6B

Question 1

draw up

Answer 1

to prepare something, usually something official, in writing

Question 2

liaise

Answer 2

to be the link between two or more people, organizations

Question 3

payroll

Answer 3

a list of the people employed by a company showing how much each one earns

Question 4

inevitability

Answer 4

the fact of being certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented

Question 5

MBA

Answer 5

abbreviation for Master of Business Administration, an advanced degree in business, or a person who has this degree

Question 6

input

Answer 6

to put information into a computer or other piece of electronic equipment

Question 7

network

Answer 7

to make an effort to meet and talk to a lot of people, esp. in order to get information that can help you

Question 8

troubleshoot

Answer 8

to discover why something does not work effectively and help to improve it

Question 9

take on someone/something

Answer 9

to fight or compete against someone or something

Question 10

sb’s vitality drained away

Answer 10

sb lost his energy

Question 11

spark sb’s interest

Answer 11

to interest sb

Question 12

sb’s mind is drifting off

Answer 12

to gradually start to sleep/ can’t concentrate

Question 13

remotely

Answer 13

in any way

Question 14

crèche

Answer 14

a place where young children are cared for during the day while their parents do something else, especially work, study, or shop

Question 15

perk

Answer 15

an advantage or something extra, such as money or goods, that you are given because of your job

Question 16

tribunal

Answer 16

a special court or group of people who are officially chosen, especially by the government, to examine (legal) problems of a particular type

Question 17

compassionate leave

Answer 17

a period of time that a company allows you not to come to work because a member of your family has died or is ill

Question 18

voluntary redundancy

Answer 18

a situation in which someone agrees to leave their job because their employer wants to reduce the number of employees

Question 19

stationery

Answer 19

the things needed for writing, such as paper, pens, pencils, and envelopes

Question 20

dispute

Answer 20

an argument or disagreement, especially an official one between, for example, workers and employers or two countries with a common border

Question 21

sack

Answer 21

to remove someone from a job, usually because they have done something wrong or badly, or sometimes as a way of saving the cost of employing them

Question 22

reluctant to

Answer 22

not wanting to do something and therefore slow to do it

Question 23

lump

Answer 23

1-a piece of a solid substance, usually with no particular shape
2-a hard swelling found in or on the body, especially because of illness or injury

Question 24

fast

Answer 24

a period of time when you eat no food or to eat no food for a period of time

Question 25

drip

Answer 25

a method of slowly giving someone liquid medicine or food through a tube into a vein, or a piece of equipment for doing this

Question 26

clench your fist

Answer 26

to close fist very tightly, often in a determined or angry way

Question 27

stretch

Answer 27

to make your body or your arms and legs straight so that they are as long as possible, in order to exercise the joints after you have been in the same place or position for a long time

Question 28

stroke

Answer 28

1-an act of hitting a ball when playing a sport
2-an act of moving your hand, another part of the body, or an object gently over something or someone, usually repeatedly and for pleasure

Question 29

remarkable

Answer 29

unusual or special and therefore surprising and worth mentioning

Question 30

worried well

Answer 30

people who are healthy but see a doctor because they think that they may have a disease or medical problem

Question 31

shake-up

Answer 31

a large change in the way something is organized

Question 32

upbringing

Answer 32

the way in which you are treated and educated when young, especially by your parents, especially in relation to the effect that this has on how you behave and make moral decisions

Question 33

crack down

Answer 33

to start dealing with bad or illegal behaviour in a more severe way

Question 34

break through

Answer 34

to force yourself through something that is holding you back

Question 35

run-up

Answer 35

the final period of time before an important event

Question 36

cover-up

Answer 36

an attempt to prevent the public from discovering information about a serious crime or mistake

Question 37

write-off

Answer 37

a period of time during which you fail to achieve anything or a vehicle that is too damaged to be worth repairing

Question 38

break-in

Answer 38

an occasion when a building is entered illegally by a criminal or criminals, usually by damaging a window or door, especially in order to steal something

Question 39

bypass

Answer 39

a road built around a town or village so that traffic does not need to travel through it