F2F Class Notes 20th January (Tony)
we sell luxury products like rolex and cartier
my knee healed
down to earth
december sales performance
we achieved a total sales of 106 million RMB (100,000,000) (2,600,000,000 two point six billion)
we can gather those figures if necessary
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VAT – Value added Tax
eg: “The VAT on luxury goods in China is extremely high.”
down to earth – informal and easy to talk to
eg: “Even though he became the boss he was still really down to earth.”
the cart before the horse – put the results before the means of achieving the result (the horse pulls the cart)
eg: “Entrepreneurs often put the cart before the horse, trying to establish a business without a product.”
figures – numbers or sets of numbers, possibly with some math involved
eg: “NASA hired many african american women to calculate the figures for rocket launches.”
projected growth – the number you expect to achieve
eg: “What was the projected growth for this year?”
Grammar
watches (countable) and jewelery (uncountable)
Pronunciation
find a french colleague to teach you how to say LV.
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