Jargon	Plain English
A      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
A large number/part	Many/most
A number of	Some
A variety of	Many, Different
Absolutely essential	Essential
Accede to	Agree to, Allow
Accentuate	Stress
Accorded	Given
Acquiesce	Agree
Additional	Added, More, Other
Address	Discuss
Adequate enough	Enough
Adjacent to	Next to
Advantageous	Helpful, Useful
Adversly impact on	Hurt, Set back
Afford an opportunity	Allow, Let
Aggregate	Total, Sum
Alleviate	Ease, Reduce
Apprise	Tell, Inform
As a consequence of	Because
As a means of	To
Ascertain	Find out, Learn
At present	Now
At the present time	Now
At this point in time	Now
B      A . B. C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
Basic fundamentals	Basics
Bestow	Give, Award
Buy-in	Commitment, Agreement
By means of	By
C      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
Capability, Capable of	Ability, Can
Cease	Stop, End, Finish
Centre around	Centre in, at or on
Circumvent	Avoid, Get Around
Close proximity	Close, Near
Comes into conflict	Conflicts
Constitutes	Is, Forms, Makes up
Cutting edge	Forefront, Frontier, Leading, Pioneering, Progressive
D      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
Despite the fact that	Although
Disburse	Pay, Pay Out
Discontinue	Stop
Disseminate	Spread
Domiciled	Living
Due to the fact that	Due to, Since, Because
E      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
Effect modifications	Make changes
Elucidate	Explain, Make clear
Empower	Allow, Let
Endeavour	Try
Enumerate	Count
Envisage	Expect, Imagine
Equitable	Fair, Equal, Balanced
Erroneous	Wrong, Incorrect
Evidenced	Showed, Shown
Evince	Show, Prove
Exhibit	Show
Exhibits a tendency to	Tends to
Expeditiously	Quickly, Immediately
F      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
Fabricate	Make, Make up
Facilitate	Ease, Help, Make Possible
Feedback	Opinion, Reaction
For the duration of	During
For the purpose of	To
For the reason that	Because
Foreign imports	Imports
Forthwith	Now, Immediately, Straight away
Future prospects	Prospects
G      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
Gainful employment	Paid work, Paid employment
Give consideration to	Consider
Granularity	Detail
H      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
Has a requirement for	Needs
Have responsibility	Must
Head up	Head, Lead
Henceforth	From now on, From today
Hitherto	Until now
Hold in abeyance	Wait, Postpone
Holds a belief	Believes
I      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
If at all possible	If possible
Impacted	Affected, Changed, Hit
In a timely manner	Quickly
In accordance with	In line with, Because of
In addition	Also, Besides, Too
In agreeance/In agreement	Agree
In an effort to	To
In close proximity	Close to, Near
In conjunction with	With
In excess of	More than
In lieu of	Instead of
In order to	To
In regard to	About
In relation to	About
In respect of	About
In the course of	During
In the event of	If
In the majority of	Usually, Most
In the near future	Soon
In the neighbourhood of	About, Around
Inception	Start, Beginning
In view of the fact that	As, Because, Since
Initiate	Start, Begin
Innovative	Creative, Pioneering, Inventive
Input	Comments, Advice, Response
Irregardless	Regardless
Irrespective of	Despite
J      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
Joint cooperation	Cooperation
L      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
Liaise with	Meet with, Work with, Discuss with
M      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
Makes an attempt	Attempts, Tries
Marginal	Small, Slight
Methodology	Method
N      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
New innovations	Innovations
Not later than	By
Notwithstanding	Even though, In spite of
O      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
Occasioned by	Caused by, Because of
On numerous occasions	Often
On the grounds that	Because
Owing to the fact that	Because
P      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
Paradigm	Model, Pattern, Structure, Formula, Accepted point of view
Parameters	Limits, Boundaries
Past experience	Experience
Personnel	People, Staff
Pertaining to	About
Peruse	Read, Look
Pertaining to	About
Possibly might	Might
Postpone until later	Postpone
Predominant	Main
Prior to	Before
Provides guidance for	Guides
Pursuant to	Because of, In line with
Q      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
Qualified expert	Expert
R      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
Real-world problem	Practical issue, Business (or social) issue or problem
Refer back	Refer
Regarding	About
Retain	Keep
Rethink	Review, Reconsider
S      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
Solicit	Ask for
State-of-the-art	Latest
Subsequent to	After
Synergy	Work together, Co-operation
T      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
That being the case	If so
The following particulars	These details, This
The majority of	Most
Thereafter	Then, Afterwards
U      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
Until such time as	Until, When
Utilise, Utilisation	Use
V      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
Vast majority	Majority, Most
Viable	Practical, Workable
Visualise	See, Predict
W      A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . XYZ
Warrant	Call for, Permit
Whereas	Since
Wide range	Many, Range
Wide variety	Many, Variety
With a view to	To, So that
With reference to, with regard to, with respect to	About
With the exception of	Except for
With the minimum of delay	Quickly
Without further delay	Now, Immediately

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