前言 生活處處是談判 A go across the street到別處買東西 B get(his)bearings理出頭緒 put this dealto bed告一段落 bell ringer打開局面;扭轉(zhuǎn)乾坤 big league高階挑戰(zhàn);激烈的競爭 big ticket item昂貴的東西;大生意;大買賣 big time有聲有色;高人一等;很有成就 blind sided被出賣(背叛) (he)blinked讓(某人)緊張一下 the bottom line結(jié)果 (I'm)not buying(it)我才不信 deal breaker協(xié)議破壞分子 C callback召回;返修 called into play調(diào)動:發(fā)揮 (we)can't lose一定沒有問題 caught flat-footed陷入困境;無計可施 come up a little多加一點 price concession降價 the cream ofthe crop最優(yōu)秀的;出類拔萃;精英 permanent crimp壓接;抑制;造成打擊 cut to the chase只談重點;直截了當?shù)卣f D it's a deal就這樣說定;成交 deal with the devil和魔鬼打交道 done沒問題 draw the line劃清界線 the impossible dream不可能的夢想 pipedreams白日夢;空想 dumping傾銷 E I'm all ears全神貫注地聽;洗耳恭聽 enough is enough我受夠了 F factor in將…列為重要因素;考慮進來 fairy tales神話故事;天方夜譚;謊言 (I'd)hate to see this deal fall apart看不到這件事成功,我會很遺憾 figure ofspeech比喻說法 flight offancy異想天開 G goosed捏臀部;鼓勵;突然增加 (we've)got a deal就這樣說定;成交 How does that grab you?你有什么感覺呢? grand一千美元 H come in handy用得著;隨手可得 hang tough堅持到底 in a heartbeat立刻 with no place to hide無處可躲;無所遁形 high power值錢的;很能干的 price hike漲價 hit it off處得來;相處融洽 hold(your)own不輸給別人;獨當一面 do(your)homework準備工作 get hot生氣 I in-house在內(nèi)部 in a run一次;一輪:一期 industry wide整個業(yè)界的 J (We)jumped on it把握良機:抓住機會 K keep up(my)end遵守承諾 L locked in不能更動;無法改變 in for the long haul長長久久;堅持到最后 break things loose打破僵局 lousy討厭的 M make believe假裝 get(the talks)moving突破僵局;打開局面 N nonetheless仍然 established norm已制定的標準 not too bad,even if I do say So myself還不錯嘛,就連我自己都這么認為 numbers people和數(shù)字為伍的人 O a very attractive offer很誘人的提議 this isn't an official offer這不是正式報價 operating losses營運損失 on the other hand另一方面來說 P pretty much差不多就是… asking price起價 consumer price消費者價格 pullthefat out ofthefire解救危機 pullthe plug停止(某事) punch list問題清單 put one over對…惡作劇 Q every quarter每一季 no quarter is asked for and none will be given不可能也沒有機會求饒 R swimming in red ink在紅色墨水里載浮載沉 retainage暫扣款 get the ball rolling開始進行某事 onthe ropes岌岌可危 runthis(tactic)on把這個(策略)用在… running the numbers統(tǒng)計數(shù)字 S save a step省個步驟 have a seat請坐 dead serious非常嚴肅、認真 setupfees修改費用 let's shake on it就這么握手說定了 (our)market share(我們的)市場份額 sharpen(my)pencil降低報價 shave the price降低價格 shop around到處比價看看 shopping list購物單 stand your ground堅守立場 stopthepresses把手邊的工作停下來 stop(them)dead in(their)tracks把(某人)堵得死死的 a string of一連串的 substantial completion大體上已完成 (it)sucks爛透了 sweeten the offer將報價弄得更好 T on the table攤開來說 take stock善加評估 talk turkey討論重點 (my)hands are tied(我的)雙手被綁了 atthetime當時 tried and true試過之后,果然如此 played(heOtrump card亮出(她的)王牌 U get in under the wire及時趕上 unit cost單位成本 up(the)offer提高價格 up to speed跟上進度;了解事態(tài) W wait(him)out等著(他)采取行動 there's more than one way to skin a cat要達到目標,方法不只一種 a win-win situation雙贏局面 windfall profit意外獲利 work out the details把細節(jié)敲定 work with(me)和(我)合作 the writing is on the wall結(jié)果已經(jīng)可以預(yù)知