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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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To run up a huge overdraft

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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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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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pension

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حقوق بازنشستگی

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You can buy it outright

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بی درنگ

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Inheritance tax

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مالیات بر ارث

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Disability allowance

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کمک هزینه معلولیت

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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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Liability

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Debt

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Upwardly mobile equity

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Able to move to a higher social class

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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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Good jobs with good PROSPECTS

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GOOD HORIZON

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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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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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Frantically
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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A suitable rate of interest
نرخ بهره
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Affluent society
جامعه ثروتمند
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Modern industry deliberately sets out to create new markets.
ایجاد بازارهای جدید
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built-in/planned obsolescence | ​
The fact that a product is intentionally designed and made so that it will not last for a long time
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Inventory
stocktaking the counting of all the goods, materials, etc. kept in a place such as a shop
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inventory obsolescence
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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Obsolescence
از رواج افتادگی
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Goods are made to be discarded
دور انداختن
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Wage packet
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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Fringe benefits
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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Highest bidder
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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Brain drain
The process by which highly skilled ppl offer their services to the highest bidder
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The wealthier nations deprive their poorer neighbors of their most able citizen
mahroom kardan
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Crypto-currency
digital currency
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Cryptic
Hidde, secret, mysterious
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Legal tender
The official money that can be used within a country
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Youth unemployment
around the world remains at the crisis level
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Years spend in higher education have brought no careers
many young graduates are forced to take part-time unskilled jobs
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apprenticeship
دوره کار آموزی
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A bleak picture
A situation described as pessimistic
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Entrenched
established firmly so that it cannot be changed: | An entrenched bureaucracy stalled Gorbachev’s efforts to modernize Soviet society.
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You made redundant
downsizing the company | People who are redundant have become unemployed because they are no longer needed at their place of work.
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Increment
one of a series of increases: | You will receive annual salary/pay increments every September.
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Unsocial hours
saate gheire kaari
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Steady job
secure job
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Adverse working condition
hard and undesirable condition
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Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
Work-related upper-limbed disorder
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Sick building syndrome
Problems caused by bad iar of the building
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Generous incentive scheme
طرح انگیزشی بزرگ
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Semi-skilled
blue-collar workers
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Self-employed
freelancer
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To wield power
To have and use the power
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Clashes with the authority
tadakhol
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Young ppl are ambitious
are equipped with a fine education and are understandably impatient to succeed as quickly as possible
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purse-string
control over how much money is spent: | Retailers are hoping that American consumers will loosen their purse strings next year.
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in due course
at a suitable time in the future: | You will receive notification of the results in due course.
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gigantic conspiracy
توطئه غول پیکر
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To break through
Some young ppl do manage to break through the barrier despite the restrictions
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give/allow sth full rein also give/allow full rein to sth
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.
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Mankind is deprived of a youthful leader
mahroom
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Resentment
Anger
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opinionated
having strong opinions that you feel free to express: | She’s seven years old and she’s already pretty opinionated.
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Good career prospect
cheshmandaze mosbat
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Technical course
Vocational training
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Career advancement
His early career advancement was unremarkable
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Lucrative career
Profitable career
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Process of trial and error
azmoon o khata
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Concerted effort
Authorities have to make a concerted effort to raise the standards of education.
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Mental exertion / Taghalla ya Talaashe fekri
Physical exertion
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To keep motivated
It is vital for a company to keep its employees motivated
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Tedious work
Boring/
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Gruelling exam/ work
khaste konande
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To further your career
by taking courses
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A dry subject
Could be tedious
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Broadening my knowledge
to further my knowledge
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To make s.o employable
technical courses rather than degree ones
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Jobs that offer a living wage
Carpenter / Solar-panel installer
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There are some new jobs on the list
Labor market
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Blue -collar
manual labor
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White-collar
Office workers
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Chrome-collar
Technician in various fields
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Green-collar
Work with clean energy or in environment
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New career path
Conventional career path
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Post-secondary education
Vocational or technical education
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Constantly evolving careers
involve several different fields
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Post-retirement job
after retirement career
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Have an encore career
A kind of job that is pursued as much for its public purpose and a sense of fulfillment
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Older candidates
bring a wealth of experience to work
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It is illegal to adopt a mandatory retirement age for companies.
Forced retirement
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Forced age-based retirement
age discrimination

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