F2F Class Notes 18th January (Tony)

Vocabulary

we don’t have any gimmicks at my company

foreign companies have limited access to investments in China

exponentially – a number multiplied by itself, a certain number of times

they don’t use any gimmicks, that I know of

eg: “If I had another job I would lose focus exponentially. Because I already have so many tasks at my current job.”

2 x 2 – two squared

2 x 2 x 2- two cubed, two to the third

2 x 2 x 2 x 2 – two to the fourth

add up – To make sense : to seem to be logical or true.

eg: “Everything should add up when you are in negotiation otherwise it could be time consuming.”

call off – to cancel a plan or meeting

eg: “Our trip was called off because half of our team got food poisoning.”

“We called off dinner, because we couldn’t reserve a table.”

carry on – to continue despite the situation

eg: “Even though we ran into a lot of difficulties when we dealt with this case, we still decided to carry on.”