Practical Grammar and Vocabulary in the Workplace. Пособие по бизнес-английскому

    – Warren Bennis

Vocabulary related toВ management and leadership

We suggest taking the test toВ find out whether you have good leadership skills and we encourage you toВ refresh some vocabulary toВ better understand the situations inВ the quiz.

1. To do things by the book – to do something exactly as the rules tell you Делать все строго по правилам

My lawyer always goes strictly byВ theВ book.

2. To blame outside circumstances– to say or think that things around are responsible for something bad happening

Винить во всем внешние обстоятельства

Are you blaming outside circumstances for your current results?

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Ожесточенная конкуренция

They want what we call cut-throat competition within the transport industry.

4. To reprimand – to express to someone your strong official disapproval of them

Делать выговор, замечание

She was reprimanded for what she hadn’t done.

5. Red tape – official rules and processes that seem unnecessary and delay results

Волокита, бюрократиз

He promised toВ reform and cut redВ tape.

6. To threaten someone with dismissal – to threaten employees that they will be fired if a particular action or order is not followed

Угрожать увольнением

She was threatened with dismissal if she did not complete the work onВ time.

7. Peer – a colleague / a company in the same industry as other companies

Коллега, компании в одной сфере

Try toВ avoid having such conflicts with your peers.

8. Up to scratch – reaching an acceptable standard

На должной высоте, в хорошем состоянии /виде, так как надо

The last few episodes of the TV program haven’t been quite up to scratch.

9. To make somebody redundant – to dismiss an employer because the company no longer needs you.

Увольнять /из-за проблем компании/

She was made redundant when the company was touch andВ go.

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