Now choose a collocation from the
previous exercise to complete the following sentences. You may need to change
the form of the collocations.
1. After working at the company for nearly 6
years, Pepito finally found the courage to approach his boss and
.
2. She’s organised, efficient, trustworthy, imaginative and intelligent and she
certainly knows how to . I think she’ll
be an excellent secretary.
3. Unfortunately, Maria has left the design team and she won’t be returning, so
we’re going to have to .
4. I think we need to outsource some of the technical work connected to the new
line of machines. We can’t afford to allow so much time to
.
5. The firm’s losing money every month, the staff’s really unhappy and our
customers are constantly complaining. The CEO just doesn’t know how to
.
Choose the best option to fit the
description.
1. The difference between credits and debits in a
bank account is .
2. The local office of a bank is called .
3. Money lent by a bank that must be repaid with interest is called
.
4. Deficit in a bank account caused by taking out more money than is paid in is
called .
5. An instruction to a bank to make regular payments to pay your rent or your
bills, for example, is called .
6. When you take money out of your bank account, we say in English that you have
made .
Write the full name of each acronym.
1. COD =
Delivery
2. Dept =
3. ETA =
of Arrival
4. GDP = Gross
5. GNP = Gross
6. Inc =
7. Jr =
8. Ltd = Company