Voc for the second exam

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This set of flashcards helps learn English at an advanced level, focusing on business and academic vocabulary. The flashcard set covers terms like "currency," "invoices," and "reputation," essential for understanding financial and professional contexts. The platform supports backward learning, allowing users to practice from the target language to the source language. Ideal for students, professionals, and exam takers, these vocabulary flashcards enhance fluency and prepare learners for real-world communication and standardized tests.

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English

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Created / Updated

03.01.2016 / 04.01.2016

jeopardise

to put something such as a plan or system in danger of being harmed or damaged:

maintain

to keep in good condition

promote

to raise (to a higher rank or position)

restore

to repair (a building, a painting, a piece of furniture etc) so that it looks as it used to or ought to

resume

to begin again after stopping

sever

to put an end to

sour

sour milk, a special taste

strengthen

getting stronger

undermine

to weaken (eg a person’s health or authority)

impolite

reputation

the opinion which people in general have about a person etc, a persons’s abilities etc

suppliers

a company, person, etc. that provides things that people want or need, especially over a long period of time:

joint venture

a business or business activity that two or more people or companies work on together:

unimaginative

not new, original, or clever; not showing any imagination

trade delegations

a group of government officials and company executivesfrom a particular country that visits another country to meetsimilar people in order to sell to companies there:

hostile

a hostile bid or takeover is one in which a company tries to buy another company whose shareholders do not want to sell.

certain

true or without doubt, sure

invoices

a list of things provided or work done together with theircost, for payment at a later time

currency

the money (notes and coins) of a country, währung

foreign

belonging to a country other than one’s own

accuracy

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exactly right, making no mistakes, genau

awareness

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knowing; informed; conscious,

bewusst sein über

extensive

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to make longer or larger,

ausdehnen, "einen grossen wortschatz"

accent

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a special way of pronouncing words in a particular area etc

articulate

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to speak or pronounce,

deutlich aussprechen

focused

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giving a lot of attention to one particular thing

reserved

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to ask for or order to be kept for the use of a particular person, often oneself

coherent

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clear and logical

hesitant

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to be unwilling (to do something) eg because one is not sure it is right,

zögern

responsive

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to answer with words, a reaction, gesture etc,

eager to react and communicate

eloquent

the power of expressing feelings or thoughts in words thatimpress or move other people

inhibited

to hold back, verklemmt

sensitive

(usually with aboutor to) easily hurt or offended

extrovert

(a person) more interested in what happens around him than his own ideas and feelings

persuasive

to make (someone) (not) do something, by arguing with him or advising him,

überreden,

goot at influencing people

succinct

concise and clearly expressed,

to the point

rambling

to speak in an aimless or confused way

vague

not clear, distinct or definite, unclear

concise

brief but comprehensive ->succinct

reluctant

unwillig, reserved

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encourage

to give support, confidence or hope to

establish

to found; to set up (eg a university, a business)

foster

to look after for a period of time; to bring up a child that is not one’s own,

to encourage or give help to (ideas etc)

jeopardise

to put something such as a plan or system in danger of being harmed or damaged:

maintain

to keep in good condition

promote

to raise (to a higher rank or position)

restore

to repair (a building, a painting, a piece of furniture etc) so that it looks as it used to or ought to

resume

to begin again after stopping

sever

to put an end to

sour

sour milk, a special taste

strengthen

getting stronger

undermine

to weaken (eg a person’s health or authority)

impolite

reputation

the opinion which people in general have about a person etc, a persons’s abilities etc

suppliers

a company, person, etc. that provides things that people want or need, especially over a long period of time:

joint venture

a business or business activity that two or more people or companies work on together:

unimaginative

not new, original, or clever; not showing any imagination

trade delegations

a group of government officials and company executivesfrom a particular country that visits another country to meetsimilar people in order to sell to companies there:

hostile

a hostile bid or takeover is one in which a company tries to buy another company whose shareholders do not want to sell.

certain

true or without doubt, sure

invoices

a list of things provided or work done together with theircost, for payment at a later time

currency

the money (notes and coins) of a country, währung

foreign

belonging to a country other than one’s own

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