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• small talk before meetings • being direct (saying exactly what you
think)
accepting interruption
using first names
Which country would you like to visit on business? What would you like to
know about the culture of this country before visiting? Think of some questions
to ask.
Vocabulary
Idioms
Choose the most appropriate word in the box to complete the idioms in the
sentences below.
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11 was thrown in at the deep when my company sent me to run the German
office, I was only given two days' notice to prepare.
2 We don't see eye to about relocating our factory. The Finance Director wants
to move production to the Far East, but I want it to remain in Spain.
3 I got into hot with my boss for wearing casual clothes to the meeting with our
Milanese customers.
4 Small talk is one way to break the when meeting someone for the first time.
5 I really put my in it when I met our Japanese partner. Because I was nervous, I
said "Who are you?" rather than "How are you?"
6 I get on like a house on with our Polish agent; we like the same things and have
the same sense of humour.
7 When I visited China for the first time I was like a fish out of Everything was
so different, and I couldn't read any of the signs.
8 My first meeting with our overseas clients was a real -opener. I had not seen
that style of negotiating before.
Consider the context of each idiom in Exercise 1 and write down those
which have:
a) a positive meaning -
b) a negative meaning -
Match the idioms in Exercise 1 to the correct meanings a) to h).
a) given a difficult job to do without preparation
b) quickly have a friendly relationship with someone
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