Master English: Phrasal Verbs, Conditionals, and More
Phrasal Verbs
- Break up: To end a relationship.
- Pop into: To visit briefly.
- Fall out: To quarrel.
- Stay away from: To avoid.
- Get on with: To have a good relationship.
- Add together: To sum.
- Get over: To recover.
- Add up: To calculate.
- Get together: To meet.
- Make up: To reconcile.
- Stand up: To fail to meet someone.
- Take after: To resemble.
- Dress up: To wear elegant clothes.
- Pay for: To give money for something.
- Drop out: To abandon.
- Put on: To wear.
- Take off: To remove clothing.
- Take back: To return.
- Try on: To test clothes.
Business English: Key Terms, Phrases, and Grammar
Essential Business English Vocabulary
Aim: Objective
Advice: Counsel
Affordable: You can afford it
Baggage: Luggage
Behalf: In the name of
Belief: Belief
Brakes on: It can put the brakes on growth
Bill: Account
Brakes: Group together
Budget: Budget
Bed-night: Motel
Casual labor: Unskilled labor
CEO (Chief Executive Officer): Executive Director
Corporate client: Corporate client
Custom: Custom
Consultant: Assistant
Cost-cutting: Cost reduction
Decline: Decrease
Demanding: Demanding situation
Digress:
English Language Practice: Exercises and Solutions
English Exercises
1) Three times a week. 2) He is playing a video game. 3) She stayed in her bed. 4) Maxie has written about 25 songs. 5) He put a video of his band on YouTube. 6) He has been to 6 countries. 7) Caroline goes to art galleries with her twin sister, Mary. 8) Caroline’s husband is happy when he is cooking. 9) They are visited by their grandchildren.
1) Drama club: to act/perform. 2) Book club: to read. 3) Animation club: to animate. 4) Glee club: singing and dancing.
1) F: is a comedy.
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Mastering English Writing: A Comprehensive Guide
1. Describing a Person
P1 – Age, family, work/study. P2 – Personality (positive traits). P3 – Hobbies and interests. P4 – Any negative traits.
- He likes/loves/doesn’t mind + verb + -ing
- She’s happy to + infinitive
- He’s good with children/at making new friends
- She is a bit/really/very/quite/incredibly friendly/shy/forgetful/independent/responsible
2. Writing an Informal Email
- Hi + name/ Dear + name (formal)
- Sorry for not writing earlier, but…
- Thank you/
International Trade, Events, and Business Communications
International Trade
Key aspects of international trade:
- Finished merchandise
- Certificate of manufacture
- Issue a pro forma invoice
- Letter of credit
- Bill of lading
- Arrange shipment
- Goods are held in a bonded warehouse until…
- Going through Customs
- The flow of goods
- Duties applied to imports
- Freight of cargo
- Inspection shows…
- The required standards
- The supplier provides…
- Check the contents
- The payment will…
- Seller meets requirements…
- To arrange transport
- Merchandise at all times
- Most trade is governed by…
- Incoterms
- The
English Exercises: Grammar and Vocabulary Practice
English Grammar and Vocabulary Practice
7. There is a nice cathedral in the city.
8. There is not a computer.
9. Is there a doctor in your family? There is.
10. Whose schoolbag is this? It’s his.
11. Whose laptop is this? It’s hers.
12. Whose cell phone is this? It’s hers.
13. I need a new dress. I need a new one.
14. Those red balls aren’t yours. Those red ones.
15. Which is Dora? The short one.
16. Everybody came early the first day of school.
17. There were people everywhere downtown.
18. Everything has
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