KEYS to Phonetic Exercises to Business Words (FONETICA MARKET LEADER).

1. image /md/ noun

2. lux•ury /lkri/ noun (pl. -ies)

3. aware•ness /wens; AmE wer-/ noun

4. qual•ity /kwlti; AmE kwl-/ noun,

5. loy•alty /llti/ noun (pl. -ies)

6. iden•tity /adentti/ noun (pl. -ies)

7. com•peti•tor /kmpett(r)/ noun [C]

8. regis•ter /redst(r)/ verb

9. re•nowned /rnand/ adj.

10. through•out /ruat/ prep.

11. choose /tuz/ verb (chose /tz; AmE toz/, chosen /tzn; AmE tozn/)

12. cen•ten•ary /sentinri; AmE -tenri/ (pl. -ies) (BrE)

13. sub•sid•iary /sbsdiri; AmE -dieri/ adj., noun adj.

14. fran•chise /fræntaz/ noun, verb

15. in•furi•ate /nfjriet; AmE -fjr-/ verb

16. com•mu•ni•ca•tion /kmjunken/ noun

17. jour•ney /d3:ni; AmE d3rni/ noun, verb

18. rail•way /relwe/ (BrE) (AmE rail•road)

19. queue /kju/ noun, verb

20. be•hav•iour /bhevj(r)/ noun

21. crew /kru/ noun, verb

22. can•cel•la•tion /kænslen/ (AmE also can•cel•ation) noun

23. sched•ule /edjul; AmE skedul/

24. ques•tion•naire /kwestne(r);

25. draw /dr/ verb, noun ; verb (drew /dru/ drawn /drn/)

26. com•mer•cial /km3l/

27. en•dorse•ment /ndsmnt/

28. cam•paign /kæmpen/

29. breath /bre/ noun

30. breathe /bri/ verb

31. ad•ver•tise•ment /dv3tsmnt/

32. advertise / ædvrtaz-/

33. de•sign /dzan/ noun, verb

34. hire /ha(r)/ verb, noun

35. un•employ•ment /nmplmnt/ noun [U]

36. re•cruit /rkrut/ verb, noun

37. em•ploy•ee /mpli/

38. un•fair dis•missal /nfe(r) dsmsl/ noun

39. re•dun•dancy /rdndnsi/ noun (pl. -ies)

40. flexi•bil•ity /fleksblti/

41. min•imum wage /mnmm wed/ noun

42. sal•ary /sælri/ noun (pl. -ies)

43. WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION /w3ld tred gnazen/ AmE rgnz-/

44. trade barriers /treɪd bæri(r)/ noun

45. sub•sidy /sbsdi/ noun (pl. ies)

46. freight /fret/ noun, verb

47. de•regu•la•tion /diregjulen/

48. strategic industry /strtidk ndstri/ noun

49. dump•ing /dmp/ noun

50. ware•house /wehas/ noun

51. in•sur•ance /nrns; -r-; AmE -r-/

52. Research and Development (R&D) /ris3t n dvelpmnt/

53. break•through /brekru/

54. proto•type /prttap/

55. pa•tent /pætnt; BrE usually petnt/

56. in•nov•ation /nven/

57. innovative /nvetv; BrE also nvtv/

58. bene•fi•cial /benfl/

59. in•geni•ous /ndinis/ adj.

60. de•vise /dvaz/

61. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) /smɔːl ən midim sazd entpraz/

62. Shareholder /ehld(r);

63. Firm /f3m; AmE f3rm/

64. Board /bd; AmE brd/

65. Limited company /lmtd kmpni/

66. Liability /lablti/

67. Partnership /ptnp; AmE prtnrp/

68. Mortgage /mgd; AmE mrg-/

69. Bureaucratic /bjrkrætk/

70. Hierarchy /harki; AmE -rrki

71. loan /ln; AmE lon/

72. bor•row•ing /br; AmE bro; br-/ noun

73. prof•it•able /prftbl; AmE prf-/ adj

74. bank•rupt•cy /bækrptsi/ noun

75. cur•rency mar•ket /krnsi; mkt; / noun

76. re•ceipt /rsit/ noun

77. debt /det/ noun

78. owe /; AmE o/ verb

79. fluc•tu•ate /flktuet/ verb

80. im•prove /mpruv/ verb

81. in•crease /nkris/

82. de•cline /dklan/ noun, verb

83. specu•late /spekjulet/ verb

84. hon•esty /nsti; AmE n-/ noun

85. dis•hon•esty /dsnst i/

86. equal /ikwl/ adj., noun, verb

87. op•por•tun•ity /ptjunti;

88. dis•crim•in•ation /dskrmnen/ noun

89. trust•worthy /trstw3i;

90. brib•ery /brabri/ noun

91. mer•ger /m3d(r)/ noun

92. re•locate /rilket/ verb

93. re•dun•dancy /rdndnsi/ noun

94. dis•miss /dsms/ verb

95. bur•eau•cracy /bjrkrsi/ noun

96. op•por•tun•ity /ptjunti/ noun

97. threat /ret/ noun

98. re•sist /rzst/ verb

99. look for•ward to /lk fwd tu: /

100. ra•tion•ale /rænl/ noun

101. rel•ish /rel/ verb, noun

102. re•source al•lo•ca•tion /rss; -zs ælken/

103. al•li•ance /lans/ noun

104. take•over /tekv(r)/

105. mer•ger /m3d(r)/ noun

106. ven•ture /vent(r)/ noun, verb

107. ac•qui•si•tion /ækwzn/ noun

108. im•ple•ment /mplment/

109. com•pete /kmpit/ verb

110. com•pe•ti•tion /kmptn; AmE km-/ noun

111. com•peti•tive /kmpettv/ adj.

112. earn /3n; AmE 3rn/ verb

113. fierce /fs; AmE frs/ adj.

114. tough /tf/ adj.,

115. in•tense /ntens/ adj

116. con•trol /kntrl/

117. inter•nation•al /ntnænl; AmE -trn-/

118. stand•ard•iza•tion, -isa•tion /stænddazen; AmE -drd/

119. ruth•less /ruls/ adj

120. pas•sion•ate /pænt/ adj.

121. cha•ris•mat•ic /kærzmætk/ adj., noun

122. obedi•ent /bidint/

123. chal•lenge /tælnd/ noun

124. thought•ful /tfl/ adj.

125. lu•na•tic /luntk/

126. power•house /pahas/

127. re•li•abil•ity /rlablti/

128. con•sist•ency /knsstnsi/

129. dur•abil•ity /djrblti/

130. moni•tor /mnt(r)/

131. fault /flt/

132. war•ranty /wrnti/

133. organization (organisation) /gnazen; AmE rgnz-/

134. re•li•abil•ity /rlablti/