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- a cut-throat business/market/world/competition || - a cut-throat price
- The army was sent in to crush the rebellion.
(ăn-tĭth′ĭ-sĭs) - He is the exact antithesis of what I find attractive in men.
(ĭ-rĕkt′) - to erect trade barriers
(ŏb′stə-kəl) - The biggest obstacle in our way was a tree trunk in the road.
(a) barrier to sth:a problem, rule or situation that prevents somebody from doing something, or that makes something impossible
(krō′nē) (kăp′ĭ-tl-ĭz′əm)
(trăns-pâr′ən-sē) - a need for greater transparency in legal documents
(ə-koun′tə-bəlĭ-tē) - accountability (of sb) (to sb) the accountability of a company’s directors to the shareholders
(wēld) - She wields enormous power within the party.
(ăn′tī) - They're called anti-trust laws because monopolies use to be called 'trusts.'
(Cấm) - The new law will outlaw smoking in public places.
(ĕn-do͝or′) - Words alone cannot convey the untold misery endured by people in these refugee camps.
(mûrj) - The banks are set to merge next year.
(ăk′wĭ-zĭsh′ən) - The group has announced its first overseas acquisition: a successful software company.
(hôrĭ-zŏn′tl) (ĭn′tĭ-grā′shən) - Hội nhập theo chiều ngang
(vûr′tĭ-kəl) (ĭn′tĭ-grā′shən) - Hội nhập theo chiều dọc
(ĭk-sklo͞od′) - She felt excluded by the other girls (= they did not let her join in what they were doing).
(bŭst) - It was his drinking that bust up his marriage.
(kən-spīr′) - As girls, the sisters used to conspire with each other against their brother.
(ĭk-sklo͞o′sĭv) - exclusive right to do sth
(ĭk-spīr′) - My passport expires next month.
(so͞o′ĭj) - Raw/untreated sewage is being pumped into the sea, from where it pollutes our beaches.
- She abused her position as principal by giving jobs to her friends.
(kō-ûr′sĭv) - Nike has about 90% market share in basketball shoes, but it's not a natural monopoly. It's a non-coercive monopoly. There are plenty of other shoe companies and people aren't forced to buy Nike shoes.
(dĭ-skrĭm′ə-nā′shən) - To pull off price discrimination, a business needs to be able to segregate the market based on consumers' willingness to pay.
- I never thought you'd pull it off.
- Up to the 1970s, AT&T was given natural monopoly status, which gave it nearly control of the telephone industry. In 19741, an anti-trust lawsuit was file by the Department of Justice, and the end result was the largest coporate breakup in American history