Business English Language Lessons

Success and Failure

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right with the items on the left.

I see that Clinton is still riding ______ in all the opinion polls in spite of all the scandals. ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field The new business has got off to a flying ______ and has exceeded all forecasts. ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field Our company continues to go from strength to ______ . ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field John speaks fluent Japanese so he really came into his ______ when we made a trade visit to Tokyo. ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field He used to work in a supermarket with me before he made it ______ in the music business. ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field That was a very difficult task you had to do and you came through it with flying ______ . ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field We were on the brink of bankruptcy and we had to gradually claw our ______ back. ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field We've had a lot of success in that market. There was a lot of competition at first but we won ______ down. ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field There's a lot of competition in the Indian market but we are leading the ______ . ('way' is possible here but I'm looking for another answer) ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field Now is the moment to see if it is a success or a failure. It's make or ______ time. ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field Either it will be a success or it will not. We have to let the project sink or ______. ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field It was a complete failure and the company fell flat on its ______ . ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field Nobody bought it so the product died a natural ______ . ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field When he failed yet again, that was the final nail in his ______ and he was sacked. ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field If this doesn't work I'm a dead ______ . ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field It only narrowly failed to work but a miss is as good as a ______ . ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field We almost got the contract but we were pipped at the ______ by our Korean competitors. ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field He's not as good as he used to be. He seems to have lost his ______ . ('way' is possible here but I'm looking for another answer) ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field They used to be a great company but they became self-satisfied and went off the ______ . ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field My English is improving all the time. It is going from ______ to strength. ??? start colours edge swim high hands break boil strength mile duck way death face coffin post own big field

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