Unit 44 & 45 Oxford Word Skills

Question 1

advantages a company offers in addition to the salary

Answer 1

benefits

Question 2

a number of benefits that are offered together

Answer 2

benefits package

Question 3

the process or act of moving to a new place to work

Answer 3

relocation

Question 4

money paid to sb to help them, either on a regular basis or for a particular purpose

Answer 4

allowance

Question 5

linked to how well sb does in their job

Answer 5

performance-related

Question 6

an official plan

Answer 6

scheme

Question 7

a periode when a woman lives temporarily leaves her job to have a baby

Answer 7

maternity leave

Question 8

the money sb spends while working that the employer pays back to them later

Answer 8

expenses

Question 9

a thing sb has a right to

Answer 9

entitlement

Question 10

including everything or almost everything

Answer 10

comprehensive

Question 11

partly paid for by an organization in order to make it cheaper for the people who use it

Answer 11

subsidized

Question 12

expected to explain all your actions to sb if asked

Answer 12

accountable to sb

Question 13

a clear understanding of what sth is like

Answer 13

insight into sth

Question 14

producing a large amount of money

Answer 14

lucrative

Question 15

not involving sb/sth else

Answer 15

solely

Question 16

try to manage and balance different jobs and activities in order to fit them successfully into your life.

Answer 16

juggle sth

Question 17

promise that sth will happen

Answer 17

guarantee sth

Question 18

more than has been experienced or mentioned before

Answer 18

additional

Question 19

experience sth, especially problems or opposition

Answer 19

encounter sth

Question 20

affect or use up too much of sb’s time, rights, personal life, etc

Answer 20

encroach upon sth

Question 21

a goal shared by two or more people

Answer 21

common goal

Question 22

the feeling of confidence and enthusiasm that a person or group has at a particular time.

Answer 22

morale

Question 23

help sth to develop

Answer 23

foster sth

Question 24

the desire among a group to work together and help each other

Answer 24

team spirit

Question 25

the ac of working with others to produce sth

Answer 25

collaboration with sb

Question 26

used to describe a feeling that two people have for each other equalley

Answer 26

mutual

Question 27

giving personal satisfaction

Answer 27

fulfilling

Question 28

think that sb/sth important

Answer 28

value sb/sth

Question 29

collect money, ideas etc. from different people so it or they can be used by all of them

Answer 29

pool sth.

Question 30

be accepted in a situation by the others in a group

Answer 30

fit in (with sb/sth)

Question 31

causing problems, and making it hard to continue with sth.

Answer 31

disruptive

Question 32

make sb/sth gradually weaker or less effective

Answer 32

undermine sb/sth

Question 33

stop sth from happening or developeing

Answer 33

stifle sth.

Question 34

the ability to think of new ideas and make them successful.

Answer 34

enterprise

Question 35

the ability to take decisions and act alone

Answer 35

initiative