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Increased environmental awareness has led to a greater demand for recycled paper.
AWARE
Environmental awareness has increased dramatically over the past decade
AWARE
Students who achieve an acceptable standard will progress to degree studies.
ACCEPT
The recommendations from this report are unacceptable to many people.
ACCEPT
The requested loan would be completely safe for the company, as it would be guaranteed by
banker's acceptance.
ACCEPT
The proposals must be acceptable to the shareholders.
ACCEPT
The industry’s proposals were politically unacceptable to the government.
ACCEPT
Many viewers find the amount of violence on TV unacceptable.
ACCEPT
TV presenter Rick Edwards hosted the ceremony, which highlighted the achievements of
small and medium sized business .
ACHIEVE
The topic of my presentation is “Our achievements and a year of change”
ACHIEVE
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is the area of corporate finances, management and strategy
dealing with purchasing and/or joining with other companies.
ACQUIRE
Business activities can include things like operations, marketing, production and
administration
ACT
Business activities- any actions undertaken by individuals or companies, such as buying,
selling, marketing, or investing, for the purpose of generating profits.
ACT
Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active.
ACT
Bank account or credit account with frequent or regular transactions-active account.
ACT
There are 68 million active personal current accounts in the UK .
ACT
He’s been actively involved in politics for 30 years.
ACT
Strategic adaptability is a planned ability to react effectively when business and
environmental factors change unexpectedly.
ADAPT
We need adaptable workers who are willing to learn new skills .
ADAPT
There is plenty of room for advancement within the company.
ADVANCE
Many operations were successfully performed during the war thanks to this advancement in

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medicine.
ADVANCE

In spite of all its advances, medical science still knows little about the brain.
ADVANCE
The BBC is not permitted to carry advertising or sponsorship on its public services. This
keeps them independent of commercial interests.
ADVERTISE

The purpose of advertising is to make customers aware of your product or service.

ADVERTISE

Bans on advertising, promotion and sponsorship are one of the most effective ways to reduce
tobacco consumption.
ADVERTISE

A small group of business leaders from sectors of strategic importance to the UK provides
regular, high level advice to the Prime Minister.
ADVISE

Your small business needs an advisory board- trusted advisors to whom they can turn.
ADVISE

A job application form is your chance to show employers that you're perfectly suited to the
role and deserve to be shortlisted for an interview.
APPLY

Have you filled in the application form for your passport yet?
APPLY

A job application form is your chance to show employers that you're perfectly suited to the
role and deserve to be shortlisted for an interview
APPLY

Successful applicants must be able to demonstrate a clear ability to lead

APPLY

Some applicants have been invited to take entrance exams to be considered for admission.
APPLY

This section of the law is applicable only to businesses.

APPLY

Did he get his job by appointment or election?

APPOINT

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Appointment or election of the subsequent directors is usually effected at a general meeting

by a resolution.
APPOINT

You should always get approval from your manager before you try out any new idea.
APPROVE

His personality includes attributes such as trust, altruism, kindness, affection and other pro-
social behaviours :people with this trait tend to have a friendly, approachable nature .
APPROACH

Several popular arguments against business ethics are examined.

ARGUE

Being able to make, change and cancel appointments is an important skill in business .
APPOINT

Both their assessments of production costs were hopelessly inaccurate.

ASSESS

The company needs more financial assistance from the government.

ASSIST

High mortgage rates have decreased the attractiveness of home-owning.

ATTRACT

In advertising, the use of highly attractive models is believed to be effective in increasing

sales.
ATTRACT

Attractive packaging will make people interested in your products.

ATTRACT

Every week we read that something we believe is bad for us actually has beneficial health
effects.
BENEFIT

Daily exercise as beneficial to health in old age as quitting smoking, study finds.
BENEFIT

Notice of cancellation must be made in writing and sent by email to vvvvv@gmail.com

CANCEL

The centralization of the government was a really bad idea in my opinion because it would
lead to the downfall of our entire structure.
CENTRALISE

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Decentralisation and local governance are increasingly recognised as basic components of

democratic governance.
CENTRALISE

Regular flow of business depend upon the absence of centralization and monopoly.
CENTRALISE

I hate making consumer choices at the best of times, because I have uncomfortable suspicion
that big companies are trying to gull me out of as much money as possible.
(gull- old word meaning ‘to cheat or trick someone’)
CHOOSE

These people have the choice of whether to buy a house or rent one
CHOOSE

Students have a choice between studying French or German.

CHOOSE

The commercial future of the company looks very promising.

COMMERCE

What a pity Christmas has become so commercialized.

COMMERCIAL

Good communication is vital in a large organization.

COMMUNICATE

Good communication is about speaking and listening-you need to make sure you are
understood clearly and you understand what people are saying to you.
COMMUNICAT E

One of the most powerful forms of nonverbal communication is body language.

COMMUNICATE

In a poll of graduate employers, more than half said that none or few graduates were "work
ready", with new recruits lacking basic attributes such as team work, communication,
punctuality and the ability to cope under pressure.
COMMUNICATE

The court awarded the victims millions of dollars in compensation.

COMPENSATE

You should claim/seek compensation.

COMPENSATE

Prices are lower when there is competition among/between the stores.

COMPETE

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Brutal competition batters supermarkets the world over .

COMPETE

World Economic Forum says UK has moved higher in its global competitiveness league table
– UK ranked as 8th most competitive country in world .
COMPETE

Some US industries are not as competitive as they have been in the past.
COMPETE

There are two important ways to keep your products competitively priced: calculate your
costs and research your competitors regularly.
COMPETE

OPG will investigate your complaint in confidence and respond within 10 working days.
COMPLAIN

We can’t deal with complaints about legal advice or services, the Solicitors Regulation
Authority may be able to help you.
COMPLAIN

There has still been no official confirmation of the report.

CONFIRM

Most hotels require confirmation from a prospective guest in writing.

CONFIRM

Our first priority is to maintain the customer's confidence in our product.

CONFIDENT

I've always been fiercely independent, confident and determined to succeed.

DEPEND
A confirmation receipt, usually physical or electronic provides confirmation that payment has
been received.
CONFIRM
You will receive an e-mail confirmation of your order.
CONFIRM
Malian special forces have arrested two men in connection with last week’s attack on a
luxury hotel .
CONNECT
The dictionary defines a consultant as "an expert in a particular field who works as an
advisor either to a company or to another individual."
CONSULT
We are a business and management consultancy with key expertise in Logistics and Supply
Chain.
CONSULT

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We are a team of experienced consultants who have been in senior corporate roles before
becoming consultants.
CONSULT
The law protects your consumer rights when you buy goods or services.
CONSUME
The UK European Consumer Centre offers free and impartial advice and assistance
in cross-border European disputes between consumers and traders.
CONSUME

Finally, we should examine some adverse effects of alcohol consumption: traffic accidents,
suicide rates, and vandalism rates.
CONSUME

Community police have made a very positive contribution to crime prevention.

CONTRIBUTE
If a company subcontracts work, they pay other people to do part of their work for them.
CONTRACT

A person or company that agrees to do work or provide goods for another company is called
contractor.
CONTRACT
As stated in the contractual obligations signed by all persons involved, strong and offensive
language will not be tolerated in the work place, and can result in termination.
CONTRACT
An “Inconvenient Truth “ a 2006 documentary film has been credited for raising
international public awareness of global warming.
INCONVENIENCE
The British conversion to the metric system took place in the 1970s.
CONVERT
Our University has released a study looking to understand how some people are more
decisive than others.
DECIDE

Being decisive means that you have the ability to decide ; from the strength of a decision you
then have the ability to act .
DECIDE

There are 19 famous companies that originally had different names.

DIFFER

Profits were £1 million, which is a decrease of 5 per cent on last year.

DECREASE

We offer free UK delivery for all orders over £20 .

DELIVER

There was a delay in the departure of our plane.

DEPART
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UK independent producers earn record £391m from overseas TV sales.

DEPEND

This is small business that is independently owned and operated by an American citizen
DEPEND

The company is run by a board of directors.

DIRECT

The company is hoping to extend its operations in new directions.

DIRECT

These are proposals for implementing the EU directive(s) on paternity leave.

DIRECT

EU Directives can be used to establish common social policies, and thus can affect
employment issues, labour law, working conditions, and health and safety
DIRECT

Employees have little direct contact with management .

DIRECT

Many problems can be directly linked to the decline in manufacturing.

DIRECT

There have been significant computer developments during the last decade .
DEVELOP

The developed world has a responsibility towards poorer countries .

DEVELOP

The vast majority of the world's hungry people live in developing countries, where
12.9 percent of the population is undernourished.
DEVELOP

The law protects you against discrimination at work, including dismissal, employment terms
and conditions, promotion and transfer opportunities.
DISCRIMINATE

You’re protected from discrimination in these situations: at work, in education, as a

consumer, when buying or renting property .
DISCRIMINATE

Some common reasons for dismissal include poor performance or incompetence, attendance
problems, and insubordination and other behavioural problems.
DISMISS

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Distribution means to spread the product throughout the marketplace such that a large
number of people can buy it.
DISTRIBUTE

Beer Direct are an importer, distributor and wholesaler of speciality beer in UK.
DISTRIBUTE

Downsizing is now the main reason people sell their homes as growing numbers hunt for a
smaller property in an attempt to cut their bills and boost their income.
DOWNSIZE

Downsizing usually involves selling your existing property, using the spare equity to buy
somewhere smaller and cheaper.
DOWNSIZE

Although people traditionally consider downsizing as they approach retirement, growing

numbers of younger homeowners are doing it as well.
DOWNSIZE

He is putting together a £1.3m lawsuit for loss of earnings, on the basis he was unfairly
dismissed.
EARN

The number of international students in British Higher Education has risen dramatically
over the past 20 years.
DRAMATIC

In 2008, the economy took a real down turn, causing the loss of jobs and money everywhere,
and has yet to reach the point in where it was before.
ECONOMISE

He liked money and so he thought he would study economics, but politics turned out to
interest him ever more.
ECONOMISE

Economist is a person who works in or studies the field of economics

ECONOMISE

an economic process, activity etc produces enough profit for it to continue

[= profitable; ≠ uneconomic]:
It is no longer economic to run the service!
Do not confuse with economical (=cheap or not wasteful). JAKO INFORMACJA DLA
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In economically advanced countries, women marry later.

ECONOMIC

How to use technology more efficiently and economically in your business.

ECONOMIC

As soon as someone accepts a job offer they have a contract with their employer.
EMPLOY

Car makers are some of the most productive employees in Britain .

EMPLOY

After graduation, she found employment with a local finance company.

EMPLOY

Employment has risen among people over 55.

EMPLOY

The UK unemployment total has risen for the first time in two years, according to the Office
for National Statistics.
EMPLOY

BBC offers 5,000 digital traineeships to unemployed young people.

EMPLOY

Too many teenagers were leaving school without adequate qualifications in English and
Maths, making them "effectively unemployable", he told business leaders.
UNEMPLOYMENT

Digital literacy can boost employability and improve student’s experience .

EMPLOY

Most of the underemployment is concentrated among part-time workers .

EMPLOY

This problem of underemployment seems to particularly affect the poorer parts of society
and is concentrated among part-time workers
EMPLOY

The main reason for the growth of underemployment has been the economic downturn of the
past few years.
EMPLOY

If you find you are unable to read a PDF using your PDF aloud tools, your document is not
“accessible”
ABLE

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For many years, the government has been supporting companies taking on new employees but
this encouragement has become really significant since October 2011.
ENCOURAGE

We need to be more energetic in promoting ourselves abroad.

ENERGY

The president must have the highest ethical standards.

ETHICS

There are some key factors that affect ethical behaviour in the workplace.
ETHICS

Dumping pollutants into the water supply rather than cleaning up the pollution properly is one
of the examples of unethical behaviour among businesses.
ETHICS

Ethical behaviour requires firms to act in ways that stakeholders consider to be both fair and
honest.
ETHICS

Profits from acting ethically are higher than firms that only consider their own narrow
self-interest.
ETHICAL

When the two top candidates have equal qualifications, the job offer will always go to the
most intelligently enthusiastic candidate.
ENTHUSIASM

You express intelligent enthusiasm by enthusiastically discussing the real issues of your
work :having examples ready that show your engagement in the way you execute your work
to both prevent and solve problems typical of your area of expertise.
ENTHUSIASTIC

There may be a hidden number of cases previously diagnosed as Alzheimer's disease or other
forms of dementia so they have to carry out a post-mortem with detailed examination of the
brain in every case if possible.
EXAMINE

The law applies to all EU countries, Britain is no exception.

EXCEPT

Management by exception is a concept that managers use to focus on key areas of business
performance instead of looking at the business as a whole.
EXCEPT

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Successful two-career couples are still the exception, not the rule. (=used to emphasize that
something is unusual).
EXCEPT

The rapid expansion of cities can cause social and economic problems.
EXPAND

Unemployment increases during business cycle recessions and decreases during business
cycle expansions (recoveries) (The growth of a business' product and service offerings.)
EXPAND

Of the more unusual examples of the sales boosting technique beloved by marketing
departments - the brand extension, also known as piggyback marketing. (Low cost market
entry strategy in which two or more firms represent one another's complementary (but non-
competing) products in their respective markets).
EXTEND

US actress Jennifer Lawrence was brave enough to admit that a failure to negotiate had cost
her millions of dollars.
FAIL

She is depressed by her continued failure to find a job.

FAIL

The conference was a failure because the parties did not reach an agreement.
FAIL

Farmers complained of unfair competition from cheap imported food.

FAIR

If you’ve been treated unfairly at work and it’s because of who you are, you may have been
discriminated against.
FAIR

Sometimes a company can try to get the endorsement of a major public figure to create a
bigger customer base.
ENDORSE

If a famous person offers a positive endorsement of a product, often it will lead to more
people buying the product due to the fact that they trust the celebrity.
ENDORSE

Flooding victims are being urged to seek financial help, with many left homeless and
thousands battling to keep the waters at bay.
FINANCE

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Millions of the citizens are financially 'illiterate' . 16 % of UK adults cannot identify the
balance on their bank statement.
FINANCIAL

Financial abuse can involve your partner spending your jointly-earned money, taking out
loans in your name or scrutinising every penny you spend.
FINANCE

Planning ahead for seasonal sales fluctuation can help you prevent disaster during the
holidays.
FLUCTUATE

The rolling three-month average, which irons out monthly fluctuations, showed a rise of
1.1% on the month.
FLUCTUATE

'Capital flight' –a large-scale exodus of financial assets and capital from a nation due to
events such as political or economic instability, currency devaluation or the
imposition of capital controls.
FLY

The unluckiest man in the world, the forgotten Apple founder who missed out on $35 billion
after selling his shares for $800 in 1976. ( Ron Wayne was one of the original founders of
Apple, he sold his shares for $800 in 1976 - today they'd be worth $35 billion. Wayne left
Apple because he found Jobs difficult to work with).
FOUND

The accused were found guilty of fraudulent trading, false accounting and money laundering.
FRAUD

The engineering sector achieved significant growth last year.

GROW

36-year-old Sun King is one of an unknown, but reportedly growing number of wealthy
Chinese.
GROW

People on welfare are wrongly seen as lazy or dishonest.

HONEST

Honesty in business is often high on lists of what employees say they want in the workplace.
HONEST

Under the new law, dishonest businessmen could be disqualified from being company
directors.
HONEST

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Personal identification numbers (PINs) are usually used in conjunction with usernames or
other passwords.
IDENTIFY

Because of the quick increase in number of employees the company I work for reviewed their
implementation plan for evacuating the building if there is a fire .
IMPLEMENT

Employees have noticed an improvement in the working environment the increasing

difficulty of finding trained staff.
IMPROVE

A new round of wage increases could trigger an inflationary spiral (=a continuing rise in
both wages and prices).
INFLATION

Inflated prices -prices which are increased without any reason.

INFLATION

Reselling tickets at inflated prices is common for sold-out gigs and is not illegal.
INFLATION

Henry Ford is among the twenty most influential businessmen of all time.
INFLUENCE

Angela Merkel is often referred to as the world's most influential politician.

INFLUENCE

Since 1990, IGC has been a leading provider of viewing and collaboration software, helping
companies share electronic content across the extended enterprise.
LEAD

The company has been accused by UKIP of spreading "misinformation" on the likely costs
of leaving the European Union.
INFORM

Investment through sponsorship or philanthropy helps to build vibrant and cohesive

communities, a healthier workforce, innovation and a stronger local economy.
INVEST

With this money, he started investing heavily.

INVEST

He described the low wages paid to police officers as almost an invitation to corruption.
INVITE

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He’s extremely knowledgeable about business and finance .

KNOWLEDGE

There are a lot of individuals in our agency who have deep knowledge of certain aspects of
the law.
KNOW

Great business leaders are running a new start-up or overseeing a more established brand,
they need to innovate to keep the company fresh and exciting.
LEAD

Someone with great leadership skills today is Bill Gates who, despite early failures, with
continued passion and innovation has driven Microsoft and the software industry to success.
LEAD

When Tanya got promoted to manager, she had trouble entering a role of leadership, and felt
that her employees did not show her enough respect.
LEAD

Up to 1,000 job losses are expected to be announced at Lloyds Banking Group.

LOSE

HR professionals and employees talk about the changing nature of loyalty and its impact on
the workplace.
LOYAL

Research by Robert L. Kenwood concluded that managers need three essential skills:
technical skills, human skills, and conceptual skills.
MANAGE

The managing director/chief executive is the most senior full-time executive of the company.
MANAGER

The bank has been the biggest loser in the battle for current accounts, with more than 80,000
customers closing their account .
LOSE

BBB Bank shocks with warning of €6bn losses.

LOSE

Employees are using time management skills to make better use of the working day.
MANAGE

The merger will create the biggest television company in the country.
MERGE

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Our real motivation is to make a profit.

MOTIVATE

Motivation is about the ways a business can encourage staff to give their best.
MOTIVATE

David Cameron will enter the biggest negotiation of his prime ministership in Brussels with
his campaign to rewrite the terms of Britain’s membership of the EU.
NEGOTIATE

The practice of having certain job functions done outside a company instead of having an in-
house is called offshoring.
OFFSHOR

There are operational advantages in putting sales and admin in the same building.
OPERATE

He has shown himself to be a canny operator in wage negotiations.

OPERATE

English is compulsory for all students, but art and music are optional.
OPTION

The price includes hotel and meals – entertainment is optional.

OPTION

It is hoped, by the board of directors, that the reorganisation of the company will keep the
company from going bankrupt.
ORGANISE

In a globalised labour market characterised by outsourcing, low wages and minimal

workplace guarantees, is there any space for promoting the social wellbeing and interests of
employees?
OUTSOURCE

Performing a periodic detailed organizational analysis of a company can be a useful way for
management to identify problems.
ORGANIS/ZE

The company was returned to private ownership in mid-1987.

OWNER

Discounts are offered for cash payments.

PAY

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Tax is payable on the interest .

PAY

Paper invoices received by BBC Accounts Payable after 16th December 2014 may not be
processed in full until the BBC's finance systems are restored.
PAY

Money that is repayable at a particular time has to be paid back by that time.
PAY

He obtained permission from his boss before talking to the press .

PERMIT

Economists have established a link between workers' happiness and their performance.
PERFORM

Political parties are putting together their manifestos for May's general election.
POLITICS

There is the need to raise the quality of the production of consumer goods.
PRODUCE

South Carolina is the fourth largest producer of tobacco.

PRODUCE

He works in marketing and product development department.

PRODUCE

The productive capacity of the economy can be thought of as the maximum level of
production of goods and services that can be generated.
PRODUCE

T&T's investment in its productive capacity has been on the decline, a leading economist has
said.
PRODUCE

An estimated $37 billion is lost every year to unproductive meetings.

PRODUCE

The trouble is that when we are at work we are terribly unproductive; we produce less per
hour than our main economic rivals.
PRODUCE

We produce on average 30% less per hour than workers in Germany, the US and France - we
even produce 10% less than the average Italian.
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There are plenty of internationally successful and cutting edge companies in the UK.
SUCCESS.

Unsurprisingly, Knoll is sceptical about the accuracy of the statistics on France’s

productivity.
PRODUCE

Productivity is considered a key source of economic growth.

PRODUCE

Productivity comes from providing employees with meaning and purpose in the work they
do.
PRODUCE

A team of economists has now produced research that suggests there are clear links between
workers' happiness and their productivity.
PRODUCE

There is a growing body of evidence that shorter work weeks actually lead to more
productive employees.
PRODUCE

Bureaucracy is impersonal, hierarchical – and unproductive.

PRODUCE

Relocation of refugees, projected to take two years, would take 166 years to implement at
current rate .
RELOCATE

The Guardian is regarded as reliable sources of information.

RELY

Are we becoming too reliant on computers?

RELY

A missing man who is reliant on medication not been seen for nearly a week.
RELY

Do temperature records reliably show the planet is warming?

RELIABLE

Unlike many other countries in the region, it has adopted a so-called "self-reliance strategy",
allowing refugees the right to work and a significant degree of freedom of movement.
RELY

In today’s economy, a career as a financial representative has increasing appeal.

REPRESENT

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As a financial representative, you’ll be educating others and helping individuals, families,

and businesses achieve their financial goals.
REPRESENT

The refugees' main requirements are food and shelter.

REQUIRE

The Romanian prime minister has announced the resignation of his government following
large protests over a nightclub fire that killed more than 30 people.
RESIGN

I am writing in response to your letter of June 12.

RESPOND

We try to be responsive to the needs of the customer.

RESPONSE

Restrictive dress code policies are being criticized online as well as on school grounds.
RESTRICT

Ministry of Defence braced for criticism over army restructuring.

RESTRUCTURE

A sole trader describes any business that is owned and controlled by one person.
TRADE

For the first time since 2010, that tech giant was not ranked No.1 on branding research firm
Millward Brown's annual list of the world's most valuable brands.
VALUE

His main weakness as a manager is his inability to delegate.

WEAK

New rules will strengthen European citizens’ privacy protests.

STRONG

For many people today the word “retirement” is synonymous with another: “freedom”. The
freedom, after decades of work, to get up when you want, to choose how you will spend your
day and to travel the world.
RETIRE

It’s common knowledge that you need money to enjoy retirement.

RETIRE

All small companies will need to make savings if they are to survive.
SAVE

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A load of goods sent by sea, road, or air, or the act of sending them is called shipment.
SHIP

When you are the shipper it will be your responsibility to make sure that the load gets out on
time for your customer.
SHIP

The expedition is looking for sponsorship from one of the major banks.
SPONSOR

There are no simple solutions to the problem of overpopulation.

SOLVE

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