Across
- 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)
- 4. a written request for a job or a place at a college, university etc
- 6. Most of his students ………… to a career in business. (want to achieve something)
- 9. She has been ………… away at that essay for hours (work hard for a long time)
- 10. We spent a most ………… evening by the river. (pleasant)
- 11. In those days, a trip to the West was an ………… journey (difficult and tiring, or needing a great deal of effort)
- 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)
- 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)
- 20. payment or other rewards that you get for your work
- 21. I know he’s lied to you before, but I really think he’s on the ………… this time. (honest)
- 26. a doctor who provides general medical treatment for people who live in a particular area
- 27. risky, dangerous
Down
- 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
- 3. I've got too many ………… at the moment to do an evening class. (obligations)
- 5. the inability to sleep
- 7. relating to people who work in offices, doing work that needs mental rather than physical effort
- 8. There is a ………… for a shop assistant on Saturdays. (a job that is available)
- 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
- 13. Try not to work yourself ………… about the exams. (to make yourself or another person feel upset or feel strong emotions)
- 14. You're the boss here – you get to call the ………… . (to be the person who controls or organizes a situation)
- 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)
- 17. workers who do work needing strength or physical skill rather than office work
- 18. The recession is taking its ………… on small businesses. (causes damage)
- 22. someone whose job is to collect rubbish
- 23. She kept her nose to the ………… all year and got the exam results she wanted. (to work very hard for a long time)
- 24. We spent a ………… in Rome looking at all the sights. (a period of two weeks)
- 25. She spoke very ………… about her experiences. (in an honest and direct way)