BEC高级真题词汇打印版

test 1

Accessories

Mail order

Spare parts

Turnover

Momentum

Strike lucky

Cut throat (competition)

Set about: start doing sth

Mindset

Allocate different people

Specialist division Customer base: all the people who buy or use a particular product or service Sign off (a plan)

Rigidity

Pull off Plough Currency rate

Share price

Unstuck

Joint venture

Slash (costs) Be running a bit behind

Attack the problem ……

Look at different options

Generate revenue

Clip

Regroup

Run a tight ship: to organize sth in a very efficient way, controlling other people very cl

osely Plausible: (of reasons/ statement) seeming reasonable/ probable Woolly: vague/ confused in expressing or character

Woolly thinking

Top dog: a person who’s dominant/ successful in their field

Clash over sth Grim

Sizeable: fairly large

Payoff

Move over

Untried: not yet tested to discover quality/ reliability; inexperienced Faulty components Appalling: horrifying, shocking Appalling results Predatory adj. Core quality Drastic action Chain of command

Tried and tested method

Draw sb

Read between the line Move sideways

Contender

Pass sb a complaint Faulty goods

Germane to sth: relevant to sth Second-to-none

Astute: adj. having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage Basic brief a set of instructions given to a

person about a job or task

Bulk sales

Standard agency channel

Debrief v./ n.

Reap the benefits

Pertinent adj. appropriate to a

particular situation

On … front …… ……

Grapple with

Get input

Test 2

Bumper adj. unusually large

A basket of: a number of different goods/ currencies

Revitalize

Handover times Delivery liability

Staff morale

Optimize

Muddled = confused Underperform Electronic tagging [mass noun] the attaching of electronic markers to people or goods for monitoring purposes, e.g. to track offenders under house arrest or to deter shoplifters

Literature

Mill around/ about : (esp. of a large number of people)

A full circle Domestic markets Navigate one’s way (round) esp. in difficult/ complicated situation

Pacific Rim the countries and regions bordering the Pacific Ocean, especially the small nations of east Asia

Incorporate v. Secure vt. ……

Concrete agreement Relish v. enjoy greatly

Get insights into ……

Marketing angles

Customer base: all the people who buy or use a particular product or service Staffing issues Database

Pinpoint offer

Phone operator

Staff retention Organogram

Test 3

Anecdote

Consumer durables e.g. TV, car

March issue

Lose out: be deprived of an opportunity to do or obtain something; be disadvantaged; be beaten in competition or replaced by Freebie n. Gauge v.

Drum sth up: to try hard to get support/ biz

Controlled experiment

Rack

Newsagent

Sample v. Workshop

Brief sb v.

(sb) be cut out for the job ……

Hold sth against sb

Top brass brass

Wastage