VOCABULARY
University of Architecture Ho Chi Minh City
Speaking
band 7 – A wide enough vocabulary to discuss a variety of topic.
- beyond one’s budget: over the amount of money you are allowed to spend for a particular purpose
Ex: Drinking a cup of Highland coffee is beyond my budget.
- due to do something (adj):
arranged or expected
Ex: Rose is due to start school in January.
- Explore = analyze = discover = make out
- Be enthusiastic about something = eager to do sth
- Eager She was eager to help.
- Excited The children were very excited to go to the zoo.
- Avid He tool an avid interest in the project.
- Enthusiastic He was very enthusiastic about the idea of moving on Spain
- Be dying for/ to do I’m dying for a glass of water.
Those are organised by our well-qualified and enthusiastic staff.
- I think one of the most important tasks of managers is to consider the needs of the individual on one hand and group co-operation and conformity on the other. It requires creative thinking on the part of management to avoid tension.
- Well, it has to start from the very beginning when…
- Break the mould (idiom) to be new and different
They need to look for someone who’s broken the mould and can think for themselves.
- A problem solver
- Incentive (C2)
When an individual demonstates the behaviour the organisation expects, some kind of incentive can be given.
Also the incentive should be something the individual actually wants, and this isn’t always just money.
Ex: There is little incentive for people to leave their cars at home when public transport remains so expensive.
Bonus payments provide an incentive to work harder.
- Invest (B2) to put money, effort, time into sth to make profit
- Invest in (the project)
- You have all invested significant amounts of time and energy in making this project …
- + Recruit (C1) persuade someone to work (tuyển dụng)
A recruiting centre/ office
+ Recruit (C2) a new member of an organization, especially the army
Raw recruits (=completely new soldiers)
there's a lot to be said for doing sth" = sth has advantages
well, without stating the obvious, there's a lot to be said for engaging in sport activities