6A

Question 1

to prepare something, usually something official, in writing

Answer 1

draw up

Question 2

to be the link between two or more people, organizations

Answer 2

liaise

Question 3

a list of the people employed by a company showing how much each one earns

Answer 3

payroll

Question 4

the fact of being certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented

Answer 4

inevitability

Question 5

an advanced degree in business, or a person who has this degree

Answer 5

MBA abbreviation for Master of Business Administration

Question 6

to put information into a computer or other piece of electronic equipment

Answer 6

input

Question 7

to make an effort to meet and talk to a lot of people, esp. in order to get information that can help you

Answer 7

network

Question 8

to discover why something does not work effectively and help to improve it

Answer 8

troubleshoot

Question 9

to fight or compete against someone or something

Answer 9

take on someone/something

Question 10

sb lost his energy

Answer 10

sb’s vitality drained away

Question 11

to interest sb

Answer 11

spark sb’s interest

Question 12

to gradually start to sleep/ can’t concentrate

Answer 12

sb’s mind is drifting off

Question 13

in any way

Answer 13

remotely

Question 14

a place where young children are cared for during the day while their parents do something else, especially work, study, or shop

Answer 14

crèche

Question 15

an advantage or something extra, such as money or goods, that you are given because of your job

Answer 15

perk

Question 16

a special court or group of people who are officially chosen, especially by the government, to examine (legal) problems of a particular type

Answer 16

tribunal

Question 17

a period of time that a company allows you not to come to work because a member of your family has died or is ill

Answer 17

compassionate leave

Question 18

a situation in which someone agrees to leave their job because their employer wants to reduce the number of employees

Answer 18

voluntary redundancy

Question 19

a weekly notice verb

Answer 19

hand/ give

Question 20

compassionate leave verb

Answer 20

be granted

Question 21

early retirement verb

Answer 21

take

Question 22

the state pension verb

Answer 22

live on

Question 23

a crackdown verb

Answer 23

launch

Question 24

a tribunal verb

Answer 24

take sb to

Question 25

compensation verb

Answer 25

be awarded

Question 26

the minimum wage verb

Answer 26

raise

Question 27

a lot of opposition verb

Answer 27

face

Question 28

voluntary redundancy verb

Answer 28

take

Question 29

the things needed for writing, such as paper, pens, pencils, and envelopes

Answer 29

stationery

Question 30

an argument or disagreement, especially an official one between, for example, workers and employers or two countries with a common border

Answer 30

dispute

Question 31

to remove someone from a job, usually because they have done something wrong or badly, or sometimes as a way of saving the cost of employing them

Answer 31

sack

Question 32

not wanting to do something and therefore slow to do it

Answer 32

reluctant to

Question 33

1-a piece of a solid substance, usually with no particular shape 2-a hard swelling found in or on the body, especially because of illness or injury

Answer 33

lump

Question 34

chemotherapy verb

Answer 34

underwent chemotherapy

Question 35

a period of time when you eat no food or to eat no food for a period of time

Answer 35

fast

Question 36

a method of slowly giving someone liquid medicine or food through a tube into a vein, or a piece of equipment for doing this

Answer 36

drip

Question 37

to close fist very tightly, often in a determined or angry way

Answer 37

clench your fist

Question 38

to make your body or your arms and legs straight so that they are as long as possible, in order to exercise the joints after you have been in the same place or position for a long time

Answer 38

stretch

Question 39

an act of hitting a ball when playing a sport

Answer 39

stroke

Question 40

an act of moving your hand, another part of the body, or an object gently over something or someone, usually repeatedly and for pleasure

Answer 40

stroke

Question 41

unusual or special and therefore surprising and worth mentioning

Answer 41

remarkable

Question 42

people who are healthy but see a doctor because they think that they may have a disease or medical problem

Answer 42

worried well

Question 43

a large change in the way something is organized

Answer 43

shake-up

Question 44

the way in which you are treated and educated when young, especially by your parents, especially in relation to the effect that this has on how you behave and make moral decisions

Answer 44

upbringing

Question 45

to start dealing with bad or illegal behaviour in a more severe way

Answer 45

crack down

Question 46

to force yourself through something that is holding you back

Answer 46

break through

Question 47

the final period of time before an important event

Answer 47

run-up

Question 48

an attempt to prevent the public from discovering information about a serious crime or mistake

Answer 48

cover-up

Question 49

a period of time during which you fail to achieve anything or a vehicle that is too damaged to be worth repairing

Answer 49

write-off

Question 50

an occasion when a building is entered illegally by a criminal or criminals, usually by damaging a window or door, especially in order to steal something

Answer 50

break-in

Question 51

a road built around a town or village so that traffic does not need to travel through it

Answer 51

bypass