REVISION – BUSINESS IDIOMS
Before you read the text make sure that you know the business idioms given below. Do the matching exercise.
| 1. to give smb. the green light | a) задокументировать |
| 2. to have everything in black and white | b) начаться; сдвинуться с места; ≈ сдвинуться с мёртвой точки; воплотить в жизнь |
| 3. get smth. off the ground | c) быть «в процессе», «на подходе» |
| 4. to run short | d) иметь серьёзные намерения, говорить, действовать всерьёз, по-деловому |
| 5. to be in the red | e) разрешение на беспрепятственные действия (осуществление проекта) |
| 6. to mean business | f) истощаться, не хватать, подходить к концу |
| 7. to take a nosedive | g) сократить расходы на что-либо |
| 8. to keep track of smth. | h) зд. материальная поддержка |
| 9. to cut back on smth. | i) отслеживать |
| 10. handout | j) дословн. упасть лицом вниз; переносн. стремительно упасть |
| 11. to be in the pipeline | k) иметь задолженность, быть должником; работать с убытком, быть убыточным |
| 12. to cut corners | l) идти напролом |
Read the text and translate it into Russian paying attention to the idioms.
| Text | Translation |
 Last year we started producing a new product for a client. It took some time before they gave us the green lightbecause they wanted to see all the production details and double-check them. It then took them a further 3 months to sign the contract and our company didn't go into production until they had everything in black and white.
Unfortunately, the client was unable togetthe new product off the groundand they decided to stop production. As a result of this, the company is starting to run short of orders and we'll be in the redwithin a month if we don't find some new clients soon.
Yesterday we had a meeting with the president and it looks like he means business. The shares of the company have taken a nosedive and because of this he wants to keep track of all the expenses that are going out and will be cutting back on the social events that had already been planned.
We are not very happy about this as the president himself got into trouble for offering handouts to politicians in return for lucrative contracts. Nobody wants us to produce anything anymore because of this. Currently there are several new projectsin the pipeline to improve the image of the company. In the meantime, he will be cutting corners to keep spending to a minimum. (text – www.eslprintables.com)
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REVISION – BUSINESS IDIOMS (Teacher’s Notes) + KEYS
Before you read the text make sure that you know the business idioms given below. Do the matching exercise.
| 1. to give smb. the green light | e | a) задокументировать |
| 2. to have everything in black and white | a | b) начаться; сдвинуться с места; ≈ сдвинуться с мёртвой точки; воплотить в жизнь |
| 3. get smth. off the ground | b | c) быть «в процессе», «на подходе» |
| 4. to run short | f | d) иметь серьёзные намерения, говорить, действовать всерьёз, по-деловому |
| 5. to be in the red | k | e) разрешение на беспрепятственные действия (осуществление проекта) |
| 6. to mean business | d | f) истощаться, не хватать, подходить к концу |
| 7. to take a nosedive | j | g) сократить расходы на что-либо |
| 8. to keep track of smth. | i | h) зд. материальная поддержка |
| 9. to cut back on smth. | g | i) отслеживать |
| 10. handout | h | j) дословн. упасть лицом вниз; переносн. стремительно упасть |
| 11. to be in the pipeline | c | k) иметь задолженность, быть должником; работать с убытком, быть убыточным |
| 12. to cut corners | l | l) идти напролом |
Read the text and translate it into Russian paying attention to the idioms.
| Text | Translation |
 Last year we started producing a new product for a client. It took some time before they gave us the green lightbecause they wanted to see all the production details and double-check them. It then took them a further 3 months to sign the contract and our company didn't go into production until they had everything in black and white.
Unfortunately, the client was unable togetthe new product off the groundand they decided to stop production. As a result of this, the company is starting to run short of orders and we'll be in the redwithin a month if we don't find some new clients soon.
Yesterday we had a meeting with the president and it looks like he means business. The shares of the company have taken a nosedive and because of this he wants to keep track of all the expenses that are going out and will be cutting back on the social events that had already been planned.
We are not very happy about this as the president himself got into trouble for offering handouts to politicians in return for lucrative contracts. Nobody wants us to produce anything anymore because of this. Currently there are several new projectsin the pipeline to improve the image of the company. In the meantime, he will be cutting corners to keep spending to a minimum. (text – www.eslprintables.com)
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