English
OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation Development!
Bid - attempt / offer!
To soar - to rise quickly!
Blow me down with a feather - how can you be surprised to think that "Scoprire l'acqua calda"!
Month-on-month - Comparison this month compared to last month!
Trickle-down economics -> liberal economic idea!
Year-on-year!
To make a bid!
To trickle - only with liquid - cadere!
Spree - spending money!
A tear trickle down her cheek!
Store - shop - outlet!
Shared TV moments!
Crude - vulgar, rude, potentially offensive (adj)!
Fool's errand - there is no return!
Crude - greggio!
NHS - National Health Service!
Crude oil!
To make a killing - to make a huge amount of money, possibly through luck or tricky business.!
To backfire - ritorcersi contro!
Increasing supply vs. reduction in demand!
Something under the table!
Spending spree - irrational splurge of money!
Management consultants!
Black Friday - national spending!
To play the game of musical chairs - ironic "Gioco delle sedie"!
Reputational damage!
To cannibalise!
Racketeers - mafioso!
In tatters - a pezzi!
Racket - illegal activity!
Discontented - dissatisfied - distressed!
To be censored - what you say is cut!
Improve - enhance!
To be censured - not allow to speak!
To get rid of - sbarazzarsi!
Censorship vs. censure!
To swell - an rise in volume!
To ratchet it up - increase!
Like for like - on comparable basis - su base omogenea!
To be ranked!
GDP - Gross Domestic Product!
To soar by 5%!
GDP per capita - GDP per head!
Previous sales!
A ranking - a hierarchy!
Plummeting advertising!
Per capita - per person!
Soar vs. plummet!
To claim - argue!
Dwindle - diminuire!
To underline!
To be dressed in rags!
Peaked - reached its maximum point!
More money than sense!
Irrespective - regardless!
To focus on - to concentrate!
To ease back - going back slowly!
Insatiable - can't be satisfied!
To ease back on your sofa!
The market is booming - flourishing!
Swerve - sterzare!
In the wake of - what comes after!
To launder money!
Collapse!
To slash - to cut violently!
Setback - something that makes you step back - temporary problem!
To slash growth forecast!
Forecast - expectation!
Top-end - premium!
To make a forecast!
Outperform!
To surge - big kind of swelling, voluminous increase!
Overtake - sorpassare!
Conglomerate - group!
Euro zone!
Investment grade - you make an investment, to make a profit!
Quantitative easing - euphemism for printing money - to inject more money into the system!
To affect prices!
Wage - paid weekly vs. salary - paid monthly!
Commercial consideration - marketing data (profitability factors)!
To fare worse - do worse!
To jump on the bandwagon - saltare sul carro del vincitore!
To fare well - do well!
Stampede - fuggi fuggi!
On account of the fact - because!
Brand chatter - brand awareness!
Regularly - usually!
Building brand awareness!
On purpose - deliberately!
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It is very unusual to - rarely, seldom!
Unravel - districare!
Rarely will you find!
Speculation!
Hardly will you have!
Gambling!
Safety regulations!
Speculative bubble!
Spring to mind!
Bubble burst!
Allowance - paghetta!
To back - finanziare!
Bolster - give help - provide support - prop up!
Venture capitalism - give money to start up!
Bleak - cupo!
Apparel - clothes!
Slump - to fall heavily!
Outlet - shop - store!
Economic slump vs. economic boom!
Outlet of a river!
Wedge - zeppa/fermaporta/discesa!
Long haul flight vs. short haul flight!
To drive a wedge - create a gap!
Haul - carry - transport!
Perk - benefit!
To axe - chop - cut!
Productivity bonus!
Dividend!
To outdo - to do better - to outperform!
Waiving your rights!
Wacky - crazy!
Payoff - buonauscita!
Wacky idea!
Logs of wood!
Daft - stupid!
For the rainy days!
To be as daft as a brush!
Under the counter!
Clampdown - became more severe!
Turn over a new leaf!
To tell off - reproach!
To breach!
To be told off!
In breach of contract!
Teatime - afternoon!
In breach of promise!
Defeat your fears!
To endanger - put in danger!
To be up against a brick wall!
Gender equality!
Appraisal - evaluation!
Breakthrough - discovery that changes everything!
To be nowhere near!
Ring a bell!
To be taken by surprise!
Stir up - create confusion!
In the unlikely event that!
To seek - look for!
There is a world of difference between!
To lose track of the time!
To backfire!
To keep track of the time!
Budgeting department!
In the beginning - conceptual!
Breach into tears!
At the beginning - temporal!
To be given the impression!
Bumper sales - particularly big!
Little did he think...!
Bumper - paraurti / autoscontri!
No sooner + inversion!
Speed bumps!
Budget airlines!
Robust - strong!
Cartoonists!
Downgrade vs. upgrade!
Freedom of expression!
Running for cover - looking for protection!
Take over from!
Like for like - su base omogenea!
Faulty - defective!
Crunchy - croccante!
Law of supply and demand!
Credit crunch!
Tax evasion!
To lend money!
Declare your earnings!
Like for like comparison!
Tax haven!
Take back into!
Toll - ring a bell!
To tip the balance - keep balance!
Upside vs. downside!
Acquire - buy - purchase!
To make a comeback!
Reassuring - to be reassured!
On set - beginning!
Acquire a company!
To pay the toll - pagare il casello!
Acquisition!
Stall - imballare!
Merger and acquisition!
Economy stalls - temporary stops!
Slump - cadere!
Whistle blower!
Output - production!
To binge on - excess!
Study - survey - research!
Binge watching / binge shopping!
To grab a bargain!
Renewable sources of energy!
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Emerging economies!
Insolvent!
To falter - walk with difficulties!
Insolvency!
Steam ahead - things going fantastically!
To be neck and neck - a testa a testa!
Sparkling figures!
To breathe on the neck - put pressure!
Sink to a lower level!
Print to Ming!
Spike the price - picco!
Dismal - gloomy!
Sticky - spigoloso!
Bumper year - very positive!
Sales go to the roof!
Staple!
To soar - go up quickly!
Slim chances of winning!
To plummet - go down quickly!
Snap up a bargain!
Upturn vs. downturn!
Big ticket item - expensive!
Back and forth!
Dry up - not selling anymore!
Regain ground - recover!
Inconsistent - incoerente!
Economic downturn!
Incoherent - not clear, not easy to understand!
Prompt - force!
Coal - carbone!
Outlook - forecast - expectation!
Global warming!
To be made redundant!
Fossil fuel!
To be fired!
To clamp down on - become more severe, more rigorous!
Tax break - fiscal advantage!
Liver - fegato!
Come clean - declare the truth!
Supply teacher!
To clamp - pinzare!
Nepotism!
A clamp - pinza!
Hail - support!
Compelled - forced!
To anger - make someone angry!
Wig - parrucchino!
Ghost town!
Benchmark - standard!
Budget carrier - EasyJet!
Backwardness - arretratezza!
Reckless - imprudent!
Stuck in the past (adj) - old fashioned!
Whodunnit!
To take off - decollare - start to be successful!
Pending - waiting for action!
Milestone - important event, significant!
Patent pending!
Long term choices!
Self absorbed!
To hand over power!
Selfish!
Investment bank!
Self centered!
To give an angle - dare un taglio!
To flatter - to praise!
On the mend - repair, get better!
Detrimental effect!
Slump - heavy fall!
Main magnet!
Backers - supporters, investors (moral or financial support)!
Falling into a dream!
To bill - fatturare!
To scrap - throw away!
Decline - decrease!
To make a bid!
Crazy amount of money!
Bidder - who makes a bid!
Real estate!
£1,233 (UK) - £1.233 (IT)!
To turn around / a turnaround - positive transformation!
The number after decimal are read independently!
Asset!
Remuneration!
To be forced into bankruptcy!
Pot - cassa comune!
File for bankruptcy!
Forecast-beating - even better than expected!
To declare bankrupt!
Profit margin = sales - overheads!
To be on the verge of bankruptcy!
Gross margin!
To be on the brink of bankruptcy!
Overheads - costi fissi!
To go out of business - out of production!
Variable cost!
Liquidation!
Mark-up - increase in the price by a retailer!
Go into liquidation!
To buy in bulk - pay less for large quantities!
To be in debt!
Wholesaler - grossista!
Ailing economy - performing poorly!
Profit making!
Ail - ammalarsi!
Profitability!
To go bust - run out of money!
Loss leaders - prodotti civetta!
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Interim profit - in the middle of the year!
To snap - close quickly!
Listed company - company on the stock exchange!
To snap a bargain!
Pre-tax profit!
Big ticket item!
Annual profit!
To dry up - non si vede più!
18% of men!
Figures for the people!
Between x and y!
The figure/ the percentage/ the total for!
The average income for!
Gross income (private)!
At a level!
Revenue - company revenue!
At a rate!
Net income - after taxes!
Be highest/come top/rank second with!
Gross / net salary!
To go up from 30% to 40%!
Capital gain!
To go up by 30%!
Assets - attivo/impieghi!
Has risen to 5% -> has reached 5%!
Liabilities - passivo /fonti!
Has risen by 5% -> increase of 5%!
Break even!
Stands at 5% -> no movement!
ROCE - return on capital employed!
An increase of 5%!
To be made redundant!
Rise vs. fall!
To be fired!
Rise sharply -> soar!
Tax break - fiscal advantage!
To fall sharply - to plummet!
Liver - fegato!
To sky-rocket -> rise sharply - to soar!
Supply teacher!
Steadily - no fluctuation - soundly!
Nepotism!
The fall in GDP growth was due to!
Hail - support!
To edge up slightly - to move up!
To anger - to make someone angry!
To stand at - no movement or fluctuation!
Budget carrier - low cost airline!
To rise suddenly - a sudden rise!
Reckless - imprudent!
To drop sharply - a sharp drop in!
Whodunnit - giallo genere libri!
To fall slightly - a slight fall in!
Pending - waiting for action!
Downward vs. upward!
Patent pending - in attesa di brevetto!
In the first quarter of!
Self absorbed - totally focused on himself!
In the second half of the year!
To flatter - adulare!
Quarter - semester!
To praise!
Semester -> only for school!
To bill - fatturare!
An upward trend!
To decline - decrease!
On 2nd June 2015!
Art dealer!
On June, 2nd 2015!
Output - productivity!
To peak at!
A turnaround - positive transformation!
At the end of the observed period!
To go bankrupt!
To reach a low!
Bankruptcy!
To slip back!
Asset - attivo - impieghi!
To remain stable!
To be in chapter 11 - bankrupt!
Throughout April!
To be on the verge of bankruptcy!
Is visible!
To be on the brink of bankruptcy!
An abrupt drop!
To declare bankruptcy!
Climb back to -> positive!
To go into liquidation!
To record bumper sales!
Ailing economy - performing poorly!
5% up on last year -> compared!
Ail - ammalarsi!
Over budget!
To go bust - out of money!
Over the past decade!
Insolvent!
To grow at its lower annual rate!
To be neck and neck - testa a testa!
Year a year!
To breathe on the neck - put pressure!
Golden parachutes!
To spring to mind!
In a row - di fila!
Dismal - gloomy - dark - uncertain!
A plunge in sales - negative!
Bumper year - positive!
To plunge - to plummet!
Staple - essential!
Board meeting!
Slim chances of winning!
On last month - compared to last month!
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To dwindle - to get smaller!
The battle of the sexes!
Hoax - bufala!
Fraud!
Coriandoli - confetti!
To dodge - to avoid!
Household appliances - white goods - lavatrice!
Neck and neck - testa a testa!
To draw up a white paper - legislative proposal!
Create havoc - confusion!
Genteel - polite - elegant!
The chamber of deputies!
Rapprochement - riavvicinamento!
The senate!
Support - fund - finance!
FPTP - first past the post!
Patently true!
PR - proportional representation!
Bid - attempt!
Pedant - pedante, strict about rules!
To browse - look around!
Brew - infusione!
At six-year low - at its lowest level since!
Bar - where you drink alcohol!
To oust - eliminare!
Bar tender (US) - barman (UK) / barmaid!
Serial entrepreneur!
To doodle - to scarabocchiare/cazzeggiando!
To topple - spodest
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