Vocabulary+-+CB+p+36

On this page you will find vocabulary from the reading text about import controls placed on clothes coming from China. You understood the text even though it had quite a lot of new and sometimes difficult vocabulary in it. Below is some of the vocabulary I have picked out of the text. The table is not quite complete: most of the words have not yet been translated. And if you would like to practise using the new vocab, why not write some sentences in the third column i.e. to "personalise" the vocabulary and make it relevant to YOU and YOUR work.

You will notice that I have included "word families" for some of the words or a number of different collocations e.g. with the noun "restrictions".

… can/cannot compete with …
 * ** ..........English.......... word ** || ** translation ** || ** sample sentence ** ||
 * compete with s.o./sthg., to

competitor competition || mit xxx (nicht) konkurrieren können / (nicht) in der Lage sein mit xxx zu konkurrieren || We cannot compete with the prices of ABC company. Fresh food & more company can compete with the largest companies worldwide.

ABC is the strongest competitor on the market. We have to face a strong competition. || employee employer || jemanden einstellen der Arbeiter / Angestellte / Mitarbeiter der Arbetgeber || Next year we'll employ a sales manager. Fresh food & more company has got 25 employees. Fresh food & more company is the 2nd largest employer in Goldcastle Valley. || to face huge losses ||  ||   || to be in favour of sthg ||  ||   || import restrictions to put/ place restrictions on sthg to impose restrictions on sthg/s.o. to introduce restrictions on sthg to life/remove restrictions on sthg to tighten restrictions on sthg to relax restrictions on sthg. to restrict sthg ||  ||   || to be sitting in || in xxx (Ort) liegen ||  ||
 * employ s.o., to
 * face a crisis, to ||  ||   ||
 * face a loss, to
 * favour
 * flood a market with sthg ||  ||   ||
 * following ||  || **// Following //** heavy rain fall, many people in the Frankfurt Oder region have had to abandon their houses. ||
 * lose one's job, to ||  ||   ||
 * maintain sthg, to || etw. aufrechterhalten/ halten/ beibehalten ||  ||
 * meanwhile ||  ||   ||
 * release, to ||  ||   ||
 * restrictions
 * sitting,
 * suffer, to ||  ||   ||

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