Question

The collaboration with the Japanese company was made last year. The sentence means:

• A. The business ties with the Japanese company were broken last year.
• B. There was a negative response from the Japanese company last year.
• C. Business ties were established with the Japanese company last year.
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Business ties were established with the Japanese company last year.

The sentence "The collaboration with the Japanese company was made last year." implies that business ties were established with the Japanese company last year.

To be more precise, the verb "was made" might not sound the most natural in this context. It would be more common to say something like: