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Short forms: back to the roots

Latin abbreviations are common in English. Find out if you know how to use them correctly in formal business English. 

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Computer problems

In Skill Up! (4), we focus on the language of computers and IT equipment. Test what you have learned in this short exercise.

Geräte, Zubehör
Humpty Dumpty: creative with words

Short forms: creating portmanteau words

People have always looked for inventive ways to shorten vocabulary — and to make it more precise. Some portmanteau words are now so common that native speakers forget their origins.
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What will you find at a b&b?

Short forms: half & half

People often forget what many abbreviations stand for. Do you? Find out by doing our short test on common short forms. 

Have they both got a virus?

Safe and sound?

When a friend moaned that “the computer keeps crashing and it’s so damn slow”, I had a feeling there was more to her problem than she realized. The problem wasn’t her “ancient” three-year-old computer, as she thought, but her “young and innocent” 13-year-old son.
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Translating goodbyes

Saying goodbye in German clearly comes naturally to you. How about saying goodbye in English? Kathrin Enke has created a short test to find out if you’re a natural.
Native speakers: careless about grammar rules

Short forms: the grammar

In informal chat messages, native speakers are often careless when it comes to grammar rules — or they deliberately ignore them to make their messages look how spoken English would sound.
President Obama thinks he has the answer. Photo: P. Souza/The White House

An historic bill is passed

What can governments do to prevent a financial meltdown from happening again? President Obama believes he has the answer.

finanzieller Kollaps
The crisis continues

BP oil crisis

The BP oil crisis is far from over. Although there has been some positive developments, it will be years before the Gulf of Mexico can return to normal. If, in fact, it ever can. Our test looks at the vocabulary used to talk about the business side of the crisis.

Find the right meaning

Multiple meanings

There are many words that we use in business which have both a general meaning and a business English meaning. Do you know both meanings of these words?
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