5.

By the book To do things exactly according to the rules or the law

6. Corner the market
7. Cut-throat
8. Easy come, easy go
9. Game plan
10. Get down to business
To dominate a particular market
Very intense and aggressive competition
Something gained easily is also lost easily
A strategy or plan for achieving success
Stop making small talk and start talking about serious business topics

Exercise I Complete the sentences with the correct idiom.

1. Stop making small talk and start talking about serious business topics 1. Ahead of the pack
2. To do things exactly according to the rules or the law 2. Back to square one
3. To dominate a particular market 3. Ballpark number
4. Very intense and aggressive competition 4. Big picture
5. Something gained easily is also lost easily 5. By the book
6. Everything that is involved with a particular situation 6. Corner the market
7. A very inexact estimate 7. Cut-throat
8. A strategy or plan for achieving success 8. Easy come, easy go
9. To start something over again because a previous attempt failed 9. Game plan
10. To be more successful than the competition. 10. Get down to business

Exercise II. Fill in the gaps

1. If we want to stay __________________ , we’ll have to increase our marketing budget.
2. To make this software finally work, we have to go __________________ .
3. To give you ____________ , how much the border wall to Mexico is going to cost, I’d say
about 30 million dollars.
4. Working on all these details, we have lost sight of ___________ .
5. We told our auditors that we do everything ____________ .
6. Amazon more or less _________ the online retailing ________ .
7. Competition in the food retailing business is _________ .

8. I lost 500 Euros in a poker game last night, but that’s life – ____________ .
9. What is our ________ for dealing with our new competitor?
10. iSLCollective.com
Now that everyone’s here, let’s ______________ and start with the presentation.