to be afraidof
to mean by
meaning
to start with sth
begin by explaining sth
to consist of
involved in / engaged in
to cut down by (3%)
to contribute to/ to make a contribution to
CEO = chief executive officer (AE)
Managing Director (BE)
those are a few examples
most things
most people (without ‘the’)
lately everybody has been
the text is about / deals with
to pay forsuch things
three times as high as
economic
economical
an answer to a question
an incorrect word
subsidiary
a competitor
to compete with
competition
cut-throat (fierce) competition