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Outcomes Advanced Unit 9

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  • hire new employees
    take on new staff
  • to be eager to do something
    to be rearing to do something
  • practical, reasonable, and friendly
    down-to-earth
  • be in the same difficult circumstances as others
    to be in the same boat
  • to pay no attention to something
    to take no notice of something
  • it has a tendency to jam
    something that is stuck in a machine, or that prevents the parts of a machine from moving which happens quite suddenly
  • to show someone how to do a job or activity
    to show somebody the ropes
  • someone whose mood often changes very suddenly
    temperamental
  • to be extremely busy
    to be rushed off someone's feet
  • to try to persuade someone to believe something that is not true, as a joke
    to pull someone's leg
  • uncontrolled emotions on the first working day
    first-day nerves
  • to speak to people in other organizations, etc. in order to work with them or exchange information with them
    to liaise with
  • that sounds threatening
    that sounds ominous
  • She seems to be really down-to-earth
    She comes across as being down-to-earth
  • a person who makes others work very hard
    a slave driver
  • to arrange yourself and the things you own so you feel more comfortable in a new place
    settle in