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Practise the new words

Vocabular: Consolidarea termenilor. Alege cuvintele potrivite pentru a descrie situații dificile din management și riscurile operaționale întâlnite.

Лексика: Закрепление терминов. Выберите подходящие слова для описания сложных управленческих ситуаций и возникших операционных рисков.

Practise the new words — Short-term fixes, long-term costs

Choose the right word

  • It is time to [bite the bullet / pay the price / store up problems] and restructure the entire department in New York.
  • That hasty decision in Chicago is starting to [come back to haunt / put off investment / pay the price] us during the audit.
  • If we miss the deadline, we will surely [pay the price / bite the bullet / store up problems] with our clients in Boston.
  • The software crash during the product launch was a costly [false start / false saving / patch-up job] for the Seattle office.
  • Buying inferior cables turned out to be a [false saving / false start / cost avoidance] when they burned out in Austin.
  • Our team must address the growing [maintenance backlog / deferred cost / patch-up job] before winter arrives in Denver.
  • That quick [patch-up job / false saving / cost avoidance] on the conveyor belt won't last through the week in Dallas.
  • We cannot afford to [put off investment / pay the price / bite the bullet] in our Seattle manufacturing plants anymore.
  • Switching to LED lighting resulted in significant [cost avoidance / deferred cost / maintenance backlog] for our headquarters in New York.
  • Ignoring minor software bugs creates a massive [deferred cost / false start / patch-up job] for future developers in Chicago.
  • By postponing necessary repairs, we are only going to [store up problems / pay the price / bite the bullet] for the next manager in Boston.

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