Job Titles
What is the job title for someone who manages a company?
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
A lift is called an ... in the USA.
elevator
The record of the meeting is called ...
minutes
Adverts on TV are called ...
commercials
Which idiom means to be extremely happy?
to be on seventh heaven
to be on cloud nine
To come into fortune means...
inherit
If you are buying a single ticket in the USA, you will ask for a ...?
one way ticket
AOB stands for ...
Any Other Business
A short easily remembered phrase used to advertise an idea or a product is called a ...
slogan
When you’re fully immersed in and occupied by something and you don’t have time for anything else.
Up to your neck
To haggle means...
to argue about the price of something
In the USA your carry-on luggage will be called ...?
hand luggage
What are the two main distractions at work according to Jason Fried?
M&M's meetings and managers
A marketing strategy when one or multiple celebrities advertise a specific product or service is called...
celebrity endorsement
When you are treating someone badly because you are feeling stressed about another situation.
Take it out on someone
To cost and arm and a leg means...
very expensive
In the UK a drug store is called ...?
a chemist's
What kind of meetings do you remember?
café meeting
egg-timer meeting
stand up meeting
walking meeting
A way of advertising a product by supplying it for use in films or television programmes is known as ...
product placement
To try to communicate with an unresponsive person
to be like talking to a brick wall
To be skint means...
having no money
What is the equivalent of line in British English?
queue
Which word signifies taking a break during a meeting?
adjourn
A short tune designed to be easily remembered, especially as used in advertising.
jingle
to hear about something because the information has been passed from one person to another in conversation
to hear it on the grapevine