Business English - synonyms

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to reduce, to decrease
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to diminish
backbone
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spine
to compensate for sth bad with sth good
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to make up for sth
careful
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tentative
socially acceptable or good
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decent
it’s profitable
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it pays to...
Skilfully phrased!
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Well put!
to make continous, nervous movements
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to fidget
It is...
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It’s on the ... side.
to remain in a place as a guest or visitor for one night
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to stay overnight
to cooperate
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to liaise
to overact, to overdraw
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to exaggerate
to keep (a feeling or emotion) inside instead of expressing it: to hide (a feeling or emotion)
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to bottle up
What do you think?
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What do you reckon?
the standard form of British English pronunciation
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to cause to flow, move, fall or spread over the edge or outside the limits of sth
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to spill sth
I need sth...
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I could do with...
crossbreed
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mongrel
In my opinion/As it relates to me
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As far as I am concerned...
to make sth appear less important than it really is
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to downplay
to beautify (oneself)
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to smarten (oneself) up
Be flooded with sth.
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I’m snowed under.
questioning/interviewing
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interrogation
to deal with, to handle
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to cope with
It is ruined, broken, dead, destroyed, lost, stolen, smashed
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It’s a goner.
the making of petty distinctions, quibbling
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hairsplitting
nasty, rotten
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lousy
fruitful, productive
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fertile
to emphasize, to stress
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to highlight
to disclose
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to reveal
benefits
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perks
encouragement
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incentive
a sudden, short period of noise, confusion, or excited movement
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commotion
intended to harm or upset other people
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malicious
to try very hard to do something or to make something happen, especially for a long time or against difficulties
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to strive for
a change in a decision or opinion
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on second thoughts
unpleasant, unkind, cruel, or more severe than is necessary
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harsh
a level of material, such as a type of rock or gas, that is different from the material above or below it, or a thin sheet of a substance
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layer
to differ or to change
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to vary
to start to understand a situation or fact and believe what you hear about it, even if it is difficult or unpleasant
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to wise up

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