Anglais 5 - acronymes + colloquial expression

Liste des acronymes les + probables

ASAP

As Soon As Possible

ATTN

Attention

BTW

By The Way

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CFO

Chief Financial Officer

CIO

Chief Information Officer

COO

Chief Operating Officer

CTO

Chief Technology Officer

COB

Close Of Business

EOD

End Of Day

FYI

For Your Information

HR Dept.

Human Resource Department

IT Dept.

Information Technology Department

N/A

Not Applicable

OOTO

Out Of The Office

PLMK

Please Let Me Know

PR Dept.

Public Relations Department

RSVP

Please Respond

TBD

To Be Decided

WYSIWYG

What You See Is What You Get

YTD

Year To Date

CAO

Chief Accounting Officer

CMO

Chief Marketing Officer

CPA

Certified Public Accountant

CDO

Chief Data Officer

HRM

Human Resource Manager

PA

Personal Assistant

A/R

Accounts Receivable

AP

Accounts Payable

BS

Balance Sheet

CAPEX

Capital Expenditures

CF

Cash flow

COGS

Cost of Goods Sold

EPS

Earnings Per Share

GAAP

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

GP

Gross Profit

P&L

Profit and Loss

ROI

Return on Investment

API

Application Program Interface

B2B

Business to Business

B2C

Business to Customer

CMS

Content Management System

CRM

Customer Relationship Management

CSS

Cascading Style Sheets

CTA

Call To Action

CTR

Click Through Rate

KPI

Key Performance Indicator

PPC

Pay Per Click

SEM

Search Engine Marketing

SEO

Search Engine Optimisation

UI

User Interface

UX

User Experience

R&D

Research and Development

QC

Quality Control

HQ

Headquarters

IPO

Initial Public Offering

LLC

Limited Liability Corporation

Ltd.

Limited Company

CPU

Central Processing Unit

FTP

File Transport Protocol

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language

HTTP

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

HTTPS

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure

IP

Internet Protocol

ISP

Internet Service Provider

OS

Operating System

QA

Quality Assurance

LAN

Local Area Network

PDF

Portable Document Format

GUI

Graphical User Interface

RAM

Random Access Memory

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

VPN

Virtual Private Network

ERP

Enterprise Resource Planning

BCC

Blind Copied

ETA

Estimated Time of Arrival

GDP

Gross Domestic Product = Produit intérieur brut

I'm not going to play football again. I was _____ (covered with bruises) after the match last Saturday.

black and blue all over

I wish I hadn't taken that day off without asking for permission. I really _____ (got into trouble) when Mr Bradshaw found out.

got into hot water

I always seem to be _____ (short of money) these days. I can't even afford to go to the pub at weekends.

hard up

Charles and his wife are always _____ (quarrelling). I really don't know why they got married in the first place.

at loggerheads

I do wish our teacher wouldn't keep telling Jane how good she is. She's getting far too _____ (conceited) for words!

stuck up

After running 20 kilometres yesterday afternoon I was absolutely _____ (exhausted).

dead beat

What's wrong with Sue? I said hello to her but she _____ (completely ignored me).

gave me the cold shoulder

"What with rising prices and everything I'm surprised that anyone can _____ (manage financially) nowadays."

make ends meet

"My son _____ (wasn't feeling very well) today so I decided to keep him home from school."

was a bit out of sorts

You're _____ (wasting your time) trying to persuade Charles to come with us. You know he won't go anywhere without his wife.

flogging a dead horse

Jill's father _____ (became very angry) when she told him that she had lost his car keys.

hit the roof

"My visits to my parents nowadays are unfortunately _____ (infrequent)."

few and far between

"Look if we don't _____ (hurry) we're going to miss the last bus!"

get a move on

"Could you lend me an umbrella Sally? It's raining _____ (heavily) at the moment."

cats and dogs

Of course Peter's in love with Joanna. _____! (It's so obvious)

It sticks out a mile

"I don't mind helping Charles with his English but what _____ (annoys me) is the way he seems to take my help for granted."

gets my goat

The news that the Prime Minister was going to resign came quite _____ (unexpectedly).

out of the blue

"Well I think we'd better _____ (stop working) now. We've done as much as we can for one day."

call it a day

What's wrong with Mr Barker this morning? He's _____ (so irritable).

like a bear with a sore head

"I don't think I've met her but her name _____ (sounds familiar)."

rings a bell

"Have you seen Mary? I've been looking for her all morning. Sorry John. _____ (I don't know) I'm afraid."

I haven't a clue

"Right everybody place your orders. The drinks are _____ (free)."

on the house

I hate going to parties with groups of teachers. They seem to spend most of the evening _____ (talking about their work).

talking shop