Unit 6

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Across
  1. 2. Most teachers regard their profession as a …………, not just a job. (a type of work that you feel you are suited to doing and to which you should give all your time and energy, or the feeling that a type of work suits you in this way)
  2. 4. a written request for a job or a place at a college, university etc
  3. 6. Most of his students ………… to a career in business. (want to achieve something)
  4. 9. She has been ………… away at that essay for hours (work hard for a long time)
  5. 10. We spent a most ………… evening by the river. (pleasant)
  6. 11. In those days, a trip to the West was an ………… journey (difficult and tiring, or needing a great deal of effort)
  7. 15. If you can't find any work within a month, you'll have to go on the ………… . (the money that the government gives to people who are unemployed)
  8. 19. It’s not easy to make ………… meet with a big family, but somehow we manage. (to have enough money to buy what you need to live)
  9. 20. payment or other rewards that you get for your work
  10. 21. I know he’s lied to you before, but I really think he’s on the ………… this time. (honest)
  11. 26. a doctor who provides general medical treatment for people who live in a particular area
  12. 27. risky, dangerous
Down
  1. 1. someone who works for a particular person or company, usually for low pay, in order to learn the type of work that they do
  2. 3. I've got too many ………… at the moment to do an evening class. (obligations)
  3. 5. the inability to sleep
  4. 7. relating to people who work in offices, doing work that needs mental rather than physical effort
  5. 8. There is a ………… for a shop assistant on Saturdays. (a job that is available)
  6. 12. a statement from someone who knows you or has worked with you that gives information about you. You often need to provide a reference when you apply for a new job
  7. 13. Try not to work yourself ………… about the exams. (to make yourself or another person feel upset or feel strong emotions)
  8. 14. You're the boss here – you get to call the ………… . (to be the person who controls or organizes a situation)
  9. 16. I'd like to clear up the common ………… that older workers don't know how to use technology. (a view or opinion that is incorrect because based on faulty thinking or understanding)
  10. 17. workers who do work needing strength or physical skill rather than office work
  11. 18. The recession is taking its ………… on small businesses. (causes damage)
  12. 22. someone whose job is to collect rubbish
  13. 23. She kept her nose to the ………… all year and got the exam results she wanted. (to work very hard for a long time)
  14. 24. We spent a ………… in Rome looking at all the sights. (a period of two weeks)
  15. 25. She spoke very ………… about her experiences. (in an honest and direct way)