Awning

Acumen

• skill in making correct decisions and judgments in a particular subject, such as business or politics
• She has considerable business/financial acumen.

To this end

• in order to achieve a particular aim
• He wanted to discuss his position, and arranged a meeting to this end.

sort (v)

division:a separate part of a large organization
the sales division

stow

table(v): to suggest something for discussion

shrinking market share

on the whole

distrubution

... should we require...

• (formal) used when referring to a possible event in the future
• If anyone should ask for me, I'll be in the manager's office.

inception

state lines

handson experience

recession

partnership

in a timely manner

outage

deposit

outgoing/ incoming flights

divert

the premises

layoff: an occasion when a company stops employing someone

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overhead

yield (n.)

• an amount of something positive, such as food or profit, that is produced or supplied
• Crop yields have risen steadily.

quota

monetary unit

deficit

fringe benefits

wage parity agreement

• parity: the state of being equal
• equality, especially of pay or position
• Firefighters are demanding pay parity with police.

itinerary

dispatch

franchise

get to

• You ask where people or things have got to when they do not arrive or are not where you expect them to be and you want to know where they are.
• Where's Annabel got to? She should be here by now.

get through

• to succeed in talking to someone on the phone
• I tried to call her but couldn't get through.

come by

• to get something, using effort, by chance or in a way that has not been explained
• Cheap organic food is still difficult to come by.

get by

• to be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need, such as money
• How can he get by on so little money?

give in

look to sb for sth

• to hope that someone will provide something for you
• They looked to the government for additional support.

look into

come across sth

get in

• (ARRIVE)
• What time did you get in last night?

take up

• occupy time, space, or attention.
• "I don't want to take up any more of your time"

take over

come about

• to happen
• How did the problem come about in the first place?

stand for

• (ACCEPT)
• I wouldn't stand for that sort of behaviour from him, if I were you.

catch on

• to become fashionable or popular
• I wonder if the game will ever catch on with young people?

count on

• depend on
• You can always count on Michael in a crisis.

look out

look through

keep to sth.

run into

take off

put sth off

• to decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later time or date
• The meeting has been put off for a week.

be left out

be cut up

• to be upset
• Philip was very cut up about his grandmother's death.

critique

persistence

electric

• electric: an electric blanket 以電力發動的
• electrical: electrical problems”電力學的”, 或指和電路管線相關
• electron (n) 電子

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• contractor: a company that arranges to supply materials
• contract (v) :make or become shorter ["Do not" often contracts to "don't".]
• contractive (adj)
• contraction (n)

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• designate (v): to choose someone officially
• designator
• designative
• designation

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• speculate (v):to guess possible answers to a question
• speculative
• speculation
• speculator (n) a person who buys goods, property, money, etc. in the hope of selling them at a profit

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• recite: to say a piece of writing aloud
• recipe
• recede: to move further away
• receive

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• expose: UNCOVER
• impose: FORCE
• oppose: to disagree with
• appose: to place something next to sth

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• compose (v): to produce music
• compote (n) :a sweet dish made of cooked fruit
• compost (n): decaying plant material that is added to soil
• comport (v): BEHAVE

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• up (adv) Put those books up on the top shelf.
• rise (v) The balloon rose gently (up) into the air.
• high (adv) The new jet flew much higher than most planes.
• ascent (n) She made her first successful ascent of Everest last year.

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• together (adv) We used to go to yoga together.
• with (prep) I was with Sylvia at the time.
• addition (n) She's young and dynamic and will be a great addition to the team.
• join (v) The island is joined to the mainland by a road bridge.

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• pay (v) How much did you pay for the tickets?
• charge (v) How much do you charge for a haircut and blow-dry?

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• own (v) to have something that legally belongs to you
• possess (v) = to have or own something
• belong to (v) to be someone's property
• properties (n) He owns a number of properties on the south coast.

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• comply (v) to act according to an order
• apply (v) to request something, usually officially
• imply (v) :Are you implying (that) I'm fat?

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• permit: to allow (something) to happen
• admit: to say usually in an unwilling way that you accept or do not deny the truth or existence of (something)
• remit: to send (money) as a payment
• omit: to not include

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• situation: all of the facts, conditions, and events that affect someone or something at a particular time and in a particular place.
• placement: the act of putting something in a particular place
• location: a place
• position: the place where someone or something is in relation to other people or things

construe

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• prominence (n) the state of being important
• promissory (n) [business] a written promise to pay an amount of money
• premise: They were asked to leave the premises.
• promise

wording

reimburse

• to pay someone an amount of money equal to an amount that person has spent
• We will reimburse you for your travel expenses.

profit margins

• A profit margin is the difference between the selling price of a product and the cost of producing and marketing it.

repose

• to rest or lay (something) somewhere
• She reposed her head on a cushion.

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• turn on: Start a machine, light
• turn up: Turn up the volume on the TV
• turn in: Give an assignment to a teacher
• turn out:Have an end result