- steal : bargain, low price
Look at this designer bag I bought. It was such a steal!
- imitation : copy, fake
Let me see that. You do know that this is an imitation, not the real thing, right?
- genuine (n): real, not fake
there was a guy on the street selling all of these genuine designer bags.
- straight from sth/sb : directly
- markdown : discount
He said he got them straight from the factory, and that's why he could sell them at such a markdown.
- dirt cheap : very inexpensive / cheap
- knockoff : copy, imitation
The reason he could sell it dirt cheap is because this is a knockoff.
- to be sucker for sth: to like sth too much and easily to be cheated
- to fell for sth: to be tricked for sth
I know you're a sucker for a bargain, but I can't believe you fell for his line.
- to get ripped off: to get cheated
I still think this is real, and I'm sure I didn't get ripped off.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/talkingbusiness/unit3presentations/2body.shtml
Clip 1
"If you have a look at this first graph, you can see that our sales topped 50 million the year before last... However, this year sales have continued to drop to an all time low of 30 million. Now let's look at our market share. As you can see, we have 25% of the market share, 10% down on last year."
Clip 2
"A good example of how important internal communications are is shown by some findings from research that we have recently undertaken. Good communications is a very key factor in staff motivation. If you look at this slide, you will see how important it is to get the basics in place.... A good illustration of the communication process is when all those basics fall into place naturally."
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Thanks,
Duy Lam
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