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John.Wiley.And.Sons.Marketing.Insights.From.A.To.Z.eBook-LiB.pdf

John.Wiley.And.Sons.Marketing.Insights.From.A.To.Z.eBook-LiB.pdf

Ngày tải lên : 21/09/2012, 17:33
... thought that it had a substantial share of the banking market but realized that it had only a small share of the total financial market, which includes much more than banking. • AT&T stopped ... Andy Grove of Intel as a time in the life of a business when its fundamentals are about to change.” Banks had to make changes with the advent of automated teller machines (ATMs), and major airlines ... what a large company is. Company size is rel- ative. Boeing, Caterpillar, Ford, General Motors, Kellogg, Eastman Kodak, J. P. Morgan, and Sears are giant companies. But in early Ingvard Kamprad,...
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A to Z Intermediate part 1

A to Z Intermediate part 1

Ngày tải lên : 03/10/2012, 15:01
... Patrizia Caselli (and all at SIAS). Thanks also to LIST SpA for technological support, to International House in Pisa, in particular Chris Powell, Paola Carranza, Lynne Graziani and Antonia Clare, ... Cozzi, Barbara Bargagna, Monica Ciampi, Paolo Bassi, Andrea Ceccolini, Carlo Bellanca, Claudia Rege Cambrin, Luca Zamboni, Sergio Marchetti, Guido Coli (and all at LIST), Gianluca Soria, Patrizia ... Great Turchett), Paolo Ghiretti (legal eagle), Rita Sacchelli, Marco Delato, Antonella Pasotto, Giulia Gestri, Antonella Giani, the Giuliani family, the Marino family, Marina Calafa, Isabella...
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The A to Z of Correct English

The A to Z of Correct English

Ngày tải lên : 08/11/2012, 13:46
... See ACQUAINTANCE . aquarium (singular) aquaria or aquariums (plural) See FOREIGN PLURALS . APPAL 20 For more material and information, please visit www.tailieuduhoc.org both . . . and Take care ... YOU AND I 25 For more material and information, please visit www.tailieuduhoc.org altogether See ALL TOGETHER OR ALTOGETHER? . Alzheimer’s disease (not Alze-) amateur (not -mm-) ambiguity Always ... means an exact geographical location or when it refers to relationships. AMEND OR EMEND? 14 For more material and information, please visit www.tailieuduhoc.org attach attached, attaching, attachment...
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English Proverbs from A to Z

English Proverbs from A to Z

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2013, 01:26
... pleasant. A loaded wagon makes no noise. Really wealthy don't talk about money. A loveless life is a living death. A man can die but once. A man is as old as he feels himself to be. A ... It's better to stop and accept a small loss, rather than continue and risk losing everything. Better untaught than ill-taught It's better not to be taught at all than to be taught badly. ... time saves nine. It's better to deal with a problem at an early stage, to prevent it from getting worse. A stumble may prevent a fall. Correcting a small mistake may help you to avoid making...
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British English A to Z - past 10

British English A to Z - past 10

Ngày tải lên : 23/10/2013, 13:20
... meat and a portion of salad. Sally Army, abbrev. Salvation Army saloon, n. 1. sedan 2. parlor 1. A saloon motorcar, which can be shortened to saloon in proper context, is what Americans call a ... purposes of chastisement. Whereas spanking is usually taken to mean the application of palm to backside, smack can mean any type of slap. Used also as a noun. I gave her a smack. smacker, n. see ... the name Fanny Adams as military slang for ‘tinned mutton.’ This seems to have nothing whatever to do with sweet Fanny Adams meaning ‘nothing at all.’ Sometimes abbreviated to sweet F .A. , and...
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British English A to Z - past 11

British English A to Z - past 11

Ngày tải lên : 23/10/2013, 13:20
... diner See also café. transport system transit system trapezium, n. trapezoid In America a trapezium is a quadrilateral having no sides parallel. In Britain it denotes a quadrilateral having two ... inflation and fell in value to sixpence. See also Appendix, II .A; tig, 1. toad-in-the-hole, n. sausage in batter Beef or sausages coated in batter and baked. toastip toasted sandwich tobacconist’s ... Secretary rather than a judge. tarmac, n. 1. blacktop 2. airfield 1. In America tarmac refers to the bituminous binder used in the making of tar roads. Tarmac started out as a trademark for a binder...
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British English A to Z - past 12

British English A to Z - past 12

Ngày tải lên : 23/10/2013, 13:20
... the approximately diamond pattern of the Naval Reserve. wax, n. rage Slang. A dreadful wax is a towering rage. And waxy is jumpy. way, n. dither; tizzy Inf. To be in a way or in a great way is to ... usage in the expression a whale of a . . . Thus Jones is a shark at math in America, a whale on, at or for maths in Britain, and a whale of a mathematician anywhere. For prepositional usages, ... expressions like to wear sev- eral waistcoats or wear more than one waistcoat, i.e., to act in a number of different capacities. In America, one is said to wear several hats to indicate activity in...
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British English A to Z - past 2

British English A to Z - past 2

Ngày tải lên : 23/10/2013, 13:20
... under Balaclava. cards. See give (someone) his cards. care a pin Slang. give a hoot Slang. Almost always used, like its American equivalent, in the negative. caretaker, n. janitor Caretaker, in America, ... Cantabrigian is a student or graduate of Cambridge University. Infor- mally abbreviated to Cantab., which is the usual form, and applies in America to Cambridge, Mass., and particularly Harvard. canteen ... shipping. Carriage forward means ‘freight extra’; carriage paid means ‘freight prepaid.’ See also forward; freight. carriage rug lap robe Has given way to travelling rug. All terms have given way to...
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British English A to Z - past 3

British English A to Z - past 3

Ngày tải lên : 23/10/2013, 13:20
... generator is now usually called an alternator, espe- cially as an automotive part; a generator can be A. C. or D.C. dynamo 117 dog-end, n. cigarette butt Slang. Vagrants’ cant. See also end; stump. doggo. ... adj. gloomy A term used all too frequently in describing overcast weather. dumb-waiter, n. lazy Susan An American dumbwaiter, a small elevator, is in Britain a service lift. dummy, n. baby pacifier 116 ... essentially a working-class area. east end of a westbound cow south end of a northbound horse All this to avoid saying or hearing ass. easy about it. See I’m easy (about it). easy as kiss your hand....
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British English A to Z - past 4

British English A to Z - past 4

Ngày tải lên : 23/10/2013, 13:20
... usually with a layer of whipped cream as well. Flan in America is caramel custard. flannel, n. face cloth Also known in America as washcloth or washrag. But when the British talk of a wash-cloth ... ‘engage in unauthorized warfare against a foreign power,’ as a noun, a ‘buccaneer’ or ‘pirate’ engaged in that activity. In Britain, it does not have the specialized American sense of an endless ... that the crier wants his pals to wait a minute—calling for a halt, for example, in a fast children’s game. Only an unscrupulous bully would take advantage of a call for truce. See a special...
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British English A to Z - past 5

British English A to Z - past 5

Ngày tải lên : 23/10/2013, 13:20
... 177 have a down on, Inf. Inf. be down on have a go at. See have a bash at. have a mind to. See minded to have an early night, Inf. go to bed early have a quid each way. See under each way have a ... can be used in a singular sense, too, meaning ‘one stem’ or ‘stalk.’ have a bash at Slang. take a shot at Slang. To have a bash at something is to give it a try. Synonymous with have a go at. ... certain situations as That’s amazing! -ish, adv. somewhat; sort of; rather; about Inf. Tacked on to an adjective or adverb, this suffix adds an attenuating nuance, with the same force as placing...
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British English A to Z - past 6

British English A to Z - past 6

Ngày tải lên : 23/10/2013, 13:20
... approximate American equivalent. Jag, n. Inf. Jaguar car jakes, n. Slang. can (privy) Slang. Archaic word for outhouse, toilet. jam, n. treat Slang. A real jam is British slang for a real treat. A ... a few years, then catching the fertility, as they say, and using that area for a particular crop. A ley is a rotating pasture; variant of lea. Liberal Democratic Party see comment A political ... Street to a China orange means the odds are a hundred to one (or a thousand to one). Variations are: all Lombard Street to a Brummagem sixpence (see Brum): . . . to ninepence, . . . to an egg-shell. long,...
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British English A to Z - past 7

British English A to Z - past 7

Ngày tải lên : 23/10/2013, 13:20
... fairs to the visitor for they crackle with the festive air of a bazaar. Such a town is called a market town. market garden truck farm A market gardener is a truck farmer, and market garden and ... machine-minder where Americans would say machine operator. mad on Inf. crazy about Inf. Americans also say mad about and the British also say crazy about, but only the British say mad on to ... tar macadam, added tar to the crushed stone layers. But since tar is almost universally added to the crushed stones these days, macadam road is used in Britain the way Americans use blacktop...
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British English A to Z - past 8

British English A to Z - past 8

Ngày tải lên : 23/10/2013, 13:20
... of pay envelope. Packet has a number of slang uses as well. To pay a packet is to pay a fortune (or an arm and a leg); synonymous with pay the earth; and things that cost a lot are said to cost ... Opposition parties. Sometimes abbreviated as Pam’s. principal boy approx. star A special designation pertaining to pantomimes, usually called pantos. The prin- cipal boy is always played by a girl, ... term. A Briton would consider a prawn a large, rather than a small, shrimp. What Americans think of as shrimps are generally called scampi in Britain, a term usually confined in America to cooked...
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