BE2- Session 1

Companies

How to talk about companies

PREP. for providing food and shelter for the refugees | with He provided us with a lot of useful information.

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Provide

/prəˈvaɪd/​

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ADJ. annual, yearly | expected, potential the firm's expected annual revenue | overall, total, worldwide

​VERB + REVENUE bring in, generate, produce, yield The project will not generate any revenue until 2010.

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revenue

/ˈrev.ən.juː/

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Where is your company based?

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He's based in London​

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based in

/beɪs/

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Changes are being introduced to make the department operate more efficiently.

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operate

/ˈɒp.ər.eɪt

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She hired a lawyer who specializes in divorce cases.

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He specializes in breeding large dogs such as Irishwolfhounds.

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specialise in

/ˈspeʃ.əl.aɪz/

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subsidiary of sth

California First Bank is a 77%-owned subsidiary of Bank of Tokyo.​

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subsidiary

/səbˈsɪd.i.ə.ri/

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ADJ. biggest, main, major

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Our biggest competitor is Samsung​

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Competitor

/kəmˈpet.ɪ.tər/​

She works for a company that produces (= makes for sale)electrical goods.

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produce

/prəˈduːs/