Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Chapter 6: Business

community-group of people who live and work with
competitors
customer
law
loss
prices
profit
taxes
wages

customer
enterpreneur
manufacturer-produces or manufactures a product; makes a product
partner
retailer-stores,
supplier-a company that supplies a product, such as a paper supply company
wholesaler-someone who sells products wholesale; large quantities for a low price

BUSINESS WORD COMBINATIONS
Found a company, go bankrupt, go into business, etc. look on p. 144 for more

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

CHAPTER 3.2

Time consuming : taking up a lot of time

Time management : organising your time effectively

Workstation : the place in an office where a person works, especially with a computer

Work-life balance : how much time you spend at work and at home

Spend time : use time doing something

Encourage(v) : to try to persuade someone to do something that you believe would be good

Rapidly(adv) : happening, moving, or acting quickly

Effective(adj) : working well and producing the result that was intended

Query(n-v) : to ask a question

Surgeon(n) : a doctor who does operations

aykut & ahmet

Chapter 3.3 Vocabulary

candidate: someone who is being considered for a job or is competing to be elected
rather: quite, fairly
calm: quiet and without excitement, nervous activity, or strong feeling
hypothetical: based only on an idea or suggestion about what might happen or might be true and not on a real situation
rude: speaking or behaving in a way that is not polite and is likely to offend or annoy people
circumstances: the conditions that affect a situation, action
respond: to react to something that has been said or done
hint: something that you say or do in order to tell someone something in an indirect way, so that they can guess what you mean, a very small amount or sign of something
attitude: the opinions and feelings that you usually have about something
appearance: the way someone or something looks to other people

Samet - Yahya

CP 3.1 vocablary

Manufacturer (n) : The person or company that makes things.
  • Manufacturer exports his products.

Satisfaction (n) : a source and cause of pleasure

  • She gets great satisfaction by preparing different meals for her husband.

syn: achievement, gratification

Candidate (n) : a person who seeking to get a job.

syn: competitor, applicant

Repetitive: something that has been repeated again and again.

Promotion (n): a moving up in position or rank

syn: rise

Challening (n) : making one go through much effort

Essential (adj) : completely necessary

syn: vital, indispensable ant: unimportant, unnecessary

Desirable (adj) : having pleasing qualities; causing desire; worth having

Flexible (adj) : able to different conditions

Staff (n) : workers employed in a business, school etc.

syn: employees,personnel

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Chapter 5.2


Classified (Adjective): describes information that is officially stated to be secret.
Example:
These documents contain classified material.

Endorsement (noun):
to make a public statement of your approval or support for something or someone.
Example:
The National Executive is expected to endorse these recommendations.

Hand Bill (noun):
Small notices and advertisements.
Example:
You must give these hand bills to people.

Mail Order (noun):
a way of buying goods in which you choose what you want, usually from a catalogue, and it is sent to you.
Example:
I often buy clothes by mail order.

Poster (noun):
a large printed picture, photograph or notice which you stick or pin to a wall or board, usually for decoration or to advertise something.
Example:
We noticed a poster advertising a circus.

TV Commercial (noun):
It is advertisment which is on TV and like a break of a film or soap opera.
Example:
I hate TV commercials which are really long.

Wall Painting (noun):
A colourful image on stone.
Example: In İstanbul you can see many wall paintings.

Word-of-mouth:
Passing messages from one person to another orally.
Example: I heard about this mp3 players advertisement by word-of-mouth.

Promote (verb):
to encourage the popularity, sale, development or existence of something.
Example:
Advertising companies are always having to think up new ways to promote products.

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5.3(Advertisers targeting young people)

concern:(noun)something you worry about
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SELİN and PINAR

chapter 4.1

fall behind: be backward, be slow,
inclusive: including
confusing: causing confusion; bewildering; embarrassing
fully-supported: smt/smbdy helping you
accelerated: quickened
pick up: take and lift upward
get by: pass or move in front of
catch on: understanding
keep up with: go at the same speed as a person or thing
slang: informal words

a-lee & arslan