In an attempt to reduce ______________, the manager insisted on speaking personally to anyone who was missing from work.

We spend eight hours in the office, but what ______________ of that time is spent doing productive work?

Last week our team’s goalkeeper suffered a serious knee ______________, so he won’t be playing for the rest of the season.

I ______________ the idea for this festival after I visited a similar event in Italy.

We need employees who are both committed to the company and __________ to work hard.

In New York City, bus _____________- have been replaced by automated fare machines; passengers pay (often with a plastic bus pass) as they enter the bus.

sb who specializes in herbalism

committed, loyal, devoted, willing to give all one’s energy to sth

sth/sb that is useful or valuable

the act/an act of working together in partnership with sb

amount of money spent for a particular purpose

presence, the state or act of going to a place (e.g., a meeting, school) and being present

thing or person that uses up a lot of sth (e.g, money, energy, time)

accompany, go somewhere with sb

building together with any land or other facilities surrounding it that are owned by the same person or organization.

small room made by dividing up a larger room with walls or partitions (i.e., room dividers)

tightly, strongly, forcefully

clue, suggestion, tip

favoring change and new, modern ideas

a project or undertaking requiring great effort; a company or business

Zoe’s job was to________- suppliers of materials in different countries.