WORD LIST FOR UNIT 2
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 454.
Look through the list of words carefully. Translate all the terms and be ready to explain them in English. Learn the terms and be sure you know how to use them.
| Page/ source | Terms and expressions | Translation or explanation | |||
| p. 14 | Corporation (n), corporate (adj.) | ||||
| Cultivate(v) | |||||
| Alliance (n) | |||||
| Viable (adj.) | |||||
| Vigour (n) | |||||
| Resistance (n) | |||||
| p.15 | Cultured(adj.) | ||||
| Cumulate (v), cumulative (adj.) | |||||
| Cutting-edge (adj.) | |||||
| Courtesy (n) | |||||
| p.16 | Work environment | ||||
| Ethnic culture | |||||
| Senior management | |||||
| Definition (n) | |||||
| Peculiar (adj.) | |||||
| Assignment (n) | |||||
| p.17 | Pre-existing culture | ||||
| Value (n) | |||||
| National boundaries | |||||
| Belief (n) | |||||
| Common behaviour | |||||
| World-renowned guru | |||||
| Research spanning decades | |||||
| Assumption (n) | |||||
| Take for granted | |||||
| Naturally occurring (ex. phenomenon) | |||||
| Affirm (v) | |||||
| Artefact (n) | |||||
| Entrepreneurialism (n) | |||||
| Restructuring (n) | |||||
| Assert (v) | |||||
| (Un)Conscious (adj.) (ex. of the cultures) | |||||
| Visible (adj.) | |||||
| Ibidem (Latin) (ibid.) | |||||
| p.19 | Carbon-neutral product | ||||
| Quality assurance | |||||
| Make smb redundant | |||||
| Legislation (n) | |||||
| Impose (v) (ex. biting taxes on smb) | |||||
| Product life cycle | |||||
| Keep one step ahead of the competition | |||||
| Associated training | |||||
| Disseminate (v) | |||||
| Performance-related pay | |||||
| Piecemeal (adj.) (ex. initiatives) | |||||
| Outsourcing (n) | |||||
| Pay incentives | |||||
| Et al (Latin) | |||||
| Rumours and misinformation | |||||
| Embrace (v) (ex. change) | |||||
| Evidence (n) (ex. Real world…) | |||||
| Distinctive (adj.) (ex. company culture) | |||||
| Inevitable (adj.) | |||||
| p. 20 | Bold (adj.) (ex. words) | ||||
| Substantial (adj.) | |||||
| Plagiarism (n) | |||||
| Text 1 | Diversity | ||||
| Prejudice | |||||
| Adverse | |||||
| Dimension | |||||
| Heterogeneous (ex. group) | |||||
| Awareness | |||||
| Nurture, v | |||||
| Flourish | |||||
| Prevailing | |||||
| Text 2 | Go bust | ||||
| Obsolete | |||||
| Three-pronged (ex.strategy) | |||||
| Acquisition (ex. spree) | |||||
| Complacency | |||||
| Text 3 | Immerse, v | ||||
| Leverage, v | |||||
| Joint venture | |||||
| Subtlety | |||||
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