Answer Key
Arrangements and negotiations – Practice 2
Fill in the gaps with the appropriate word or phrase in the correct form.
- Last- [minute] negotiations are going on to avoid an all-out strike.
- A meeting of the Golf Club Committee was arranged for 1 March, but not everyone could attend it, so it was [postponed] until March 31.
- There was some heavy [horse] -trading in the negotiations and the Government has had to promise to spend large amounts of money to improve regional services.
- We start with [small] talk over coffee, but then it gets serious.
- We have asked for 10%, but we do have a [fallback] position if that is turned down.
- Discussions between the two sides broke [down] when they started discussing pay.
- The unions suspended the strike until next week as a goodwill [gesture] aimed at reopening negotiations with employers' organizations on ending the strike.
- We will hold talks on [neutral] ground so neither side has an advantage.
- The details of the agreement haven't been firmed [up] yet.
- We should [set] up a meeting to discuss this issue before it gets out of control.