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

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