In stock, in transit, in debt

1. We regret that we are not... extend you more credit.

2. We have sold your car... your instructions.

3. The government wants to reduce the amount of money....

4. He is heavily... because he still hasn't been paid for the last job he did.

5.... it was $ 8,000 - the exact figure was $ 7,985.

6. You'll receive half the payment... and the rest when the work has been completed.

7. We have over 500 carpets... in our warehouse.

8. The goods were sent.... We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.

9. You should receive the information... so please try and be patient.

10. They are... installing a new computer-controlled system, so your order might be delayed.

11. They took him to court because he was 14 months... with the rent.

12. The goods were damaged... from the factory to the warehouse.

Ex. 4. Match thewords with the given definitions. Translate the sentences into Russian. There are some odd words.

Identity, challenge, mentality, assumption, liberty, high-context culture, integrity, background, proponent, corporate hospitality, ethnocentrism, low-context culture, corporate values, bureaucratic culture, dress code

1. The rules about what kind of clothes employees are allowed to wear.

2. Characteristic way of thinking of a person or a group.

3. A person’s education, experience, and social circumstances.

4. Culture in which verbal code is the primary source of information.

5. Company’s attitudes and goals in relation to such things as its workforce, its customers, and society in general.

6. Culture in which most of the information is in the physical context, while very little is in the coded, explicit, transmitted part of the message.

7. A call to someone to participate in a competitive situation.

8. Belief in the intrinsic superiority of the nation, culture, or group.

9. A person who advocates a theory, proposal, or project.

10. Culture in a workplace when there is a lot of emphasis on complicated rules and procedures.

11. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.

12. The state of having unique identifying characteristics held by no other person or thing.

13. The entertainment that a company offers to its most valued clients, e.g. by inviting them to sporting events or providing them with food and drink.

Ex. 5. Give 2-3 synonyms to the following words:

Impact, dovetail, background, understanding, shade, framework, particular, resentment, indelible, constraint, terrain

Ex. 6. Fill the blanks in these sentences with a suitable prepositional phrase.

On a large scale, on a ship/on a plane, on approval, on behalf of, on business, on closer inspection, on condition, on display, on loan, on order, on paper, on request, on schedule, on the spot, on the telephone, on time, on vacation/on holiday

1. They produce this kind of material... so they should be able to supply us quickly.

2. You will find our new product... at our showroom.

3. We have a sales engineer... who can fix the fault this week.

4. We can supply samples and demonstration equipment....

5. We have had the goods... for three months, but they haven't arrived yet.

6. We accepted delivery of the goods as undamaged, but... we find that several of the components are unusable.

7.1 spoke to him... last week about this.

8. We can have the goods for four weeks.... Then we can return them or pay for them.

9. The goods arrived....

10. We'll put the goods... as soon as they're ready.

11. He travelled to England... but managed to do a little sight-seeing while he was there.

12. I'm afraid Ms Smith is... till the end of the month—can I help you?

13. We can offer you the job... that you start work on the 1st of next month.

14. This candidate doesn't look very good... but she is very impressive in person.

15. You can't keep this permanently, but you may have it... till the end of the month.

16. She signed the letter... her boss.

17. Our relocation plans are proceeding... and we will be making the move on January 1 next year.

Ex 7. Fill in the blanks with the right colour.

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