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Use jargon at your own risk

Do you use too much business jargon?

Do you use a lot of business jargon in your meetings with native speakers of English? Maybe you shouldn't! In this test, we look at the topic of business jargon — and why some people hate it. 

"Like water off a duck's back"

The water industry

Are you surfing our site from home this week? If you are, we hope you're enjoying your break from work. In this exercise, we look at everyday expressions around the topic of water. We start with some useful idioms.

Can't find the right word?

Tricky translations

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?

It's working here

Communication idioms

Meetings can test your communication skills. In this test, we focus on idioms that are used to describe effective and ineffective communication.

idiomatische Redewendungen
Are you an employee or an employer?

Full employment!

Work is all about employment — and employers and employees. Our test looks at how to form words from the base word employ. Can you type the correct form in the box to complete our statements?

Underdeveloped perhaps? Or undeveloped?

Forming words from "develop"

When you learn a new word, try to get to know as many "members of the family" as possible. We show you how many there are in the family called develop.
They need all the help they can get. Photo: US Navy

How to help Haitians

When disaster strikes, it's often hard to find the right words. When the disaster is in the form of an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale in Haiti, it's almost impossible.

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Old words

Old language, new usage

Learn a Latin lesson from Monty Python and some Latin phrases from our exercise! You can use many of them in business situations. 

Looking for work? You need to understand the language

Human resources: a new year — a new career? Premium-Inhalt

If you've decided that 2010 is the year you start a career in an English-speaking country, you will need to understand the vocabulary of recruitment. Our test focuses on the language you will need to talk about this topic.

Anwerbung, Einstellung
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The housing market is in trouble

One hell of a ride Premium-Inhalt

As the global financial crisis worsens, the reports get more dramatic. Would you be able to use the right kind of language to describe what's happening now? Take our short test to find out.

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