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When managers have to assess and comment on the performance of the members of their teams, they should use appropriate language. Would you know the meaning of these adjectives?

We've prepared a short online quiz based on Tricky Translations, a regular section in Business Spotlight magazine. This section focuses on words that are often difficult to translate. How well can you translate between German and English?

Are you driving around in your car less? You probably think you're pretty "green", don't you? But what about the computer you're using to learn business English? Our test looks at how computers affect the environment.

This test is on vocabulary. This month, we look at word building. Each of the sentences below requires the correct form of the word "profit".

Who’s important to your business? The customer, of course! Here, we present vocabulary to test your knowledge of words that collocate with customer.

Men often say that they performed better than than actually did, even at work. While women rarely talk about their own successes. Our language test looks at the vocabulary of talking about the performance of employees — whatever their gender.

This exercise tests your knowledge of how to form words from the base word manage. There are probably more forms than you expect! Type the right one into the boxes.

This year, a Chinese businessman paid over $2 million for the privilege of dining with Warren Buffett. He doesn't need the money - he's the richest man in the world. That's why a date with him is worth millions.

Your personal brand can work on many levels. In our exercise, as the personal brand is all about self-awareness (and in Madonna’s case self-confidence and self-discipline), we look at words that begin with "self-".

We've created an exercise on some of the more common informal expressions used to talk about the battles to take over companies.