Read and learn some idioms you may hear during the talks with your foreign partners

Лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе, A bird in the hand is worth

two in the bush

брать быка за рога to take the bull by the horns

открыть карты to lay cards on the table

витать в облаках to be in the clouds

любой ценой at all costs

идти на компромисс to split the difference

Проше простого easy as ABC

поставить все на карту to put all one's eggs in one basket

по крайней мере at all events

знать толк в чем-либо to have an eye for something

найти общий язык с... to see eye to eye with...

Игра стоит свеч. The game is worth the candle.

не откладывая дела в долгий ящик to let no grass grow under one's feet

стоять на своем to stand one's ground

без сучка без задоринки without a hitch

ставить точки над i Tо cross a "t" and dot an "i"

Gratitude

You meet a foreign delegation arrived in your home town. They bring many presents for representatives of your firm. Write the plot of a short play. Use the expressions of gratitude given below.

Спасибо! Thank you.

Спасибо, да. Yes, please.

Спасибо, нет. No, thank you.

Спасибо вам за... Thank you for...

Большое спасибо! Thank you so/very much. Thanks a lot.

Спасибо, что навестили нас. Thank you for coming to see us. Thanks

for the visit.

Спасибо за то, что не забываете нас. Thank you for remembering us.

Thank you for keeping in touch

Даже не знаю, как вас благодарить. I don't know how to thank you.

Я вам очень признателен. Thank you. Much obliged.

Позвольте выразить вам нашу благодарность. 1 would like to express

our gratitude

Мы вам так благодарны! We are so grateful to you!

Think of and write a larger play on private business talks. Use the expressions of this lesson and previous ones.

Act as the Chairman at a press conference on the problems of studies and work abroad.