ANSWERS
Rising to the challenge
(rise to the challenge = sich der Herausforderung stellen)
1. The same but different A. received
B. submit C. manufacture D. postpone
E. resume
F. forwarded
G. review
H. return
2. Ups and downs
A. fluctuated (fluctuate = schwanken) B. rode (ride = reiten, fahren)
C. reclining (recline = sich
zurücklehnen)
D. levelled off (level off = abflachen)
3. Have I got that right? stopped to visit G stopped visiting since G for meet us G meet actualize G upate informations G information politic G policy rose G raised backside G back don’t hesitate contacting G don’t hesitate to contact
I look forward to hear G I look forward to hearing
4. Sounds better
A– 2; B– 1; C– 1; D– 1; E– 1; F– 2
5. Juggling the jargon
A. roadmap = Strategieplan
B. milestones = wichtige Zwischenziele, Meilensteine C. reach out = kontaktieren D. contingency plan
= Alternativplan, Plan B
E. rebranding = Imagewechsel
F. buy into = akzeptieren G. going forward = in Zukunft H. customer-centric
= kundenorientiert
6. The right idiom
A. ends (make ends meet
= über die Runden kommen) B. thought (food for thought = Denkanstoß/-anstöße) C. tiger (tiger team = Expertengruppe)
D. box (think out of the box ifml.
= unkonventionell denken) E. ballpark (be in the same ballpark ifml. = ungefähr gleich sein) F. base (touch base with sb. ifml.
= jmdn. kontaktieren) G. dog (eat one’s own dog food ifml. = seine eigenen Produkte verwenden)
7. A final discussion
A. hadn’t decided (In a type 3 if-clause, the verb is in the past perfect.) B. while (“While” is a conjunction and introduces a clause; “during” is a preposition.) C. five-year contract (In “measure phrases”, the noun is given in the singular despite the plural number.) D. don’t have to (“we mustn’t” = wir dürfen nicht)
E. Both would and will are possible here. The traditional rule says that “will” becomes “would” in reported speech. But this “backshifting”, although considered to be better style by many experts, is not essential, particularly in spoken English.
F. arrange (You can either say “agree to do sth.” or “agree on doing sth.”.) G. creativeness (There’s normally no article with mass nouns that are used in general statements.)