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ENGLISH DAY 31

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    VOCAB
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  • The company's PCs are sold by computer RESELLERS and distributors. Ticket RESELLERS once hired teenagers to stand in line to buy tickets for big events.
    a company that buys products from manufacturers and sells them to customers (COMMERCE)
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  • MULCH=> MULCH around the base of the roses (Put mulch on or around something)
    a covering of decaying leaves that is spread over the soil in order to keep water in it or to improve it
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  • (A person's name&other facts abt who 'ey r)/(Fact f bein,o feelin tht u r, a particular type f person,org,etc.;the qualities tht make a person,org, etc different fm others)/Here, there is a complete IDENTITY btw his theology & his pratice
    The informant was given a new IDENTITY for protection/ I think my job gives me a sense of IDENTITY/ The fact f bein o feelin the same (FML)
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  • You will need to show IDENTIY documents. Anyone can create an account with no IDENTITY verification=> IDENTITY CARD
    showing or proving who someone is
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  • For some people, becoming a parent can bring on an IDENTITY CRISIS
    a feeling of being uncertain about who or what you are
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  • It takes half an hour for the medication to KICK IN (IFML)/ We should be able to get him a nice retirement present if we all KICK IN (US)
    start to have an effect or to happen/ Give something, especially money or help, together with others
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  • Following the bomb scare at the airport, the staff have been warned to be extra VIGILANT=> The VIGILANCE of a mother fox protects her young from danger.
    always being careful to notice things, especially possible danger
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  • The amount f time taken fo ST t happen aftr a vehicle,an instruction,o an order fo goods arrives at a place/ An occasion whn a business,plan,o system suddenly becomes successful/Business was up over 40% in a dramatic TURNAROUND from last ye
    TURNAROUND time for each order is, on average, 4 days/ The CEO was responsible for the TURNAROUND in the company's fortunes/ A positive change; improvement
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  • TURNAROUND MANAGEMENT (MANAGEMENT)
    the management methods needed or used to change a failing organization into a successful one
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  • Going to business school is no longer considered an essential rung on the way to the top of the CORPORATE LADDER
    a series of increasingly important jobs that someone can do within a company
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  • Thousands of refugees are living in MAKESHIFT camps.
    temporary and of low quality, but used because of a sudden need
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  • (US) INTERMISSION/ The Sonics led by only two points at INTERMISSION (US)
    a short period between the parts of a play, film, concert, etc/ a period between parts of a game when the players rest and people watching can leave their seats
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  • (IT) The licence type you choose will depend on the number of people requiring CONCURRENT ACCESS
    the fact of allowing more than one user to use a computer system at the same time
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  • (In business)a situation in whch a person o group buys all the shares belongin t a company & so gets control f it/ The act of buying all or part of a company from the people who own it
    A management BUYOUT/ The law firm was active in management BUYOUTS, mergers, and acquisitions.
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  • They were punished with unusual RIGOR/ Her arguments lacked intellectual RIGOR (FML)/ She studied ways to improve academic RIGOR in high schools=> They survived THE RIGORS OF the winter (The unpleasant o severe conditions f ST)
    The fact tht ppl r made t follow rules in a very severe way/ The quality f bein detailed,careful,& complete/ High standards (FML)
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  • RIGOROUS testing/checking/ The RIGOROUS controls governing the sale of shares
    Careful t look at o consider every part f ST t make certain it is correct o safe/ Controllin behavior in a severe way/
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