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1.2a TEST YOURSELF Vocabulary from HBR: How to Improve Your Business English (Part 1 of 3)

Terms in this set (27)

from cover to cover
It means reviewing or reading 100% of an article, presentation, report, book, or other material

1. She read every research report _______ _______ _______ _______ to prepare for the meeting.
2. The manufacturing manager is responsible for reading the operating manuals _______ _______ _______ _______.
3. He enjoyed the book so much that he read it _______ _______ _______ _______.
4. You explained to your staff that they needed to know the main points of the new agreement, but they didn't have to read all 312 pages _______ _______ _______ _______.
continuously
Without any pause and without any interruption.

1. It is very difficult to work ______________ for 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and stay healthy.
2. The marketing manager was amazing. He could work ______________ for 8 hours without a break.
4. An innovative company is ______________ looking for ways to improve their product.
5. ______________ updating your skills is important to achieving your goals.
grow up
It has multiple meanings. It often refers to the time period when you changed from being a child to a young adult. Also means maturing.

1. He _______ _______ in New York City, as he lived there from the time he was 5 years old until he was 17.
2. She _______ _______ listening to music in her house.
3. The company really _______ _______ when it expanded in the last five years.
work hard
to put a lot of effort into something

1. As a Hong Kong native who grew up speaking Cantonese and Mandarin, Chun Hin has _______ _______ to become fluent in English.
resonate with
To have a powerful quality or effect that you can relate to.

1. The presenter's message at the conference was powerful and it really ______________ _______ me.
2. The company hopes its new marketing campaign will ______________ _______ consumers.
3. The story of how it was difficult to achieve success ______________ _______ many business professionals.
pressure to do
a difficult situation that makes you feel worried or unhappy.

1. ______________ _______ speak English in the workplace continues to grow as more and more companies invest in globalizing their teams.
more and more
increasingly.

1. Pressure to speak English in the workplace continues to grow as _______ _______ _______ companies invest in globalizing their teams
globalize
to (make a company or system) expand or operate internationally

1. Pressure to speak English in the workplace continues to grow as more and more companies invest in ______________ their teams.
master
to learn to control an emotion or feeling.

1. However, ______________ a new language requires time and resources that many people — especially adults who are no longer in school — struggle to find.
time and resources
common business phrase describing the amount of time available and the amount of resources available.

1. However, mastering a new language requires _______ _______ ______________ that many people — especially adults who are no longer in school — struggle to find.
struggle
to experience difficulty and make a very great effort in order to do something.

1. However, mastering a new language requires time and resources that many people — especially adults who are no longer in school — ______________ to find
annually
makes something available once every year.

1. Our company EF Education First _______ releases the world's largest study of English proficiency in various countries and industries.
2. The company creates profits of more than $1 million _______.
3. The marketing expenses exceed $2 million _______.
4. We will _______ review the policies of each department.
release
the act of making information available to the public.

1. Our company EF Education First annually _______ the world's largest study of English proficiency in various countries and industries.
2. The research firm annually _______ its global report every January.

Collocations:
__________ information
__________ financial information
__________ facts
__________ figures
proficiency
great skill, ability, and experience.

1. Our company EF Education First annually releases the world's largest study of English ______________ in various countries and industries.
2. This job requires high ______________ in at least two languages.
3. Your goal is to greatly increase your business English ______________.
4. She has great technical ______________ as a computer programmer.
multinational
involving several different countries, or (of a business) producing and selling goods in several different countries.

1. For the past eight years, education ministries, ______________ companies, and universities have used the EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) to help them understand how their approaches to teaching English — and business English, in particular — stack up against competitors.
approach
a way of doing something

1. For the past eight years, education ministries, multinational companies, and universities have used the EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) to help them understand how their ______________ to teaching English — and business English, in particular — stack up against competitors. 2. Collocations:Marketing ___________, hands-on ___________, innovative ___________.
particular
special or single, or this and not any other.

1. Exposure to authentic materials not only helps with language proficiency, but it can also enhance your knowledge of a ______________ field.
2. For the past eight years, education ministries, multinational companies, and universities have used the EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) to help them understand how their approaches to teaching English — and business English, in ______________ — stack up against competitors
stack up
Comparing another thing of a similar type.

1. For the past eight years, education ministries, multinational companies, and universities have used the EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) to help them understand how their approaches to teaching English — and business English, in particular — _______ _____ _________ competitors.
2. Unfortunately, revenue this year _______ _______ __________ to the previous year's revenue.
3. How does the pricing of this new product _______ ____ __________ our current pricing?
4. We only want to introduce new products that _______ _____ _____________ to existing products in the market.
map
to use a diagram or a chart to show data/trends.

1. This research has helped us _______ global trends in English learning.
again and again
many times

1. Over the years, we have found, _______ ______ ________, that a country's English proficiency correlates closely with metrics of innovation and overall economic well-being.
correlates with
If two or more facts, numbers, etc. have a relationship between them.

1. Over the years, we have found, again and again, that a country's English proficiency ______________ closely _______ metrics of innovation and overall economic well-being.
2. The company has realized that the new advertising campaign hasn't ____________ _________ increased sales.
3. Studies have shown that smoking is highly ________ ______ cancer.
metric
a set of numbers that give information about a particular process or activity.

1. Over the years, we have found, again and again, that a country's English proficiency correlates closely with ______________ of innovation and overall economic well-being.
2. Do you have any ______________ on the rate of our customers using this service?
3. The company uses many cost ______________ and financial ______________ in analyzing its data.
innovation
the development of new products, designs, or ideas.

1. Over the years, we have found, again and again, that a country's English proficiency correlates closely with metrics of ______________ and overall economic well-being.
2. Recent ______________ in technology have made many things easier to do.

3. Collocations: financial___________
technical __________
organizational __________
product _________________
well-being
The state of feeling healthy, safe and happy.

1. Over the years, we have found, again and again, that a country's English proficiency correlates closely with metrics of innovation and overall __________ ___________.
2. Maintaining a strong ___________ __________ is important for all companies.
excel at something
to be extremely good at something.

1. While some global companies ______________ _______ cultivating English-speaking workforces, others flounder.
2. The company ______________ _______ low-cost manufacturing.
3. Our competitors ______________ in developing innovative products.
cultivate
To try to develop or improve something.

1. While some global companies excel in ______________ English-speaking workforces, others flounder.
2. She ______________ business relationships in 10 different international cities.
3. It can take years of ______________ a successful culture within a company.
flounder
to experience great difficulties or be completely unable to decide what to do or say next.

1. While some global companies excel in cultivating English-speaking workforces, others ______________.
2. During a recession, the economy will ______________.
3. The company has ______________ for the past five years, as it has had very poor leadership.
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