She feels strongly that British BOARDROOMS desperately need diversity. Shareholders felt mistakes had been made at BOARDROOM level.
A room where the ppl who control a company o org meet/ The group f ppl who manage a company o org (MANAGEMENT, WORKPLACE)
Military/legal/computer JARGON
special words and phrases that are used by particular groups of people, especially in their work
The CBI report casts a shadow over official SALES FIGURES. The fierce battle for market share may have boosted SALES FIGURES but it also dampened house prices. Announce/release/report SALES FIGURES
The value o amount f the total sales f an industry's o company's products fo a particular period (ACCOUNTING, FINANCE, COMMERCE)
Some companies OUTSOURCE to cheaper locations to cut costs=> The candidate talks about working-class issues, particularly about jobs being OUTSOURCED overseas=> OUTSOURCING might be inevitable
If a company outsources, it pays t hv part f its work done by another company=>Get work done by making a contract w another company t do it, often in another co
The stereotype is that men tend to be more AGGRESSIVE than women=> The company is AGGRESSIVELY pursuing new business opportunities.
Behaving in an angry & violent way twards another person/ Determined t win o succeed & using forceful action t win o achieve success
I've put the list of players up on the BULLETIN BOARD
A place on a computer system where users can read messages and add their own/ A board on a wall on which notices can be put
A ROUND TRIP from Rome to London will cost you €450. A ROUND TRIP ticket/fare=> I’d like a ROUND-TRIP ticket to Baltimore, please.
If u make a round trip, u go on a journey & return t where u started frm
CURTAIL your holiday/spending/ With all the snow, our daily walks have been severely CURTAILED=> They will not willingly accept any CURTAILMENT of their civil liberties.
Stop ST before it is finished, o Reduce o limit ST
Henderson Island in the Pacific has more than 55 species of NATIVE flowering plants. The horse is not NATIVE TO America - it was introduced by the Spanish/ The Aborigines are the NATIVE inhabitants of Australia. The NATIVE population
Refer t plants & animals that grow naturally in a place, & hv nt been brought there frm somewhere else/ Relating t the first ppl t live in an area
Small businesses have been EXEMPTED FROM the tax increase=> Goods EXEMPT FROM this tax include books and children's clothes. Pregnant women are EXEMPT FROM dental charges under the current health system=> EXEMPTION
Excuse SB o ST frm a duty, payment, etc=> With special permission not to do or pay ST
(TAX) A medical/tax EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE. The Revenue should have discretion to grant EXEMPTION CERTIFICATES to building subcontractors where a company has become insolvent for bona fide reasons.
An official document that gives someone special permission not to do or pay something
These people are KNOWN criminals. There is no KNOWN reason for the accident. He is KNOWN TO the police because of his previous criminal record=> And this is Terry, otherwise KNOWN AS "Muscleman".
Refer t ST o SB that is familiar t o understood by ppl=> If SB or ST is known as a particular name, that person or thing is called by that name
