ENDING A LETTER

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SYNONYMS OF IMPORTANT

PERSONALITY FEATURES

• Confidence
• Self-reliant / self-confident
• self-esteem
• loyal
• trustful

• Sense of humour
• amusing,  funny, to be good fun
• joyful, playfulness
• witty

• Nice
• kind
• thoughtful
• gracious
• considerate
• warm
• cordial
• A good-natured person
• bad.tempered
• a surly person
• cooperative
• kind
• easy-going  (afable)
• accommodating ( willing to help)
• supportive

• understandig
• Sympathetic
• helpful ( servicial)
• Balance
• Self-centered, balanced, level-headed, sensible
• Instable
• Insistence
• Persevering
• Determination, tenacity
• Pigheaded
• hardheaded
• stubborn
• Tidiness
• Organised 
• a tidy person, 
• practical
• Sincerity
• to be open 
• frank, sincere
• straightforward
• Honest
• outspoken
• blunt (cortante, sincero,contundente and romo)
• Extroversion
• An extrovert / introvert
• He is extroverted / outgoing
• Introverted / 
• To  keep yourself to yourself
• communication
• Uncommunicative
• courage
• Bold
• courageous
• audacious
• Reckless
• Cautious
• wary
• Towards others
• pretentious
• arrogant
• checky
• shy
• self-conscious (what others  think of you)
• exigent
• a demanding person
• to be hard on yourself
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• Calm
• Quiet
• relaxed
• laid-back
• restless
• Egotism
• Selfish
• ambitious

• Intelligence
• Dummy
• Dense
• dim
• feeble-minded
• mindless
• a mind like a sieve
• slow on the uptake
• quick-witted
• brainy
• gifted
•  high IQ
• talented
• precocious
• far-minded
• Politeness
• Merciful / thankful
• tactful
• cheeky, rude
• He came across as rude but he is kind
• Hostile
• Bossy
• ruthlessness
• an offhand person
• Hand-off person   (que no se involucra)

towards life

• pessimistic
• disillusioned
• disaffected
• half-hearted
• disappointed
• realistic
• optimistic
• motivated
• engaged
• keen to
• interested

DOING BUSINESS

• Economy
• a healthy / strong  economy
• a dramatic rise in inflation
• public expediture
• prices are up / down
• Interest rates
• to go into business
• to embark on a business
• to launch a business
• to do business with sob
• to run a business
• to stay in business
• to take over a business
• to be on business
• To start up
• a business takes off
• to set up / start up  a business
• to build up
• to break into (a)  market
• a niche-market
• a business  venture
• To stay in
• rise / to go up / to increase
• to thrive / prosper / grow / expand
• rise slowly / steeply
• a steady  increase in sales
• to fall slowly / steeply
• To make a deal = to cut a deal
• a merging
• Types
• a retail business
• a factory / a company / a firm / a branch
• mass produced 
• hand-made
• to be state-of-art
• Actions
• Store in a  warehouse
• orders of goods
• Problems
• supervisors inspect / examine eahc stage
• a cut-throat / strong / stiff competition
• Main competitors
• to miss a deadline
• a  bull market
• to fire / to dismiss / to lay off staff
• to be redundant
• to wind down a business = toclose down = to go out of business (quebrar)
• a downturn
• a bankrupcy

                            

• Risks
• To play it safe
• to have a  knock-on effect
• to take risks
• to take a gamble
• Market
• leader / share/ research
• Sales
• forecast / figures / target/ manager
• Money
• To invest = to put money into it
• to take out a loan
• a tight budget
• make a  profit
• make a loss
• it breaks even at  the end ofthe first year
• capital assets
• turnover ( of money)
• sales figures
• good value ( good for money)
• Publicity
• Advertisements
• classified ads
• flyers
• billboards (hoading in UK)
• eye-catchers
• target audience
• Market research
• Expressions
•  Mind your own business

ABOUT NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER NEWS

• A paper
• A  tabloid
• A magazine
• A spreadsheet
• The headlines
• The front page

• Classified ads
• Obituary
• TV guide
• to  write to  the agony  aunt/  the  agony column
• A  scoop / an exclusive
• A news  article / a news report
• A feature (a column, which appears  regularly)
• A  newsletter
• A  back copy
• The  newsreader ( el  presentador)
• The correspondent
• A press conference is  held...
• To issue  a statement
• A  press release ( comunidado de prensa)
• the sources
• to seek  publicity
• To  meet the deadlines
• the scandal will hit the  headlines soon
• A story  wich  receives  a  lot of coverage

PROVERBS

• When  in Rome,  do as  Romans do
• All roads  lead to Rome
• Ner look a gift-horse  in the mouth
• Too many  cooks  spoil the broth
• The grass is greener on the  other side of the  hill
• Actions speak louder than  words
• Easier said  than done
• Don't cry overspilt milk
• Two  heads  are better than one
• If you  want something done  right do it yourself
• Tou can't an  omelette without breaking a few eggs
• You can  lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
• Many hand make light work
• A  penny save  is a  penny  earned

• If you cant  bet them, join  them
• Don't beta the  hand  that feeds you
• There is nowhere  like home
• A picture is  worth a  thousand words
• Keep your friends  close and  your enemies closer
• You can't  teach an old dog new tricks
• The leopard can't change its spots
• Cleanliness is  close to  godliness

• You can't judge  the  book by its cover
• don't put  all your  eggs  in  one basket
• there  is no smoke without fire
• Better  late than  never