Time and Work

Question 1

to be shortlisted for an interview

Question 2

line manager

Answer 2

a person who is directly responsible for your work

Question 3

speak up

Answer 3

speak loudly and clearly

Question 4

in-house

Answer 4

within the company

Question 5

to take on responsability

Answer 5

start to have responsability

Question 6

to fill the post

Answer 6

find s.o. to do the job

Question 7

notice period

Question 8

mundane

Answer 8

ordinary

Question 9

to meet a deadline

Question 10

stimulating

Answer 10

encouraging new ideas or new thinking

Question 11

to knock off

Answer 11

finish work (informal)

Question 12

be stuck behind a desk

Answer 12

to sit at a desk all day

Question 13

mind-numbing

Answer 13

very boring

Question 14

to have tight schedules

Question 15

dead-end job

Answer 15

job with no prospects of promotion

Question 16

to be stuck in a rut

Answer 16

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

Question 17

to start off as

Question 18

to go in with

Answer 18

to start a business with s.o.

Question 19

to seek a career in

Question 20

to look to work in

Question 21

perks (inf.) / (extra) benefits (f.)

Question 22

skeleton staff

Answer 22

minimum number of workers needed to keep operating

Question 23

run-of-the-mill job

Answer 23

ordinary job

Question 24

provisional

Question 25

overdue

Question 26

instantaneous

Question 27

to trade sth. up/down

Answer 27

sell an item for a higher/lower price than the initial price

Question 28

loss leader

Answer 28

item that is sold at a low price

Question 29

red tape

Answer 29

organisation and arrangement of operations

Question 30

at the crack of dawn

Question 31

to hit the road

Question 32

span

Question 33

crop up

Answer 33

appear or happen suddenly

Question 34

dive in

Answer 34

start dojng sth. in a very enthusiastic way

Question 35

end up

Answer 35

be in a particular place or state after doing sth. or because of doing sth.

Question 36

kick off (with)

Answer 36

begin with

Question 37

knuckle down

Answer 37

start working hard, especially when you should have done this earlier

Question 38

lay off

Answer 38

end someone’s employment, especially temporarily; stop doing oe using sth., especially for a short period of time

Question 39

lie ahead

Answer 39

an event that is going to happen in the future

Question 40

make up

Answer 40

work at different times from usual because you have not worked enough at the normal times

Question 41

press ahead/on (with)

Answer 41

continue doing sth. in a determined way, despite difficulties, opposition or interruptions

Question 42

to set out

Answer 42

start doing or working on sth. in order to achieve an aim

Question 43

snow under

Answer 43

have too much of sth to deal with

Question 44

take on

Answer 44

start to employ s.o., accept some work or responsability

Question 45

tide over

Answer 45

help s.o. to get to the end of a difficult period of time (especially by giving them money)

Question 46

to while away

Answer 46

spend time in a relaxed way when you have nothing else to do

Question 47

wind down

Answer 47

end or finish sth. gradually; relax after a period of excitement or worry

Question 48

put an end to

Question 49

You’re on!

Answer 49

show agreeement to a suggestion

Question 50

a split second

Question 51

rigjt from the start

Question 52

make a start

Question 53

a stitch in time (saves nine)

Answer 53

it is better to solve a problem now, rather than leave it until later

Question 54

all in good time

Answer 54

tell s.o. to wait for sth. and not to try to make you hurry

Question 55

at the drop of a hat

Answer 55

show that you have no doubts about doing sth.

Question 56

for good

Answer 56

permanently

Question 57

for the time being

Answer 57

for now

Question 58

from time to time

Answer 58

sometimes

Question 59

in the nick of time

Answer 59

just in time to prevent sth. bad happening

Question 60

once in a blue moon

Answer 60

very rarely

Question 61

on the spur of the moment

Answer 61

an action that is done suddenly and without thinking carefully about it

Question 62

the other day

Answer 62

recently

Question 63

be headhunted

Answer 63

to be recruited

Question 64

every now and again

Answer 64

sometimes

Question 65

in this day and age

Answer 65

nowadays