Explain the meaning of "be on a knife edge" and make a sentence.

Small firms tend to be the ones without (continuancy/contingency/competency) plans.

Explain the meaning of "be a steep learning curve" and make a sentence.

Explain the meaning of "a stark choice" and make a sentence.

Riskline is a privately-owned consulting firm that provides guidance to mitigate travel risk (exposure/experience/exercise).

Typically, sales (trail/track/train) off as consumers wait for the new model to launch.

Explain the meaning of "be a gamble" and make a sentence.

She’s raising two kids, holding down a full-time job, and trying to maintain some (semblance/sameness/similarity) of a personal life.

It is especially unwilling to (incure/occur/recur) such risks for the sake of a product for which it knows there is little, if any, real demand.

Explain the meaning of "semblance of normality" and make a sentence.

Explain the meaning of "scale back" and make a sentence.

Other (back/cue/core) competencies of the company are facility, service and account management.

He felt utterly (desperate/daunted/drawn) by the prospect of moving to another country.