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Business Speaking B1-B2 Final Revision

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  • Explain the phrase: to eat the frog
    to work at your most important and most difficult task first.
  • Explain the meaning: Having a fixed mindset
    Thinking that a person is highly-skilled and knows everything, doesn't need to develop new knowledge
  • Explain the word: slump
    undergo a sudden severe or prolonged fall in price, value, or amount
  • Explain the word: to empower
    to authorize, enable, permit
  • Explain the phrase: to chip away at
    gradually reduce something to make it less powerful or effective
  • Explain the word: self-aware
    having or showing knowledge and understanding of your own character
  • Explain the phrase: to sack somebody
    BRITISH INFORMAL to tell someone that they can no longer work at their job
  • Explain the meaning: a stalled career
    a career that is not advancing, not growing, does not bring rewards
  • Explain the meaning: Avoiding direction
    Developing a decade long-term vision of the future which doesn't give a clear understanding of the short-term actions to take
  • Explain the phrase: to be laid off
    the one is not employed, usually because there is no work for them to do
  • Explain the meaning: joint venture
    an agreement between two or more companies to share a business project
  • Explain the word: merger
    combination of two or more companies into a single firm
  • Explain the phrase: to hold a grudge against
    to have bad feelings toward somebody who did something wrong to you in the past
  • Explain the word: assertive
    having or showing a confident and forceful personality
  • Explain the meaning: Being derailed by every setback
    Treating any failure as a result of being not a good professional
  • Explain the phrase: to be in time
    to be somewhere just before or at the correct time
  • Explain the word: burnout
    the state of having no energy or enthusiasm because of working too hard
  • Explain the word: resilience
    the personal strength that helps most people cope with stress and recover from adversity and even trauma
  • Explain the word: remuneration
    payment for work done
  • Explain the meaning: EQ (emotional intelligence)
    ability to identify, assess, and control the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups; helps people achieve what they want to achieve
  • Explain the meaning: takeover bid
    an offer to buy shares in order to take over the company
  • Explain the phrase: to make redundant
    fire someone because their job is no longer needed
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