Essential English Vocabulary: Words, Phrases, and Meanings
Vocabulary for Describing Incidents & Risks
- Attack (Atacar): The shark attacked me in Hawaii.
- Blackmail (Chantaje): My dad made me blackmail someone using the clothing.
- Gang (Cuadrilla): Those boys are from my brother’s gang.
- Ransom (Rescate): The group paid the ransom because one of their members had fallen.
- Lightning (Rayo): Yesterday, lightning struck.
- Falling (Caer): I fell down the stairs.
- Scalded (Quemarse): I scalded myself with the water yesterday.
- Crushed (Triturar): My mum crushed the garlic
Victorian Era Milestones and Whitechapel Mysteries
The 1880s: A Decade of Innovation and Change
Key Events and Inventions (Page 5)
Exercise 1: Historical Milestones
- 1885: First modern bicycle; Benz’s three-wheeled vehicle that used petrol.
- 1886: Coca-Cola appears; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde published.
- 1887: Dunlop’s pneumatic tyre; Sherlock Holmes introduced; Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee.
- 1888: Stage play of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Berliner’s gramophone; First Kodak box camera; Whitechapel murders begin.
Exercise 2: Open Answers (Page 5)
Open answers.
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Read MoreEnglish Adjectives: Comparative and Superlative Forms
Mastering English Adjectives: Comparative & Superlative Forms
Understanding how to form comparative and superlative adjectives is crucial for describing differences and extremes in English. This document provides a comprehensive list of common adjectives and their comparative and superlative forms, categorized by their formation rules.
1. Regular Adjectives (One or Two Syllables)
Most one-syllable adjectives, and some two-syllable adjectives, form their comparative by adding -er and their superlative
Read MoreAccounting Meeting Invitation & Complaint Resolution
Accounting Department Meeting Invitation
TO: Accounting Team
FROM: Dayana Chasi
SUBJECT: Invitation to Monthly Departmental Meeting
Organizer: Dayana Chasi
Date: 22 March
Start Time: 10:00
End Time: 12:00
Location: Room 28 (3rd floor conference room)
Title: Monthly Departmental Meeting
Message:
Hi everyone,
Our monthly departmental meeting will be a little later because the head of accounting will arrive late from a previous meeting.
It is very important that the entire accounting team attend, as we will explain
Read MoreEssential English Phrases for Business and Daily Life
Common Actions & Terms: (accept, broken, confirm, in stock, form, keep in stock, Pay in monthly installments, reduced, reduction, transfer, transport) collect a Parcel – recoger un paquete, deliver an order – entregar un paquete, deliver point – punto de entrega, enquire – preguntar/consultar, enquiry – consulta, give a quotation – dar una cita, goods – bienes/mercancías/productos, Grow in popularity – ganar popularidad, Guarantee – garantizar, in advance – por adelantado, include – incluir,
Read MoreInternational Firm Management: Strategies and Processes
Managing International Firms: An Integrative Approach
Key ratios in international firm management include the foreign-to-domestic ratio and the foreign-to-total operations ratio. These contribute to the internationalization profile, index, and degree.
Perlmutter’s Orientations
Perlmutter identified four orientations: ethnocentric, polycentric, regiocentric, and geocentric.
Bartlett and Ghoshal’s Strategies
Bartlett and Ghoshal outlined several strategies:
- International: Focus on innovation.
- Multinational: