lesson 8 Flashcards
(20 cards)
path
Escaping to the north was the only path to freedom for many American slaves.
pipeline
A promotion is already in the pipeline for our magazine new administrative assistant
A system through which something is conducted
runner
The runner at a law firm Is often asked to deliver and pick up Important documents from the courthouse
A person employed by a company to take or deliver messages, collect money, or do other small tasks
weed out
College essays help schools with out the large numbers of applications they receive from students every year
handbook
The student handbook gives details of all courses
A book that contains instructions or advice about how to do something or the most important and useful information about a subject
claim
An unknown terrorist group has claimed responsibility for this morning’s bomb attack
to say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove ants and other people might not believe it
insurance
an agreement in which you pay a company money and they pay Yeah costs if you have an accident, injury, etc.
wizardry
Clever or surprising ways of doing things, especially with special machines
Using their high tech wizardry, the police were able to locate the owners of the stolen property within hours of it being seized
headhunting
She was had hunted by a rival firm
To persuade someone to live their job by offering that person another job with more faith in a higher position
camaraderie
friendship and trust between people in a group
partial to her friends
She prefer her friends
litigation
The process of taking a case to a court of law so that a judgment can be made
courier
A person or company that takes messages, letters, or parcels from one place to another
attainment
achievement
board
online service that employers use to advertise jobs
albeit
although
binding
cannot be legally avoided or stopped
slighted
Annie felt slighted because she hadn’t been invited to the meeting
to feel insulted because someone has done or said something that shows that they think you are not important
abound
Theories abound about how the universe began.
to exist in large numbers
reckon
to think or believe
