adaptability
ability to change an be succesful in new situation
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excessive labour market regulation
too much control over the labour market
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poised to assume
ready / waiting to take
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barely
only  just
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outsourcing
employing workers from outside the company
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offshoring
using banks placed in other countries to pay less tax
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enticements
things offered to persuade employees to do sth
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to resist
to say no
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significant
clear  big  noticeable
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retained
kept
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address
face up to and deal with
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cite
quote
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to chase debts
try and recover money owed
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remotely
from a distance
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projections
calculations what the future will be like
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tumble
falling quickly without control
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a brutal reversal
change to the opposite
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gloom
loss of hope
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bounce back
start beeing succesful again after failure
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rack up
gain
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volatile
likely to change suddenly
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legion
large number
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slid
get worse
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hogging
taking more than your share
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mull
think carefull about
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cutting the ribbon
opening
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stagnate
stop growing
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wary
not certain or fully trusting
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notoriously
famous for something bad, continuously
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taken a heavy knock
had to handle difficulties
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far cry
to be completely different, far away
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austerity package
the policy to live without things
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tumble
to fall quickly without control
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sluggish
operating more slowly than usual
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return to form
get back in shape
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rip
to pull apart
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stave off default
to stop sth bad happening
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morphed
changed
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lionised
to make sb famous
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depicted
to represent or show
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denounced
to accuse someone publicly of being something bad
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imposing
officially force a rule
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contradictions
beeing totally different so one must be wrong
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honing
sharpen
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verge on sth
to be almost a particular state, feeling - bad or good
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breach
brake a law, promise
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abundance
when there is more than enough of sth
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vice
moral fault or weakness
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to nobble
to make sth fail
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snarled
to say sth angrily
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depress consumption
harm consumer behaviour
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amendment
changes made to a word of text
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to slash
to cut back
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outright
complete
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congestion
overfilling
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punitive
inflictive
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pollution
dirt in environment
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densely
close
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transition
change
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hassle free
without effort
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bullishly
without a doubt
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allegedly
reportedly
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collaborated
work together
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forays
trips, journeys
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urbanites
city inhabitans
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scouring
searching
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crippled
unhealthy or damaged
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bolstered
secured
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conglomerate
accumulation
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employee rentention
keep sth back, hold
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management buy out
takeover
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merger
fusion
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subsidiary
store of a chain
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acquire
take over
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go bust
go into administration
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go bust
go into administration
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retain employees
keep
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emerge
to develop
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integrity
good manners
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branched out
enter new markets
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swallow
make it disappear by making it part of oneself
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denationalize
change from public to private ownership
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go bust
go into administration
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investment bankers
bankers who buy securities, bonds
Kartensatzinfo:
Autor: mrs.pink
Oberthema: English
Thema: Vocabulary
Schule / Uni: Hanze
Ort: Groningen
Veröffentlicht: 31.05.2010
Tags: Ann Kennedy
 
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