BUSINESS ENGLISH ♀ to adapt to: to change one’s habit or behavior in order to get used to with a new place e.g. I’m trying to adapt to the new school. ♀ to evolve from: to change gradually in order to get used to a new situation or place e.g. Fish evolved from sea creatures. ♀ to be diverse: to be very different from each other e.g. we are from diverse cultures. ♀ to be inherent: happening obviously e.g. Is racism an instinctive and inherent feature of human beings? ♀ to bring about: to result in, to cause e.g. His spectacular performance brought about two prizes. ♀ to carry on: to keep doing something e.g. Our young generation will carry on their ancestor’s tradition. ♀ to carry out: to start to do something that is planned e.g. The team is going to carry out the investigation. ♀ to clear up: to make something clearer and easier to understand e.g. We should pressure her to clear up the ambiguities surrounding the tuition. ♀ to come about: to happen unpredictably e.g. What he promised to do will never come about. ♀ to solicit: to ask someone for information e.g. The manger called the meeting to solicit his subordinates’ views on the current problem. ♀ to reprimand: to scold, to tell off e.g. The boss reprimanded me for handing in the project late. ♀ to exceed: to go beyond e.g. His performance exceeded my expectations. ♀ to be impending: to be about to happen, to be incipient e.g. I’m going to take the impending initial test. ♀ to be eligible: to be allowed to do e.g. 18-year-olds are eligible to vote this year. ♀ Increment: a rise in amount of something e.g. I’ve got annual increments of 10% over my month salary. ♀ Incentive: motivation e.g. He’s got some incentives from his parents. ♀ to delineate: to show up, to describe e.g. The book delineated what we had to do. ♀ to impair: to damage, to spoil e.g. The noise impaired my ability to focus on my homework. ♀ to designate: to appoint e.g. He was appointed as a chairman. ♀ to be adequate: to be enough in quantity e.g. She’s got adequate facilities. ♀ to turn up: to arrive e.g. Just some guests had turned up. ♀ to treat someone with derision: to treat someone harshly e.g. She treated me with totally derision. ♀ to accumulate: to collect e.g. We have yet to accumulate enough evidence. ♀ to be affluent: to be very rich, to be wealthy e.g. He’s from an affluent family. ♀ Elite: a group of people that have power and influence e.g. A small political elite has agreed to restrict the government controls. ♀ Prestige: reputation e.g. Her prestige was dismantled by the scandals she made. ♀ to be privileged: to be powerful, social position e.g. He has a privileged background. ♀ to prosper: to grow, to thrive in a successful way e.g. The company plans to prosper from free trade with the US. ♀ to assess: to calculate the value of something e.g. The building was assessed at 20 million dollars. ♀ to be an asset to someone/ something: to be owned by someone/ something e.g. I’m an asset to my company. ♀ to exploit: to make use of something that is available e.g. They are exploiting the amenities of the local convenience store.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 04:21:23 +0000
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