WORK AND BUSINESS Flashcards

1
Q

a person who gives jobs

A

EMPLOYER

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2
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a person employed for wages

A

EMPLOYEE

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3
Q

all the people employed by a particular organization

A

STAFF

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4
Q

a paid position of regular employment

A

JOB

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5
Q

activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result.

A

WORK

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6
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an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person’s life and with opportunities for progress.

A

CAREER

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7
Q

obtain (money) in return for labour or services.

A

EARN

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8
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acquire or secure as a result of a contest, conflict, bet, or other endeavour

A

WIN

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9
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obtain or secure (something wanted or desirable).
* … experience

A

GAIN

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10
Q

increase the amount, level, or strength of.

A

RAISE

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11
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move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up.

A

RISE

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12
Q

gotten money in a WEEK

A

WAGE

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13
Q

gotten money in a MONTH

A

SALARY

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14
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gotten money in a year

A

PAY

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15
Q

travel some distance between one’s home and place of work on a regular basis. (vozač)

A

COMMUTE

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16
Q

bring and hand over (a letter, parcel, or goods) to the proper recipient or address

A

DELIVER

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17
Q

leave one’s job and cease to work, typically on reaching the normal age for leaving service.

A

RETIRE

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18
Q

voluntarily leave a job or office.

A

RESIGN

19
Q

dismiss (an employee) from a job

A

FIRE

20
Q

dismiss from employment, when you did something wrong

A

SACK

21
Q

to dismiss (a person who is no longer needed) from a job (too few german students, so the german teacher is no longer needed)

A

MAKE REDUNDANT

22
Q

time worked in addition to one’s normal working hours.

A

OVERTIME

23
Q

the act or fact of being raised in position or rank

A

PROMOTION

24
Q

a regular payment made by the state to people of or above the official retirement age and to some widows and disabled people.

A

PENSION

25
Q

a commercial business with ITEMS

A

COMPANY

26
Q

a commercial business with SERVICE

A

FIRM

27
Q

a person’s regular occupation, profession, or trade, samostojni podjetniki

A

BUSINESS

28
Q

the action of joining together, sindikat, varovanje pravic delavcev

A

UNION

29
Q

the voluntary giving of help, typically in the form of money, to those in need, donate small % of salary

A

CHARITY

30
Q

decide not to do something you agreed to

A

BACK OUT

31
Q

produce and start to sell a new product

A

BRING OUT

32
Q

stop operating (for companies)

A

CLOSE DOWN

33
Q

continue (or help to continue) to the end of something unpleasant or difficult

A

SEE THROUGH TO

34
Q

deal with

A

SEE TO

35
Q

start doing something in a determined or enthusiastic way

A

SET TO

36
Q

start working on something in order to achieve an aim

A

SET OUT

37
Q

start (a business, organisation etc)

A

SET UP

38
Q

decrease speed

A

SLOW DOWN

39
Q

increase speed

A

SPEED UP

40
Q

do somebody’s job for them while they are not available

A

STAND IN FOR

41
Q

start to employ; accept (work or responsibility)

A

TAKE ON

42
Q

take control of (a business)

A

TAKE OVER

43
Q

not accept

A

TURN DOWN