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TOPIC : WORK

1) Appointment /əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/
Word family:
Nouns: appointment
Verbs: appoint
▶ NOUN
JOB
C2 [C or U] when you officially choose someone for an important job, or the job it
self
Dictionary examples:
the appointment of three new teachers
a temporary appointment
2) Career /kəˈrɪər/
▶ NOUN [C]
TIME
C2 the time that you spend doing a particular job
Dictionary example:
She began her acting career in TV commercials.
Learner example:
His tennis career was only a small introduction to his business career.

3) Casual /ˈkæʒ.ju.əl/
▶ ADJECTIVE
WORK
C2 [always before noun] Casual work is not regular or fixed.
Dictionary example:
casual labour/workers
Learner example:
I am a registered nurse by profession and am a casual worker at Bankstown
Hospital.
4) Counselor /ˈkaʊn.səl.ər /
Word family:
Nouns: counselling, counsellor
▶ NOUN [C]
C2 someone whose job is to listen to people and give them advice about their
problems
Dictionary example:
I saw a counsellor to help me with my anxiety.
Learner example:
It is a burden to society, which has to find a way to create jobs, to employ
counsellors to help problem unemployed and to watch out for the safety of the
society.
5) Developer /dɪˈvel.ə.pər /
Word family:
Nouns: developer, development, redevelopment
Verbs: develop, redevelop
Adjectives: developed, developing, underdeveloped, undeveloped
▶ NOUN [C]
LAND
C2 someone who buys land or buildings to improve them and sell them for more
money
Dictionary example:
All the land was bought up by developers.
Learner example:
In some cities these days, a lot of building developers bought spaces above some
shops to either develop [them] as a business or develop them as flats.
6) Giant /ˈdʒaɪ.ənt/
▶ NOUN [C]
ORGANIZATION
C2 a very large and important company or organization
Dictionary example:
a media/software giant
Learner example:
In less than 15 years Bill Gates has built up his own company from scratch and
turned it into a computer giant.
7) Hold down a job
C2 to keep a job
Dictionary example:
It's difficult for mothers to hold down a full-time job.
Learner example:
I don't know how long I'd manage to hold down a job that I didn't like, and that
didn't bring me anything other than money.
8) Import /ˈɪm.pɔːt/
▶ NOUN
ACTIVITY
C2 [U] when you import something into a country
Dictionary example:
a ban on the import of beef
Learner example:
One of them, which is the most important for a government, is the import of forei
gn money.

NOUN
9) Out of a job
C2 without a job
Dictionary example:
How long have you been out of a job?
Learner example:
So, what is so terrible about being out of a job, you might ask yourself.
10) It's a good job
C2 If it is a good job that something happened, it is lucky that it happened.
Dictionary example:
It's a good job that Jo was there to help you.
Learner example:
It's a good job that I didn't cry.
11) Do the job
C2 If something does the job, it is suitable for a particular purpose.
Dictionary example:
Here, this knife should do the job.
Learner example:
Allow them to bring home friends and therefore develop social skills. In my opini
on, that should do the job.

12) Make a bad/good, etc. job of sth


C2 to do sth badly/well, etc.
Dictionary example:
Paul's made a good job of painting the hall.
Learner example:
It's time my mother stopped worrying about me, after all, she's been preparing
me all my life for this moment; it's finally time to see if she has made a good job
of it.

13) Leave /liːv/


NOUN
C2 [U] time allowed away from work for holiday or illness
Dictionary examples:
How much annual/paid leave do you get?
She's (gone) on leave.
I've asked if I can take a week's unpaid leave.
Learner example:
It was from him, her lover, and told her that he was on leave and would come to
visit her.

14) (Be) on the line


C2 If someone's job, reputation, life, etc. is on the line, they may lose it.
Dictionary example:
If we don't win the contract, all our jobs are on the line.
Learner example:
The person who hopes to achieve success shouldn't be afraid of taking risks and s
ometimes putting his or her career on the line for the sake of gaining much bigg
er benefits.

15) Make way for sth


C2 to be replaced by someone or something
Dictionary example:
They knocked down the old houses to make way for a new hotel.
Learner example:
In the UK most high-streets already look very much the same and the local shops
had to make way for big conglomerates.
16) Make your way
C2 to be successful and make progress in your work
Dictionary example:
He managed to make his way in the film industry.
Learner example:
For each one of the famous sportsmen we recognise on television or in the newsp
apers, there are thousands of hopeful youngsters trying to make their way to the
top.
17) Mission/ˈmɪʃ.ən/
▶ NOUN [C]
JOB
C2 an important job, usually travelling somewhere
Dictionary examples:
Our mission was to isolate the enemy by destroying all the bridges across the riv
er.
I'll be going on a fact-finding mission to Paris next week.
Learner example:
Apparently somebody had tried to sabotage the mission and given them both diff
erent code words.
18) Notice/ˈnəʊ.tɪs/
Word family:
Nouns: notice
Verbs: notice
Adjectives: noticeable, unnoticed
▶ NOUN
19) Hand/give in your notice
C2 to tell your employer that you are going to stop working for them
Dictionary example:
I'm planning to hand in my notice tomorrow.
20) Official /əˈfɪʃ.əl/
Word family:
Nouns: officer, official
Adjectives: official
Adverbs: officially
▶ ADJECTIVE
JOB/DUTIES
C2 [always before noun] relating to the duties of someone in authority
Dictionary example:
an official visit
Learner example:
The two episodes in the book 'The colour of blood' that I've decided to write abo
ut are Cardinal Benn and Prime Minister meeting at the official residence, and t
he fatal massin honour [of] the blessed martyrs.

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