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TOPICS
ESPACIO
INTERACTIVO
Business expressions & numbers
TO GET THROUGH - to manage to do or complete something
TO DEAL WITH - take action to solve a problem, to make business agreements with
PUT SB THROUGH - to make a telephone connection for
CALL BACK - a phone call made to return a call received.
FIGURES - a number, especially one which forms part of official statistics or relates to the financial performance
of a company.
BARE WITH ME – be patient with me
MEET SB HALFWAY - to agree to do part of what someone wants if that person will do part of what you want:
The buyers wanted to bring the price down from $15,000 to $10,000, so I offered to meet them halfway at
$12,500.
HAVE IN MIND - to be thinking of (someone or something)
LEEWAY – margin, allowance
DEADLINE – time or date when something is due
SOMETHING’S COME UP - happen unexpectedly.
MAKE A COMPLAINT - If a guest makes a complaint, they express their dissatisfaction with something.
LOOK INTO IT - to try to discover the facts about something such as a problem or a crime.
GET BACK TO - contact someone later to give a reply or return a message.
RUN THROUGH - review
INVOICE - an itemized list of goods shipped usually specifying the price and the terms of sale
Take and put
PUT UP - INCREASE IN PRICES
2. PUT UP WITH - TO TOLERATE
3. PUT A STOP TO STH - TO END SOMETHING UNPLEASANT.
4. PUT MY ARM AROUND SB - TO PLACE YOUR ARM AROUND
SOMEONE AS IN A HUG OR TO HELP SUPPORT THEM AS IN
SICK OR ELDERLY
5. PUT SB IN CHARGE OF - TO MAKE SOMEONE RESPONSIBLE
OF
6. PUT PRESSURE ON SB - TO TRY TO FORCE SOMEONE TO DO
SOMETHING
7. PUT IT IN YOUR DIARY - MARK IN MY CALENDAR
8. PUT MY FOOT IN IT - ACCIDENTALLY DO OR SAY
SOMETHING WHICH EMBARRASSES OR OFFENDS PEOPLE.
9. PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES - TO IMAGINE HOW YOU
WOULD FEEL OR ACT IF YOU WERE IN THE SAME
SITUATION AS A PARTICULAR PERSON.
10. TAKE STH FOR GRANTED - TO BELIEVE SOMETHING TO BE
THE TRUTH WITHOUT EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT
11. TAKE ISSUE WITH - TO DISAGREE WITH
12. TAKE OFFENSE - TO FEEL HURT AS A RESULT OF
SOMETHING SOMEONE DID OR SAID
13. TAKE PLACE - TO HAPPEN, OCCUR
14. TAKE NO NOTICE - TO IGNORE, PAY NO ATTENTION
15. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY - ACCEPT THE BLAME FOR
SOMETHING
16. TAKE MY ADVICE - RECEIVE MY GUIDANCE, DO WHAT I
SUGGEST
17. TAKE PART IN - TO PARTICIPATE, JOIN IN
18. TAKE A RISK - TO DO SOMETHING THAT MAY RESULT
IN LOSS, FAILURE, ETC.
19. TAKE CRITICISM - THE ABILITY OF A PERSON TO
ACCEPT CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS FOR IMPROVEMENT
20. TAKE AGES - TAKE A LONG TIME TO DO SOMETHING
21. TAKE YOUR MIND OFF STH - TO STOP YOU FROM
WORRYING OR THINKING ABOUT A PROBLEM OR PAIN
22. TAKE YOUR TIME - NOT TO HURRY
23. TAKE IT EASY - PROCEED CALMLY AND IN A RELAXED
MANNER
24. TAKE THINGS TOO PERSONALLY - TO BE OFFENDED OR
UPSET BY WHAT SOMEONE SAID
25. take something back - retract or withdraw
something you said; return an item to a store
26. take something in - to understand completely
the meaning or importance of something
27. take off - enjoy sudden success
28. take somebody on - to employ somebody
29. take over - to take control of something
30. put something out - make something stop
burning, extinguish
31. put somebody off - cause somebody not to want
something or to do something
32. put something away - to tidy up, to put
something in the place where you usually keep it
33. put something on - put clothing/accessories on
your body; play music on a device
Antonyms
SINCERE – INSINCERE, FAKE
TINY - HUGE, ENORMOUS, MASSIVE
HAPPINESS – UNHAPPINESS, SADNESS, MISERY
GUILTY – INNOCENT, NOT GUILTY
SAFE – UNSAFE, DANGEROUS, RISKY
ALLOW – DISALLOW, FORBID, PROHIBIT, BAN
IMPROVE – GET WORSE, DETERIORATE
SUCCESS – FAILURE
MATURE – IMMATURE, JUVENILE, CHILDISH
ENCOURAGE – DISCOURAGE, PUT OFF
GENEROUS – STINGY, MEAN, TIGHT
APPEAR – DISAPPEAR, VANISH
SUCCESSFUL – UNSUCCESSFUL
USE – OVERUSE, MISUSE