Vocabulary 2

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Questions 1-15.
1. "A word to the wise" means -
a. A quick bit of advice
b. Unwanted advice
c. Unnecessary advice
d. Unelpful advice
 
2. "Customise" means -
a. Pay a kind of tax.
b. Be in the habit of doing.
c. Change to an individual's requirements.
d. Get used to a new situation.
 
3. A "full-time" employee" ....
a. works for just one company.
b. works long hours.
c. does not take holidays.
d. works in the evenings.
 
4. How to you "sweeten a deal"?
a. Bribe somebody.
b. Improve your business relationship.
c. Invite someone to lunch/dinner.
d. Increase what you are offering.
 
5. "I get 45k a year."What does this mean?
a. I am getting fat.
b. I earn £45 000 every year.
c. I have 45 days holiday per year.
d. I have 45 days sick leave per year.
 
6. A "long shot" is -
a. an unpleasant person.
b. an investment for the future.
c. someone who talks too much.
d. something which probably will not happen.
 
7. If you "go for" something, you -
a. decide to try it.
b. are addicted to it.
c. argue about it.
d. take it from someone else.
 
8. If you "punch a time card", you -
a. often get angry.
b. leave a job.
c. are quite old.
d. work regular hours.
 
9. Performance-related pay means -
a. you get more money for good work.
b. you get less money for poor work.
c. your salary is not fixed.
d. A, B, and C.
 
10. When you "jump ship" you -
a. suddenly get good results.
b. you move to another town.
c. go without telling anybody.
d. sell something important.
 
11. Information moves more easily if you have a -
a. swamp.
b. link.
c. obfuscation.
d. breakdown.
 
12. Something valuable or useful is an -
a. encumberance.
b. white elephant.
c. asset.
d. liability.
 
13. "On the spot" can mean -
a. bad-mannered.
b. dirty.
c. immediately.
d. well-planned.
 
14. Something you don't have can be called -
a. irrelevant.
b. lacking.
c. mandated.
d. unfounded.
 
15. Someone who is head-hunted is -
a. stolen from another company.
b. fired from his job.
c. promoted.
d. sent on a training course.
 
 
 
 
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