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What can you observe?

Comparison of the Total Sales Division charts for 2009 and 2013.

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thief

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shark

Other team loses 25 points!

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shark

Other team loses 15 points!

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lifesaver

Give 25 points!

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baam

Lose 20 points!

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gift

Win 20 points!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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True or false? Break even means to reach a point when profits are equal to costs.

True.

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Give 3 more ways to say "increase" (verb)

rise, grow, climb, peak, improve

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cut back or a cutback or cut down? 'The government has announced plans to _________ the expenses by 10 percent next year.

cut back

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Describe the chart you see.

Sales are steadily rising from 2009 to 2013. The sales in 2009 are slightly under $500,000. Sales in 2011 are a little above $600,000.

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gift

Win 20 points!

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lifesaver

Give 10 points!

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What are the different ways to clarify things in English? Give an example.

In other words, To put it another way, to put it differently, to rephrase, to explain

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True or false? Cut corners means to earn and spend equal amount of money

False. Cut corners means to save money by doing something in the most affordable way.

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Can you intensify this sentence? This is interesting.

very interesting / very very interesting / incredibly interesting, fascinating

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Give an example in a sentence using 'cost an arm and a leg'.

Nice!

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cut off or cut yourself off? 'Dan suffers from post-traumatic stress after joining the army. He has ______________ off from his family and friends.'

cut himself off

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Use qualifying adverbs to describe sales in 2010 and 2012.

In 2010 sales nearly hit $600,000. Sales are slightly above $600,000 in 2012.

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Continue this sentence: 'The CEO was asking about the latest sales report. As a matter of fact,.......'

Great!

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Give 3 more ways to say "decrease" (verb)

fall, decline, drop, reduce

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