PowerPoint Presentation UNIT 9 NEGOTIATIONS VOCABULARY EXTENSION CONFUSING WORDS English can be confusing A lot of words give us a feeling that they have the same meaning (e g economy and economies) b.
UNIT 9- NEGOTIATIONS VOCABULARY EXTENSION CONFUSING WORDS English can be confusing A lot of words give us a feeling that they have the same meaning (e.g economy and economies) but they actually have different meaning As a result, it is almost impossible to avoid making mistakes in English One of the best ways that can help you solve this problem is by learning them in context Exercise A open/ open up open up a market put forward/ put put forward a meeting fall/ fall down share prices fall cut/ cut down on lay/ lay of break/ break up cut lay costs foundations break bad news B open put a letter a question trees fall down in storms cut down on cigarettes lay off workers break up inefficient companies sell/ sell of sell off goods at a discount sell kick/ kick of kick yourself kick off a meeting take/ take on take too long take on extra staf 10 pick/ pick up pick the best person a market can pick up 11 bring/ bring up bring dynamism to the job bring up a problem at a meeting 12 carry/ carry out carry carry out duties passengers parts of a company Exercise Exercise Exercise subsidy subsidiary politics policy economics economic Exercise economy economies note notice morale moral Exercise security safety take over overtake HOMEWORK