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Aug 2023
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Congestion Charges - Bonus Vocabulary (T...

Skip Montreux, Dez Morgan & Samantha Vega | Business English Instructors
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In this Members-only Bonus Vocabulary episode of Down to Business English, Skip Montreux and Samantha Vega go through bonus vocabulary explanations and examples for words and phrases used in D2B 273 — Congestion Charges: A Deep Dive into Urban Traffic Solutions.

The words and expressions they explain are:

  1. The crux of something (noun phrase)
  2. To be exempt (adjective)
  3. In conjunction with (phrase)
  4. A toll (noun)
  5. To sue (verb)

After explaining the words and expressions in the context of how they were used in D2B 273 — Congestion Charges, they demonstrate how these words ad phrases can be used in a model business conversation.

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