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Business English words

Business English mixes plain Anglo-Saxon words with French borrowings that keep unusual sounds, like entrepreneur and liaison. Many also carry stress on an unexpected syllable, as in a-NAL-y-sis versus AN-a-lyst. Get the stress right and listeners forgive almost any vowel.


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