UNIT 6

Question 1

Run-of-the-mill

Answer 1

Ordinary, not special

Question 2

Short-term financial reward

Answer 2

Immediate money gained

Question 3

Morale

Answer 3

Amount of confidence felt by a person/group/staff

Question 4

Fast-moving/Fast-pacing/dynamic (industry/environment/company/prefession)

Answer 4

Continuously developing, changing very fast

Question 5

Work-life balance

Answer 5

The balance between work and personal time

Question 6

Looking to work in/seeking a career in

Answer 6

Consider or plan to work in some industry

Question 7

Look to

Answer 7

Consider or plan to do (NOT LOOK FOR)

Question 8

Maternity/Paternity/Adoption leave

Answer 8

Time away from work to prepare for and look after a new baby/adopted child

Question 9

Perks (informal)/(extra) benefits (formal)

Answer 9

Extra things apart from salary, e.g. a car, health insurance (мед.страховка)

Question 10

Holiday entitlement

Answer 10

Number of days you have the right to take as holiday

Question 11

Salary increments

Answer 11

Increases/rises (formal)

Question 12

Perfomance-related (pay rises)

Answer 12

Depending on how well you do your job

Question 13

Annual bonus

Answer 13

Extra money paid once a year, usually based on good perfomance

Question 14

Overworked and underpaid

Answer 14

Often said together as an informal, humorous fixed expression

Question 15

Voluntary/compulsory redundancies

Answer 15

People losing their jobs, by offering to do so/having no choice

Question 16

Skeleton staff

Answer 16

The minimum number of workers needed to keep operating

Question 17

Interview panel

Answer 17

The group of people interviewing sm for a job