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You do this when you formally state that you are leaving a job permanently.
To resign
You do this when you stop working because you are officially too old to work.
To retire
This is the fixed amount of money you get paid monthly or yearly.
Salary
This is a small amount of money you get for providing good service.
Tip
This is an extra payment some companies make, for example, at Christmas.
Bonus
The company is growing so they've decided to burn out /take on an extra hundred workers.
take on
One of the other secretaries asked me to fill in for / lay off her while she had lunch.
fill in for
Don't work late so often - you don't want to work up/ burn out before you're 30!
burn out
When my brother was born, my father was on paternity / unemployed leave for a month.
paternity leave
I fell ill and I was on strike/ off sick for a month.
off sick
I joined the company as a secretary and worked my way up / burnt my way out to being the team leader.
worked my way up
I'm afraid we're going to to have to key in / lay off some workers.
lay off
