Business Expressions Vocabulary Test 2

At the start of the meeting, everybody was very quiet and reserved but he told a few jokes to ______.

He’s not very quick on the uptake, it takes him quite a while to ______ new ideas.

We’re going to have to reduce budgets in every single department. There will be ______ cuts.

My boss never gives me any freedom. She’s always ______ my neck.

We need a name for our new brand. The best thing is to get a few people together and try to ______ a name.

I’m very happy with our sales prospects for the next year. I’m feeling really ______.

We would have liked to have looked at that but that wasn’t part of the ______ you set us.

I’ve heard all about it. Sally ______ to me.

I’m well aware that this is potentially a good new product and that we are probably ______ with it.

I guess this market study shows that nobody wants to buy our product. It’s ______ for us.