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  • To formally request something, usually by writing or sending a form
    Apply for
  • Someone who sells vegetables in a shop.
    Greengrocer
  • When a person does something 'on your behalf', they do it for / with you.
    They do it FOR you
  • Someone who stops fires.
    Firefighter
  • Someone whose job is to look after a school or other large building
    Caretaker
  • Someone who is paid to work for someone else
    Employee
  • A person who cuts and makes suits, overcoats etc.
    Tailor
  • Someone who fits and mends water, gas and sewage pipes in your home
    Plumber
  • To employ
    Take on
  • A person whose job is to weld materials together
    Welder
  • What does this expression mean? "Mean business"
    To want very much to achieve something
  • The amount of money you have available to spend.
    Budget
  • A job that has no hope of making progress.
    Dead-end job
  • Someone who operates on people.
    Surgeon
  • A job seeker is a person who is offering / looking for a job.
    Looking for
  • To need a particular action or quality
    Call for (something)
  • A person who makes or sells bread and cakes.
    Baker
  • If you don't have a job, you are...
    Unemployed
  • A person who sells meat in a shop.
    Butcher
  • The job or series of jobs that you do during your working life
    Career
  • What does this expression mean? "Get the sack"
    To be dismissed
  • The time period when a person has to work.
    Shift
  • Someone who starts their own business, especially when this involves seeing a new opportunity
    Entrepreneur
  • A synonym of "trust"
    Rely on
  • A director of an orchestra, choir etc.
    Conductor
  • The person who employs other people
    Employer
  • Someone whose job is examining people's eyes and selling glasses or contact lenses to correct sight problems
    Optician
  • To talk about a subject with someone and tell each other your ideas or opinions
    Discuss with
  • To connect to the Internet
    Log on
  • Someone who sells fish in a shop.
    Fishmonger
  • Current refers to the past / present.
    Present
  • A person whose job is to care for people who are ill or injured, especially in a hospital
    Nurse
  • A person who works on and repairs electrical equipment
    Electrician
  • A professional cook, especially the most senior cook in a restaurant
    Chef
  • To start doing a job or being responsible for something that another person did or had responsibility for before
    Take over
  • The process of finding people to work for a company
    Recruitment
  • To learn a new skill by practising it rather than being taught it
    Pick up
  • Someone whose job is to make sure that players in a game obey the rules
    Referee
  • To suggest something
    Get at (something)
  • A person in charge of a museum, zoo etc.
    Curator
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