English: Vocab. e aiuto traduzione

English

OECD - organization for Economic Bid - attempt / offer!

Cooperation Development! To soar- to rise quickly!

Blow me down with a feather - how can you be Month-on-month - Comparison this month

surprised to think that "Scoprire l'acqua calda"! compared to last month!

Trickle-down economics -> liberal economic Year-on-year !

idea! To make a bid!

To trickle - only with liquid - cadere ! Spree - spending money!

A tear trickle down her chic! 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 To backfire - ritorcersi contro!

money, possibly through luck or tricky Increasing supply VS. reduction in

business.! 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 Reputational damage!

"Gioco delle sedie"! To cannibalise !

Racketeers - mafioso! In tatters - a Pezzi!

Racket - illegal activity! Discontented- dissatisfied -distressed!

To be censored - what your say is cut! Improve - enhance!

To be censured - not allow to speak! To get rid off - sbarazzarsi!

Censorship. vs. Censure! To swell - in rise in volume !

To ratchet it up - increase! Like for like - on comparable basis - su base

To be ranked! omogenea!

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 laundry money! Collapse!

To slash - to cut violently ! Setback - something that makes you step back

To slash growth forecast! - temporary problem !

Forecast - expectation! Top-end - premium!

To make a forecast! Outperform !

To surge - big kind of swelling, voluminous Overtake - sorpassare!

increase! Conglomerate - group !

Euro zone! Investment grade - you make an investment,

Quantitative easing - euphemism for printing to make a profit!

money - to inject more money into the system! To affect prices !

Wage - payed weekly VS. Salary - payed Commercial consideration - marketing data

monthly! (profitability factors)!

To fare worse - do worse! To jump on the bandwagon - saltare sul carro

To fare well - do well! del vincitore!

Stampede - fuggi fuggi ! On account of the fact - because!

Brand chatter - brand awareness! Regularly - usually!

Building brand awareness! On purpose - deliberately! 1 di 18

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

To be nowhere near! everything!

To be taken by surprise! Ring a bell!

In the unlikely event that! Stir up - create confusion!

There is a world of difference between! To seek - look for!

To loose 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! 2 di 18

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 breath on the neck - put press ion!

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 of understand!

Prompt - force! Coal - carbone !

Outlook - forecast - expectation! Global warming!

To be made redundant! Fossil fuel!

To be fired! To Clampdown on - become more severe,

Tax break - fiscal advantage! more rigorous !

Liver - fegato ! Come clean - declare the truth!

Supply Tecaher! To clamp - pinzare !

Nepotism! A clamp - Pinza !

Hail - support! Compelled - forced !

To anger - make someone angry! Wig - parrucchino !

Ghost town! Benchmark - standard!

Budget carrier - easy jet! 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

Falling into a dream! financial support)!

To bill - fatturare ! To Scrap - throw away !

Decline - decrease! To make a bid!

Crazy amount of money! Bidder - who make a bid!

Real estate! £1,233 (UK) - £1.233 (it)!

To Turnaround / A turnaround - positive (The number after decimal are read

transformation! 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 ! 3 di 18

Interim profit - in the middle of the year! to snap - close quickly!

Listed company - company on the stock to snap a bargain!

exchange! big ticket item!

Pre-tax profit! to dry up - non si vede più !

Annual profit! 18% OF men!

Gross income (private)! figures for THE PEOPLE!

Revenue - company revenue! between x AND y!

Net income - after taxes! the figure/ the percentage/ the total FOR!

Gross / Net salary! the average income FOR !

Capital gain! at a level!

Assets - attivo/ impieghi ! at a rate!

Liabilities - passivo /fonti ! be highest/ come top/ rank second WITH!

Break even ! to go up from 30% to 40%!

ROCE - return on capital employed ! to go up by 30%!

to be made redundant! has risen to 5% -> has reached 5%!

to be fired! has risen by 5% -> increase of 5%!

tax break - fiscal advantage! stands AT 5% -> no movement!

liver - fegato! an increased of 5%!

supply teacher! rise vs. fall!

nepotism! rise sharply -> SOAR!

hail - support! to fall sharply - to plummet!

to anger - to make someone angry! to sky-rocket -> rise sharply - to soar!

budget carrier - low cost airline! steadily - no fluctuation - soundly!

reckless - imprudent! the FALL IN .. GDP growth was due to !

whodunnit - giallo genere libri! to edge up slightly - to move up!

pending - waiting for action! to stand at - no movement or fluctuation!

patent pending - in attesa di brevetto! to rise suddenly - a sudden rise!

self absorved - totally focused on himself! to drop sharply - a sharp drop in !

to flatter - adulare! to fall slightly - a slight fall in!

to praise! downward vs. upward!

to bill - fatturare! in the first quarter of !

to decline - decrise! in the second half of the year!

art dealer ! quarter - semester!

output - productivity! semester -> only for school!

a turnaround - positive transformation! an upward trend!

to go bankrupt! On 2nd June 2015!

bankruptcy! On June, 2nd 2015!

asset - attivo - impieghi! to peak at !

to be in chapter 11 - bankrupt! at the end of the observed period!

to be on the verge of bankruptcy! to reach a low!

to be on the brink of bankruptcy! to slip back!

to declare bankruptcy! to remain stable!

to go into liquidation! throughout April!

ailing economy - performing poorly! is visible!

ail - ammalarsi! an abrupt drop!

to go bust - out of money! climb back to -> positive!

insolvent! to record bumper sales!

to be neck and neck - testa a testa! 5% UP ON last year -> compared!

to breath on the neck - put pression! over budget!

to spring to mind! over the past decade!

dismal - gloomy - dark - uncertain! to grow AT its lower annual rate!

bumper year - positive! year a year!

golden parachutes! in a row - di fila!

staple - essential! a plunge in sales - negative!

slim chances of winning! to plunge - to plummet !

board meeting! 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 deputees !

rapprochement - riavvicinamento! The senate!

support - fund - finance! FPTP - first pass the first !

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