Unit 5. Active Vocabulary Flashcards
A meeting in which someone asks you questions to see if you are suitable for a
job or course.
I had … … … a job with a publishing firm.
I had an interview for a job with a publishing firm.
Not having a job that provides money.
He’s been … for over a year.
He’s been unemployed for over a year.
Someone who is paid to work for someone else.
The number of … in the company has … (prep.) the past decade.
She’s a former … … / … of the … .
The number of employees in the company has trebled over the past decade. She’s a former council employee/employee of the council.
An aim or purpose.
Our … is for the country to be fully independent within two years.
Do you think I’ll be able to …. my … … (потерять) 5 kilos before the summer?
Our goal is for the country to be fully independent within two years.
Do you think I’ll be able to achieve my goal of losing 5 kilos before the summer?
To persuade someone to work for a company or become a new member of an organization, especially the army.
Charities such as Oxfam are always trying to … volunteers to help in their work.
Even young boys are now being … (prep.) the army.
Charities such as Oxfam are always trying to recruit volunteers to help in their work.
Even young boys are now being recruited into the army.
To prepare or be prepared for a job, activity or sport by learning skills and/or by mental or physical exercise
She … (prep.) a pilot.
Isn’t Michael … to be a lawyer?
She … hard (prep.) the race, sometimes running as much as 60 miles a week.
She trained as a pilot.
Isn’t Michael training to be a lawyer?
She trained hard for the race, sometimes running as much as 60 miles a week.
(humorous) To make smb do smth.
I’m trying to … my boyfriend to do the occasional … of housework.
I’m trying to train my boyfriend to do the occasional bit of housework.
To have someone work or do a job for you and pay them for it.
Can’t we … someone (prep.) an assistant to help with all this paperwork? We’ve … a market researcher (prep.) find out what people really want from a cable TV system.
More people are now … (prep.) service industries than (prep.) manufacturing.
Can’t we employ someone as an assistant to help with all this paperwork? We’ve employed a market researcher to find out what people really want from a cable TV system.
More people are now employed in service industries than in manufacturing.
To ask someone questions in an (…) .
We’ve had 200 … for the job, but we only plan to … about 20 of them.
Police are … a 43-year-old man in connection with the murder.
We’ve had 200 applicants for the job, but we only plan to interview about 20 of them.
Police are interviewing a 43-year-old man in connection with the murder.
Money that the government pays to unemployed people who are looking for a job.
1) (Old-fashioned) Jobseeker’s Allowance
2) unemployment benefit
3) (US unemployment benefits)
To have a job.
Are you (prep.) … at the moment?
be in employment
Are you in employment at the moment?
With great skill.
skilfully
(formal) to try or attempt.
They … to reassure the public.
seek (sought, sought)
They sought to reassure the public.
To succeed in doing something, especially something difficult.
Did you … to get any bread?
I only just … to finish on time.
A small dog had somehow … to survive the fire.
I can’t … all this work on my own.
Did you manage to get any bread?
I only just managed to finish on time.
A small dog had somehow managed to survive the fire.
I can’t manage all this work on my own.
The person who asks the questions during an interview.
interviewer
(formal) To use something.
Sophisticated statistical analysis was … to obtain these results.
Sophisticated statistical analysis was employed to obtain these results.
The process of finding people to work for a company or become a new member of an organization.
The recession has forced a lot of companies to cut down on graduate … .
It’s all part of a … drive intended to increase the party’s falling numbers.
The recession has forced a lot of companies to cut down on graduate recruitment.
It’s all part of a recruitment drive intended to increase the party’s falling numbers.
(noun) When someone is raised to a higher or more important position or rank.
Did Steve …/Was Steve … the … he wanted?
The job offers excellent … … .
Did Steve get/Was Steve given the promotion he wanted?
The job offers excellent promotion prospects.
The person who is responsible for managing an organisation.
I wish to speak to the … .
a bank manager; a station manager; the production manager.
I wish to speak to the manager.
(formal) (noun) Use.
How can you justify the … of capital punishment?
How can you justify the employment of capital punishment?
A person who is learning and practicing the skills of a particular job.
a trainee dentist/electrician
Relating to a manager or management,
… responsibilities/skills
managerial responsibilities/skills
An ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have practised it.
Ruth …/… great writing … .
I have no … …/… sewing.
Ruth had/possessed great writing skills.
I have no skill at/in sewing.
The number of people who do not have a job which provides money; the state of being unemployed.
… has …/… again for the third … month.
Unemployment has fallen/risen again for the third consecutive month.
