Ex. 5. What do you think the following sayings mean? Do you agree with them?

Ex.4. Match these types of wrongdoings to their definitions.

Ex.2. Insert the appropriate word.

Ex.1. Match the words with similar meaning.

1. ask a. commence

2. begin b. obtain

3. buy c. enquire

4.get d. inform

5. give e. purchae

6. tell f. provide

7. bring in g. eradicate

8.look into h. implement

9. get rid of i. investigate

1. The... of a factory or plant can refer to either the type or quantity of things it produces.

2. A plant's or firm's... is the maximum number of goods of each type that it can produce.

3.A product or business generating a lot of profit is....

4.... is a profitable product or business with high market share in a low-growth market. But it is also used to mean any profitable product or business generating a steady flow of sales revenues.

5.... is a product sold unprofitably in order to attract customers who will then, it is hoped, be persuaded to buy profitable ones.

6. When market prices are rising people talk about..., when prices are falling they talk about....

(bull market, cash cow, output, money spinner, a loss leader, bear market, capacity)

Ex.3. Match the two columns and translate the sentences below.

Ostrich strategy/politics - ignoring or evading an obvious problem

Red tape - official rules and bureaucratic paperwork

Talk shop - talk about your work or business in a social situation

Sleeping /silent partner - a person who invests money in a business without taking an active part in its management

Take the floor- rise to make a speech or presentation.

Take a nosedive - drop or decrease in value very rapidly.

Win-win - proposition where both or all parties benefit from the outcome.

1. Adopting an ostrich strategy will only make matters worse - we've got to find a solution! 2. He works alone, but his business is partly financed by a sleeping partner. 3. There were smiles all round when the contract was signed - it was a win-win situation. 4. If there wasn't so much red tape, the company would be up and running already. 5. The stock market took a nosedive when the property market began sinking. 6. I never go out with my colleagues because we inevitably end up talking shop. 6. When I take the floor, my speech will be short, he said.

1.bribery a.making false documents, banknotes, etc.

2.embezzlement b.illegally giving someone money so that they

3.forgery (fake) act in your favour

4.fraud, racket or scam d. fixing the price of something illegally

5.market rigging e.illegally taking money from your company

6. money laundering f. disguising the criminal origin of money

Time is money.

Money is the root of all evil.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Money can’t buy your love.

Love does much, but money does more.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be….

Money talks they say. All it ever said to me was Goodbye…

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