Able →ability – способность; weak →weakness – слабость. Able, weak, (im)possible, aware, necessary, familiar, willing, clear,

one who is employed

работающий по найму

train, pay, franchise, mortgage, trust

5. Form agent nouns (names of people or things) by adding -er to a

phrase; give the Russian equivalents of the resulting nouns.

to own a business + -er → a business owner – владелец бизнеса; to

process words – a word-processor – текстовый процессор

take a risk, make decisions, produce cars, rise early, write textbooks,

throw flame, get attention, break ice, do wrong (things), pinch pence,

kill pain, bust stress, tell stories, hold shares, seek a job, raise money,

supply energy, provide the Internet (services).

6. Match the synonyms.

7. Match the opposites.

1. found

2. difficulty

3. effective

4. goal

5. chance

6. possess

7. trait

8. clever

9. backer

10. aid

a. sponsor

b. opportunity

c. own

d. hardship

e. assistance

f. aim

g. intelligent

h. efficient

i. set up

j. feature

1. accept

2. succeed

3. strength

4. reasonable

5. enable

6. interested

7. lender

8. effective

a. disable

b. borrower

c. disinterested

d. refuse

e. ineffective

f. fail

g. unreasonable

h. weakness

8. Form word partnerships (more

them in the sentences of your own.

pursue

assume

recognize

own

make

establish

set

cut

grant

than one option is possible) and use

an opportunity

a company

a risk

a dream

a budget

priorities

goals

a loan

a profit

9. Sort out the following verbs and idioms denoting a degree of success in

business under three headings:

Boom; succeed; fail; breakeven; go bust; be in debt; prosper; lose

count of millions; make a considerable profit; keep/stay afloat; thrive; sink;

be a success; be a failure; survive; reach a break-even point; keep one’s

head above water; flourish; be a flop; get a business off the ground.

10. Complete the sentences with appropriate prepositions.

1. He is a great expert … international management. 2. This book of

tips for entrepreneurs was published in association … the Small Busi-

ness Administration. 3. Could I interest you … something from our

range of beauty products? 4. We have dealt … the company for years.

5. To make the right decision we need to look carefully … all options.

6. The project’s success depends … the support of everyone concerned.

7. They supplied us … our opening stock of clothes … credit and agreed

to wait … their money. 8. Are you fully aware … all the difficulties that

you’ll have to overcome? 9. We only deal … companies which have a

good credit record. 10. All successful entrepreneurs share a number …

common traits.

11. Match the following phrasal verbs with their meanings; in case of

difficulty consult a dictionary:

1. get something

lined up

2. run out of sth

3. run down

4. set up

5. make up one’s mind

6. take charge of

7. keep going

8. put oneself out

9. get going

10. stick to sth

11 get along with sb

12 see things through

a. take responsibility for controlling or caring

for sth

b. start doing sth

c. continue to do one particular thing and

not to change it or stop it; continue to follow

a particular path

d. try hard, do one’s best even if it causes

problems for you

e. continue doing sth

f. organize or prepare things

g. establish or arrange

h. like each other and be friendly to each other

i. to use all of sth and not have any left

j. lose power; get exhausted

k. continue doing something until it is fini-

shed, especially something unpleasant or

difficult

l. make a decision

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12. Translate the following sentences into Russian with a focus on

phrasal verbs.

1. She really put herself out to get everything ready for us. 2. I think

we should stick to our original plan. 3. Since he took his extra job he’s

really run himself down. 4. My doctor said I was looking run-down and

ought to take some time to rest. 5. I can’t make up my mind whether to

buy it or not. 6. Many hospitals are running out of money. 7. They got

a series of activities lined up to keep their business partner entertained.

8. A committee has been set up to organize social events in the college.

9. The boss asked him to take charge of the office for a few days while

she was away. 10. I get along well with most of my colleagues. 11. Don’t

give up; keep going. 12. Having come this far, we were determined to see

things through.

13. Complete the sentences with the words given, using them as either

countable or uncountable nouns; make the necessary form adjustments –

mind the number of the noun and the article). Translate the sentences into

Russian.

1) business