Question 1

manual

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(of a job) in which you work with your hands

Question 2

administrative

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"(of a job) in which you manage a company, etc"

Question 3

professional

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(of a job) requiring specific training and education

Question 4

tree surgeon

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a specialist who treats damaged trees

Question 5

marketing executive

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the manager of the marketing department of a company

Question 6

occupational therapist

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an expert who helps people recover after an illness by giving them activities to do

Question 7

refuse collector

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an employee who picks up people's rubbish

Question 8

insurance broker

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sb whose job is to sell insurance

Question 9

civil engineer

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a scientist who plans and builds constructions

Question 10

gruelling

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hard and exhausting

Question 11

unpredictable

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so changeable that you don't know what to expect

Question 12

hazardous

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dangerous

Question 13

stimulating

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very exciting

Question 14

mind-numbing

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very boring

Question 15

workmate

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a colleague

Question 16

job title

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the description of sb's job

Question 17

job market

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all the vacant jobs

Question 18

workload

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"all the work that one has to do for the company, etc. they work for"

Question 19

workplace

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"the buidling, etc. where your job is"

Question 20

job prospects

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chances of finding a job

Question 21

job vacancy

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an unoccupied job

Question 22

workstation

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your computer and desk in your workplace

Question 23

job description

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all the things that sb has to do in their job

Question 24

get/be promoted

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to be given a higher job position

Question 25

go on a strike

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"(of employees, etc) to decide not to go to work as a means of demanding better pay, conditons, etc"

Question 26

be on a strike

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"(of employees, etc) to not go to work as a means of demanding better pay, conditions, etc"

Question 27

go/be on maternity leave

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(of a mother) to be allowed not to go to work because she has just had a baby

Question 28

get the sack

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to be fired from a job

Question 29

be made redundant

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to be laid off because you are no longer needed in a company

Question 30

be self-employed

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to be working for yourself

Question 31

work/have flexitime

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to be able to work/have flexible hours at a job

Question 32

go/be on sick leave

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to take/have some time off work because of an illness

Question 33

go/be on the picket line

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to join/be in a row of striking workers who protest against sth and obstruct the entrance to a place

Question 34

show sb the ropes

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to explain to sb how to do a job

Question 35

get my foot in the door

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to get a chance to work in a company

Question 36

recharge my batteries

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to spend some time recovering from sth

Question 37

breathe down sb's neck

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to watch sb's activities in a way that makes them uncomfortable

Question 38

call the shots

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to be in charge and make decisions

Question 39

call it a day

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to stop working for the day

Question 40

apprentice

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sb who works for an expert so as to learn a job

Question 41

trade

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a craft

Question 42

enhance

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to increase; to improve

Question 43

carpentry

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the craft of woodwork

Question 44

delegate

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to assign a task to sb

Question 45

tuition

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education

Question 46

adept (at doing sth)

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skilful (at doing sth)

Question 47

an abundance of

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a wealth of

Question 48

be inclined to do sth

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to tend to do sth

Question 49

impose (sth on sb)

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to forcefully make sb do/accept sth

Question 50

perseverance

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persistence

Question 51

inhibition

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self-restraint

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