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- 3. The opposite of a permanent job is a _______ job.
- 8. If you sometimes work in the daytime and sometimes at night, we can say you work _______.
- 9. If you lose your job because your company has no work for you to do, we can say you were made _______.
- 10. This means you stop working because it's the end of your career, and time for you to become a pensioner.
- 11. If you take some time off work and you don't get any money during that time, we can say you're taking _______ _______. (2 words)
- 13. If you work more hours than your contract says, we say that you _______ overtime.
- 14. If customer phone calls are a big part of your job, you can say "I _______ with customer phone calls".
- 15. If you're talking to someone but you're very busy and you need to end the conversation, you might say "I'm _______ I have to go now".
- 17. When you resign from a job, you normally give your employer a letter of _______
- 18. It means you don't have something that you need. For example, some communities _______ regular internet access (meaning that they don't have it).
- 20. This means to start something new, like a company. (2 words)
- 23. If you work for different employers only at the hours when they need you, we say you work _______.
- 24. These are the holidays which we can take every year. (2 words)
- 25. If you get a better job in your company, we can say you got _______.
- 26. If you like your job because it makes you feel like you're achieving something or doing some good in the world, we can say your job is _______.
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- 1. This adjective is a synonym of 'happy'. We sometimes use it in phrases like "I'm _______ to meet you".
- 2. It's an animal which lives in the sea. It's hard on the outside and it has soft meat on the inside. When you cook this animal, it turns red.
- 4. This means you make the decor in a place new. For example, if you _______ your apartment, it means you paint it again, add some new furniture and nice things, to give the apartment a new look.
- 5. If you lose your job because your employer is unhappy with your work, we can say you got _______.
- 6. This is American English. It means you leave your job because you don't want to do that job anymore.
- 7. These are days when almost nobody works, like Christmas Day and New Year's Day. (2 words)
- 12. If you're meeting someone for the first time, and you want to tell them your name and a little bit of information about you, you might say "Let me _______ myself".
- 16. At some companies, if you work overtime you can 'save' all your extra hours and take some time off later. We call this 'time in _______'.
- 17. In business, to _______ a company means to manage it, maybe as the owner.
- 19. A person who owns and works on a farm is a _______.
- 21. It's a kind of question. When a customer asks you for information, we say they're making an _______.
- 22. These are things you can use for a specific purpose, like a project. They might be physical things (e.g. materials for production), money, or people (e.g. staff).