1A Flashcards
low status, low wage job
menial job
mental/ office job
white- collar job
physical job
blue collar job
attractive in an exciting and special way
glamorous
not having a fear of high
have a head for heights
be good at maths
have a head for figures
someone who can do many different jobs
jack-of-all-trades
to stay away from school or work or to leave early, especially without permission
1-bunk off (more school)
2- skive off (more work)
to say to your employer that you are ill when you are not so that you do not have to go to your place of work for a day
throw/ pull a sickie
to have a job
be in work
to not have a job
be out of work
to be on vacations/ have free time of work
be off work
someone who always obeys all the rules of their job even when they cause problems for other people or when the rules are silly
jobsworth
to be on the health leave (work)
be signed-off
a holiday where you do something similar to your usual work instead of having a rest from it
busman’s holiday
to talk about things relating to your work when you are in a social situation, especially in a way that is not interesting to other people
talk shop
unemployed and receiving money from the government
on the dole
to exercise in order to improve the strength or appearance of your body
work out
gradually become hungry, develop an appetite
work out an appetite
to get very upset or excited about something
get worked up over something
find it difficult to do something
have a hard job doing something
to have something more important to do
have other/ bigger fish to fry
to do something that will cause a series of actions to start
set the wheels in motion
sb is lucky (slung)
jammy beggar
to feel unwilling or unable to stay still or to be quiet and calm, because you are worried or bored/ to need to be active
feel restless
(of prices, values, or sales) to fall suddenly
to slump
create an unusual amount of interest (in something)
spark somebody’s interest
to gradually start to sleep
drift off
a strong personal interest in something because you could get an advantage from it
vested interest
so boring that it makes you very unhappy
soul-destroying
extremely, enormously
immensely
in a way that exists as a natural or basic part of something
inherently
without knowing any of the unpleasant facts about something
blissfully
in a frightening, violent, or powerful way/ agressively
fiercely
gorzkie rozczarowanie
bitter disappointment
w konkurencyjnej cenie
competitively priced
otepiajaco nudne
mind-numbingly boring
całkowicie, zupelnie
utterly
calkowicie nieprzyzwoite
wholly /utterly inappropriate
głęboko pogrążony we śnie
soundly asleep
całkowicie, kompletnie, zupełnie
wholly
naturalnie trudne
inherently difficult
gwaltownie zaprzeczac
hotly deny
niezbyt zabawny
faintly amusing
stanowczo potepiac
roundly condemn
lubiacy ostro rywalizowac
fiercely competitive
barely/ hardly other
scarcely
słabo, lekko, z osłabieniem
faintly
bezpiecznie przypuszczac
safely assume
