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Upper intermediate wordlist: English to [NAME]
Page No. | English | Part of Speech | Definition | [NAME]
* Zaradi večje preglednosti so slovenske ustreznice v moškem slovničnem spolu, [NAME].
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13 | appraisal | n | assessment or evaluation of how well you do your job | ocena delovne uspešnosti zaposlenega
10 | bonus scheme | n | company system in which employees receive extra payments if certain targets are reached | sistem dodatkov
10 | book-keeping | n | recording the money that an organisation or business spends and receives | knjigovodstvo
12 | computer literate | adj | able to use a computer competently | računalniško opismenjen
12 | core | n | central, essential | jedro / bistvo
11 | dedicated | adj | designed especially for that use | namenjen
13 | degree | n | university qualiﬁcation | (univerzitetna) diploma
13 | ﬁrm | n | company | družba / podjetje
12 | ﬂying start | n | very good beginning | odličen začetek
11 | goal | n | aim, objective, target | cilj
13 | graduate | n | someone who has obtained a university degree | diplomant
12 | hands-on | adj | practical, not theoretical | praktičen
11 | high ﬂier | n | someone with a lot of ability and ambition who is expected to be successful | [NAME] sposobna in ambiciozna oseba
10 | in-house | adj | taking place within the company | domač / znotraj podjetja
11 | key | adj | very important, essential | ključen
12 | learning goals: meet the learning goals | v | provide good enough instruction in what the employees want to learn | učni cilji / izpolniti učne cilje
11 | limited | adj | company where each shareholder is responsible for the company’s debts up to but no more than the amount that he/she has invested in the company | (družba) z omejeno odgovornostjo
12 | monitor | v | watch carefully and record the results | spremljati
10 | on-the-job training | n | training while you are working | [NAME] delu
13 | peer | n | person at the same level as you in a company | sodelavec (na enako ovrednotenem delovnem mestu v podjetju)
10 | permanent contract | n | an employment agreement which is not for a limited period of time | zaposlitev za nedoločen čas
12 | promising | adj | showing signs of being likely to develop successfully | obetaven
11 | promote | v | give someone a better-paid, more responsible job; advertise or publicise a product or service so that people will buy it | [NAME]
11 | recruit | n | someone who has recently started working for a company | [NAME]
10 | salary | n | money paid regularly to employees for doing a job | plača
10 | skill | n | ability to do something well | (strokovno) znanje / sposobnost / spretnost
10 | staff development | n | expansion of skills and consequent possible promotion for employees | [NAME]/strokovno izpopolnjevanje kadrov
13 | study leave | n | period of time away from work for study | študijski dopust
12 | tailor-made | adj | specially designed to meet individual needs | posebej prilagojen
13 | track record | n | reputation based on things done up to now | pretekli poklicni/poslovni dosežki
12 | workload | n | the amount of work you have to do | delovna obremenitev / obseg dela
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14 | accounting | n | activity of preparing and maintaining ﬁnancial records | računovodstvo
16 | areas | n | departments | področja / oddelki
16 | audit | v | check that ﬁnancial statements and accounts are correct | pregledati / preveriti / opraviti revizijo
CD1 T3 | baby: your own baby | n | project or piece of work that you care about a lot because it was your idea | otrok: vaš "otrok"/projekt
16 | board of directors | n | top-level managers of a company | [NAME] / odbor direktorjev
17 | candidate | n | person applying for a job | kandidat
17 | cashier | n | the person who takes the money when customers pay at a supermarket | blagajnik
14 | CEO | n | short for Chief Executive Ofﬁcer | [NAME] (generalni direktor / glavni izvršilni direktor)
17 | challenging | adj | difﬁcult and demanding to do | zahteven
CD1 T4 | checkout | n | the place in a supermarket where you pay for your shopping | blagajna (v supermarketu)
14 | Chief Executive Ofﬁcer | n | highest manager with responsibility for the day-to-day running of a company | generalni direktor / glavni izvršilni direktor
14 | Chief Information Ofﬁcer | n | manager responsible for information and computer systems | [NAME]
14 | CIO | n | short for Chief Information Ofﬁcer | kratica: [NAME]
14 | customer relations | n | approach to management which recognizes the value of building and maintaining a long-term relationship with customers through, e.g. special credit cards, loyalty cards | odnosi/poslovanje [NAME]
17 | customer service | n | giving customers good service | postrežba / skrb za stranke; služba za delo s strankami / oddelek za reklamacije
14 | deadline | n | ﬁnal time by which a task or job must be completed | rok
14 | Finance Manager | n | the manager responsible for the accounting and ﬁnancial affairs of a company | finančni direktor
16 | ﬁnancial year | n | the -month period for which a company produces accounts | finančno leto
17 | ﬁre | v | dismiss someone from their job | odpustiti
16 | forecast | v | predict business and ﬁnancial performance for the future | napovedati / predvidevati
CD1 T3 | fulﬁlling | adj | making you happy or satisﬁed | izpolnjujoč
16 | graduation | n | the moment of successfully completing one’s university course | (opravljena/pridobljena) diploma
14 | HRM | n | Human Resources Manager | [NAME] / vodja kadrovske službe
14 | Human Resources Manager | n | the manager responsible for recruiting, training and managing employees | [NAME] / vodja kadrovske službe
CD1 T3 | incentive event | n | conference or other event which companies use for thanking customers and rewarding their staff | prireditev za spodbujanje/stimulacijo zaposlenih
17 | interviewee | n | person being interviewed | kandidat (za delovno [NAME]); oseba, ki odgovarja na vprašanja
16 | IT | n | short for Information Technology; computer and telecommunications technology | IT (informacijska tehnologija)
14 | launch | v | start selling a product or service for the ﬁrst time | dati na tržišče / predstaviti
CD1 T3 | [NAME] | n, adj | the way that you live your life | [NAME] / način življenja
16 | management accounting | n | preparing ﬁnancial information to help management decisions | [NAME]
14 | Managing Director | n | highest manager with responsibility for the day-to-day running of the company, Chief Executive Ofﬁcer | generalni/glavni/poslovodni direktor
14 | Marketing Consultant | n | someone whom companies employ to give advice about how to market their products or services | [NAME]
14 | PA | n | short for Personal Assistant | osebni/poslovni tajnik
17 | part-time job | n | job which is only done for part of the working week, less than a full-time job | zaposlitev s skrajšanim [NAME]; [NAME]
14 | performance | n | how well a person or company does | uspešnost
14 | Personal Assistant | n | someone who is employed to do secretarial and administrative tasks, especially for a manager | osebni/poslovni tajnik
14 | PRO | n | short for Public Relations Ofﬁcer, the person responsible for ensuring that the public think well of a company | [NAME] odnose z javnostjo
14 | R&D | n | short for Research and Development | RR (raziskave in razvoj)
14 | recruitment | n | the activity of ﬁnding and employing new people to work in an organisation | zaposlovanje / iskanje kadrov
CD1 T4 | relief | n | person who takes the place of another worker so that he/she can have a break | [NAME]
16 | reporting to me |  | that I have authority over | [NAME] ...
14 | Research and Development | n | the activity of investigating and developing new products | raziskave in razvoj
16 | role | n | job or function in a company | mesto/vloga v podjetju
14 | routine correspondence | n | normal, everyday letters and emails which are not special | običajna vsakodnevna korespondenca
17 | selling point | n | characteristic of a product that makes people want to buy it | prodajna značilnost / [NAME] nakup izdelka
16 | smooth-talking | adj | good at persuading people, not to be trusted | prepričevalen
17 | supervisor | n | person who makes sure people do their jobs properly | nadzornik/kontrolor
14 | target | n | goal or objective decided in advance against which performance can be measure | cilj
CD1 T3 | thrive on | v | really enjoy | uspevati
16 | treasurer | n | the person who looks after the money in an organisation | blagajnik/ finančni direktor / zakladnik
CD1 T3 | vision | n | plan or hope for the future | vizija / predvidevanje
4 | workwise | adj | as far as work is concerned | deloven
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21 | academic background | n | what you have studied and the qualiﬁcations you have received | akademska izobrazba
CD1 T5 | common sense | n | practical, sensible thinking and judgement | [NAME] pamet
21 | consumer product | n | product bought by the public and not by companies | izdelek za široko porabo/potrošnjo
21 | [NAME] | n | short for curriculum vitae: a written summary of work experience and qualiﬁcations sent to a possible employer by someone applying for a job | (poklicni) življenjepis
CD1 T5 | found out | adj | shown to be dishonest | zaloten pri nečednem poslu
19 | full-on | adj | total | popoln
19 | gig | n | performance, concert | nastop
CD1 T5 | go about | v | start dealing with | lotiti se
CD1 T5 | go straight in the bin | v | be thrown away without being looked at | [NAME] / takoj zavreči
18 | innovation | n | new idea or product | inovacija
18 | job satisfaction | n | feeling of pleasure and achievement in your job | [NAME] delu
19 | kiosk | n | small building where products are sold | kiosk
19 | online distribution | n | the supply of goods through the Internet | [NAME] spleta
18 | perk | n | extra payment or beneﬁt which is not part of your salary, e.g. a company car | dodatne ugodnosti iz delovnega razmerja
19 | promotion | n | being given a better-paid, more responsible job | napredovanje
19 | receptive | adj | willing to listen and accept | dovzeten
20 | referee | n | person who gives information about your experience and ability when you apply for a job | oseba, [NAME] glede sposobnosti in značaja kandidata za delovno mesto
21 | reﬂect | v | show or represent | [NAME]
19 | release | n | the moment when something is available for the public to buy | dati izdelek na trg
19 | scope | n | opportunities | priložnost / možnost
CD1 T5 | snail mail | n | letters sent by post compared with the speed of email | "polžja"/navadna pošta
CD1 T5 | words of wisdom | pl n | very good advice | moder nasvet
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23 | bring up details | v | ﬁnd information on a computer | poiskati podatke (na računalniku)
25 | critical | adj | very important | [NAME]
23 | details: bring up your details | v | ﬁnd information about you on my computer | podatki: poiskati podatke (na računalniku)
25 | great deal | n | a lot | mnogo
23 | hang on | v | (inf) wait a moment | počakati trenutek
25 | intended recipient | n | the person you wanted to contact | [NAME]
25 | put someone on hold | v | make someone wait to speak to the person they have called on the phone | prositi klicalca, da počaka na telefonski zvezi
23 | screen: get it up on the screen | v | see bring up your details | prikaz: prikazati podatke na monitorju
25 | update | v | add new information to | posodobiti
CD1 T7 | vacancy | n | available job | prosto delovno mesto
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29 | brand awareness | n | knowledge among people in general that a certain brand exists | poznavanje blagovne [NAME]
28 | branding | n | giving a company or product a particular design or symbol in order to give it an identity for marketing and advertising purposes | oblikovanje prepoznavne blagovne znamke
28 | brochure | n | magazine published by a company advertising or giving information about its products and services | brošura
29 | capitalise on | v | benefit from, take advantage of | [NAME]
29 | centrepiece | n | the most important or attractive part or feature of something | [NAME]
29 | dating skills | pl n | ability to begin a romantic relationship | [NAME] sposobnosti
29 | direct mail | n | publicity sent directly to a person's home | prodaja po pošti / kataloška prodaja
28 | drawback | n | disadvantage | pomanjkljivost
31 | dream up | v | invent | sanjati / izmišljati si
31 | essence | n | most important quality | bistvo
31 | focus group | n | group of people who are paid to discuss and give their opinions for market research | skupina [NAME], [NAME] mnenja so podlaga za raziskavo trga
28 | gift | n | something which is given to you | darilo
29 | hit | n | time when someone visits a website | [NAME]
30 | hype | v | publicise strongly, advertise in an exaggerated way | [NAME]
28 | leaflet | n | printed material of a page or a few pages publicising or giving information about product and training | prospekt
30 | log on | v | start using a computer; visit a website | prijaviti se
31 | logo | n | design which represents a company or a product | logotip / znak podjetja
29 | lottery | n | game in which numbered tickets are sold to people who then have the chance of winning the prize if their number is chosen | loterija
29 | market share | n | the percentage of the market which is taken by a particular product in comparison with competitors' products | [NAME]
29 | online publicity | n | advertisements on the Internet | [NAME]
CD1 T8 | overheads | pl n | the regular and necessary costs, such as rent and heating, that are involved in operating a business | splošni/režijski stroški
31 | pay a premium | v | pay a higher price | plačati po [NAME]
29 | ploy | n | tactic or trick, especially when used in marketing | trik
28 | point-of-sales display | n | where products are arranged in a shop in a way which advertises them to customers | način predstavitve (izdelkov) na [NAME] [NAME]
29 | post | v | pin on the walls | (raz)obesiti
30 | profit margin | n | the percentage difference between income and sales | profitna marža/stopnja / odstotek [NAME]
28 | promotional activities | n | ways of advertising something | promocijske/oglaševalske dejavnosti
28 | purchase | n | something which you buy | nakup
CD1 T8 | recognition | n | appreciation and acceptance | priznanje
31 | reinvent | v | change the appearance or characteristics of something, modify | spremeniti/prenoviti nekaj
29 | retail | adj | selling goods in small amounts to customers in shops; v sell to customers in shops | maloprodajen
28 | sample | n | small example which shows what the rest of something is like | vzorec
29 | slogan | n | short, easily remembered phrase used to advertise something | slogan / reklamno besedilo
28 | sponsorship | n | helping by giving money to an event such as a sporting event and in that way getting publicity | pokroviteljstvo / sponzorstvo
31 | switch | v | change | spremeniti / zamenjati
29 | target audience | n | person or particular group of people at whom something is directed | ciljna skupina/publika
31 | task | n | job | naloga
28 | website | n | computer ﬁle with words and pictures which you can reach through the Internet | [NAME]
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35 | cashﬂow | n | the amount of money moving through a business | denarni tok / prilivi in odlivi iz poslovanja
CD1 T11 | chill-out zone | n | area for people to relax in | prostor [NAME]
33 | co-founder | n | person you begin a company with | soustanovitelj
35 | contacts | n | people, especially in high positions, who can give you useful information or introductions which will help you at work | stiki
CD1 T10 | customer base | n | regular customers | [NAME]
33 | customised | adj | made especially to suit the user’s needs | prilagojeno potrebam uporabnika
33 | decent | adj | good | sprejemljiv
CD1 T9 | deli | n | small shop that sells high-quality foods, such as types of cheese and cold cooked meat, which often come from other countries | delikatesa
33 | entrepreneurial skills | pl n | abilities connected with starting a new business | podjetniške sposobnosti
33 | found | v | set up or establish a company or organisation | ustanoviti
CD1 T11 | FT | n | a commonly used abbreviation for the Financial Times, an important British newspaper for people who are interested in ﬁnance, business and economics, printed on pink paper | FT (britanski časopis Financial Times)
33 | gap in the market | n | opportunity to sell a new product which isn’t being sold already | tržna vrzel
CD1 T9 | generic | adj | relating to a group of similar things rather than one thing in particular | splošen
35 | keep momentum | v | keep something developing after it has started | obdržati razvojni tempo / uspešno nadaljevati
33 | label | n | company name or symbol | znamka
33 | line: new line | n | new type of product | proizvodni program: nova blagovna skupina
33 | niche product | n | product which only interests very specialised customers and does not interest the mass market | tržna niša
32 | on the market | adv | for sale | na trgu
CD1 T11 | on the road | adv | travelling to different places | na cesti/poti
33 | opt for | v | choose | odločiti se za / izbrati
33 | outsell | v | sell more than other products | [NAME]
32 | package | v | wrapped and displayed so that people will want to buy | pakiran
35 | personal touch | n | having personal contact with and being aware of the needs of every individual customer to make them feel special | oseben pristop / osebna obravnava
CD1 T9 | pitch | v | aim, direct | ciljati / usmeriti
CD1 T11 | player: big player | n | large and powerful business | subjekt: pomemben akter/gospodarski subjekt
33 | prohibitive | adj | so expensive that you cannot afford it | predrag
33 | projected | adj | planned | predviden
CD1 T11 | sachet | n | small, closed container made of paper or plastic containing a small amount of something, usually only enough for one occasion | zavitek
33 | secure a site | v | rent a building or part of a building to run a business from | zagotoviti poslovne prostore
33 | soar | v | rise very fast | strmo se dvigniti
35 | sponsor | v | support ﬁnancially in order to get publicity for your company | sponzorirati / biti pokrovitelj
34 | stand | n | arrangement of shelves and tables at an exhibition where an organisation offers information, goods or services | [NAME]
CD1 T11 | start-up | n | small business that has just been started | [NAME] podjetje
33 | stir | n | a lot of interest | [NAME]
33 | supply chain | n | the network of companies who bring goods from manufacture through wholesale supply and distribution to a retailer | dobavna veriga
33 | take off | v | start selling well, become a popular product | [NAME]
33 | takings | pl n | income received in a shop from selling goods | izkupiček / iztržek / blagajniški prejemki
33 | turnover | n | total income of a company from sales of its products or services; sales | promet / realizacija / prihodki od prodaje
33 | upmarket | adj | expensive, high-quality, appealing to the luxury end of the market | [NAME] razreda
34 | word of mouth |  | people telling each other about how good a product is | izdelek, [NAME] kupec priporoči [NAME]
CD1 T11 | write-up | n | report, article | poročilo / članek
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38 | budget | n | money you have available to spend | proračun
38 | deliver | v | provide what was promised | dobaviti / zagotoviti
38 | edge | n | advantage | prednost
CD1 T12 | ﬁrst-come-ﬁrst-serve |  | dealt with in the order in which people ask | [NAME] pride, prej dobi
38 | keen | adj | competitive | konkurenčen
38 | [NAME] | v | communicate and exchange information | sporočanje in izmenjava informacij
36 | man | v | be present at, help to run | pomagati upravljati
38 | meet your brief | v | carry out your instructions | [NAME]
CD1 T12 | power cut | n | interruption in the electricity supply | prekinitev dobave električne energije / električni mrk
CD1 T12 | server | n | central computer from which other computers obtain information | strežnik
38 | stand out | v | make people notice | izstopati
38 | trade event | n | event within a particular business or industry | [NAME]
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43 | bulk: in bulk | adj | in large quantities | grosistično: na [NAME]
42 | carry a lot of stock | v | keep a large amount of stock in a shop / chain of shops | imeti [NAME] (trgovskega blaga v trgovini)
CD1 T14 | come back to you on that | v | talk to you again in order to give you further information | o tem vas bom še obvestil(a)
42 | gadget | n | small device or machine with a particular purpose | [NAME]
CD1 T13 | get in | v | arrive | priti / prispeti / vstopiti
42 | mark-up | n | amount by which the price of something is increased before it is sold again | [NAME] (trgovskega blaga) / zvišanje / [NAME]
43 | payment terms | pl n | arrangements made for payment, especially the amount of money and the period of time agreed | plačilni pogoji
41 | pop | v | (inf) put | dati / postaviti
42 | recommended retail price (RRP) | n | price at which a manufacturer suggests a product should be sold, although this may be reduced by the retailer | priporočena maloprodajna cena
CD1 T15 | repeat order | n | something which you order again | ponovno naročilo
43 | sight: at sight | adv | payable immediately, when the item is presented | pogled: na vpogled / vista
CD1 T14 | sort out | v | discuss, deal with | rešiti / obravnavati
40 | stick to | v | not change or be forced to change | držati se nečesa / še naprej ravnati v skladu z nečim
42 | stock | v | keep a supply of a product in the shop | imeti zalogo (trgovskega blaga v trgovini)
41 | take a seat | v | (formal) sit down | sedite, prosim / izvolite sesti
41 | terms and conditions | n | the details in an agreement or contract | (pogodbeni) pogoji in določbe
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CD1 T16 | buy into | v | invest in | [NAME] / [NAME] ([NAME]/delnice podjetja)
CD1 T16 | competition | n | other companies which produce the same goods or services as your company | konkurenca
49 | credit facilities | pl n | arrangement to borrow or owe money in order to buy goods | oblike kreditov / [NAME] / [NAME] / kreditne ugodnosti
47 | drop the idea | v | decide not to continue | [NAME] / spremeniti načrt
CD1 T16 | entrepreneur | n | person who starts up a new business | [NAME]
47 | estate agencies | n | businesses that arrange the selling, renting or management of property and land for their owners | [NAME] (posredniške) agencije
47 | failure rate | n | the number which do not succeed | stopnja neuspešnosti/propada
CD1 T16 | fat cat | n | someone who has a lot of money and who has the power to increase their own income | izkoriščevalski bogati vplivneži/direktorji
47 | fee | n | money you pay for professional services | plačilo ( za storitve) / honorar
46 | ﬁrst: in the ﬁrst place |  | at the start | najprej: na začetku
46 | franchise | n | right to sell a company’s products in a particular location using the company’s name | franšiza / franšizna licenca (= izključna pravica do uporabe [NAME] in poslovnih metod)
CD1 T16 | go from strength to strength | v | become increasingly successful | biti vse bolj uspešen
47 | go it alone | v | start your own business | [NAME]/postaviti (podjetje)
47 | household name | n | company name that most people have heard of | ime, poznano v večini gospodinjstev
47 | interior designer | n | person who plans the decoration of the inside of a building | arhitekt/oblikovalec za notranjo opremo
47 | legitimate | adj | likely and reasonable | upravičen / pravi
CD1 T16 | make a go of | v | make successful by working hard | prizadevati si (za uspeh)
CD1 T16 | make redundant | v | [NAME] someone because their job is no longer needed | odpustiti delavca kot presežno/odvečno delovno silo
49 | marketing | n | the activity of presenting products or services to customers in order to make them want to buy | [NAME] / marketing
CD1 T16 | never look back | v | become more and more successful | biti vse bolj uspešen
CD1 T16 | outlet | n | shop | prodajalna / prodajno mesto
CD1 T16 | prepared | adj | willing, happy | pripravljen
47 | proﬁt | n | money which is earned in trade or business, especially after paying the costs of producing and selling goods and services | dobiček / proﬁt
47 | quit | v | give up, leave, stop doing | prenehati z nečim / zapustiti nekaj
46 | redundancy money | n | money paid to workers that a company no longer needs, to compensate for losing their job | [NAME] (za odpuščeno presežno delovno silo)
49 | security | n | way of making sure that money which has been lent will be paid back | jamstvo / poroštvo / garancija / varščina / zavarovanje (dolga)
47 | source | v | ﬁnd | nabaviti / poiskati
CD1 T16 | take the plunge | v | decide to do something risky after thinking about it for a long time | [NAME]/tvegan [NAME]
49 | terms: in terms of |  | when talking about | opis: glede / v zvezi / v smislu
47 | trademark | n | name or symbol put on a product to show that it is made by a particular producer and cannot be legally used by any other producer | [NAME] znak
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CD1 T18 | angel investor | n | private investor willing to invest money in new business | [NAME]
CD1 T18 | application | n | computer program designed for a particular purpose | (računalniška) aplikacija
53 | business card | n | small card to give to business contacts showing your name, job title and details of the company you work for | (poslovna) vizitka
CD1 T18 | catch on | v | become popular | [NAME]
CD1 T17 | cold-call | v | phone or visit possible clients to try and sell something without any previous contact or appointment | [NAME]/obisk
CD1 T18 | defy a conventional business plan | v | be too difﬁcult to explain in a normal business plan | [NAME]/vsebino [NAME]
CD1 T18 | get off the ground | v | start | (uspešno) začeti
52 | government grant | n | money given by the government for a special purpose | državna nepovratna sredstva
CD1 T18 | [NAME] | n | strong belief which cannot be explained | [NAME]
50 | have something to do with | v | be connected with | imeti nekaj skupnega / biti povezan z nečim
52 | hi-tech | adj | using the most modern and advanced machines and technology | visokotehnološki
51 | loan | n | money which is lent or borrowed | posojilo
CD1 T17 | make do | v | use what was available | uporabiti, [NAME] na voljo / prilagoditi se
51 | mortgage | n | money which you borrow in order to buy a house | hipotekarno stanovanjsko posojilo
CD1 T17 | nothing to beat |  | nothing better than | neprekosljiv
52 | partnership | n | company owned by two or more people | družabništvo / partnerstvo
CD1 T19 | point blank | adv | in a very few words without trying to be polite | neposredno / brez ovinkov
52 | principal | n | the amount of money borrowed | glavnica
53 | savings | pl n | money which is not spent but is kept to use in the future | prihranki
51 | social security | n | money an employer pays into a government fund to cover unemployment, sickness pay and retirement pensions | prispevek za socialno varnost / socialno zavarovanje/varstvo/skrbstvo
CD1 T18 | splash out | v | spend a lot of money on things you don’t need | [NAME]
52 | tax return | n | information given to the government about how much you have earned a year | davčna napoved
52 | venture capital | n | investment from companies which specialise in high-risk new business | naložbeni/tvegani kapital
CD1 T18 | wrapper | n | additional worksheets and other materials | ovojni material
CD1 T18 | written in sand | adj | not ﬁxed or dependable | še nedoločen / odvisen
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57 | agent | n | company which sells another company’s products on commission | agent / zastopnik / posrednik
55 | bioinformatics | n | information science about living things | bioinformatika
CD1 T20 | clear up | v | deal with, get an explanation for | razjasniti
55 | cloned | adj | plant or animal which has the same genes as the original from which it was produced artiﬁcially | [NAME]
CD1 T20 | cross-fertilisation of ideas | n | mixing of ideas from different types of people to stimulate new thinking | prepletanje in pretresanje raznovrstnih novih idej
57 | distributor | n | company which buys another company’s products and sells them in a particular region | distributer
CD1 T20 | get down to | v | start | začeti / dejavno se posvetiti nečemu
CD1 T20 | get onto | v | start dealing with | [NAME]
CD1 T20 | great stuff |  | (inf) ‘That’s excellent!’ | odlično
54 | ground-breaking | adj | new and very different from others of its type | prelomen
CD1 T20 | hush-hush | adj | secret | skriven
CD1 T20 | keep up with | v | not fall behind | ne zaostajati za kom/čim
55 | knowledge industry | n | service industry in which employees deal in knowledge rather than products and need a high level of education and training | strokovno zahtevna gospodarska panoga / [NAME]
55 | milestone | n | mark, stage, level of achievement | mejnik
56 | purpose-built | adj | designed and built for a particular use | namenski
CD1 T20 | right away | adv | immediately | takoj
55 | sector | n | area of the economy | (gospodarski) sektor
55 | spin-out business | n | new, separate company based on a original organisation | [NAME], [NAME] od že obstoječe družbe
55 | state-of-the-art | adj | very modern | [NAME]
55 | stem-cell | n | cell taken from a person or animal in a very early stage of devlopment that can develop into any other type of cell | [NAME]
CD1 T20 | strings attached |  | special demands or limitations (on the loan) | [NAME]/zahteve
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60 | digest | v | take time to understand | [NAME] / premisliti / dojeti
60 | dry up | v | have nothing more to say | končati / utihniti
60 | eye contact: make eye contact | v | look at people’s eyes to keep them involved | stik z očmi: pogledati naravnost v oči
59 | feel free to | v | don’t be afraid to | če želite, [NAME] …
CD1 T21 | ﬁndings | n | information discovered | ugotovitve
60 | make the most of | v | take full advantage of an opportunity which will not last long | čim [NAME]
CD1 T21 | premium | adj | higher than usual | več, kakor običajno
60 | prompts | n | list of key words used to remind you what to say | [NAME] / opomnik
59 | slide | n | image which is projected onto a screen or wall | diapozitiv
61 | would-be | adj | wanting or trying to be | hoten / nadobuden
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65 | accident: is no accident |  | has been planned for carefully | slučaj/nesreča: ni naključje
67 | bankrupt | adj | having no money; unable to continue in business because you cannot pay your debts | bankrotiran / [NAME]
CD1 T22 | bear in mind | v | remember when making plans | [NAME]
67 | bid | n | the price offered for a piece of work or a service | ponudba
65 | bottom line | n | the most important thing | [NAME]
67 | break the bank | v | allow something to cost more than you can afford | plačati več, kakor je razpoložljivih sredstev
64 | business centre | n | facilities that business people can use to do work or contact people, e.g. fax machines, secretarial help, Internet connections | [NAME]
65 | chain | n | number of businesses owned by the same company | veriga
65 | frequent-ﬂier program (UK programme) | n | system where regular users of an airline earn points to get beneﬁts and discounts | program zbiranja točk ugodnosti za osebe, [NAME] potujejo z izbrano [NAME] (program v VB)
67 | gathering | n | large group meeting | srečanje / zbor
65 | [NAME] | v | express so strongly that it does not sound sincere | [NAME], da ni prepričljivo
66 | keynote speaker | n | the most important speaker at a conference | [NAME]
65 | loyalty program | n | reward system, e.g. free hotel breaks to thank regular customers for buying goods and services from a business | program nagrajevanja stalnih strank
67 | off-season | n | the time of year when there is less business activity | mrtva sezona / zunaj sezone
CD1 T22 | pitfall | n | likely mistake or problem | past
65 | plus | n | advantage | prednost
67 | practice | n | method | način ravnanja / praksa
67 | pull together | v | create, organise | skupno oblikovati/organizirati
65 | rival | n | competitor, company which produces the same products or services as your company | tekmec / konkurent
65 | single out | v | praise especially | posebno pohvaliti
65 | staffer | n | (American English) member of staff | [NAME]
65 | subscriber | n | person who buys a service or a magazine on a regular basis | naročnik
65 | tweak | v | change in small ways | rahlo spremeniti/popraviti
65 | what really counts | v | what is really important | [NAME] [NAME]
64 | wi-ﬁ | adj | wireless connection by which computers can connect to the Internet up to a certain distance from where they are usually plugged in | [NAME] wi-ﬁ (računalnika s spletom)
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69 | address | v | deal with | obravnavati
CD1 T25 | behind the scenes |  | which the public don’t see or meet | [NAME]
CD1 T25 | boom | v | grow rapidly and successfully | hitra rast / boom
CD1 T25 | buzz | n | feeling of excitement | navdušenje
70 | drop an email | v | send a short, quick email | [NAME] elektronskim sporočilom
69 | eco-tourism | n | tourism connected with the environment and nature | ekološki turizem
69 | emerging market | n | new or developing market | nov razvijajoči se trg
69 | enhance | v | improve | izboljšati
69 | entrepreneurship | n | the starting up of new businesses | podjetništvo
69 | formula | n | combination of things which will produce the result you want | formula / recept
CD1 T24 | get round to it | v | do what you’ve intended to do | lotiti se nameravanega (dela)
69 | implementation | n | putting something into action | izvedba / izvajanje
CD1 T24 | implication | n | possible effect | [NAME]
70 | insight | n | understanding | razumevanje / vpogled
CD1 T24 | intractable | adj | seemingly impossible to solve | [NAME]
68 | Maori poi dance | n | dance performed by women using balls attached to strings. The poi dance was originally used to increase the flexibility and strength in the women’s hands and arms for weaving. | maorski ples poi
69 | networking | v | using the opportunity to meet people it might be useful to know | mreženje / povezovanje v mrežo
CD1 T23 | old hand | n | very experienced person | [NAME]
CD1 T24 | opening | n | job opportunity | prosto/novo delovno mesto
70 | outstanding | adj | excellent | izjemen
69 | public sector | n | government organisations | [NAME]
CD1 T23 | round the clock | adv | all day and all night | [NAME] in noč / 24 ur
CD1 T23 | time: for the time being |  | for the moment | čas: zdaj / v tem trenutku
68 | Umukai Polynesian feast | n | special meal where traditional food, kai (chicken, pork, ﬁsh and vegetables), is steamed under banana leaves in a pit of hot stones, an umu | polinezijska pojedina umukai
CD1 T25 | up-and-coming | adj | successful | obetaven / nadobuden
69 | winning combination | n | a successful mixture | [NAME]
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73 | coverage: brilliant coverage | n | excellent reports in both quantity and quality | poročanje: izjemno dobro
72 | occupancy rate | n | the average number of rooms occupied in a hotel over a period of time, in this case, a year | stopnja zasedenosti
73 | quarter | n | period of three months | četrtletje
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76 | action point | n | thing assigned to speciﬁc person to be achieved before the next meeting | naloga, [NAME] treba opraviti do [NAME] sestanka
76 | adjourn | v | stop a meeting temporarily with the intention of continuing it at a later time | [NAME] / odložiti
76 | call off | v | cancel | odpovedati
76 | chair | v | direct or manage a meeting | predsedovati / voditi
CD1 T27 | get together | v | organise, produce | organizirati
77 | outcome | n | result | izid
78 | promotional literature | n | written adverts and marketing material about a company, designed to encourage people to buy its products or services | promocijsko/oglaševalsko gradivo
76 | put off | v | delay or postpone | odložiti / zavlačevati
77 | put solutions into practice | v | act to solve the problem, not just think about it and then do nothing | razrešiti [NAME]
76 | set up | v | organise | ustanoviti / organizirati
76 | skip | v | not attend a meeting on purpose | namenoma izpustiti (sestanek) / ne udeležiti se
CD1 T28 | while we’re about it |  | at the same time | hkrati / istočasno
CD1 T27 | workshop | n | meeting of people to discuss and/or perform practical work | delavnica
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83 | appeals to | v | interests | zanimati
83 | billion | n | one thousand million (,,,) | milijarda
83 | classiﬁed ad | n | small advertisement usually placed by private individuals or small companies | mali oglas
83 | cyberspace | n | the imaginary place where Internet data exists | kibernetični prostor
85 | date: to date |  | up to the present time | datum: doslej
85 | desktop | n | software program where icons and ﬁles are displayed on a computer screen | namizje
85 | dot-com: the dot-com crash | n | period when there was fast growth in dot-com companies. A dot-com company is one that sells goods and services through the Internet. The projected income of many companies never materialised, and a lot of shareholders' money was lost in a short space of time | spletno/internetno podjetje: finančni zlom spletnega podjetja
83 | e-commerce | n | the activity of selling goods or services through the Internet | e-trgovina
83 | hardware | n | computer equipment or machinery (as opposed to software) | strojna (računalniška) oprema
85 | knowledge worker | n | a person whose job requires a high level of education and training | ([NAME]
85 | mission | n | company's main purpose | [NAME]
85 | network | n | linked computers which can share information and programs | mreža
83 | one-stop shopping | n | service providing everything you need in one place | vse pri enem okencu
83 | page view | n | individual website page read by people logged onto the Internet | pogled [NAME]
82 | PDA | n | short for Personal Digital Assistant | PDA (osebni digitalni pomočnik)
82 | Personal Digital Assistant | n | mini handheld computer which has multiple functions such as word-processing, spreadsheet, diary and calendar facilities | osebni digitalni pomočnik
83 | place a premium on | v | make very important | dati večji pomen/prednost
82 | real time | n | at the same time without having to wait | takojšen / hkraten / trenuten
CD1 T29 | refine | v | improve by making small changes | izostriti / izboljšati podrobnosti
83 | roughly | adv | approximately | približno
85 | streamline | v | make a company, organisation or process more efficient | racionalizirati / posodobiti
85 | title effect | n | the way the title of a movie is brought onto the screen | ([NAME], [NAME] in drugi) [NAME] (filma)
CD1 T29 | top-heavy | adj | with too many senior managers for the size of the company | (podjetje) s preveč vodilnimi delavci (glede na njegovo velikost)
83 | track | v | monitor movements of, for example, parcels or shipments | spremljati / slediti nečemu
CD1 T29 | twenty-four: 24/7 (twenty-four seven) |  | all the time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week | štiriindvajset: sedem dni v tednu po 24 ur na dan / ves čas
85 | upside | n | advantage | prednost
83 | web browser | n | computer program which gives you access to the Internet | spletni brskalnik
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CD2 T1 | across the spectrum |  |  | v celotnem spektru / skupek najrazličnejših ljudi/idej/mnenj
86 | browse | v | search the Internet | (pre)brskati
86 | click | v | press the mouse button | klikniti
CD2 T2 | down | adj | not working, disconnected for a time | nepriključen
86 | download | v | transfer information from the Internet to a computer | naložiti / prenesti (podatke)
CD2 T2 | fingertips: at your fingertips |  | available for immediate use | blazinice/konice prstov: na dosegu roke / [NAME] blizu / za takojšnjo uporabo
CD2 T1 | get at | v | find, locate | najti / biti dostopen
86 | home page | n | first/front page of a website | [NAME]
87 | icon | n | small picture or symbol on a computer screen that you click on to open a program | ikona
88 | information-rich site | n | site which people visit mainly for the information it contains | [NAME] z [NAME]
88 | itchy ﬁngers | n | people who will quickly leave your website and go to another one if they don’t ﬁnd it interesting | srbeči/neučakani prsti
88 | [NAME] | n | a computer programming language frequently used on the Internet | [NAME]
CD2 T2 | junk | adj | information sent to people, although they do not want it and have not asked for it, usually advertising products or services | nepotrebne / odvečne / neželene (informacije)
CD2 T1 | knowledge: to my knowledge |  | as far as I know | [NAME]: kolikor to poznam
88 | log off | v | close down a computer | odjaviti se
CD2 T1 | loved one | n | person that you love, usually a member of your family | ljubljena oseb
86 | navigation | n | moving around and locating of information | [NAME]
86 | online | adj, adv | connected to the Internet | prek spleta
86 | portal | n | website which provides information and links to other websites | spletni portal
86 | search engine | n | website which helps you ﬁnd other websites | iskalnik
88 | set way | n | ﬁxed method | ustaljen način
88 | site map | n | plan of where to ﬁnd information on a website and how the pages link together | načrt spletnih povezav
CD2 T1 | spectrum: across the spectrum |  | including the widest possible range of people | v celotnem spektru / skupek najrazličnejših ljudi/idej/mnenj
88 | straightforward | adj | simple and easy to understand | preprost / enostaven
89 | trade: in the trade |  | working in or involved with a particular industry | gospodarska panoga/industrija; [NAME]: v posamezni gospodarski panogi
89 | upgrade | v | improve the quality or usefulness | nadgraditi / izpopolniti / izboljšati
86 | user-friendly | adj | easy to operate | preprost za uporabo / do uporabnika prijazen
CD2 T2 | [NAME] appetite | v | give someone a small experience to make them more interested | vzbuditi apetit/želje
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90 | absenteeism | n | people taking time off work when they should be there | odsotnost/izostajanje z dela / absentizem
93 | cutbacks | pl n | reductions made in order to save money | [NAME] izdatkov
90 | implement | v | put into operation | [NAME]
90 | machine tool | n | tool which uses power to cut and shape strong materials | obdelovalni stroj
91 | peak time | n | the busiest time | konica / čas največjega obiska ali uporabe
CD2 T3 | rush hour | n | the busy part of the day when people are travelling to and from work, and towns and cities are crowded | [NAME]
CD2 T3 | sick leave | n | absence from work through illness or when you say you are ill because you do not want to go to work | izostanek z dela zaradi bolezni / bolniški dopust / bolniška
91 | staff retention | n | keeping employees and persuading them not to work for another company | zadržanje/[NAME] (v podjetju)
90 | staff turnover | n | the number of employees leaving their jobs and new ones starting in a company | število [NAME], [NAME] podjetje
91 | take for granted | v | believe something to be the truth without thinking about it | razumeti kakor samo po sebi umevno / biti slepo [NAME]
CD2 T3 | tie it into my work | v | plan it to ﬁt what I have to do | [NAME] svoje [NAME]
CD2 T3 | uptight | adj | stressed and easily annoyed | vznemirjen / zaskrbljen
90 | working party | n | small group of people which studies a particular problem or situation and then reports on what it has discovered and gives suggestions | [NAME]
91 | working practice | n | way of working | delovna praksa / način dela
90 | work-life balance | n | the amount of time you spend at work compared with your free time | ravnovesje med delom in zasebnim življenjem
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94 | cost-effective | adj | of good value to you for the amount of money paid | gospodaren / stroškovno učinkovit
94 | domestic | adj | from within the same country | domač
CD2 T5 | expense: at the expense of |  | at the same time having a negative effect on | strošek: na račun nečesa/nekoga
CD2 T4 | intranets | n | systems of connected computers within organisations through which employees can communicate with each other and share information | [NAME] omrežje / intranet
95 | justify | v | provide a good enough reason | upravičiti
CD2 T5 | leave high and dry | v | put in a difﬁcult and inconvenient situation which is difﬁcult to get out of | postaviti nekoga v težaven in neugoden položaj
95 | non-committal | adj | not expressing an opinion | nedoločen / brez mnenja
94 | outsource | v | employ companies outside the organisation to do part of the organisation’s work | [NAME] izvajalce/podizvajalce
94 | [NAME] (pl phenomena) | n | something unusual or interesting which is extremely successful | fenomen / zanimiv pojav
97 | pros and cons | pl n | advantages and disadvantages | za in proti / prednosti in pomanjkljivosti
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100 | best practice | n | best way of working | najboljša praksa / načini [NAME] ravnanja
101 | bond | n | relationship | vez / zveza
101 | business case | n | the real value to the business | [NAME]
102 | business culture | n | the beliefs and way of behaving of a particular company | poslovna [NAME]
CD2 T6 | comment card | n | card on which customers write their opinions and suggestions | kartica z mnenji
101 | competitive advantage | n | having an advantage over your competitors by being better than them | [NAME] prednost
102 | competitive differentiation | n | the special things about a company’s products that make them different from those of other companies | [NAME] prednost zaradi različnosti izdelka
102 | conﬁdence: have conﬁdence in someone |  | trust someone’s abilities | [NAME]: zaupati/[NAME]
101 | dealership | n | business that sells the products of a particular company, e.g. car dealership | [NAME] prodajo
101 | drive | v | work hard to produce | prizadevati si / trdo delati
101 | empowerment | n | giving employees responsibility so that they have the power to make their own decisions in their job | odgovornost / pristojnost / pooblastilo
101 | engaged | adj | involved and interested | zaposlen z nečim
101 | provider of choice | n | the company people prefer to shop with | [NAME] izbiro
101 | repurchase | v | continue buying | ponovno kupiti
100 | return on investment | n | the [NAME] made from something you have invested in | donosnost naložbe
100 | revenue | n | income from doing business | prihodek
CD2 T6 | sample shop | n | typical representation of what people would normally buy | primerek [NAME]
101 | time and time again | adv | repeatedly | ponovno / neprenehoma
CD2 T6 | trade in | v | exchange | zamenjati
CD2 T6 | trolley | n | cart | voziček
100 | vendor | n | person or organisation who sells something | prodajalec / trgovec
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106 | after-sales service | n | help or advice received after a purchase has been made | pomoč (kupcem) po nakupu
CD2 T8 | brief | n | set of instructions | [NAME]
104 | bulletin | n | short, written news update | novice
106 | commitment | n | willingness to give time and energy | zaveza / pripravljenost
105 | customer care | n | the way customers are treated | skrb za potrošnika
106 | customer services manager | n | person responsible for beforeand after-sales service | vodaj službe za [NAME] / vodja oddelka za reklamacije
CD2 T8 | discount the job | v | reduce the price | [NAME]
106 | help desk | n | place customers can visit or phone when they have problems | pomoč kupcem (okence)
106 | helpline | n | telephone service for when customers have problems | pomoč [NAME]
107 | mail order | n | buying goods, usually from a catalogue, by post | naročanje po pošti
CD2 T7 | National Curriculum | n | the set of subjects that children in England and Wales must study from the age of ﬁve to sixteeen | nacionalni učni program/kurikulum
105 | point of purchase | n | the place where a product is sold | [NAME] / prodajno mesto
105 | proﬁtable | adj | bringing advantages | [NAME]
CD2 T8 | quote | n | price someone offers to do a job for / supply goods at | ponuditi/ navesti ceno
CD2 T7 | rack up | v | accumulate | povečati / zbrati
107 | rapport | n | good understanding of someone and an ability to communicate well with them | odnos
CD2 T7 | register | v | show, express | zaznati / zabeležiti
107 | retain | v | keep | obdržati
CD2 T8 | stand by | v | don’t change | držati se nečesa
CD2 T7 | subscription service | n | providing a service in return for a regular payment which can be cancelled at any time | naročniška služba
CD2 T8 | swallow | v | accept | požreti / sprejeti
106 | take trouble | v | make an effort | potruditi se
106 | target customer | n | person or organisation you would like to have as a customer | ciljna stranka/ ciljni kupec
CD2 T8 | there and then | adv | immediately | takoj / na mestu
CD2 T8 | up-front | adj | honest | odprt / odkritosrčen / neposreden
105 | user group | n | group of people who are interested in your products and can give you feedback | skupina uporabnikov
107 | whatever they throw at you | n | all their complaints and requests | [NAME] in pritožbe
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109 | deliberate | v | think carefully about something | pazljivo razmisliti / preudariti / pretehtati
109 | door-to-door | adj | all the stages of a journey from the beginning to the end | od začetka do [NAME] (potovanja) / od vrat do vrat
110 | hoist | n | machine used for lifting heavy things | dvigalo
109 | long-standing | adj | for a long time | dolgoleten / star
111 | man hour | n | the amount of work one person can do in an hour | [NAME] dela
CD2 T9 | plate: a lot on my plate |  | large amount of important work to deal with | [NAME]: [NAME] krožniku / mnogo dela
CD2 T9 | point out | v | make clear | pojasniti / poudariti
111 | shipment | n | large amount of goods sent together | pošiljka
CD2 T9 | take notice of | v | give attention to | opaziti / posvetiti pozornost
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114 | abreast: keep abreast of |  | stay informed about the most recent facts | poleg: biti v koraku s časom / biti na tekočem / biti obveščen o vseh novostih
115 | anecdote | n | short, amusing story | anekdota / zanimiva zgodbica / prigoda
113 | benchmark | n | high level of quality which can be used as a standard when comparing other things | [NAME] merilo za primerjavo / referenčni podatek
114 | customer proﬁle | n | description of an average customer | [NAME] (običajnega) [NAME]
113 | feature | v | include as an important part | prikazovati / predstavljati / vključevati kot pomembno
CD2 T10 | get a feel for | v | develop a good knowledge or understanding of | razviti/ pridobiti občutek za
CD2 T10 | hassle | n | trouble | [NAME] / neprijetnost
114 | keep abreast of | v | stay informed about the most recent facts | biti v koraku s časom / biti na tekočem / biti obveščen o o vseh novostih
CD2 T10 | no end of |  | a lot of | neskončno
CD2 T11 | opposite number | n | person who has a similar job to you in a different organisation | [NAME]
112 | retrospect: in retrospect |  | thinking back to something in the past | razmišljanje o preteklosti: v spominu
CD2 T10 | understaffed | adj | without enough employees | [NAME]
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