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Vocabulary: Jobs Flashcards

1
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COLLOCATIONS

A

A group of words that often go together or that are likely to occur together

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unpaid worker

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Someone who works for free

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authorative

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Commanding and self-confidence, likely to be respected and obeyed

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Monotonous and repetitive

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Never changing and therefore boring

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Rewarding

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Doing smt that makes you happy because you think is useful

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Motivating

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The incentive of an action

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Tedious

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Lasting or taking too long and not interesting

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Similar or different
Colleagues and co-workers

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Similar
-Collegues=same profession
-to workers=work with you

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use authorativein a phrase

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use monotonous and reptitive in a phrase

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use rewarding in a phrase*

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use motivating in a phrase

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use demanding in a phrase

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use tediuos in a phrase

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**similar or different*
Quit and resign

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SIMILAR
quit~informal
resign~formal

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similar or different
Staff and workforce

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SIMILAR
Staff~people who work in a place
Workforce~people who work in a particular field

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**similar or different*
Be laid off and be downsized

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SIMILAR
be laid off ~ terminating of a job contract
be downzsized ~ reducction of personnel

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*Similar or different**
Be fired and be sacked

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SIMILAR
informal1

19
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similar or different
Hire and employ

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SIMILAR
Hire ~ informal
Employ ~formal
give work

20
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similar or different
perks and benefits

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SIMILAR
perks ~ informal
benefits ~ formal, for contract

21
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similar or different
Be out of work and be on leave

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DIFFERENT
Be out of work ~ to be unemployed
Be on leave~ to be for a while not working but you’re still employed

22
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similar or different
Get promoted and get a raised

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DIFFERENT
get promoted ~ better job, same company
get a raise ~ more mone, increase salary

23
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similar or different
Skills and qualifications

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DIFFERENT

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PHRASAL VERBS

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A combination of a verb + a preposition

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**SYNONYMS*”

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Words with similar meanings

26
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REGISTER

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The difference between formal and informal language

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IDIOMS

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Fixed expressions

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ACADEMIC qualifications

A

What you studied and graduated

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WORK experience

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A job you have done before

30
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carrer LADDER

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The series of progressively higher position that can be obtained in your job

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event MANAGEMENT

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Someone in charge of events

32
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permanent JOB

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A long lasting job

33
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job-HUNTING

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Looking for jobs

34
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full-time OCCUPATION

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Working for 8 hours

35
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Clocking OUT

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Leaving work

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Clocking IN

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Arriving at work

37
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APPLY FOR

A

To officially state your request for a job

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