WORKBOOK Un.2.1.

Unit 2.1.

ST’s Book

1. to involve; to be involved in do ing smth
2. a change of career;
3. a career path; there is a pretty strict career path for one’s field of work
4. a labour of love
5. to be a people person
6. to have a ‘can do’ attitude
7. to have an eye for detail
8. to get the best out of other people
9. to be good at using your own initiative
10. to be good with figures
11. to be able to meet tight deadlines
12. to keep calm under pressure
13. the daily grind; a grind; grind of swords to grind to grind at/away to grind out; to grind out an answer/a request {to }grind one's own axe
14. to do without
15. not any job will do
16. voluntary work
17. tend to be seen as non-job
18. to be better for our self-esteem
19. to get psychological benefits from
20. to achieve un enjoyable tasks
21. to contribute to
22. a sense of well-being / structure and purpose
23. the obligation to be in a particular place at a particular time
24. to impose smth; to impose new restrictions to impose on/upon
25. to take over from
26. genuine
27. job/opera/jazz/TV/mystery addicts
28. to show similar signs to
29. to be deprived of
30. a fix
31. to become irritable and lethargic
32. status; status symbol; birth/ vocational/ social/ marital status
33. to be defined by
34. to lose one’s appetite for life
35. to be driven by
36. to be task-oriented
37. to be time-structured; to be no longer done/structured by
38. to be separated from
39. the rest of
40. to provide money
41. rather than
42. More recently,
43. to waste less time commuting; I like not hav ing to commute and stuff
44. There are downsides too,
45. to be conditioned into
46. (during) bursts of hard work
47. to intersperse; to be interspersed with
48. periods of in activity
49. work-rhythm
50. to return to
51. to take early/late retirement
52. to work flexitime
53. to agree a new pay deal
54. to resign from one’s job; resignation
55. important issues Listening 2.1-3.
56. to get a job with a specialist magazine
57. the basic five-year training
58. to build up experience
59. eventually
60. to specialize in
61. to take a year out
62. to get stuck into the whole work thing
63. I’m not being paid to do all this extra admin.
64. to have a complete break
65. You could search some stuff on the Internet.
66. Let me know how you get on.
67. -Do you fancy com ing out for a meal tonight? –Well, I’d love to, but I can’t I’m afraid.
68. I really miss having colleagues
69. to be promoted (senior manager)
70. to take on more responsibility
71. to have a more senior position
72. to be bound to do
73. He’ s being fast-tracked for it.

WORKBOOK Un.2.1.

1. to be a natural show off
2. There’s a sort of buzz that you get from the audience.
3. Nothing else quite matches up to.
4. I never meant to get into this line of work.
5. to persuade smb to do smth
6. It all sort of snowballed from there.
7. to be freelance
8. to be on offer
9. the variety of people
10. Not that they are all nice
11. some of the quests are a real handful
12. I had a thing for…
13. something that is in the blood

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