Vocabulary
He´s quite an extrovert. He´s very o_____________
outgoing
Our company is going through some difficulties and will undergo some restructuring, so in a n ______ , we´ll have to cut costs.
nutshell
It took me three weeks to ____ ____ a very nasty cold.
get over
Yesterday I apologized ___ my horrible behavior.
for
They t________to report us to the police if we ever did it again.
threatened
I´m a____________ I can´t answer your question right now, but let me look into it.
afraid
I heard on the g_________ that Jake might leave the company to start his own business.
grapevine
The lack of progress in our current project is starting to get me_______________ .
down
She refused to complete the work _______ we paid her substantially more.
unless
I managed to get __________ the disaster by remaining calm.
through
The trials have proven to be u_____________ Procedures have not been followed.
unreliable
I don´t have a lot of time so I´ll get s_______ to ____ _________ .
straight to the point
We need to d______ ________ a new business contract as the current one is outdated
draw up
They warned him __ to do it again.
not
The report is not accurate t_________ it cannot be submitted
therefore
My area of e__________ is pharmaceutical research.
expertise
You´ve missed the last few meetings so I´ll put you _____ _____ p_________
in the picture
Can you f_______ me i_______ on what happened at the last meeting?
fill _____ in
¨I´ll help you with it¨
She said she_______help us with it.
would
Sensible or sensitive
Dogs are more __________ to the drugs than mini-pigs.
It was a __________ decision to cancel the trial
sensitive/sensible
An investigation to determine the advantages, practicality, and profitability of a proposed project is a
f______________ s___________
feasibility study
My coworker and I understand each other really well. We seem to be on the s______ w_________
same wavelength
I´m l ________ _________ _____ getting to work on that project. I think it´ll be a very rewarding experience.
looking forward to
Use ¨have¨ and a passive expression to rephrase the following sentence:
The mechanic fixed her car.
_______________________________________
She had her car fixed.
You can rest a________ that the situation is under control