UNIT 2
CAREER: profession
COLLEAGUE: co-worker
DEAL WITH: Manage, handle, cope-with.
EARN: Receive money as payment for work that you.
SALARY: A fixed amount of money agreed every year as pay for an employee.
EMPLOYEE: Someone who is paid to work for someone else.
EMPLOYER: the boss of a Company
EXPERIENCE: (The process of getting) knowledge or skill from doing something
HIGH-PRESSURE: intense or stressful situation
IN CHARGE OF: responsible for
INDOORS: Into or inside a building
GOOD/ BAD CONDITIONS: Positive/ negative working environment
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS: Negative working environment
INTERNSHIP: the position of a student or trainee who works in an organization,
sometimes without pay, in order to gain work experience or satisfy requirements
for a qualification.
MANUAL WORK: Job that involves physical work.
OUTDOORS: Outside
PERMANENT: something lasts forever
GET A PROMOTION: You are given a more important job or rank in the
organization that you work for.
QUALIFICATIONS: An official record showing that you have finished a training
course or have the necessary skills.
SECURE: in the sense of safe, stable.
SELF-EMPLOYED: Work for yourself or having your own business.
SKILLED: The abilities needed to do an activity or job well
TEMPORARY: it’s only available during a period of time
TRAINING: The process of learning the skills you need to do a particular job or
activity
APPLY FOR A JOB: Request a job, usually officially.
BE MADE REDUNDANT: You are no longer necessary.
BE OFFERED A JOB: to Ask someone
BE SACKED/FIRED/DISMISSED: Lose your job for doing something wrong.
WELL PAID: A good salary
BECOME UNEMPLOYED: You lose your job.
DO SHIFT WORK: A system in which different groups of workers work somewhere
at different times of the day and night.
GO JOB HUNTING: The activity of trying to find a job// LOOK FOR A JOB
LOOK FOR A JOB: Search
BE ON FLEXITIME: A system of working in which people work a set number of
hours within a fixed period of time, but can change the time they start or finish
work
ON THE MINIMUM WAGE: the smallest amount of money that employers are
legally allowed to pay someone.
OUT OF WORK: Unemployed; also, having no work to do
RESIGN: You decide to leave the job.
RETIRE: You are too old to work.
SIGN A CONTRACT: You're agreeing to the terms.
WORK FROM 9 TO 5: You work then.
WORK FULL TIME: The amount of time considered the normal or standard amount
for working during a given period
WORK LONG HOURS: many hours at a time
WORK OVERTIME: (Time spent working) after the usual time needed or expected in
a job.
WORK NIGHTS: Period you work.
WORK PART-TIME: You have fewer hours than a full-time employee.
