Ljerka Rado

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Ljerka Radoš, prof.

• Kabinet novi dio zgrade, 2. kat desno
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Literatura

• Prirucni materijal iz engleskog jezika -
  obavezan za vježbe
• Engleski 1 (prvi semestar) gt FOTOKOPI FAKS
• 1. kolokvij 10.-20.11. - gramatika (nepravilni
  glagoli, vremena, pasiv) - SAMO JEDNOM !
• Materijal (neobavezan) za vježbanje gramatike
• isto mjesto
• 2. kolokvij - sijecanj 2010 - rijeci i
  tekstovi, itd. iz mat.

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• - Opci englesko-hrvatski rjecnik
• (Bujas, Filipovic)
• Englesko-engleski rjecnik
• - Online rjecnici

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Abbreviations (kratice)
A ei G d?i E
i H eid?
I ai J d?ei
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n - noun v - verb adj - adjective adv - adv
erb
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MD Managing Director (UK) also doctor of
medicine (after the name) CEO Chief Executive
Officer (US) PR Public Relations PA
Personal Assistant
transparency
OHP gt
IT gt
ICT
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R D R and D Research and
Development HR Human Resources VAT Value
Added Tax EIA Environmental Impact
Assessment GDP Gross Domestic Product
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e.g. (Lat. exempli gratia) for example i.e.
(Lat. id est) that is to say etc. (Lat. et
cetera) and so on a(.)k(.)a(.) also known
as alias vs. versus XY et al. - XY and
others (authorship) XY i suradnici
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MBA - Master of Business Administration mast
er's degree in... magisterij MA - Master
of Arts MSc - Master of Science (Econ)
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PhD /pi eit? 'di/ - svaki doktorat
Doctor of Philosophy a.m. (0000 1200) 4
a.m. p.m. (1200 2400) 4 p.m.
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Mrs Jim Wu
Germany Fräulein Frau XY
MEN WOMEN
Mr Miss / Mrs Ms



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• plc public limited company (UK) d.d.
• Inc./Corp. incorporated /corporation (USA)
• Ltd . limited d.o.o.

economy vs. economics economic vs.
economical Faculty of Economics
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He is an executive in IBM
Noun
entrepreneur /?ntr? pr?
'n?(r)/ entrepreneur-ial (poduzetnicki) entr
epreneur- ship (poduzetništvo)

senior managers gt
executives
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NUMBERS number, digit, figure, amount, sum ...
4 hundred Ø 35
thousand Ø 500 million Ø
S billion Ø
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Hundreds of students were in the hall. Thousands
of birds flew... Billions of dollars are spent...

4 million pounds
4 m gt

15 bn gt
15 billion dollars
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DECIMAL POINT 4.32  gt
four POINT three two
(119 - one word - ok) 4.15 gt four POINT
fifteen
COMMA Separates thousands. 1,500 gt
a / one thousand (and) five hundred UK US
also fifteen hundred
6,000,000 2,021 gt
two thousand and twenty-one
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12,839 gt
twelve thousand eight hundred (and)
thirty-nine
Four hundred and fifty-two thousand two
hundred and ten
452,210 gt
8,391,000 gt
eight million three hundred and ninety-one
thousand

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YEARS, DATES When were you born?
1984    - nikad tocka nije redni
broj 1976 nineteen seventy-six In 1900
(nineteen hundred) In the year 2000 (two
thousand) 2003 (two thousand and 3)
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Dates (UK) 26-Ø October 2003 (US) October
26-Ø, 2003 Ø we say it, but we don't write
in dates (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th)
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FREQUENTLY CONFUSED WORDS
policy ? politics (politicians)
Pl. policies ? police staff
personnel ? ? stuff
personal

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oil nafta vs. olive oil record
(n) - ((sportski) rekord) -
pl. spisi, akti, dokumenti
- (profesionalna) prošlost osobe
(povijest) record (v) - (za)bilježiti
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account

• You have to take this into account.
• Account is taken of all the elements ...
• How do you account for this?
• I have a special savings account for this.
• Please debit my current account.
• He is an accountant. She works in Accounting.
• She is Account Manager.

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plant - (biljka) - pogon,
postrojenje Stock - dionica        -
zaliha - držati (na zalihi) mayor ?
major
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Supermarket - samoposluživanje to prove
(v) - proof (n) improve (v) - improvement
(n) approve (v) - approval (n) tax return
tax refund povrat poreza
porezna prijava
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• vary (v) ? very ? wary (careful)
• He is rather wary about this.
• rapport ? report

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subject to
dependent on sth else
opci cilj
overall objective ?
kvaliteta osobina
Quality
što se tice kad je rijec o
with respect to
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naruciti, povjeriti posao
to commission

sound business practices ? zvuk - NE!
zdrav/ dobar/ valjan. be (un)likely to
(n) rationale ? rational (adj) reasons
and principles
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v. question their claims ?
dovesti u pitanje, posumnjati u
Bankomat ?
cash machine cash dispenser cashpoint
(UK) ATM automatic teller machine (US)
. your boss has taken all the credit
for.      -   give (sb) credit (for sth) You
could give him some credit for all the
effort hes put in.
? priznanje, pohvala

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More on frequently confused words

• U clanku Lj. Radoš Kako uspješno izlagati na
  medunarodnim skupovima (Ekonomski vjesnik 1 i 2
  (16) Osijek 2004 iscrpan popis
• Clanak je i na mojoj web-stranici (pod poveznicom
  Materijali - Prezentacije)

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INTERESTING VOCABULARY retailing maloprodaja,
trgovina na malo wholesaling
(veleprodaja)
sports ( sportski sadržaji)
facilities parking
(mogucnosti parkiranja)
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• perform (v) performance ( n)
• V ispuniti izvršiti obaviti
• provodenje
• radne karakteristike
• izvedba, vršenje
• performansa, rad (stroja)

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analiza uspješnosti / ucinka
performance analysis
performance bonus
premija za postignute rezultate
performance evaluation -
ocjena rezultata rada
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outsource -- outsourcing
To arrange to have a job done by a co.
outside your own organisation
to contract out
(non-) core business
activities
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sophisticated equipment ( najmodernija
precizna, skupa i osjetljiva)
zajam
loan
-- shares/ stocks/ equities
-- bonds
Securities
listed companies (Stock Exchange)
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COMPLEX NOMINAL GROUPS
HN (customer service)
competition competition in customer service
HN city centre location
(local community) projects
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all office, production and merchandising
activities ?
office activities
production activities
merchandising activities        
- uredske, proizvodne i prodajne
aktivnosti         - aktivnosti u uredima,
proizvodnji i prodaji
(low-level) (decision-making) ?
odlucivanje na nižoj razini
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franchising franchisee
franchisor franchise
- agreement
- fee
to contribute to the franchisors annual
(advertising and marketing) costs.
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an environmentally - friendly product ?
proizvod koji ne šteti okolišu / nije štetan za
okoliš/ ekološki prihvatljiv proizvod /
blagonaklon prema okolišu
environmentally - friendly policies --gt
politika koja štiti okoliš ekološki osviještena
politika
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empower
give power
encourage
give courage
endanger
bring into danger
make into a slave
enslave
imprison
put sb in prison
encode
put a message into a code
enable
give the ability to do sth
surround
encircle
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• regulate - deregulate
• contaminate - decontaminate
• colonize - decolonize
• form - deform
• stabilize - destabilize
• NOT
• depression, determine, deserve, democracy

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Nouns with no plural

• bread, luggage, publicity, traffic ... (as
  expected)
• Let me give you some advice Ø
• I cant give you any information Ø
• We hope to gain new knowledge Ø
• equipment Ø , money Ø , travel Ø

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News (singular)! What is the news? (What are
the news?) crew, staff, police Several police
were injured (several police officers) Our staff
is / are dissatisfied. How many crew are there
on board ?
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• The Government (the management) is / are
  working hard.
• Her family is / are quite well-off.

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be made up of (sastoji se od) make up for
(last time) Ill make it up to you. You have to
make up your mind.