Lesson 3

Question 1

Working relationship

Answer 1

Way of communicating and working together

Question 2

Collaboration

Answer 2

When two or more people work together to create or achieve the same thing

Question 3

Counterpart

Answer 3

A person or thing which has the same purpose as another one in a different place or organization

Question 4

Rapport

Answer 4

A good understanding of someone and an ability to communicate well with them

Question 5

initiative

Answer 5

New action

Question 6

Hierarchical

Answer 6

Classified according to various criteria into successive levels

Question 7

Pecking order

Answer 7

A system where some people have the right to get the benefits/ promotions before others

Question 8

Job-sharing

Answer 8

An agreement where two people each share the same job

Question 9

Workmates

Answer 9

Colleagues you are friendly with

Question 10

Talk shop

Answer 10

Talk about work

Question 11

Mundane

Answer 11

Ordinary, not interesting

Question 12

Meet a deadline

Answer 12

Have something finished by a fixed day or time

Question 13

Volunteer

Answer 13

Offer to do something without being asked or told to do it

Question 14

Rewarding

Answer 14

Making you feel satisfied that you have done something important or useful, or something well

Question 15

Stimulating

Answer 15

Encouraging new ideas or new thinking

Question 16

Workload

Answer 16

Amount of work I have to do

Question 17

Mechanical

Answer 17

You don’t have to think about what you are doing

Question 18

Repetitive

Answer 18

The same thing is repeated every day

Question 19

Knocking off

Answer 19

Finishing work

Question 20

Monotonous

Answer 20

Boring because it never changes

Question 21

Satisfying

Answer 21

Make me feel pleased by providing what

I need or want

Question 22

Challenging

Answer 22

That tests my ability or determination

Question 23

Glamorous

Answer 23

Very exciting, which everyone admires

Question 24

Anti-social

Answer 24

Do not enable one to have a normal social life

Question 25

Stuck behind a desk

Answer 25

Sitting at a desk all day

Question 26

Mind-numbing

Answer 26

Extremely boring

Question 27

Tight schedules

Answer 27

Very strict or severely limited timetables

Question 28

Stuck in a rut

Answer 28

Stuck/trapped in a job they can’t escape from

Question 29

Dead-end

Answer 29

With no prospects of promotions

Question 30

Technician

Answer 30

Person whose job involves practical work with scientific or electrical equipment

Question 31

Go in with

Answer 31

Formed a business partnership with

Question 32

Start-up

Answer 32

A small business that has just started

Question 33

My opposite number

Answer 33

Has the same position/ does the same job as me