Writing Business Letters - Core Vocabulary

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Writing Business Letters - Core Vocabulary

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The use of this lexical approach is essential for successful language acquisition in English for Specific Purposes. However, teachers are often not equipped with the exact English terminology required in very specific trade sectors. For this reason, core vocabulary sheets go a long way in helping teachers provide adequate materials for students with English for Special Purposes needs.

These core vocabulary reference sheets (here focusing on writing business letters) provide between 150 and 240 key words and phrases for each industry. Each series is divided into three pages that, when combined, form an alphabetical list. In taking this lexical approach to attaining key vocabulary, students should be encouraged to translate the specific words and phrases into their native tongues as each phrase has a very specific translation in each language.

to	act on behalf of		on arrival of the goods
to	agree with		on behalf of
	always at your service		on condition that - provided that
	as agreed		on delivery
	as far as I'm concerned		on receipt of the order
	as far as the payment is concerned		on short notice
	as follows		on written request
	as per invoice		order to be confirmed
	as per to the conditions		our best attention
	as per your request		our offer is still open
	as requested		outside address
	as soon as possible	to	pay the maximum attention to the matter
	at your convenience		payable in advance
	at your earliest convenience		please allow us
	at your expense		please send us
	awaiting your reply		please send us your instructions
to	be able to		prices are increasing
to	be authorised to	to	reach the destination
to	be characterised by	to	refer to
to	be confident in	to	return a letter to the sender
to	be delighted to	to	sell at the best
to	be held responsible for	to	send under separate cover
to	be in arrears with payments		sender address
to	be in difficulty		short term
to	be interested in		similar to sample - up to sample

to	be late	to	stop negotiations
to	be overrun with orders	to	submit a sample
to	be prepared to - to be willing to	to	suit the quality - to meet the quality
	before the date we agreed upon	to	take into consideration
	Best regards		the aim of this letter
	body of the letter		the following items
	circular letter		the goods are available in our warehouse
	claim - letter of complaint		the goods are not similar to sample
to	come to a decision		the goods are sold out
to	come to an agreement - to reach an agreement		the goods arrived in good conditions
	complimentary close		the letter remained unanswered
to	cope with the competition		the matter in reference
to	correspond to the sample		the meeting was cancelled
to	correspond with		to our mutual benefit
	covering letter		to the kind attention of
	due to oversight		under separate cover
	enclosure - attachment		up to an amount of
to	fix an appointment		utmost care
	following your instructions		we acknowledge receipt of
	from order receipt		we apologise again for
	further to our letter - following our letter		we apologise for
	goods listed below		we apologise for the delay
	greeting		we apologise for the mistake
	half-price		we are sorry to have to
to	have the pleasure to		we are sorry to inform you

to	have the power to	we have received
	hereby	we hope we'll receive the goods soon
	in case of need	we look forward to your kind reply
	in compliance with - accordingly	we must apologise for
	in due time - in due course	we remain - our kindest regards
	in good condition	we sent you
	in our favour	we thank you in advance
	in partial payment	we wish to inform you that
	in reply to your letter	we would appreciate it if you could answer
	in the absence of	we would appreciate your reply
to	inform in due time	with no obligation - without commitment
	inside address	with reference to - in reference to
to	let someone know in advance	with the compliments of
	letter opening - beginning of the letter	with the utmost care
	letterheading - heading	with two weeks' notice
to	look forward to	within the end of the month
	looking forward to an early reply	within which
	looking forward to hearing from you	without delay
to	make the goods available	without notice
to	meet a demand	would you please let us have
to	meet customer's requirements	would you please let us know
to	meet the demand	you ordered
	Messrs	you requested
to	notify in advance about	you sent us
	on advanced payment	Yours faithfully (GB) - Yours truly (GB)

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