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Advanced English: At Work (Colleagues & Routines ...

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  • Talk about work; informal
    Talk about shopping
    Talk about a shop
    Talk shop
    Talk a shop
  • My boss likes us to take ................
    the volunteer
    the initiative
    job-share
    deadline
  • Finishing work; informal
    Clock in
    Clock up
    Clock off / out
    Clock down
  • My workdays are long and tedious and I'm constantly .................
    mind-numbing
    clocking out/off
    stuck behind a desk
  • The firm’s rather hierarchical.
    There are several levels of management.
    Deadlines have to be met.
    Collaboration is a good thing.
  • Jess and I work half-and-half.
    There are several levels of management.
    We do the same job but he’s based in Rome.
    It’s a job-share.
  • Have something finished by a fixed day or time.
    Stuck behind a desk
    Stuck in a rut
    Job-share
    Meet a deadline
  • I stopped working in the hamburger restaurant. It was such a dead .............. .
    work
    end
    line
  • Trapped in a job they can’t escape from.
    Clock in
    Clock off/out
    Stuck in a rut
    Stuck behind a desk
  • I feel I have a very good ........... with my boss.
    workload
    shift
    initiative
    rapport
  • I’d hate to feel trapped in my job and to be stuck in ............ .
    a rut
    a rit
    a rot
    a rat
  • A system where some people have the right to get benefits/promotions before others.
    Hot-desking
    Rapport
    Pecking order
    Collaboration
  • Someone who has the same postition / does the same job as you.
    Freelance
    Volunteer
    Counterpart
    Opposite number
  • Communication between people/ Relationship
    Workload
    Shift
    Rapport
    Job-share
  • I socialise with my ................. outside of work, but we try not to talk shop.
    promotions
    freelance
    pecking order
    workmates
  • Ordinary, not interesting.
    Mundane
    Rewarding
    Stimulating
    Challenging
  • Amount of work I have to do.
    Schedule
    Workload
    Loadwork
    Shift
  • Extremely boring
    Mind-numbing
    Irregular
    Mundane
    Glamourous
  • A company that has a structure with important and less important people.
    Hierarchical
    Mechanical
    Collaboration
    Shift
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