Business English C1

Exponent

a person able to demonstrate skilfully a particular art or activity (der/die Vertreter(in))

She was an accomplished exponent of Bach’s flute sonatas.›

a person who explains and supports (a theory or belief etc) (der/die Verfechter(in))

He was one of the early exponents of Marxism.

to destroy completely (vernichten)

The epidemic annihilated the population of the town.

annihilation (die Vernichtung)

annihilate  /əˈnaiəleit/ ; annihilation

consider ; considerable ; considerably

to think about (carefully) (nachdenken über)

He considered their comments.› 

to feel inclined towards (in Betracht ziehen)

I’m considering leaving this job.›

to take into account (Rücksicht nehmen auf)

You must consider other people’s feelings.› 

to regard as being (betrachten als): They consider him unfit for that job.

considerable adjective› great (beträchtlich)

considerable wealtha considerable number of people.

considerably adverb› (erheblich) :Considerably fewer people came than I expected.

fond ; fondly ; Fondness ; to be fond of so/sth. / to become fond of so./sth. 

loving (zärtlich) fond looks / a fond husband. 

(of wishes, hopes etc) unlikely to be fulfilled (kühn / töricht)

His fond ambition was to be a film star. ; zärtlich ;

(especially with for) affection, liking (die (Vor)Liebe, Mögen)

her fondness for children. ;

having a liking for (mögen, lieben) - He is very fond of dogs.

Reason ; reasonable ; reasonableness ; reasonably ; reasoning ; have reason to (believe/think etc) ; it stands to reason ; listen to reason ; lose one’s reason ; reason with ; see reason ; within reason

der Grund / die Vernunft - Only man has reason – animals do not.

sensible (vernünftig) / verständig / angemessen

- Is $10 a reasonable price / reasonable people ;

die Verständigkeit ; vernünftig - The meeting was reasonably well attended. ;

the act or process of reaching a decision, conclusion etc

die Argumentation / das Argument - I don’t understand his reasoning at all. ; 

Anlaß haben zu ;  it is obvious or logical (es leuchtet ein) ; 

to allow oneself to be persuaded to do something more sensible than what one was going to do

(Vernunft annehmen) She just won’t listen to reason. ;

to become insane (den Verstand verlieren) ; 

to argue with (a person) in order to persuade him to be more sensible

We tried to reason with the worried mother but... ; (Vernunft annehmen) ; 

within the limits of good sense (innerhalb gewisser Grenzen)

I´ll do anything within reason

deduce /diˈdjuːs/ ; deduction 

to work out from facts one knows or guesses (folgern) -

From the height of the sun, I deduced that it was about ten o’clock. ; 

/diˈdakʃən/ the act of deducing. (die Schlußfolgerung)

not mad (gesund) - in a perfectly sane state of mind. / sensible (vernünftig)

a very sane person. ; sanely (gesund) ;

sanity: the state or quality of being sane (geistige Zurechnungsfähigkeit) -

I am concerned about her sanity.

sane ; sanely ; sanity 

Equity (law) ; Equity ; Return on Equity (Net Income : Shareholder's Equity)

Billigkeit (altmodisch); fairness / justice (Gerechtigkeit) ; Eigenkapitalrendite (Gewinn : Kapitaleinsatz) 

precocious /prɪˈkəʊ.ʃəs/ ; precociousness / precocity

(especially of children) showing mental development or achievement much earlier than usual (frühreif,altklug) -

What a precocious little brat ; precociousness / formal precocity /prɪˈkɒs.ɪ.ti/ (Frühreife)

Intrigue ; intriguing 

the activity of plotting or scheming; a plot or scheme

(die Intrige) - He became president as a result of (a) political intrigue. ;

intriguing curious or amusing (verblüffend) - an intriguing idea.

Commodity ; commodious /kəˈməudiəs/ ; commotion ; uproar ; uproarious ; uproariously ; pledge verb; pledge noun

an article which is bought or sold (die Ware) - household commodities. ;

spacious. (geräumig) ; (a) confused, noisy uproar (der Aufruhr)

He was woken by a commotion in the street. ; (an outbreak of) noise, shouting etc

der Aufruhr - The whole town was in (an) uproar after the football team’s victory. ; 

very noisy, especially with much laughter (stürmisch)

- The team were given an uproarious welcome. ; lärmend ; verpfänden ;

das Versprechen / das Pfand / der Beweis

- They exchanged rings as a pledge of their love.

Gratitude ; grating ; gratuity /ɡrəˈtjuəti/; gratuitous /ɡrəˈtjuətəos/ ; gravel ; grave adj.

the state of feeling grateful (die Dankbarkeit) ; a framework of iron (Gitter) - a grating in the street ; 

a tip (Trinkgeld) ; (unentgeldlich / grundlos) - gratuitous violence / insults ; der Kies ; 

serious dangerous - grave news (ernst), serious sad - grave expression (ernst),

important - a grave decision (schwerwiegend/gravierend)

convey ; conveyance

(COMMUNICATE)to express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by other people -

His poetry conveys a great sense of religious devotion (vermitteln).

If you see James, do convey my apologies (übermitteln) /

(TAKE). formal: to take or carry someone or something to a particular place

- The goods are usually conveyed by sea (etw. befördern) ; 

formal: the process of moving something or someone from one place to another:

- the conveyance of water (Berförderung von etwas)

to keep within limits; to stop from spreading (begrenzen)

They succeeded in confining the fire to a small area.› /

to shut up or imprison (einsperren) ;

confined adjective› (with to) kept in or shut up in (gefesselt)

confined to bed with a cold.› , narrow, small (beschränkt) ; confinement (die Haft)

- solitary confinement / the birth of a child

(die Niederkunft) ; confines /ˈkon-/ noun plural› limits or boundaries

(die Grenze)

- within the confines of the city.

to keep within limits; to stop from spreading (begrenzen)

They succeeded in confining the fire to a small area.› /

to shut up or imprison (einsperren) ;

confined adjective› (with to) kept in or shut up in (gefesselt)

confined to bed with a cold.› , narrow, small (beschränkt) ; confinement (die Haft)

- solitary confinement / the birth of a child

(die Niederkunft) ; confines /ˈkon-/ noun plural› limits or boundaries

(die Grenze)

- within the confines of the city.

confer ; conference Konferenz

confer (with). to consult each other (sich beraten)

- The staff conferred (with the headmaster) about the new timetable /

conferred on. to give (an honour) to someone (verleihen)

- The university conferred degrees on two famous scientists. ;

Konferenz

part company› to go in different directions (sich trennen)

-We parted company at the bus-stop.

-The two business partners parted company following a disagreement. ;

take in good part› to accept without being hurt or offended (gut aufnehmen)

-He took their jokes in good part. ;

take someone’s part› to support someone (in an argument etc) (Partei ergreifen für jemandem)

- She always takes his part in an argument.

part company with each other ; in good part ; take ones part

mock ; mockery ; mocking ; mockingly

to laugh at or cause to seem ridiculous (verspotten) ;

mockery an act of making fun of something (der Spott) ;

mocking (spöttisch) ; mockingly (spöttisch)