Homework: Write
a description of how something works as in the model on page 53.
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/ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən/
/ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
entrepreneur
/ˌɒntrəprəˈnɜː
r / noun [ C ]
someone who starts their own business, especially when
this involves risks
entrepreneurial adjective
businessman,
businesswoman /ˈbɪznɪsmən,
ˈbɪznɪsˌwʊmən/ noun [ C ] plural businessmen , businesswomen
someone who works in business, usually in a high
position in a company
An
angel to invest (sb helping an entrepreneur develop an idea)
Hit on/upon sth
— phrasal verb with hit UK US
/hɪt/ verb (past participle hitting, past tense and past participle
hit)
› To think of an idea when you didn’t expect or intend
to, especially one that solves a problem:
When we first hit on the idea, everyone told us it
would never work.
Thrive
Verb [I] UK
US /θraɪv/ (thrived or US also
throve, thrived or US also thriven)
To grow, develop, or be successful:
His business thrived in the years before the war.
She seems to thrive on stress.
Wear someone out
— Phrasal verb with wear /weər/ verb (wore, worn)
› to make someone very tired:
All this walking is wearing me out.
Let alone
Used after a negative statement to emphasize how
unlikely a situation is because something much more likely has never happened:
Some people never even read a newspaper, let alone a
book.
bring
somebody/something ↔ in
phrasal verb
1 to introduce a new law:
Harsh anti-Trade
Union laws were brought in in the early 1980s.
2 to ask someone to become involved in a discussion or
situation:
I'd
like to bring in Doctor Hall here and ask him his views.
bring somebody in
to do something
The police were
brought in to investigate the matter.
3 to earn a particular amount or produce a particular
amount of profit:
The sale of the
house only brought in about £45,000.
4 to attract customers to a shop or business:
We've got to bring
in more business if we want the restaurant to survive.
5
bring in a
verdict
to say officially in a law court whether someone is
guilty or not guilty of a crime [= return a verdict]:
The jury brought in
a verdict of not guilty.
/ˌɒn.trə.prəˈnɜːr/
UK
/ˌɒn.trə.prəˈnɜː.ʃɪp/ US /ˌɑːn.trə.prəˈnɝː-/
sil‧i‧con [uncountable]
a chemical substance that exists as a solid or as a
powder and is used to make glass, bricks, and parts for computers. It is a
chemical element: symbol Si
sil‧i‧cone [uncountable]
a chemical that is not changed by heat or cold, does
not let water through, and is used in making artificial body parts, paint, and
rubber
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PITCH
business deals
[intransitive and transitive] informal to
try to persuade someone to do business with you, buy something etc
pitch for
business/contracts/custom etc
Booksellers are
keen to pitch for school business.
pitch to
For many companies,
pitching to investors has become almost a full-time job.
sales reps pitching
new gadgets
sweatshop
(ˈswɛtˌʃɒp)
n
1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a workshop where employees work long hours under bad conditions for low wages
peek‧a‧boo [uncountable]
a game you play to amuse young children, in which you
hide your face and then show it again, or the word you say when you play this
game:
Peekaboo!
I see you!
Less
is more-> lo bueno, si breve...
What is Copyleft?
Copyleft is a strategy of utilizing copyright law to
pursue the policy goal of fostering and encouraging the equal and inalienable
right to copy, share, modify and improve creative works of authorship. Copyleft
(as a general term) describes any method that utilizes the copyright system to achieve
the aforementioned goal. Copyleft as a concept is usually implemented in the
details of a specific copyright license, such as the GNU General Public License
(GPL) and the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License. Copyright
holders of creative work can unilaterally implement these licenses for their
own works to build communities that collaboratively share and improve those
copylefted creative works.
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