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recruit
to find new people to work in a company, join an organization, do a job etc:
We’re having difficulty recruiting enough qualified staff.
Many government officials were recruited from private industry.
Careers fair
4job / careers fair
an event where people go to get information about different kinds of jobs
representative
someone who has been chosen to speak, vote, or make decisions for someone else
SYN delegate
a union representative
representative of
an elected representative of the people
zillion
number informal
a very large number of things:
a zillion
I’ve seen that movie a zillion times.
Check out
check out
phrasal verb
1make sure
a)check something ↔ outCHECK/MAKE SURE
to make sure that something is actually true, correct, or acceptable
SYN investigate
I made a phone call to check out his address.
Flyer
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ADVERTISING & MARKETING
a small sheet of paper advertising something:
People were giving out flyers advertising the event.
Wise
1decision/idea etc wise decisions and actions are sensible and based on good judgment
SYN sensible:
That’s very wise
Boom or bust
رونق يا برشكستگي
disposable
intended to be used once or for a short time and then thrown away:
disposable nappies
commodity
a product that is bought and sold:
agricultural commodities
Commodity prices fell sharply.
Prosper
[intransitive] if people or businesses prosper, they grow and develop in a successful way, especially by becoming rich or making a large profit:
Businesses across the state are prospering.
Prospering economy
spring up
to suddenly appear or start to exist:
Fast-food restaurants are springing up all over town.
Irrational
not based on clear thought or reason
SYN unreasonable
OPP rational,
reasonable
an irrational fear of flying
He’s becoming increasingly irrational.nomad
ANTHROPOLOGY
a member of a tribe that travels from place to place instead of living in one place all the time, usually in order to find grass for their animals
merchant
1wine / coal / timber etc merchant
someone whose job is to buy and sell wine, coal etc, or a small company that does this:
He had a job with an Edinburgh wine merchant.
promissory note
سفته
mortgage
if you mortgage your home, land, or property, you borrow money, usually from a bank, and if you cannot pay back the money within a particular period of time, the bank has the right to sell your property in order to get the money you owe it:
We mortgaged our house to start Paul’s business.
went out of business
go out of business (=stop doing business because of financial problems) In a recession smaller firms often go out of business.
get away
get away
phrasal verb
1leave to leave a place, especially when this is not easy:
The meeting dragged on, and I didn’t get away until seven.
get away from
I like to get away from London at the weekend.
get carried away
15be / get carried away to be so excited, angry, interested etc that you are no longer really in control of what you do or say, or you forget everything else:
It’s easy to get carried away when you can do so much with the graphics software.
intensify
to increase in degree or strength, or to make something do this:
In June the civil war intensified.
His mother’s death intensified his loneliness.
Tulip
لاله
Remote
1far away far from towns or other places where people live
SYN isolated
a remote border town
a fire in a remote mountain area
Bulb
the glass part of an electric light, that the light shines from
SYN light bulb
a 100-watt bulb
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PLANTS
a root shaped like a ball that grows into a flower or plant:
tulip bulbs
