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Tuesday, 22 November 2011

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3rd conditional
A
a line
a storm in a teacup
accounting
accounting period (fr)
achilles' heel
acknowledge receipt fr)
act of god
act of god (fr)
ad nauseum
add fuel to the fire
after-sales service
against the clock
agm
all day long
all ears
all set
an arm and a leg
an arm and a leg (fr)
anger management
annual general meeting
anthony hopkins
arm's length transaction
arthur conley
as a result
as if that wasn't enough (fr)
at the drop of a hat
B
b2b
backstabbers
bail a company out
ball is in your court
be dead meat
be in two minds
bean-counter
beside the point
bicker over (fr)
bit by bit
bite the bullet
blank cheque
bling-bling
blood from a turnip
blue moon
blue-chip
break a leg
break even
brown nose
brush aside
build castles in the air
bullshit (fr)
burn your bridges
business partners (joke)
butter someone up
C
call in sick
call it a day
call it quits
call the shots
captain speaking
cash cow
cash cow (fr)
chew ass
child's play
christmas eve
christopher cross
clearance sale
clearance sale (fr)
cold call
cold call (fr)
collocations
common ground
conditionals
couch potato
cry wolf
currency (fr)
customer loyalty
customer loyalty (fr)
cut back
cut back (fr)
cut corners
cut from the same cloth
cutting edge
D
de niro
department (fr)
diana ross
disability insurance (fr)
do
dotted line (fr)
double-check
down the drain
drag your feet
drop by
dry run
E
earnest money
eat my hat
embezzle
esl
esl quiz
excuse my french
excuse my french (fr)
expression quiz
eyeful (fr)
F
face value
false cognates
fascinating
fast asleep
fathead (fr)
faux-amis
fed up
fed up (fr)
figure out
figure out (joke)
fill the bill
fill the bill (fr)
fingers crossed
first conditional
fit the bill
fit the bill (fr)
food quiz
for once
foreclosure
free rein
french leave
french toast
french toast (joke)
french window
from scratch
from scratch (quote)
fuck something up
full of shit
funny money
funny money (fr)
future
G
game
game plan (fr)
gavel-to-gavel
get a kick out of
get up someone's nose
given
go back to square one
go bust
go down the tubes
got guts
grab a bite
grammar
greek to me
greenfield
grey area
H
half a loaf is better than no bread
hand
hand in one's notice
hangman
hard copy
hard copy (fr)
hard feelings
hard feelings (fr)
have a screw loose
have got to
hear something through the grapevine
heatwave
hiatus
hierarchy
hold on
how come
human resources
I
icing on the cake
idiom quiz
imperative
in a row
in black and white
in deep shit
in deep shit (joke)
in hot water
in hot water (fr)
in the bag
in the black
in the black (fr)
in the long run
in the wake of
incentive
incentive (fr)
income statements
industry
ink
interest (fr)
J
jodie foster
joke
jon stewart
junk mail
junk mail (fr)
K
keep abreast of
keep someone posted
kick it up a notch
know what I'm saying?
knowledge (fr)
L
labour day (fr)
lawsuit
lay off
lay your cards on the table
leave it at that
loan-shark
loan-shark (fr)
lodge a complaint
look after
loss leader
M
make
make headway
make vs. do
mark-up
marvin gaye
meet demand
meetings
mold (fr)
money
moonlight (fr)
mother tongue (fr)
mould (fr)
mugging
my bad
N
name dropper
negotiating
neologisms
nicolas sarkozy
no matter how you slice it
no picnic
now and then
now and then (fr)
O
o'jays
off the top of your head
offal (fr)
on behalf of
on the dot
on the tip of the tongue
origin of species
out of line
out of the blue
over my dead body
owners' equity
owners' equity (fr)
P
paint the town red
past simple
pay through the nose
payment (fr)
pen-pusher
perk
piece of cake
pink slip
pissed off
place an order
play it by ear
please find enclosed (fr)
point taken
power of attorney
prepositions
present perfect
prompt cash (fr)
pronunciation
pros and cons
pull it off
pull socks up
pull someone's leg
Q
question (fr)
queue
quiz
quote
R
raincheck
rappel
red tape
red tape (quote)
reluctantly (fr)
renounce
rethabile masilo
rig something up
right under one's nose
rings a bell
rip-off
robin williams
rock the boat
rock the boat (fr)
roll out the red carpet
ruffle someone's feathers
runner-up
S
sales force
sales pitch
seal a deal
second conditional
second thoughts
second thoughts (fr)
second-in-command (fr)
secretary in training
see off
self-employed
sell for a song
severance package
sexting
shame on you
shoot oneself in the foot
shop dog (joke)
should the opposite occur (fr)
sick soldiers
simple past
simple present
simple present questions
sit on the fence
sit on your arse
sleep on it
slip of the tongue
smell a rat
smokey robinson
snafu
snowed under
so and such
sound
split hairs
stab someone in the back
staff turnover
standing order
state-of-the-art
state-of-the-art (fr)
status quo
stay abreast of
stem from
stevie wonder
strive to do
sub-prime lending
T
take the fifth
talk shop
teaser campaign
the bottom line
the daily show
the last straw
the last straw (fr)
the shit hits the fan
then and there
think-tank (fr)
third person singular
tie up loose ends
tighten the purse strings
tip
toothbrush salesman
traffic jam
translation
turn up
twenty-four/seven
U
under the weather
undertaker (fr)
up to
up your street
upside down
upside down (fr)
user-friendly (fr)
V
vending machine (fr)
video
vocabulary
W
walking papers
wastepaper basket (fr)
webinar
well-off
well-off (joke)
wet behind the ears
when pigs fly
where there's a will there's a way
white lie
will
will vs. going to
within an inch of
without a doubt
work council (fr)
work overtime
workaholic (fr)
working day (fr)
wrap something up
wrap up something
write off
Y
yes-man
your guess is as good as mine

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Tuesday, 22 November 2011

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