This exercise focuses on general business English vocabulary with an emphasis on the idiomatic expressions and collocations that native speakers use naturally in professional settings.
📚 Key vocabulary brand equity — the commercial value derived from consumer perception of a brand name rather than the product itself market segmentation — dividing a broad market into subgroups of consumers with common needs or characteristics conversion rate — the percentage of website visitors or leads who complete a desired action, such as making a purchase customer acquisition cost (CAC) — the total cost of winning a new customer, including marketing and sales expenses return on investment (ROI) — a measure of the profitability of an investment, calculated as net profit divided by cost lead generation — the process of attracting and capturing interest from potential customers for a business's products or services value proposition — a clear statement explaining how a product solves a customer problem and why it is better than alternatives positioning — the process of establishing how a brand or product occupies a distinct place in the minds of target customers B2B (business-to-business) — commercial transactions conducted between two businesses, rather than between a business and a consumer B2C (business-to-consumer) — commercial transactions where a business sells products or services directly to individual consumers
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Choose the correct response to complete each sentence.
1. I don't think I can take on any more projects right now. I have too much __________________________ already.
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2. The USA is one of the easiest places in the world to __________________________.
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3. I'm swamped. = I'm __________________________.
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4. What's on the __________________________ today? = What's the plan for today?/ What do we have to do today?
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5. I'm a little confused about the timeline. Could you __________________________ ( = explain it to me) again?
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6. What's a "timeline"?
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7. I have a couple of things I'd like to talk about. I'm going to go through them __________________________. ( = one by one)
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8. Tony is always ______________________ the meeting by being late.
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9. I have a terrible boss! He never gives me any positive __________________________ on the work I do. (= he never compliments my work)
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10. A business's "core competency" is something that it can do well, something that sets it apart from its competitors, and is difficult for these competitors to ___________________. ( = copy)
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