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Work&Money Flashcards

1
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Extravagant

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  1. C2 spending too much money, or using too much of something:
    the extravagant lifestyle of a movie star
    It was very extravagant of you to buy strawberries out of season.
    He rarely used taxis, which he regarded as extravagant.
  2. extreme and unreasonable:
    The product does not live up to the extravagant claims of the advertisers.
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Frugal

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Careful when using money or food
a frugal lifestyle
a frugal meal of bread and soup

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Excise duty

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a tax on some types of goods such as alcohol, cigarettes, or petrol paid to a national or state government:
excise duty/tax on sth a 5% excise duty on cigarettes
Motorists can save about two thirds of the vehicle excise duty by choosing a cleaner car.

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Bargain

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To pick up a bargain!
something sold for a price that is lower than usual or lower than its value:
We got tickets to the show at half-price, a real bargain.

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Exorbitant

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(of prices and demands) much too large:

The hotel charges were exorbitant

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Potential global market

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The potential global market is enormous

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Building society

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a business that lends you money if you want to buy a house, or pays you interest on the money you invest there

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Overdraft

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a draft or withdrawal of money in excess of the credit balance on a bank or building-society cheque account

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9
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To run up a huge overdraft

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10
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To come into a lot of money

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To inherit lot of money

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Tax rebate

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an amount of money that is paid back to you if you have paid too much tax:
More than 2 million taxpayers will receive checks totaling $1 billion because of the federal tax rebate program.

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12
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Uneven distribution of wealth

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Unfair

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13
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Unemployment benefit

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hoghoghe bikari

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14
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pension

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حقوق بازنشستگی

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15
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You can buy it outright

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بی درنگ

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16
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Inheritance tax

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مالیات بر ارث

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17
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Disability allowance

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کمک هزینه معلولیت

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18
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Perpetuate

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to cause something to continue:
Increasing the supply of weapons will only perpetuate the violence and anarchy.
The aim of the association is to perpetuate the skills of traditional furniture design.
The movie perpetuates stereotypes of small-town life.

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19
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Liability

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Debt

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20
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Upwardly mobile equity

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Able to move to a higher social class

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21
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Negative equity

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when the liability amount is greater than the amount of assets

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22
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Good jobs with good PROSPECTS

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GOOD HORIZON

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23
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Materialistic society

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I was a materialistic person, very career-oriented, with a large ego.

So have we become a self-centred society, preoccupied with materialism?

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24
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Acquisitive

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eager to own and collect things:

We live in an acquisitive society that views success primarily in terms of material possessions.

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25
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Frantically

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  1. in a very great hurry and often in a state of excitement or confusion:
    Inside, decorators worked frantically to solve last-minute problems.
    STRUGGLING FRANTICALLY
  2. with extreme emotion, esp. anxiety or fear:
    With his heart pounding, Maurin frantically hollered through his two-way radio to a co-worker inside the building.
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26
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A suitable rate of interest

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نرخ بهره

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27
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Affluent society

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جامعه ثروتمند

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28
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Modern industry deliberately sets out to create new markets.

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ایجاد بازارهای جدید

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29
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built-in/planned obsolescence

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The fact that a product is intentionally designed and made so that it will not last for a long time

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30
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Inventory

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stocktaking the counting of all the goods, materials, etc. kept in a place such as a shop

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31
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inventory obsolescence

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the situation in which a company’s supply of goods or materials is too old to be sold or used:
One of the risks associated with long manufacturing cycles is inventory obsolescence.

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32
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Obsolescence

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از رواج افتادگی

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33
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Goods are made to be discarded

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دور انداختن

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34
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Wage packet

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the money that you earn, especially when it is given to you in notes and coins in an envelope:
cash a monthly/weekly wage packet
She got £25 in cash in her first wage packet.

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35
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Fringe benefits

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مزایای اضافی
something useful you get because of your job in addition to your pay:
Fringe benefits here include health insurance, three weeks’ vacation, and tuition reimbursement

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36
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Highest bidder

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پیشنهاد کننده
someone who offers to pay a particular amount of money for something:
In an auction, goods or property are sold to the highest bidder

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37
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Brain drain

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The process by which highly skilled ppl offer their services to the highest bidder

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38
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The wealthier nations deprive their poorer neighbors of their most able citizen

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mahroom kardan

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39
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Crypto-currency

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digital currency

40
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Cryptic

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Hidde, secret, mysterious

41
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Legal tender

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The official money that can be used within a country

42
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Youth unemployment

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around the world remains at the crisis level

43
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Years spend in higher education have brought no careers

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many young graduates are forced to take part-time unskilled jobs

44
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apprenticeship

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دوره کار آموزی

45
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A bleak picture

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A situation described as pessimistic

46
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Entrenched

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established firmly so that it cannot be changed:

An entrenched bureaucracy stalled Gorbachev’s efforts to modernize Soviet society.

47
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You made redundant

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downsizing the company

People who are redundant have become unemployed because they are no longer needed at their place of work.

48
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Increment

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one of a series of increases:

You will receive annual salary/pay increments every September.

49
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Unsocial hours

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saate gheire kaari

50
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Steady job

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secure job

51
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Adverse working condition

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hard and undesirable condition

52
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Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)

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Work-related upper-limbed disorder

53
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Sick building syndrome

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Problems caused by bad iar of the building

54
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Generous incentive scheme

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طرح انگیزشی بزرگ

55
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Semi-skilled

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blue-collar workers

56
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Self-employed

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freelancer

57
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To wield power

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To have and use the power

58
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Clashes with the authority

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tadakhol

59
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Young ppl are ambitious

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are equipped with a fine education and are understandably impatient to succeed as quickly as possible

60
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purse-string

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control over how much money is spent:

Retailers are hoping that American consumers will loosen their purse strings next year.

61
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in due course

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at a suitable time in the future:

You will receive notification of the results in due course.

62
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gigantic conspiracy

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توطئه غول پیکر

63
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To break through

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Some young ppl do manage to break through the barrier despite the restrictions

64
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give/allow sth full rein also give/allow full rein to sth

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to allow something to happen freely and completely:
This is a post which will give your talents full rein.
It’s a task that requires you to allow full rein to your imagination.

65
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Mankind is deprived of a youthful leader

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mahroom

66
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Resentment

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Anger

67
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opinionated

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having strong opinions that you feel free to express:

She’s seven years old and she’s already pretty opinionated.

68
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Good career prospect

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cheshmandaze mosbat

69
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Technical course

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Vocational training

70
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Career advancement

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His early career advancement was unremarkable

71
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Lucrative career

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Profitable career

72
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Process of trial and error

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azmoon o khata

73
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Concerted effort

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Authorities have to make a concerted effort to raise the standards of education.

74
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Mental exertion / Taghalla ya Talaashe fekri

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Physical exertion

75
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To keep motivated

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It is vital for a company to keep its employees motivated

76
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Tedious work

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Boring/

77
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Gruelling exam/ work

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khaste konande

78
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To further your career

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by taking courses

79
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A dry subject

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Could be tedious

80
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Broadening my knowledge

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to further my knowledge

81
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To make s.o employable

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technical courses rather than degree ones

82
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Jobs that offer a living wage

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Carpenter / Solar-panel installer

83
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There are some new jobs on the list

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Labor market

84
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Blue -collar

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manual labor

85
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White-collar

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Office workers

86
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Chrome-collar

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Technician in various fields

87
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Green-collar

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Work with clean energy or in environment

88
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New career path

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Conventional career path

89
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Post-secondary education

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Vocational or technical education

90
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Constantly evolving careers

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involve several different fields

91
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Post-retirement job

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after retirement career

92
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Have an encore career

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A kind of job that is pursued as much for its public purpose and a sense of fulfillment

93
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Older candidates

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bring a wealth of experience to work

94
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It is illegal to adopt a mandatory retirement age for companies.

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Forced retirement

95
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Forced age-based retirement

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age discrimination

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