Context 21 The World of Work and Business - Active Vocabulary - Work and Business Vocabulary

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Context 21 focuses on active English vocabulary for work, business, and employment trends. It provides example sentences and clear definitions for key terms such as emerging markets, productivity, investing and relocating, costs and profit, and different sectors of employment. The material also covers job types and working arrangements, including part-time and temporary employment, flexitime and nine-to-five roles, training, workplace concepts, and business-administration essentials for starting a company.

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Words in Context: Present Trends in the Business World

Starting a Business

| Context 21 The World of Work and Business: Active Vocabulary | | | --- | --- | © 2010 Cornelsen Verlag, Berlin . Al Rechte vorbehaltenle . Lead-In | accusation
(task 2a) | The ~ that this man is racist is completely false! | Anschuldigung | | --- | --- | --- | | remedy
(task 2a) | The doctor gave me a natural ~ for my illness. | Heilmittel | | hypocrite
(task 2a) | He is such a ~ ! He says one thing, but always does the opposite. | Heuchler | Words in Context: Present Trends in the Business World | emerging markets (pl)(l. 1) | = a country which is in the process of rapid industrial and economic growth and development | Schwellenländer, Wachstumsmärkte | | --- | --- | --- | | (to) remain competitive (l. 4) | The supermarket chain ~ed competitive by lowering their prices. | wettbewerbsfähig bleiben | | (to) raise the productivity of sth.(l. 4) | The new manager ~ed the ~ of the factory by 5% . | die Produktivität von etwas steigern | | (to) invest in sth.(l. 6) | The company ~ed in the housing market in eastern Europe. | in etwas investieren | | (to) reduce costs (pl)(l. 7) | The business ~d costs by employing fewer people. | die Kosten reduzieren | | (to) maximize profit (l. 7) | In order to ~ profit , companies must reduce waste products. | die Gewinne maximieren | | multinational company
(l. 7) | = a large business which operates in several different countries | multinationales Unternehmen | | (to) relocate sth.(l. 7) | The firm ~d its head office from Cape Town to Johannesburg. | etwas verlegen | | manufacturing industry
(l. 11) | Since the recession, many jobs in the ~industry have been lost. | produzierendes Gewerbe; Fertigungsindustrie | | service sector
(l. 12) | A waitress and a shop assistant are two examples of people who work in the ~sector. | Dienstleistungssektor | | part-time employment
(l. 12) | Part-time ~ is useful for working parents while their children are young. | Teilzeitarbeit | | temporary employment
(l. 12) | The students got ~ employment as fruit pickers over the summer. | vorübergehende Beschäftigung; Aushilfstätigkeit | | low-skilled
(l. 13) | He has a low-~ job in a factory which makes car parts. | gering qualifiziert | | low-paid
(l. 13) | She could only find a low-~ waitressing job on her gap year. | schlecht bezahlt | | workforce
(l. 14) | The company has a ~ of a thousand employees. | Arbeiterschaft | | highly skilled worker
(l. 15) | Many ~-skilled ~s such as doctors and engineers have left the country in the last ten years. | hochqualifizierte(r) Beschäftigte(r) | Page 1 of 6 | Context 21 The World of Work and Business: Active Vocabulary | | | --- | --- | © 2010 Cornelsen Verlag, Berlin . Al Rechte vorbehaltenle . | (to) promote sb. (to sth. )(l. 19) | John was ~d to manager last year. | jdn. (zu etwas) befördern | | --- | --- | --- | | job security
(l. 19) | If the economy is doing badly, job ~decreases. | Arbeitsplatzgarantie | | (to) hire and fire (l. 20) | Some companies ~ and ~ employees within a few months. | einstellen und kündigen von Personal nach Bedarf | | nine-to-five job
(l. 21) | I’ve had a nine-to-five ~ in an office since I left school. | Arbeit von 9 Uhr morgens bis 5 Uhr nachmittags; Büroarbeit | | flexitime job
(l. 22) | F~ jobs give workers the freedom to choose when they start and finish work. | Arbeitsplatz mit
gleitenden Arbeitszeiten | | employee
(l. 23) | The business has five hundred ~s. | Arbeitnehmer/in | | in-service training
(l. 23) | Sam received in-service ~ when he started his new job. | innerbetriebliche Fortbildung | | (to) meet the demandsand challenges
(l. 24) | It isn’t easy to ~ the ~ and ~ of technology in the twenty-first century. | den Erfordernissen und Herausforderungengerecht werden | | (to) do business (l. 42) | ‘It was a pleasure ~ing business with you,’the director said to his business partner. | Geschäfte machen; arbeiten | | workplace
(l. 43) | = the office,

FAQs

What topics does Context 21 cover in the business world?

It covers present business and work trends, including emerging markets, productivity, investing, costs, and profit, plus different employment sectors and job types.

Which employment arrangements and job types are included?

The text includes part-time and temporary employment, nine-to-five work, flexitime jobs, remote work, and related concepts like job security, hiring and firing, and in-service training.

What learning support style does the vocabulary section use?

Each word is presented with an explanation and an example sentence, helping learners connect vocabulary to real work and business contexts.

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