Vocabulary: COLLEGUES AND ROUTINES

Question 1

opposite number

Answer 1

has same position/same job

Question 2

working relationship

Answer 2

way of communicating and working together

Question 3

collaboration

Answer 3

working together to achieve shared goals

Question 4

counterpart

Answer 4

formal way of saying opposite number

Question 5

rapport

Answer 5

communication/relationship (We have established a good rapport)

Question 6

take the iniciative

Answer 6

make decisions without orders

Question 7

hierarchical

Answer 7

to have a structure of important-less people

Question 8

pecking order

Answer 8

system where some poeple have the right to get promotions before others

Question 9

job-share

Answer 9

agreement where two people share the same job

Question 10

hot-desking

Answer 10

policy of sharing desks in an office

Question 11

workmates

Answer 11

collegues who you are friendly with

Question 12

talk shop

Answer 12

talk about work

Question 13

mundane

Answer 13

ordinary, not interesting

Question 14

meet a deadline

Answer 14

have something finishing by a fixed day or time

Question 15

volunteer

Answer 15

offer something without being asked or told

Question 16

rewarding

Answer 16

making you feel satisfied

Question 17

stimulating

Answer 17

encouraging to new ideas or thinking

Question 18

workload

Answer 18

amount of work you have to do

Question 19

mechanical

Answer 19

you don’t have to think what you do

Question 20

repetitive

Answer 20

same thing

Question 21

knock off

Answer 21

finish word

Question 22

monotonus

Answer 22

you do the same thing

Question 23

satisfying

Answer 23

make you fell pleased

Question 24

challenging

Answer 24

has to test your habilities

Question 25

glamurous

Answer 25

very exciting which everyone admires

Question 26

anti-social

Answer 26

not enable to have normal social life

Question 27

mind-numbing

Answer 27

extremely boring

Question 28

tight schedules

Answer 28

very strict timetables

Question 29

stuck ina rut

Answer 29

traped ina job you can’t scape from

Question 30

dead-end

Answer 30

with no prospects of promotion

Question 31

technicin

Answer 31

job involves practical work with scientific or electrical equipment

Question 32

go with someone

Answer 32

form business partnership

Question 33

start-up

Answer 33

small business that has recently started

Question 34

self-employed

Answer 34

works freelance

Question 35

programmer

Answer 35

someone who writes computer programs