Vocabulary
Complete
these sentences using the words in the box plus one of these prefixes:un-, out-, over-, up-.
1.
Continuing to operate when you have little
prospect of paying your creditors or you employees in known as overtrading
and it’s illegal
2.
Delivery of the consignment we ordered is
there days…….. , and this is playing havoc with our production schedules.
3.
Fortunately, we’ve gained a temporary
reprieve from the cashflow problem, as the bank has granted us an extension to
our……….
4.
Frankly, I wouldn’t buy thay factory site for
that price, I think it’s grossly….
5.
I’m a bit short of cash at the moment, as
I’ve had so many….. this month.
6.
The product is available in a wide rang of
retail………… throughout the city.
7.
They’ve moved their products…….. to take into
account changes in consumer tastes.
8.
We have decide not to take disciplinary
action as a result of your…..
9.
Aw want you to enjoy working for us, so let
us know if we’re putting you under…. Pressure, and we’ll see what we can do to
relieve it.
10. What
was the…… of your negotiations with the Canadian company yesterday?
11. Investing
in a new computer system would represent a considerable…. For a small firm like
ours.
12. The
insist on us making an initial payment……. Before they suplly us with any of the
goods.
Combine works from box A words from box
B to form business collocations, in some cases, more than one combinations is
possible.

A B
Complete
these sentences with collocations from exercise 2. ( you wont’t be able to use
all the collocations you formed).
1.
The new suppliers require us to make a cash
payment for the firs consignment.
2.
The position would suit someone with
experience in office administration and advanced……………
3.
You wil have to pay…. If you exceed the…… on
your overdraft.
4.
The high prices we have to pay for raw
materials is a……… of our industry’s lack of competitiveness.
5.
The…… mean it is unlikely that we will submit
a tender for this particular.
6.
The bank sent me a pretty stiff letter after
I ran up an……
7.
I hope you don’t’t think we’re putting you
under….. to complete this project.
8.
You should check new customers…… before
supplying them with goods.
Reading
Read this email to a business friend. Choose the more
informal option for each pair of phrases in italics.
1 I wonder if you reall / do you remember a certain customer, lockes and and Hart Ltd, 2I put you onto/ I recommended to you 3 two years ago / a couple of years back?
I ask because we are 4 at present / now 5 having / experiencing
difficulty 6 getting
them to pay / in extracting payment.
And I was wondering 7 if /
whether you were 8 having / undergoing similar problems. In
fact, we have an invoice for paper products we sent them which is now nine
months overdue 9 for / to the tune of $38,000. 10 we’ve told / we have notified them that 11 we’ve not going to / we
are unwilling to supply them with 12 any further goods / anything else and 13 we are /
we’re now beginning to 14 think of
/ consider 15 taking them to court / legal action.
16 in addition, it is proving difficult to make
contact with them / even talking to them is hard because 17 sometimes
/ on occasions they 18 don’t / fail to answer the phone, and
even when they do, they 19 inform us that / say the person in
accounts whose 20 responsibility / job it
is to pay incvoices 21 isn’t available / is unavailable, 22
with the result that / so 23 the whole thing / the situations is 24 getting pretty frustrating / giving rise to
a certain amount of frustration.
I ask partly because you may be in a similar situation
and you might know something about their circumstances which we 25 are
unaware of / don’t know and also to warn you if 26 you’re still selling to them / you are doing business with them.
Also, because 27 we don’t have much / we lack experience
of this 28 type of situation / sort of thing, I 29 handle / deal with
this 30 for us /
on our behalf,
Please let me know any information you have on them.
Best
wishes,
Angela
Answer
key
1.
Overtrading
2.
Overdue
3.
Overdraft
4.
Overvalued
5.
Outgoings
6.
Outlets
7.
Upmarket
8.
Unauthorized
9.
Undue
10. Outcome
11. Outlay
12. Upfront
Suggest answers
Bookkeeping skills, cash
constraints, cash limit, cash payment, credit limit, credit worthiness,
overdue, payment, punitive bank charges, root cause, time constraints, time
limit, unauthorized overdraft, unauthorized payment, undue pressure.
1.
Cash payment
2.
Bookkeeping skills
3.
Punitive bank charges;credit limit
4.
Root cause
5.
Time constraints
6.
Unauthorized overdraft
7.
Undue pressure
8.
Credit worhiness
Reading
1.
Do you remember
2.
I put you onto
3.
A couple of years back
4.
Now
5.
Having
6.
Getting them to pay
7.
If
8.
Having
9.
To the tune of
10. We’ve
told
11. We’re
not going to
12. Anything
else
13. We’re
14. Think
of
15. Taking
them to court
16. Even
talking to them is hard
17. Sometimes
18. Don’t
19. Say
20. Job
21. Isn’t
available
22. So
23. The
whole thing
24. Getting
pretty frustrating
25. Don’t
know
26. You’re
still selling to them
27. We
don’t have much
28. Sort
of thing
29. Deal
with
30. For
us
Souce : Brook-Hart G.-Business Benchmark Advanced Personal SB
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