IDIOMS
Break the ice
Make someone who you have not met before feel more relaxed
Contraproducente
Counterproductive
Resolve
Resolution
When one member is inflexible, and the other is reasonable.
Good cop, bad cop
Open a negotiation
Shall we____ down to business, then?
Get
Take somebody on board
Employ someone
Maravilla
Marvel
Confirm
Confirmation
Appearing as if you are ready to break off the negotiations unless your interests are met
Take it or leave it
Bargaining
We’d need to see a bit more_______ on terms of payment.
Flexibility
Cut corners
Save money or effort by finding cheaper or easier ways to do something
Sobrecarga
Overloading
Accommodate
Accommodation
Asking for more or offer less than expected in order to make ‘concessions’ later
The extreme offer
Rejecting a proposal
Come on, let’s be______ here
Reasonable
The bottom line
Net income or loss
Holgazanear
Slack off
Expire
Expiration
Stop talking during the negotiation
Negotiation silence
Accepting proposal
I suppose we could_____ that.
Manage
A can of worms
A source of many unpredictable and complicated problems
Productividad
Productivity
Settle
Settlement
Making one last ‘small’ demand
Negotiation nibbling
Closing the deal
OK, it’s a_____ .
Deal