VOCABULARY BUILDER
An Informal Meeting
The leader is talking with her team. It is a brief and informal meeting. She wants the team members to come up with ideas for the new project by the end of the week, and to submit their suggestions to her by email. She also informs them that the sales report was positive, and praises them for their effort. If they keep up the good work this year, they will get a nice bonus!
Simple Definitions
- brief (adj) = short, taking little time
- come up with sth (v) = create sth new, think new ideas
- praise sby (v) = say sth positive about sby
- effort (n) = time and energy to do sth, amount of work
- keep up sth = continue to do sth
(adj) = adjective, (adv) = adverb, (n) = noun, (v) = verb, sth = something, sby = somebody
Word Challenge
Fill in the blanks with the correct words. You may need to make changes to verbs (tense/3rd person) and nouns (singular/plural).
brief come up with praise effort keep up
1) Last year, the staff ______ many new concepts and ideas for the marketing campaign.
2) The sales manager encouraged the sales force to _______ the good effort and continue to improve their closing skills.
3) Leaders should ______ in public but criticize in private.
4) After the meeting, one of the staff members had a _______ discussion with the team leader.
5) The company director thanked everybody for their great ______ last quarter.
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Answers to Word Challenge
1) Last year, the staff came up with many new concepts and ideas for the marketing campaign.
2) The sales manager encouraged the sales force to keep up the good effort and continue to improve their closing skills.
3) Leaders should praise in public but criticize in private.
4) After the meeting, one of the staff members had a brief discussion with the team leader.
5) The company director thanked everybody for their great effort last quarter.
