Vocabulary "At work" Flashcards

1
Q

A person who has the same position or does the same job as another person

A

An opposite number

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2
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How people communicate and work together

A

Working relationship

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3
Q

Communication/relationship as a single word

A

Rapport

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4
Q

Informal word for colleagues

A

Workmates

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5
Q

Talk about work

A

To talk shop

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6
Q

Structure of more and less powerful people at the company

A

Hierarchy

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7
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A system where people have the right to get benefits/promotions before others

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Pecking-order

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8
Q

Sharing the same contract with somebody

A

Job-share

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9
Q

Have something finished by a fixed day or time

A

Meet a deadline

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10
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Amount of work needed to be done

A

A workload (heavy or light)

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11
Q

A job where you don’t think what you’re doing

A

Mechanical job

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12
Q

A job that requires doing the same thing every day

A

Repetitive job

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13
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Informal word for finishing work

A

Knocking off

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14
Q

Boring work that never changes

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Monotonous job

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15
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Very exciting and admired job

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Glamorous job

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16
Q

Working hours that don’t let a person to have social life

A

Irregular and antisocial hours

17
Q

Informal expression for sitting in the office all day

A

To be stuck behind the desk

18
Q

The amount of dangerous situations at the job

A

Stress levels

19
Q

To be stuck in a job you can’t escape

A

To be stuck in a rut

20
Q

A job with no prospects of promotion

A

Dead-end job