Word Choice
You had a 9:00 AM meeting with a new client, but your taxi was late. You ________ the meeting.
missed
The point where your total expenses equal your total income is called the ________ point.
breakeven
A series of steps used to complete a procedure or project is called a ________.
workflow
If something is not your responsibility and you should ignore it, it is "none of your ________."
business
The engine on our new delivery truck ________, so we had to stop production for two days.
failed
We use ________ for physical things like cars or machines because they wear out (se desgastan) over time.
depreciation
To find a solution to a difficult problem, you need to ________ it out.
figure (work)
To search for a translation or a piece of data in a system, you ________ it up.
look
Every morning, I ________ the exchange rates on my computer to see if they change.
look at
For intangible things like patents, we use ________ to spread the cost over its life.
amortization
Passive Voice: "The workers built the factory" → "The factory ________ ________ by the workers."
was built
f you want someone to speak louder on a call, you ask them to "please ________ up."
speak
If we don't finish the report by Friday, we will ________ the deadline for the new contract.
miss
Before the marketing department can move a new biscuit to Phase 2, they must present a provisional __________ to show if the product will make money.
P & L
To make a manual process happen automatically in the IT system, you must ________ it.
automate
We use "look forward to" for schedules, and "________" for dreams or general desires.
hope
Because our competitor is cheaper, we might ________ our biggest client to them next month.
lose
Because our overheads were rising, we decided to 1. ________ our IT services to a company in Poland to save money. We had to take out a 2. ________ from the bank to buy the new servers, and now we are paying it back in monthly 3. ________. We hope the value of the servers doesn't 4. ________ too quickly, or we will have a loss on our balance sheet.
1. outsource 2. loan 3. installments 4. depreciate
When a document moves from one manager to the next for a sign-off, it is a ________ workflow.
signature
The opposite of a "smooth" process or a "smooth" texture is ________.
rough