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JUST THE JOB! C1 vocab

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  • We’ll have to cancel the meeting if we can’t find a suitable venue. CALL >>> We’ll have to __________ we find a suitable venue.
    call off the meeting / call the meeting off unless
  • To be given a more important job or rank in the organization that they work for is to be....
    promoted.
  • Jackson's going nowhere in his job. He's in a __________-__________ job.
    dead-end
  • When you __________ ___ at work, you arrive there or put a special card into a device to show what time you arrived.
    clock in
  • I take parcels and packages to people's houses. I usually use a car or a van. What am I?
    A delivery driver
  • Can you say some synonyms for "firing someone"?
    To make someone redundant, to dismiss, to lay off, to sack...
  • What's the expression for taking off work when the baby is born?
    A maternity leave.
  • A person who works in the Civil Service in Britain and some other countries, or for the local, state, or federal government in the United States.
    Civil servant
  • An increase in the amount of money you earn for doing your job is...
    a pay rise
  • If you are engaged in a stoppage of work, services, or other activities, as by union workers to get better wages, you are...
    on strike
  • If you are ____________, you organize your own work and taxes and are paid by people for a service you provide, rather than being paid a regular salary by a person or a firm.
    self-employed
  • The age you leave professional life is your...
    Retirement age
  • What is a "steady job"?
    A permanent job.
  • I greet passengers as they board the aircraft, direct them to their seats, and help as needed. What am I?
    A flight attendant / steward / stewardess
  • Someone who is on ____ ______ is registered as unemployed and receives money from the government.
    the dole
  • A strike breaker is a...
    blackleg
  • I'm not working right now because I'm ill. I'm __________ __________.
    off work
  • I dig graves. Who am I?
    A gravedigger
  • My boss says that sometimes, you´ve just gotta take the .................. by the ....................
    bull - horns
  • When the managing director resigned unexpectedly, the company struggled to replace him. FILL >>> The company struggled _______by the unexpected resignation of the managing director.
    to fill the vacancy / post caused / created / left
  • My boss said I should do some work on my French so I could take part in meetings. BRUSH >>> My boss encouraged _________ so I could take part in meetings.
    me to brush up my French
  • The one who employs is the... whereas the one who works for this person is the...
    employer - employee
  • Travelling to and from work is to...
    commute.
  • In my job, I make sure that taxes are paid properly and on time. Who am I?
    An accountant
  • Can I bounce a few ............. off you?
    ideas