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1B Flashcards

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1
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menial job

A

low status, low wage job

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2
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white- collar job

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mental/ office job

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3
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blue collar job

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physical job

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4
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glamorous

A

attractive in an exciting and special way

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5
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have a head for heights

A

not having a fear of high

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6
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have a head for figures

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be good at maths

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7
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jack-of-all-trades

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someone who can do many different jobs

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8
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bunk off

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to stay away from school or work or to leave early, especially without permission (more school)

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9
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throw/ pull a sickie

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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

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10
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be in work

A

to have a job

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11
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be out of work

A

to not have a job

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12
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be off work

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to be on vacations/ have free time of work

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13
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jobsworth

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someone who always obeys all the rules of their job even when they cause problems for other people or when the rules are silly

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14
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be signed-off

A

to be on the health leave (work)

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15
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busman’s holiday

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a holiday where you do something similar to your usual work instead of having a rest from it

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16
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talk shop

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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

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17
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on the dole

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unemployed and receiving money from the government

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18
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skive off

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to stay away from school or work or to leave early, especially without permission (more work)

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19
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work out

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to exercise in order to improve the strength or appearance of your body

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20
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work out an appetite

A

gradually become hungry, develop an appetite

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21
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get worked up over something

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to get very upset or excited about something

22
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have a hard job doing something

A

find it difficult to do something

23
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have other/ bigger fish to fry

A

to have something more important to do

24
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set the wheels in motion

A

to do something that will cause a series of actions to start

25
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jammy beggar

A

sb is lucky (slung)

26
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feel restless

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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

27
Q

to slump

A

(of prices, values, or sales) to fall suddenly

28
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spark somebody’s interest

A

create an unusual amount of interest (in something)

29
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drift off

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to gradually start to sleep

30
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vested interest

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a strong personal interest in something because you could get an advantage from it

31
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soul-destroying

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so boring that it makes you very unhappy

32
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immensely

A

extremely, enormously

33
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inherently

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in a way that exists as a natural or basic part of

34
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blissfully

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without knowing any of the unpleasant facts about something

35
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fiercely

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in a frightening, violent, or powerful way/ agressively

36
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bitter disappointment

A

gorzkie rozczarowanie

37
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competitively priced

A

w konkurencyjnej cenie

38
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mind-numbingly boring

A

otepiajaco nudne

39
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utterly

A

całkowicie, zupelnie

40
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wholly /utterly inappropriate

A

calkowicie nieprzyzwoite

41
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soundly asleep

A

głęboko pogrążony we śnie

42
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wholly

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całkowicie, kompletnie, zupełnie

43
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inherently difficult

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naturalnie trudne

44
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hotly deny

A

gwaltownie zaprzeczac

45
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faintly amusing

A

niezbyt zabawny

46
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roundly condemn

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stanowczo potepiac

47
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fiercely competitive

A

lubiacy ostro rywalizowac

48
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scarcely

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barely/ hardly other

49
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faintly

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słabo, lekko, z osłabieniem

50
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safely assume

A

bezpiecznie przypuszczac

English C1 Outcomes (30 decks)

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