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a short-lived trend or craze is afad
a statement or slogan repeated frequently, can have an spiritual significancemantra
very serious or gloomygrim
short, sharp, separate sounds, especially in musicstaccato
high-pitched and piercing (of a voice or sound)shrill
an old and / or old-fashioned person is afogey
to swell or protrude in an incongruous, perhaps rounded, waybulge
to eat grass in a field (of farm animals)graze
in a state of neglected and / or disrepair (used of a building or object)dilapidated
to go through a place stealing and doing damageransack
University academics (-) researchcarry out
magazines with academic articles in them are calledacademic journals
to abandon a coursedrop out
all education systems may be judged in terms of...equality of opportunity
education paid for by the government without entrance examcomprehensive education
education where pupils are chosen for entry usually for academic reasonsselective education
lists of schools from best to worst based on exam resultsleague tables
a letter sent with a job applicationcover letter
to look better than othersstand out
practical and direct work experiencehands-on experience
dealing directly with costumers gives you...costumer-facing experience
someone who is good at working with others is ateam player
the area of work in which you specialisefield
someone in the same position as you in another office (informal)opposite number
someone in the same position as you in another office (formal)counterpart
ordinary / uninterestingmundane
a job that is satisfying because it´s important or useful is...rewarding
to finish work for the dayknock off
a place nearbypurlieus
to lure someone away from their intended routedecoy
a difficult, unpleasant or embarrassing situationpredicament
the capacity to cause deathlethality
the sound of people talking simultaneouslybabble
to avoid workshirk
to make or become less, diminishlessen
saturated with liquid, especially watersodden
to yern to posses something (especially belonging to another person)covet
to walk or run with a long, bounding stridelope
perfect happinessbliss
a painting executed without much skilldaub
someone who is dull and unadventurous and resists changestick-in-the-mud
A word or phrase, often an item of jargon, that is fashionable at a particular time or in a particular contextbuzzword
A person who comes to see you for a short visitcaller
A person who is or has the potential to be very successful, especially academically or in businesshighflier
Continually criticized and given orders by one's wife or female partnerhenpecked
shrivelled or wrinkled with age.wizened
Occurring by chance in a fortunate or beneficial wayserendipitous
Causing annoyance, frustration or worryvexing
to avoid work or responsabilityshirk
encouraging / upliftingheartening
contemtibly lacking in courage / cowardlycraven
someone boring or old-fashionedstick-in-the-mud
someone who flatters people with power in order to gain favourstoady
someone who believes in something very ferventlyzealous
cheerfulness and friendlinessbonhomie
to work very hardtoil
someone that causes unfriendly disagreementdivisive
if a liquid is not very hot / if someone acts as if they don´t knowlukewarm
spoken or written words that make no sensegibberish
to be humorous about serious situationsfacetious
lies (informal)porkies
all the extra benefits that a company offers (as well as a salary)benefits package
partly paid by a companysubsidized
selected from a larger groupshortlisted
the person who is directly responsible of your workline manager
to improve sthto boost
time you need to work in your job after you have officially told the company you are leavingnotice period
time off you are paid for, such as holiday or parental leavepaid leave
a system where some people have the right to get benefits/promotions before otherspecking order
to talk about worktalk shop
not interestingmundane
boringmind-numbing
trapped in a job they can´t scape fromstuck in a rut
a job with no prospects of promotiona dead-end job
a small businessstart-up
ordinary , not special or excitingrun-of-the-mill
amount of confidence felt by a person or groupmorale
the minimum number of workers needed to keep operatingskeleton staff
the group of people interviewing someone for a jobinterview panel
time away from work to prepare for and look after an adopted child.adoption leave
benefits at workperks
attempt to sell something by being very forceful or persuasivehard sell
phoning people who have not requested a call in order to try to sell them somethingcold calling
product sold at a low price.loss leader
to buy a thing that is a higher value than the one you had beforetrade up
for something to be sold at an auction.come / go under the hammer
to talk in detail until a business agreement is madehammer out a deal
bureaucracyred tape
too patrioticchauvinistic
ready to helpobliging
having good judgmentshrewd
gloomymorose
speaks in a quick and rude waybrusque
unattractively thin and bony lookingscrawny
very tall and thinlanky
to look ill and tiredhaggard
always well dressednever a hair out of place
to make an expression of pain or strong dislikegrimace
impulsive acts on a sudden idea without thinking firstimptuous
reserved or says very littletaciturn
lacks confidencediffident
unfriendly and not sociablealoof
unfriendly and thinks herself better than othershaughty
someone who does not believe that others deserve respectdisdainful
thinks himself wonderfulconceited