Success stories

4.1 About Business – Business leaders and success stories

1. to spill	to flow accidentally over the edge of a container	проливать
2. fragrance	a pleasant smell or scent	запах
3. to demand	to ask for something	требовать
4. stylish	attractive in a fashionable way	стильный
5. makeover	modernization; the process of making something look more attractive = re-branding	формирование нового имиджа
6. to pioneer / pioneering ideas	to be the first to invent or use something; introducing new and better methods or ideas for the first time	быть пионером, первооткрывателем;
7. sample	a small amount of a product that people can try in order to find out what it is like	образец
8. technique	a special way of doing something	техника
9. revolutionary	completely new and different, especially in a way that leads to great improvements	революционный
10. unsurpassed	better or greater than anyone or anything else	непревзойденный

4.2 Vocabulary – Describing yourself and being successful

1. generous	a person willing to give money, spend time etc, in order to help people or give them pleasure	щедрый
2. hands-on	doing something yourself rather than just talking about it or telling other people to do it	практический
3. hands-off	letting somebody else do what you have to do	пассивный, не вмешивающийся
4. Ambitious	a person who has a strong desire to be rich and respected	амбициозный
5. calm	relaxed and quiet, not nervous or upset	спокойный
6. honest / dishonest	honest - a person who always tells the truth and does not cheat or steal dishonest - a person who lies	честный, нечестный
7. habits	something that you do regularly or usually, often without thinking about it because you have done it so many times before	привычки
8. successful	a person who has a lot of money and is well-known and respected	успешный
9. a sense of adventure	a feeling of new experience in which unusual and dangerous things can happen	дух приключений/ страсть к приключениям
10. fit and healthy	a person in a good physical form and not having any problems with health (like illnesses)	в хорошей физической форме и здоровый
11. to stand out from the crowd	to be very easy to see or noticed in a group of people	выделяться из толпы

4.4 Speaking –Appraisals

1. appraisal	an interview aimed to assess or estimate an employee (his work and results)	оценочное интервью
2. strengths and weaknesses	strengths - qualities that make an employee better, give him/her advantage weaknesses – qualities that show a bad side of an employee	сильные и слабые стороны
3. to disagree completely	to have absolutely different opinion	быть полностью не согласным
4. to agree on the points you mentioned	to have the same opinions about the questions that were discussed or talked about	согласиться по поводу упомянутых вопросов
5. certainly	definitely, without any doubts	точно
6. probably	used to say that something can happen or be true etc	возможно
7. definitely	= certainly	точно
8. to consider	to think about something carefully, especially before making a choice or decision	рассматривать, считать
9. to find smth difficult	to have an opinion that something is not easy	находить что-то сложным
10. to get on with colleagues	to have good and friendly relationship with your co-workers	ладить с коллегами

4.5 Writing – Profiles of business leaders

1. currently	at the present moment	временно
2. furthermore	in addition to what has already been said	более того
3. however	in whatever way used when you are adding a fact or piece of information that seems surprising, or seems very different from what you have just said	не смотря ни на что
4. to happen	to do something by chance without planning to	случилось, что; случайно оказаться
5. an instant success	immediate success; success which came very quickly	мгновенный успех
6. to support charities	to help (usually by giving money) to an organization that gives money, goods, or help to people who are poor, sick etc	помогать, поддерживать благотворительные учреждения
7. campaign	a series of actions aimed to achieve a particular result usually to sell or promote something	кампания
8. motto	a short sentence or phrase showing the main idea or belief of an organization	девиз, лозунг
9. self-made person	a person who became successful without anybody else’s help	обязанный сам себе, добившийся успеха своими силами
10. to graduate from	to complete your education	окончить учебное заведение

4.6 Case Study – The English Academy

1. a language school	a school where student learn only a foreign language	языковая школа
2. a compulsory element	an element that must be done and not avoided because of the rules	обязательный элемент
3. prestigious location	one of the best places	престижное месторасположение
4. to surf the Internet	to look quickly through information on the internet for anything that interests you	просматривать сайты и веб-страницы в интернете
5. library	A room or building containing books that can be looked at or borrowed	библиотека
6. to be reluctant to	to be slow and unwilling to do something	делающий что-либо с неохотой
7. pre-tax profit	the profit that you have before the tax has been taken away	прибыль до налогообложения
8. to murder	to kill somebody	убить
9. wealthy	A Person Who Has A Lot Of Money	богатый
10. to found a company	to establish or set up a company	основать компанию

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