Work

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To perform extremely well in something, especially a test.
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to ace
To give a responsibility or job to someone.
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to appoint
To work with someone else in order to create something or reach the same goal.
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to collaborate
To start something or to start happening.
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to commence
To discover more about something.
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to follow up
To simultaneously do more than one thing.
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to multitask
To arrange or put off an activity or an event for a later time than its original schedule.
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to postpone
To employ people for a company, etc.
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to recruit
To officially announce one's departure from a job, position, etc.
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to resign
Busy and full of activity.
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hectic
(in business) Concentrating on or using something a lot, such as equipment, etc.
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intensive
Boring because of being the same thing all the time.
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monotonous
(of an activity) Between only two people.
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one-on-one
(of an activity) Making one feel satisfied by giving one a desirable outcome.
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rewarding
Causing excitement.
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stimulating
Continuing for too long and boring.
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tedious
(of a person) Not having much work to do in their job or being unable to use their full potential.
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underemployed
A room where the board of directors meet.
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boardroom
The period during which a student or recent graduate starts working somewhere specific, sometimes without receiving any money, in order to meet some requirements to qualify for something or to gain work-relate.
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internship
A position or job that is available.
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vacancy
Someone who works with someone else has the same job.
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co-worker
Someone who observes or directs a person or an activity.
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supervisor
Someone who is not skilled or experienced enough for a specific activity.
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amateur
Someone who answers the questions during an interview.
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inerviewee
A specific period of time granted to a person who is ill to temporarily leave work.
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sick leave
A period of time when a woman can take a break from working and stay home before and after the birth of her child.
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maternity leave
(of people) The ability to perform more than one task simultaneously.
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multitasking
Work, particularly difficult physical work.
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labour
The practice of treating a person or different categories of people less fairly than others.
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discrimination
A monthly payment that a retired person receives from the government or a private company, for which they used to work.
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pension
A letter written by a former employer about a former employee who has applied for a new job, giving information about them.
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reference
A plan of all objectives and their specific time to be carried out by someone.
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schedule
All the individuals who work in a particular company, industry, country, etc.
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workforce
The amount of work that a person or organization has to do.
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workload
A formal statement or letter declaring that one intends to end an agreement, especially an employment or residential contract.
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notice
An increase in someone's salary that happens at regular intervals.
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increment
Free service that people of the same profession provide for each other, especially common among physicians.
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professional courtesy

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