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Business English Practice l Topic: General Business terms/expressions 9
Choose the correct response to complete each of the following sentences:
1. What are you _____________________? = What are you trying to say?
a) getting at b) getting c) making
2. I'm sorry, Lynn, I didn't _____________________ ( = understand/hear) that last figure.
a) engage b) catch/get c) grasp
3. Janine has _____________________ a lot to the development of this company.
a) constrained b) calculated c) contributed
4. We're running a little short _____________________. ( = we don't have much time left)
a) of time b) in time c) time
5. Bill told me that my issue was _____________________ of the meeting. ( = not part of what the
meeting was about)
a) outside the boundary b) out the door c) outside the scope
6. Let's _____________________ ( = talk) tomorrow.
a) touch bases b) touch base c) touch wood
7. She's really good at _____________________ ( = generating) creative solutions.
a) coming up with b) coming on to c) getting on with
8. In business jargon, when something is "on someone's radar":
a) they are not aware of something b) they are aware of something
c) they are a pilot
9. Let's leave that issue for _____________________.
a) other meeting b) another meeting c) the future
10. It's critical not to _____________________ of the main point.
a) see b) lose site c) lose sight
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Business English Practice l Topic: General Business terms/expressions 9
ANSWERS:
1) a 2) b 3) c 4) a 5) c 6) b 7) a 8) b 9) b 10) c