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término definición
something bad which happens that is not expected or intended, and which often damages something or injures someone
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accident
to succeed in reaching a particular goal
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(to) achieve a target
not completely accurate but close
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approximate
an estimate of a number or an amount that is almost correct, but not exact
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approximation
a long, usually hard, seat for two or more people, often found in public places
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bench
the total amount that can be contained or produced
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capacity
to fall down suddenly because of pressure or having no strength or support
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(to) collapse
to become less
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(to) decrease
not having one or more of the physical or mental abilities that most people have
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(the) disabled
not as good, successful as you hoped
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disappointing
to find information, a place or an object, especially for the first time
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(to) discover
the quality of including a range of many people or things
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diversity
similarities and differences among employees in terms of age, cultural background, physical abilities and disabilities, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation.
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diversity of workforce
moving towards a lower/higherposition or value
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Downward / upward
to a very great and surprising degree
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dramatically
to move to a lower level, or cause something to move to a lower level
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(to) drop
attributable to or caused by
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due to
likely to last for a long time without breaking or getting weaker
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durable
giving support, courage or hope
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encouraging
how well a business performs in terms of carrying out its activities without harming the environment
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environmental performance
of a national or racial group of people
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ethnic
to judge the quality, importance of something
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(to) evaluate
extremely good
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excellent
a building or set of buildings where large amounts of goods are made using machines
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factory
things such as chairs, tables, beds, etc. which are put into a house or other building to make it suitable and comfortable for living or working in
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furniture
a picture which shows how two sets of information or variable amounts are related, usually by lines or curves
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graph
as well (as)
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in addition
used to describe which particular area of a subject you are discussing
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in terms of
to contain something as a part of something else, or to make something part of something else
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(to) include
in or related to industry, or having a lot of industry and factories, etc
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industrial
a general, continuous increase in prices
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inflation
to hurt or cause physical harm to a person or animal
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(to) injure
a person who puts money into something in order to make a profit
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investor
to fasten a label to
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(to) label
to continue being good or suitable
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(to) last
to stop employing someone, because there is no work for them to do
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(to) lay off
the group of people elected to govern a particular area, town orcity, and organize services for it
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local council
to be in a particular place
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(to) locate
to take care of or be in charge of someone or something
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(to) look after
cheap
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low-cost
to use money, time, etc. in a sensible way so that it does not cost too much to do something
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(to) manage costs
the amount of sales of a product that a company has, compared with total sales of that product
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market share
to evaluate the quality of organization’s activity, services
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(to) measure performance
a social group that consists of well-educated people, such as doctors, lawyers, and teachers, who have good jobs and are neither very rich nor very poor
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middle-class
a smaller number or part
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minority
at the present time, in comparison to the past
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nowadays
something which you plan to do or achieve
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objective
the black oil obtained from under the Earth's surface from which petrol comes
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oil
a road vehicle with an engine, four wheels, and seats for a small number of people
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passenger car
to work or function well or badly
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(to) perform
how well a person, company, etc. does a piece of work or an activity
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performance
the type of person you are, which is shown by the way you behave, feel and think
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personality
to make an area or substance, usually air, water or earth, dirty by adding harmful chemicals
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(to) pollute
not good, being of a very low quality
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poor
to keep something as it is, especially in order to prevent it from decaying or being damaged or destroyed
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(to) preserve
all ordinary people
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public
any area which is free and open to general public all the time
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public area
to make something smaller in size, amount, degree, importance
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(to) reduce
to stay in the same condition, not likely to change
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(to) remain stable
to change something that is old, damaged, etc, for a similar thing that in newer or better
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(to) replace
the opinion that people have about what someone/something is like, base on what has happened in the past
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reputation
the money that an organization receives from its business
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revenues
to increase
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(to) rise
not in danger or likely to be harmed
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safe
the facts about how an organization performs in relation to its products and activities being safe
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safety record
the amount of money needed to pay salaries to the employees
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salary cost
the number of products sold
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sales result
a specified amount of sales that a management sets for achieving or exceeding within a specified timeframe
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sales target
good or good enough for a particular need or purpose
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satisfactory
a thin pointed piece of metal which is used to join things together
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screw
managers at the highest level of a company or organization, considered as a group
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senior management
one of the equal parts into which the ownership of a company is divided and which can be bought by members of the public
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share
doing things in a way that shows concern for society and people in general
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socially responsible
the business of buying and selling shares in companies and the place where this happens
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stock market
an examination of opinions, behaviour, etc., made by asking people questions
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survey
to behave towards someone or deal with something in a particular way
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(to) treat
a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are behaving
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trend
the number of people who do not have a job which provides money
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unemployment
machine usually with wheels and an engine, which is used for transporting people or goods
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vehicle
a hard substance which forms the branches and trunks of trees and which can be used as a building material
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wood

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