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| Flashcards | 245 |
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| Language | English |
| Category | English |
| Level | Other |
| Created / Updated | 03.08.2014 / 13.10.2017 |
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an etwas festhalten
to adhere to sth.
speculate on where the market is heading
sentence
to talk or wirte about oneself in a proud way
to brag about sth.
with stock markets falling by 22% by late 2002.
nice sentence
to get an credit from a bank
for loan you obtain it from a bank.
seven times
sevenfold
One honored or awarded a prize for great achievements (like the Nobel price)
a Nobel laureate
a company buys all shareholders shares at a certain price (higher than the marke price).
takeover bid (friendly or hostile)
when a company buys as many shares as possible on the stock market, hoping to gain a majority.
a raid
if a company does not want to be taken over from a specific company, they can check other companys (whats the name for them?) from whom they would prefer to be bought by.
white knight
defending your company by issuing new shares, what makes the takeover more expensive.
this act is a posion pill
So. owns shares in a company
(nice sentence)
to diversify into sth.
(nice sentence)
to stop investing in sth.
to dipose of sth.
sth. or so. has a stake in a company.
to have a holding in a company.
someone how is risk-taking and gets for it a lot of credit (positiv attitude)
entrepreneurial
chief executive officer (CEO), president
managing director (MD), chairman
The board of directors consists of executive directors and non-executive directors.
(executive are coming from inside the firm and non-executive are people from other firms and just members of our board of directors).
another word for strike
stoppage
the workforce refers to those working on the ...
shop floor
the chief of a departement
departement head
talking without any content/meaning
talking without substance
to have some kind of skepticism, pessimistic (zynisch, misstrauisch sein)
cynical (cynic, cynicism)
it's rather warm than cold, but still not really warm.
lukewarm
to bleed money (so you have to pay a gigantic amount)
to hemorrhaging money
to be close to failure, collapse or ruin z.B. stockmarket prices.
Stockmarket prices are teetering on the edge of collapse
wordformation "controversial"
non-controversial, controversy, controverter (Polemiker)
fotogen
photogenic
take it under advicement
sentence
If your boss sacks you, so you are asked to go on holiday.
on furlough
The kidnappers want a ... before letting the hostages free
ransom
whats the most ... memory from your childhood?
vivid memory
We had to clean our flat thoroughly
gründlich
You can't let the Chinese become your enemy
You can't antagonize the Chinese
it's your choice or fi just one organization has the authority to print money and coins
prerogative and coinage prerogative
that would automatically (alternativlos, zwangshaft) result in...
that would constrained result in...
to say that someone was born and grew up in a particual place which is usually still the place to be.
born and bred in Switzerland.
when sth. will no longer be considered as an option an idea is therefore...
ruled out
kursiv geschrieben
in italics
verb from incentives
to incentivize
