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well-paid

low-paid badly paid

steady lucrative
job

temporary full-time

permanent part-time

indoor
unskille
outdoor
d

voluntar
skilled
y

work

routine manual

everyda
daily
y day-to-
day

to get / find work


to be offered work / a job
to make a living as a …
What do you do for a living?
to get a higher position /to be promoted /to achieve something
to apply for a job
to be a workaholic (to love work too much)
to be someone’s opposite number (to be a rival)
to be dog-tired from work /to be bushed from work
a heavy workload

to be underpaid
opposite:to be overpaid

to hammer out a deal/to work out a deal/to sign a contract/to close a


contract
opposite: to back out of a deal

to do shift work (nights one week, days the next week)


to be on flexi-time (to have flexible working hours)
to work nine-to-five (regular day work)
to work full-time
to work part-time

to go/be on strike
to get the sack (to be thrown out of a job)
to be fired (more formal)
to be made redundant (thrown out, no longer needed)
to be laid off (more informal than made redundant)
to give up work
to be on/take sick leave
to take early retirement (to retire at 55)

paperwork /desk work /office work /secretarial work


handwork /manual work
teamwork (to work together in a team)

good, hard, productive, motivated fast, slow, professional,


average, unemployed, voluntary, migrant, seasonal …
worker
worker /employee
colleague /coworker /teammate /workmate
Example:
I lost my job. I was no longer needed.
 I have been made redundant.

a. You never have time! I think you are obsessed with


work.
b. I have no fixed working time.
c. I have a job interview tomorrow.
d. I was late so often, I lost my job.
e. I’m not working since I have a baby.
f. My boss told me, I’m going to get a higher position!
g. He’s only 57, but he’s enjoying life on a pension.
h. One week I work at night and the next week at day.
answers:
a. You’re a workaholic.
b. I’m on flexi-time.
c. I apply for a new job.
d. I have been fired/ I got the sack.
e. I am on maternity/paternity.
f. I’m promoted.
g. He has taken early retirement.
h. I do shift-work.

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