Engleski Za Ekonomiste 2/lesson 3

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career break

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a short period of time when you do not work in your usual job or profession

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career prospects

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the possibilities of getting promoted in your work

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careerist

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someone whose career is more important than anything else so that they will do whatever is necessary to be successful

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career woman

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a woman whose career is very important to her

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career counselor

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someone whose job is to give people advice about what jobs and professional training might be suitable for them

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career structure

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the way your career is built

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career move

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something you do to make progress in your career, sometimes not directly related to your job

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career change

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when you start completely different job or profession

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career path

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the opportunities that you have to move upwards in your job or profession

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career ladder

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if you work very hard you can work your way up this

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to implement (business jargon)

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to do

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to utilize (business jargon)

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to use

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a paradigm (business jargon)

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a model or typical example of something

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to empower (business jargon)

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to give more control

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to dialogue (business jargon)

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to talk to someone

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onion skinning (business jargon)

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attacking a problem layer by layer

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to diarise (business jargon)

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to schedule events in chronological order

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analysis paralysis (business jargon)

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planning in detail but failing to act

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to rectify (business jargon)

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to correct

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to ballpark (business jargon)

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to estimate

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to carve out a niche (business idioms)

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a person or company who focuses on a particular segment of a market

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clinch a deal (business idioms)

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reach agreement on a proposal or offer

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cut and dried (business idioms)

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a situation that is considered clear and straightforward

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do the spadework (business idioms)

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do the preparatory work or the preliminary research for something

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copper-bottomed (business idioms)

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a plan a contract or a financial arragement that is completely safe or reliable

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have all your eggs in one basket (business idioms)

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situation in which you depend on one plan or one source of income

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down the drain (business idioms)

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money time or effort which has been wasted or lost

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hiring out (business phrasal verbs)

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allow someone to use something temporarily in exchange for money

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team up (business phrasal verbs)

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join a group to do something together

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write off (business phrasal verbs)

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accept that a sum of money will not be repaid

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measure up (business phrasal verbs)

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have the necessary abilities or skills

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stay behind (business phrasal verbs)

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remain in a place when other people leave it

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draw up (business phrasal verbs)

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compose prepare a draft or version of

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contract out (business phrasal verbs)

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give work to another company

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cash up (business phrasal verbs)

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count all the money at the end of a business day

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wound up (business phrasal verbs)

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closed

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drum up (business phrasal verbs)

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attract

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back up (business phrasal verbs)

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provide support

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booked up (business phrasal verbs)

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reserve

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bring forward (business phrasal verbs)

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change the date or time so that something happens earlier than planned

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talk over (business phrasal verbs)

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DISCUSS

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pencil in (business phrasal verbs)

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make a provisional appointment for a meeting