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to have extremely strong writing/customer
service/sales/communication skills
accuracy
to pride oneself on being…
to reach out
to be capable of juggling multiple projects at the
same time
to/a lack
Keep up the good work!
to keep at this
Hear me out!
Don’t beat yourself up (about)!
Bring me up to speed!
Exercise 527. Read and discuss an article.
14 Success Stories of Famous People Who Begin With Setbacks
https://www.lifehack.org/893505/success-stories-of
 Thomas Edison: Thomas Edison is not only the most famous
inventor (of the phonograph, the movie camera, alkaline storage
batteries (аккумуляторные батареи), etc.) you know, given his
well-known success story, but you also probably know him as a
famous failure.
In elementary school, we were all taught that Thomas Edison failed over
10,000 times when attempting to invent a commercially-viable
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(коммерческо рентабельных) electric lightbulb. Edison was a master
of trial and error. He was not afraid to make hundreds, or even thousands,
of mistakes before figuring something out.
“Our greatest weakness lies (состоит в том, чтобы) in giving up. The
most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” —
Thomas Edison
 Henry Ford: The success story of Henry Ford is one that is also well-
known. Henry Ford, as you all know, is the father of the automobile
and creator of the assembly line (линии сборки). He helped bring
transportation to the masses in America with his Ford Model T car.
But what you may not know was that his first company went
bankrupt. Even his second company also went bankrupt.
Exercise 528. Ask questions, make a sentence negative.
Vanessa’s inexperienced godafather wasn’t to used to familiarizing
himself with company’s practices that’s why his colleague had to bring
him up to speed.
Who_____________________________________________________?
Whose___________________________________________________?
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