1- Word
2- Meaning
3- Example
- Build relationships: To develop friendly and successful ways of dealing with other people or companies. Ex: Maria have built good relationships with her clients over time.
-Build your skills: To develop or improve your abilities at work. Ex: If you got the scholarship, you would build your intercultural skills.
- Bustling: Full of people moving around in a busy way, Ex: Her music stores are on bustling shopping streets.
-Buzzing: Full of excitement and activity. Ex: Jaco is buzzing almost everyday.
- Down-to-earth: Sensible and practical in a way that is helpful and friendly. Ex: My boss is very intelligent, he has studied economic sciences over many years, but he is also down-to-earth.
-Easy-going: Relaxed and happy to accept things without worrying or getting angry. Ex: My teacher is easy-going about homeworks.
- Form an opinion: To decide what you think of something or somebody. Ex: I did not really know Katherine to form an opinion about her.
- Gather that: To understand from what you hear that something is the case. Ex: He gathered that she was pretty old than him.
-Give an insight: To help you understand what something is like. Ex: The conference gave me a great insight about intercultural skills.
-Infrastructure: The basic systems and services that are necessary for a country or an organization to run smoothly, for example: buildings, transport, water and power supplies. Ex: Costa Rica needs to improve educational infrastructure to reach its goals as a country.
- Keep an open mind: To be willing to accept new ideas or change your opinion. Ex: I will keep an open mind to interview new employees.
-Light hearted: Cheerful or amusing rather than serious. Ex: We exchanged many light-hearted opinions.
- Low-key: Relaxed and calm rather than exciting and busy. Ex: His retirement party was a low-key activity.
- Manage unknowns: To deal with situations when not all the facts are known. Ex: My boss needs to manage unknowns with the new financial project.
- Melting-pot: A situation in which large numbers of different people, ideas, etc are mixed together. Ex: Our company is a big melting-pot!!.
-Open-minded: Willing to listen to, think about or accept different ideas.Ex: I will try to be open-minded with my new co-wokers.
- Out-of-the-way: Not close to other places or towns. Ex: The new subsidiary is located out-of-the-way to the highway.
-Outspoken: Saying exactly what you think, even if this shocks or offends people. Ex: He was outspoken in his opinions.
- Process information: To deal with information so that you understand it or can use it. Ex: My computer is slowly to process this information.
- Read a situation: To understand what is happening and how people are really feeling, even when this is not expressed in words. Ex:She could not read the situation, because she did not understand what was going on at all.
-Reluctant: Hesitating before you do something because you do not want to do it or are not sure that it is right. Ex: He was reluctant to take the new job, because he does not want to leave his family.
-Run-of-of-the-mill: Ordinary, with no special or interesting features. Ex: It is just a run-of-the-mill hotel. It doesnt have nothing special.
-Self-assured: Having a lot of confidence in yourself and your abilities. Ex: She is a very self-assured manager.
-Skim-through: To read something quickly in order to find a particular point or the main points. Ex: I skimmed through the figures to find new results.
-Tedious: Not interesting and taking too long. Ex: I prefer to avoid tedious works.
-Time-consuming: Taking a long time. Ex: It is a very tedious and time-consuming project.
- Up-and-coming: New and becoming successful. Ex: It is an up-and-coming typical restaurant.
- Weigh up the pros and cons: To consider the advantages and disadvantages of something. Ex: She weigh up the pros and cons of the project, before deal with it.
- Work both ways: To be true for both of two possible situations or for both of two people. Ex: He needs to be confident to work both ways.
(1) Using definitions from Business Result Interactive CD.
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