Mastering English: Vocabulary for Business, Entertainment
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Phrasal Verbs
- Taken over: To take control of
- Call for: To require
- Getting at: To insinuate
- Taking on: To assume
- Logging on: To initiate a session
- Picking up: To collect
- Down with: To reject, disapproval
- Bring along: To bring something with you
- Told us off: To reprimand
- Sign up: To register
- Broken out: To have symptoms, to become ill
- Coming: Imminent, about to arrive
- Came on: To advance, to begin
- Going out: To go out to dinner, out of fashion
- Come down with: The onset of an illness
- Signed up for: Registered, enrolled
- Come on: To encourage someone to do something
Work and Business
- The job market: The labor market
- Management
- Marketing
- A market researcher: A market researcher
- Market share: Market share
- On the market: On the market
- Qualifications: Qualifications
- Stock market: Stock market
- A good head for business: A good sense for business
- Go out of business: To close the business
- Mean business: To be serious
- Open for business: Open for business
- Run your own business: To run your own business
- Start up a business: To start a business
- Charge: To charge
Entertainment
- Audience: Public
- Box office: Ticket office
- Catapulted: Catapulted
- Dimmed: To reduce the light
- Encore: Repetition
- Highlight: Memorable
- Household name: Household name
- Limelight: Focus of attention
- Ovation: Applause, shouts
- Performer: A person who acts
- Spotlight: To highlight
- Wings: Sides of the stage where actors wait to go out
Compound Adjectives
- Best-selling: Many sales
- Cutting-edge: Innovative
- Full-length: Normal length of a movie or book
- Mind-numbing: Boring
- Page-turning: Interesting
- Quick-witted: Mentally agile
- Rib-tickling: Provokes laughter
- Run-of-the-mill: Common
- State-of-the-art: Advanced technology
- Tear-jerking: A movie that makes you cry
- Top-quality: High quality
- Wheelchair friendly: Suitable for wheelchairs