Bulats Vocabulary List

About to (be about to) (phr v) Ill call you at 3 pm

Abroad (adv) Call in (phr v)
According to (prep) Ill call in and see you next time
Im in town
Addition (n)
Canteen (n)
In addition, Id like to order a
new printer Carry on (phr v & adj)
With his experience, he will be a
useful addition to his team Ill carry on working till Im 65
There is a limit for how much
Alike (adv & adj) carry-on luggage you can take
on the plane
Allocate (v)
Carry out (a task) (phr v)
Apart from (prep)
Weve just carried out a survey
Approach (n & v)
into customer satisfaction
Argue (v) Carrying out instructions is part
of the job
Ask for (v + prep)
Come from (phr v)
At least (prep phr)
I come from Vietnam
At the moment (prep phr)
Come up with (phr v)
At the same time (prep phr)
We came up with a solution to
Because of (prep)
the problem
Branch (n)
Cope (with) (v)
Break down (n & phr v)
Cut back (n & phr v)
Briefing (n)
Further financial cutbacks are
Bring forward (phr v) expected next year
Due to the difficult economic
Well have to bring the meeting conditions we will need to cut
time forward to 10:00 am back on the number of staff.
Bulk (n) (phr v)

By accident (prep phr) Cut down (phr v)

By all means (prep phr) We need to cut down on

spending
By chance (prep phr)
Deal (n & v)
By hand (prep phr)
A business deal (n)
By mistake (prep phr) To make a deal (n)
By oneself (prep phr) Deal with someone/something
(v)
Call back (phr v) Deal in (v)
Could you ask her to call me Depend (v)
back?
It depends on what you do
Call for (phr v)
Due to (prep phr)
Shares fell due to loss of
confidence
Dull (adj)
Even if (conj)
Even though (conj)
Expenditure (n)
Fall out
The partners fell out over how to
allocate the budget
Fed up (with) (phr adj)
Get along with (phr v)
I get along well with my
supervisor
Get rid of (phr v)
Could you get rid of these old
files?
Grant (n & v)
He was given a grant to study
new managements methods (n)
The CEO granted his request to
attend the conference
Hand in (phr v)
Could you hand in your report
before the end of the week?
Hand out (phr v)
Could you hang out the minutes
of the meeting?
Handle (n & n)
The door handle is broken (n)
Please handle with care (v)
He handles all telephone
inquiries (v)
She handled the situation well
(v)
In a hurry (prep phr)
In advance (prep phr)
In any case (prep phr)
In case of (prep phr)
In case of fire
In case of delays
In charge (of) (prep phr)
In danger (prep phr)
In debt (prep phr)
In charge of (prep phr)
In general (prep phr)
In order to (prep phr)
In stock (prep phr)
In touch (prep phr)
Inhabitant (n)
In-house (adj & adv)
Initiate (v)
Instead (of) (adv)
Joint (adv)
Joint venture
Keen (adj)
Im not keen on the new product
Hes keen to improve our brand
image
Keep on (phr v)
They kept on advertising even
though their profits were failing
Lay off (n & v)
Lead to (phr v)
Lead to a situation where
Level off (phr v)
Growth in the economy has
leveled off
Level out (phr v)
Sales have finally leveled out
Look after (phr v)
He needs to look after his father
Who looks after the financial
part?
Market share (n)
Net (adj & v) I have to take over all the
responsibilities
He has a net income of $50,000 The CEO plans to take over one
a year (adj) of our competitors.
The company netted a record
profit last year (v) Take part in (phr v)
On sale (prep phr) He didnt take part in the
discussion
On time (prep phr)
Take place (phr v)
Out of date (prep phr)
The conference will take place
Out of order (prep phr)
at the end of the year
Out of stock (prep phr)
Take up (phr v)
Out of work (prep phr)
She took up golf as a way of
Parcel (n) building her business networks
He took up a new position in the
Payroll (n) company
Peer (n) Venture (n)
Praise (n & v) A joint venture
Provide (v) Venture capital

Put back (phr v) Venue (n)

The meeting was put back until Wholesale (n)

the end of the month Withdraw (v)
Put off (phr v) Within (adv & prep)
Lets put the meeting off until Worth (adj)
next week
Worthwhile (adj)
Put up with (phr v)
Wrap up (phr v)
I cant put up with this noise
Write down (phr v)
Quotation (n)
Write out (phr v)
The quotation is higher than
expected
Redundant (adj)
Run out (of) (phr v)
So that (conj)
So far (adv)
Succeed (v)
Sum up (phr v)
The finance director summed up
the objections to the proposed
strategy
Take over (phr v)