Work

Question 1

the quality of having a lot of complicated small parts or details

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intricacies

Question 2

continued effort to do or achieve something, even when this is difficult or takes a long time

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perseverance

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someone who is chosen by a group or organization to speak officially to the public for them

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spokesman

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to make progress

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make headway

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an attempt to do something

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endeavour

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the fact of including many different things, features, subjects, or qualities

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breadth

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a skill or an ability to do something easily and well

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knack

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atmosphere

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vibe

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basic/main;
standard/regular

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staple

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to employ smdb;
to become involved/have contact with smbd/smth

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to engage

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to address/handle

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to deal with

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the fact of including all types of people, things or ideas and treating them all fairly and equally

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inclusivity

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different, distinct, various

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diverse

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a person or organisation that employs people

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employer

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someone who is paid to work for someone else

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employee

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trying very hard to achieve smth

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to go through great lengths

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to prepare smth very quickly

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to whip up

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to spend a lot of money on buying things, especially things that are pleasant to have but that you do not need;
to splurge

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to splash out

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a system of working in which people work a set number of hours within a fixed period of time, but can change the time they start or finish work

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flexitime

Question 20

time that a parent is allowed to spend away from work to take care of his or her baby

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parental leave

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a set of ideas or a plan for action followed by a business, a government, a political party, or a group of people

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policy

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a plan/system that’s effective/efficient

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workable

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to ask for a job (usually through a letter)

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to apply for

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to give up a job

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to resign

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to be removed from a job (usually because you’ve done smth bad)

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to be dismissed

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to resign

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to hand in smbd’s notice

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to stop work and take a pension (usually in your late middle age)

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to retire

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to write in the empty spaces on a form

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to fill in

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to be given a better job in the organisation you work for

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to be promoted

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to be questioned by one or more people when you’re applying for a job, so that they can decide if you’re suitable for that job

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to attend an interview

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to travel from home to work each day (usually from one town to another)

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to commute

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to be dismissed from your job for a time until more work is available

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to lay off

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a space or place that is available to be used

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a vacancy

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a person who is competing to get a job or elected position

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a candidate

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a mention of smth

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a reference

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an ability, characteristic, or experience that makes you suitable for a particular job or activity

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a qualification

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a list of people who have been judged the most suitable for a job or prize (made from a longer list of people originally considered) from which one person will be chosen

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a shortlist

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someone who has applied for a job/a place on a course

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an applicant

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a fixed amount of money agreed every year as pay for an employee (usually paid directly into his or her bank account every month)

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salary

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one of a series of increases

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increment

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a payment to someone who sells goods that is directly related to the amount sold, or a system that uses such payments

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commission

Question 42

an advantage

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perk

Question 43

an amount of money paid regularly by the government or a private company to a person who does not work any more (usually because of their age or health)

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pension

Question 44

the process or fact of giving someone a higher or more important job

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promotion

Question 45

the idea of something that will or might happen in the future

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prospect

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fear/anguish

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dread

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out of breath/exausted

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flustered

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to provoke;
to cause emotional response

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to trigger

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to abandon;
to break up

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to ditch

Question 50

to move swiftly and lightly;
to move quickly

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to flit

Question 51

willing/enthusiastic

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keen

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item sold at discount

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a bargain

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to negotiate

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to bargain

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a shared flat with lots of people

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cramped flatshare

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to guess/think/believe/estimate

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to reckon

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wealthy leisure traveller

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a jetsetter

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the fact of not belonging to a place

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rootlessness

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increase in wages/salary

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a pay rise

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to promise to do (smth);
impegnarsi a

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to pledge to

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to beg to obtain (smth)

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to plead for

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recommendable

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advisable

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enemy

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rival

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the act of getting money from people or forcing them to do something by threatening to tell a secret of theirs or to harm them

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to blackmail

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to dismiss (smbd) = liquidare;
to disregard = ignorare/snobbare

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to brush off

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to have a great potential/ambition

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to be a high-flyer

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to ask your boss for more money

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to put in for a rise

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a manual worker

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blue collar worker

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an office worker

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white collar worker

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to make someone work too hard

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to be a slave driver

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to work in the usual way in spite of difficulties

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business as usual

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to work at night

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to work the night shift

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to work too hard

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to burn out

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to work for a very small amount of money

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to work for peanuts

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to work more hours to make more money

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to work overtime

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to refuse to work

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to come out on a strike

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to make smbd take responsibility for a mistake you made

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to carry the can

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to be given a large sum of money when you retire

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to get a golden handshake

Question 78

to be dismissed

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to get fired

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to receive unemployment benefits

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to be on the dole

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to look for top managers and offer them jobs in other companies

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to be a headhunter

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to be sent away;
to be asked to leave

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to get shown the door

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to add on pressure

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to put a strain on

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smth done as a usual part of the way in which things are done and is not special

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as a matter of course

Question 84

to be suddenly dismissed from your job

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to get the sack