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sth that prevents a -person’s progress

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glass ceiling
break through the glass ceiling, hit the glass ceiling
various reasons are given for the apparent glass ceiling women hit in many professions
there is a glass ceiling in this industry and the truth is that women aren’t allowed to progress beyond a certain point in the hierarchy

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a person elected by workers to represent them in dealings with management

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shop steward
the shop steward is going to accompany me to the meeting and make my case in relation to the dispute over the disciplinary measures the company is trying to take against me

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when sb, usually your boss, evaluates your progress

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performance appraisal
staff performance appraisal scheme
carry out a thorough appraisal, be subject to appraisal, honest/accurate appraisal, property/independent appraisal

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working

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working conditions, working environment, develop a close working relationship, a working knowledge of , working title/theory/hypothesis, a 12-hour working week
older people encounter much prejudice about their ability to adapt to new working methods

my working conditions aren’t great but then being exposed to hazardous chemicals is simply par for the course in my line of work, I suppose

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as is expected

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par for the course

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prospect

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face the prospect, raise the prospect of, in prospect(likely to happen), career/job prospects, economic/financial prospects, offer a prospect of, there is little/no prospect of, any prospect that, a prospect of/over(view), the prospect of Ving, at the prospect of
having a wide range of interests can improve your job prospects
there is little prospect of success
be a daunting prospect
further job losses are in prospect
it presents a disturbing prospect
a magnificent prospect of
there is every prospect of success
there seems to be little prospect of
bleak prospects of employment
i am excited at the prospect of seeing her
The internet promises one of the cheapest methods of prospecting for new clients.
many charities are prospecting for new donors
I CONSIDER MY CAREER PROSPECTS RATHER GOOD ON ACCOUNT OF MY GOOD EDUCATION

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a note given to an employee showing how much they have earned

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payslip
my payslip is not looking so healthy at the moment; i haven’t been doing so much overtime of late so my take-home pay is down considerably
do/work overtime, be on overtime, opportunities for overtime
take-home pay- the pay an employee receives after the taxes have been deducted

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specific

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specifications
meet/conform to specifications, set specifications for, product/performance specification, draw up a job specification , make/build sth to sb’s high specifications, specification of objectives
blueprints contain the specifications for a building
give a full specification of the job advertised
the job specification has all the details you need to know abt the nature of the role; please read this carefully before submitting your application, and do so only if you truly consider yourself a strong candidate for the job

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arguments about money

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pay dispute
the ongoing pay dispute looks likely to harm the company from a … perspective and could also yet result in strike action being taken by the employees affected

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a court that decides legal problems between employers and employees

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employment tribunal
take sb to an employment tribunal where the panel of experts will side with sb award sb compensation in the sum of

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when your salary isn’t increasing

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salary/pay freeze
a salary freeze is in place so the likelihood of me getting another raise is nil; besides, my current salary is right at the end of the pay scale
be placed on the pay scale

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the worsening of an employee’s working conditions so as to force them to resign

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constructive dismissal
have a case for constructive dismissal/claim constructive dismissal
you might have a case for constructive dismissal there if you feel you were forced out for airing a genuine grievance
harbour/nurse a grievance, redress grievances,0redress the balance) file grievance against/ air grievances about(complain), seek redress for the way your employers had discriminated against you

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money you get when your aren’t working

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unemployment beneift
i’ve been claiming unemployment benefit since i lost my job

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money you pay regularly so that you will be afforded state aid in case you need it

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social insurance
I paid social insurance for over … years so i have no guilt abt claiming benefits now that i bowed out of work

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working conditions in a company

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office politics
office politics is a fact of life in most companies, i’m afraid
it’s more a question of who is on better terms with the boss

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when you don’t work when you have a baby

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maternity leave
i’m going on maternity leave in six weeks’ time

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the way your hire sb for the job

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hiring practice
i’d question their hiring practice on the basis of the fact that the rate of turnover of staff is so high; clearly they are not finding the right people
high/low/annual/daily turnover, high turnover of staff
Large supermarkets have high turnovers

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perks that your company provides

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benefit in kind
my company car is a benefit in kind ; i’d sorely miss it were i to move to another job that didn’t offer the same perks

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relating to manual work

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blue-collar worker
look, i’ve no illusions of grandeur ; i’m a blue-collar worker and i’m never going to climb the corporate ladder and become some high flyer; it’s the factory slog for me

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hard work

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slog
hard slog, slog through the mud/a long hard slog, slog on
i’ve been slogging away for days on the essay

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benefit

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with the benefit/wisdom of hindsight, in hindsight, one of the many benefits of foreign travel is learning how to cope with the unexpected, have the benefit of, derive benefit from, to the benefit health, be of the benefit to sb, be on benefit, reap the benefits of, receive economic benefits, immediate/long-term benefit, claim unemployment benefit
We can help you find out if you qualify for any benefits.
benefit sb/greatly benefit from sb
For working parents, childcare can be one of the most valuable employee benefits a company offers.
offer a generous benefit package
be of benefit to sb
for the benefit of the community

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sell and work

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ply your trade
ply for business/hire, ply the route/between, ply with questions/food
a route to doing sth, ship/bus/train route; I live on a bus route so I can easily get to work

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file a complaint

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air grievance
grievance procedure

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bow out

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hand in your notice
give notice, at a moment’s notice, until further notice, take(no) notice, at a short notice, it’s come/been brought to my notice, put sb on notice
tender resignation (at a tender age of, tender meat, tender fare/payment), tender for job/contract, submit/invite tenders

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keep a job
hold down a job
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stop working for some time
take a career break take a leave of absence
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stop working with sb (employees)
terminate contract of employment on account of
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fire
relieve of duties lay off staff/workforce be made redundant /make sb redundant be given the sack get canned let go dismiss on the grounds
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when you are doing sth not according to your contract
be in breach of contract: you are in breach of your contract; consider yourself relieved of your duties as of now
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dismiss an employee with a final payment
pay off hard work pays off/pay off debt
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when a company becomes unsuccessful and can't function properly
go under the company went under, leaving people jobless
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to ask officially for money that you think you deserve
claim back expenses (for the train journey I took ) claim responsibility for/success/to have done sth, claim unemployment benefit/claim on the insurance, support claim/make wild claims abt sth( I haven't seen one iota of evidence to support this claim), submit claim for, make claims on sb, claim attention
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target
the target audience for, be the target of, exceed/miss/set a target, hit/meet/reach a target, performance/economic/financial/growth target, raise/reduce a target, be on target on account of having missed one of my targets, I forfeited my bonus
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when you don't have any job +money
draw the dole/claim unemployment benefit
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continue to work for a period of time that has been decided
serve my notice period out in full
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accept new responsibilities
take on I'm not prepared to take on new responsibilities until I receive a pay rise
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go on strike
call a lightning strike/stage a strike, take industrial action( we were forced to take industrial action when our salaries were cut by 20 percent)
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try to reach a compromise
enter into negotiations the industrial dispute is drawing to a close as both parties have agreed to enter into negotiations on a compromise agreement return to the negotiating table in an effort to reach a compromise
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expect a lot in exchange for what you do
drive a hard bargain the company's prowess in driving a hard bargain has placed severe pressure on suppliers
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try to reach success
climb the corporate ladder his determination is commendable, but to climb the corporate ladder he'll require no small measure of cunning
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suggest
put/lay an offer on the table I put an offer on the table but it has been firmly rejected. in light of this, i have nothing further to say table the motion/offer/proposal/bid
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sue sb
pursue in the courts (prosecute, charge, arraign) relentlessly pursue the matter/ worth pursuing any further
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ignore
overlook a fact/ person
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the position of a student who works in an organization to gain experience
internship After my internship finished, I wasn't offered a permanent position as I'd hoped I would be
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sb who is directly in charge or responsible for employees in a company
line manager
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a thing bringing discredit to a thing/person
reflection reflection on the way a sad reflection on society
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a particular way of doing st
brand of Perhaps, truth told, it was no harm that I was let go; I must say I never found her brand of leadership particularly inspiring at any rate brand of humor/socialism/feminism route an alternative route of entry into a profession
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person who insists on obedience to their order
autocrat she was an autocrat who ruled with an iron fist and there was a clear hierarchy that had to be respected
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make sb do sth they didn't want/act sooner than they'd intended
force sb's hand I was fairly desperate and necessity forced my hand so I took the first job that came along
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a person who is learning sth from sb at a fixed wage (low)
apprenticeship serve/complete apprenticeship before i had quite let it sink in, i was enrolled in a paid apprenticeship programme gain practical experience in a law firm whilst also studying part-time
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sb who works in an office
white-collar worker; a professional in a respected field
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threshold
exceed/reach/increase/lower the threshold, threshold of pain/boredom, on the threshold of sth the remuneration package was modest and i barely kept myself above the dreaded poverty threshold
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basics
utilities a public utility utility bills/company/costs the financial strain of having to cover rent and utilities as well as the bare necessities of day-to-day living; the rising cost of utilities with energy consumption rising, many public utilities are struggling to meet peak-time demand; refer to government facilities that provide water, electricity and natural gas as public utilities also- usefulness the utility of sth, under such conditions, a common medium of exchange would have to utility at all
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mutual trust, friendship
camaraderie
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advancement
progression limited/good opportunities for career progression(be on fast track to success) a progression to/towards a natural/logical progression salary progression make a steady progression up through the ranks of
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action of repaying sb
reimbursement receive reimbursement for/ apply for reimbursement
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become worse
take a (sudden) turn for the worse
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perks (perquisite, appanage) beside your salary
fringe benefits considerable fringe benefits include a company car as well as access to fringes of the city, the radical fringes(periphery), fringe hair, on the fringes of sth, a fringe group, be fringed with sth(girdle, encompass) the lake is fringed by a belt of trees
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attracts a lot of attention from the public
high-profile high-profile case/trial/client/figure apparently, one of the partners had been found negligent in a high-profile case, paving the way for a suit to be filed against him
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in danger
in jeopardy jobs in serious jeopardy, put sth in jeopardy The deal could be in jeopardy if it emerges the company is engaged in activities prohibited by the US government.
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regular audits conducted to measure the employees' success
performance review receive a glowing appraisal in performance review and a consequent pay rise
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be able to move to a higher social class
upwardly moving a qualified, upwardly moving, big-shot lawyer in demand if you work hard, there is a chance of upward mobility
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receive a lot of offers
be inundated with offers/ a flood of offers
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job
gig settle for a minimum wage gig be on minimum wage/ make minimum wage
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try to steal employees from other companies
poach sb from sth, poach clients/staff/customers poach animals/ ideas
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how happy you are in a particular company
job satisfaction But I found none of them enticing and what was top of my agenda was job satisfaction
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supplement
provide a supplement to your main income, take vitamin supplements, supplement income, supplement diet with/nutritional supplements, pay a supplement of ... for a room overlooking the ocean I had come to the point where I needed to branch out on my own so i set up my firm; at first, work was slow, so i supplemented my income by doing some freelance pieces for the local newspaper on various legal cases
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legal case by a group of people
class action (case) represent sb in a class action against a local council
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publicity
earn a lot of exposure and put sb in demand limit exposure to the sun/a brief exposure to get/gain media exposure, exposure to sth(teachers/literature/language)
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talk about writing
science-fiction genre contribute to a prestigious scientific journal positive critical reception obituary write under a pseudonym
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critical
1. important - it is critical that we ..., a critical time/period (turning point) 2. be highly critical of sth/sb 3. write a major critical appraisal/study of a book 4. win/receive critical acclaim 5. sharpen your critical faculties 6. be in critical condition
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avoid
gloss over sth gloss over important facts/issues
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death notice
obituary lament the passing of
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chaos, upheaval
turmoil in turmoil
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banking vocab
broker(buy/sell shares for sb) turmoil that follows an infamous market crash a trader of commodities successful floatation the international commodities market/ scarce, valuable commodity export/import commodities, commodities prices/agricultural commodities high dividend yield shareholders receive substantial annual dividends launch a stock market floatation, planned/proposed/possible floatation publicly funded/financed
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LAWYER vocab
issue a writ against/serve a writ for libel on sth( a newspaper) issue a writ for late payment of bills counsel for the defence , hire sb as counsel for the defence(seek counsel/hold counsel with), get sb off on a technicality , plaintiff, be subpoenaed ti give evidence, subpoena sb to do sth, subpoena documents/records, issue/receive/serve a subpoena, be under subpoena
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become involved in sth
become embroiled in controversy/scandal
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subject
be the subject of change the subject be subjected to violence be subject to - conditional on /prone to be subject to a charge/ nominal fee/ tariff, subject to change We plan to go on Wednesday, subject to your approval. - if
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postponed
in limbo/in abeyance hold over, put off matters were held in abeyance pending further enquiries
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give a mandate to
give the go-ahead he was given the go-ahead to commence clinical trials until we've received official permission to go ahead we're in limbo
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SCIENCE vocab
a forensic student, a breakthrough comes , hope for a breakthrough in the search for/ a major breakthrough has been achieved , significant/real breakthrough test subjects commence clinical trials conduct large-scale clinical trials
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POLICE vocab
bomb/drug/ fraud squad be stationed in a particular precinct, a shopping/pedestrian precinct solve homicide cases, convict sb of homicide law enforcement officials/officers, the need for better protection and law enforcement enforcement of laws the strict enforcement of environmental regulations face trial on fraud charges , under investigations by the fraud squad, credit card fraud a police cordon, cordon off a territory relentless pursuit of the chief suspect
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when sth bad happens
disaster strikes
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lay sth aside
earmark earmark sth(money) for sth have all the earmarks of (features)
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results/consequences
aftermath in the immediate aftermath of sth corollary the inevitable corollary of sth the huge increases in unemployment were the corollary of expenditure cuts

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