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Deborah Capras, our Business Skills author 
(pp. 20–23), is an expert on international 
business communication. She says: “I have 
three passports: British, Irish and German.
I love them all, but I do have a favourite.”
Taking responsibility
Meetings are often a cause of frustration. But this doesn’t have to 
be the case — if you take responsibility for making them better.
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Business Spotlight
1/2021
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TRENDS
6 Names and News
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The latest from the business world

10 Global Business
 
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How Fiji protects its fish
14 Head-to-Head
 
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Will the UK be better off outside 

the EU?
16 Science
 
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The key to living a long life
19 Women at Work
 
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The election of Kamala Harris
COMMUNICATION
20 Business Skills
 
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Seven essential tips for
business meetings
24 Intercultural Business
 
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A Bavarian restaurant in London
28 Culture Comment
 
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Peter Franklin on the role
of appropriateness
CAREERS
30 Performance
 
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Planning your career path
34 Leadership
 
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Influencing other people in the
workplace
38 Career Coach
 
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Bo Graesborg on cooking, 
love and careers
LANGUAGE
40 English for... 
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Interior redecorating
42 Skill Up!
 
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Work-life balance: false friends, 
idioms, collocations and grammar
44 Talking Finance
 
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Paying for the pandemic
45 Key Words
 
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Useful vocabulary from this issue; 
Ken Taylor on the meaning of 
“elevator pitch”
46 Short Story
 
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Miss Gina Lamarre
48 Test
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Assess your language skills
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vulg.: 
vulgar word or phrase; sl.: slang word or phrase 
non-stand.: 
non-standard word or phrase
UK: 
chiefly British usage; US: chiefly North American usage
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