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  • If you have left school and you are (3) ……………………… (employ), there will be special sessions on how to find an opening in today’s job market, including free CV advice and a session on the importance of (4) ……………………… (flexible) when looking fo
    employee \ flexibility
  • However, if you bring the item into the shop, along with the (2) ……………………… , we will be happy to give you a (3) ……………………… or we can exchange it for something else.
    receipt \ refund
  • My job wasn’t very exciting – I was responsible (4) ……………………… photocopying documents for all the meetings and dealing (5) …………………… phone calls about the project and making lots of coffee – but I didn’t mind because I was learning so much.
    for\with
  • There will be talks about different professions, whether to work indoors or outdoors and how to avoid (1) ……………………… (stress) working conditions and bad or even (2) ……………………… (danger) jobs.
    stressful \ dangerous
  • And having lots of people around can be a bit of a (4) ……………………… (distract).
    distraction
  • But we talked about how to prepare for the exams in my last (5) ……………………… (tutor) so I think I’ll be OK.
    tutorial
  • So, even though she was in full-time (4) ……………………… (employ) by then, she continued to practise.
    employment
  • How are you? I’ve just got back to London after a really terrible (1) ……………………… . I
    journey
  • I was thinking of training as an architect. Unfortunately they turned me (1) ……………………… because there was a candidate who was already studying architecture and they thought she wouldn’t need as much training.
    down
  • Harry knew it had been (4) ……………………… (responsible) of him to take the craft.
    irresponsible
  • And then, would you believe it, there was a delay before we were able to (5) ……………………… because of a storm. It
    take off
  • He usually gets really good marks and he’s (2) ……………………… very well with his coursework.
    doing
  • My Uncle Tom is the oldest and he’s the typical (1) ……………………… parent. He’s always trying to get my cousins to be more ambitious and he gets annoyed when they aren’t chosen for a sports team or the school play.
    pushy
  • She was a (4) modest/frank woman and, despite her success, she continued to face opposition from male scientists.
    modest
  • We have exams at the end of the year but there is (3) ……………………… too, so I have to work hard all the time to get good marks.
    coursework
  • But he can be a bit (4) ……………………… and he won’t do anything he doesn’t want to do.
    stubborn
  • I’m doing lots of (4) ……………………… as well – playing hockey, singing in the choir, working on the student paper – and then there are all the social events.
    extracurricular activities
  • We’re not spending all our money now because we want to go to Paris next month. ASIDE We ……………………… so we can go to Paris next month.
    setting\putting aside
  • Actually, I got into a bit of (4) ……………………… last year, so I haven’t got any spare money at the moment.
    debt
  • At this very moment, there was probably an international search going on for him and he knew he shouldn’t (5) ……………………… (estimate) the anger of the leader of Agron.
    underestimate
  • However, she was very (3) easygoing/determined and took over his teaching post, becoming the first woman to teach at the Sorbonne.
    determined
  • My university is about two hundred miles from my home town so I live in a hall of (1) ……………………… (reside).
    residence
  • We need to stop spending so much on eating out. BACK We need ……………………… on eating out.
    cut back
  • Look on our website for more information about the jobs on offer or come in to the festival office to fill (5) …………… an application form.
    in
  • We must believe that we are (5) outgoing/gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.’
    gifted
  • I must pass that exam as my parents do not event want to hear about the....
    resitting