Student’s File

Part 6 (Chapters 26-30)

1. Active Vocabulary

While reading the chapter, make sure you know the following words and word combinations:

Chapter 26

• embellishment/to embellish

• to step up

• to assess

• ponderous

• scornful(ly)

• accordingly vs. respectively

Chapter 27

• a leave of absence

• to curtail

• enviable/to envy

• to temper

• to flock

• to line up for smth.

• to dump

• to gauge

• to dodge

• a down payment

• a gadget

• contents (of a drawer)

• to extinguish

• to be vague on smth.

• to scowl

• to grunt

• to decipher

• to comply with

• an assault on smb./smth.

• daring

Chapter 28

• a mafia-controlled corporation

• to notify (smb. of smth.)

• an account number

• a business card

• to designate smth.

• alias

• the particulars of the deal

• to wire (money)/a (wire) transfer

• a numbered account=an account under which an account holder is identified with a number instead of a name for secrecy. Although all banks assign a number to each account, the Swiss banks (until recently) were almost alone in carrying this practice to extreme.=номерной счет, т.е. конфиденциальный счет, владелец которого идентифицируется только по присвоенному номеру; имя владельца такого счета в операциях не упоминается и известно только узкому кругу сотрудников финансового учреждения, в котором открыт счет

• to spar

• in return for smth.

Chapter 29

• to berate

• (a) stringent (rule)

• to slow down

• obscene

Chapter 30

• mushy

• (ir)relevant

• to seal smth. off

2. Topical Vocabulary

While reading the chapter, make sure you know the following words and word combinations. Make use of them to cover the relevant topic.

Corporate Documents

Chapter 28

• a bank record=банковская квитанция

• a (corporate) charter=устав компании

• minutes=протокол совещания

• a bylaw=устав; правила внутреннего распорядка

• a wire-transfer record=квитанция о телеграфном переводе денежных средств

Chapter 29

• a loan document=кредитная квитанция

• a warranty/mortgage/lease deed=документ на право владения имуществом/ипотечное свидетельство или залоговый сертификат/договор об аренде

Office Work

Chapter 27

• a fire-proof file cabinet

• an automatic feed collator

• a (two-prong) clasp

• to hitch/unhitch (the clasp)

• to staple/unstaple/restaple

• a computer printout

Taxation

Chapter 29

• a deduction

• depreciation

• a tax return

• to be due

• to incur (a penalty/interest)

• a questionable write-off

• (a) legitimate (businessman)

Money- Laundering Transactions

Chapter 30

• to take/sneak dirty cash out of a country

• to charter a company (with ten million)

• to send clean money back into a country

• to mule money/a mule

• a payoff to (customs and bankers)

• to deposit/invest money (into a venture)

Corporate Events

Chapter 29

• a celebration

• a party

• a blowout=a very big meal

• a banquet room

• to be in a festive spirit

• a raunchy/rowdy/riotous/drinking/beer (song)

• to sing along with smb.

• to lead a choir

• to be on the piano

• sober (ant.=drunk)

Clothes

Chapter 27

• khaki walking/surfer shorts

• a knit pullover

• (a cool) outfit=a set of clothes worn together

• to be out of season

• panty hose

• a string bikini

• bulky=loose

• a cotton shirt

• to change into smth.

Chapter 28

• cotton sneakers

• (a) rag (sweater)

• sandals

• a halter top=блузка на бретельках

Traveling by Air

Chapter 27

• a shuttle bus

• a boarding gate

• to change planes

• to land

• to produce a ticket

• a round-trip ticket

• a birth certificate

• a driver’s license

• a window/aisle seat

Chapter 29

• customs

• duty-free (liquor and perfume)

• a suitcase

• an overnight bag

• a check-point

• a declaration

• a bell boy

Health and Medicine

Chapter 27

• to operate smb. on

• a tumor

• a lung

• taste buds

• to be numb

• to be comatose

• a temple

• nerve impulses

• a hangover

• nausea/to feel nauseous

• to relieve oneself

• to be in pain