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Work Collocations and Idioms

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To quit (H-i Y N)

Hand-in your notice

Someone who works well with others

A good team player

An important job, e.g. President

A high-powered job

A difficult job (A D J)

A demanding job

Really busy (hands)

Got my hands full

A job that lasts forever

A permanent job

Really busy (snow)

Snowed under

To not miss a meeting (K A)

Keep appointments

Answer and deal with a telephone call

Field a telephone call

An important member (A I P)

An integral part

To have lots of work to do

To have your work cut out for you

Really busy (ears)

Up to my ears

To organise someone/thing (T C O)

Take charge of

To try really hard

To pull out all the stops

Found and invited to join a new workplace

headhunted

A job with no future

dead-end job

To destroy someone's career

To wreck/ruin someone's career

A stable job

A steady job

To chat about work outside of work

To talk shop

Lots of good extras in a job

Generous benefits

To watch and manage work

To supervise work

To do work (T C O W)

To carry out work

A job that makes you happy (A F J)

A fulfilling job

Becoming more and more successful

Up-and-coming

A career with lots of possibility (A P C)

A promising career

A boring job

A run-of-the-mill job

To take over someone else's job

To step into their shoes

To decide on your goals (T S Y T)

To set your targets

When you career becomes successful (C T O)

Career takes off

To agree to do work (T T O W)

To take on work