(1 word), 3.The servicing of factory machines and other equipment that is carried out before a fault develops. The expression in the shaded vertical strip is compassionate leave. No. __________, together with a 23. IOW, we can get on with putting the project together at last. 24/7 = twenty four seven (= 24 hours a day, 7 days a week) 3. ________ (you need one expression for these two gaps)? We can also say resum. For example, the verb deposit in number 7 can also be a noun (a deposit), and the verb withdraw can be made into a noun (a withdrawal). The verb is to hack 22. I don't know, but if they do, that's the third one they'll have shut this year. "Sinc Stefan was the youngest child of Giuseppe Salvatore and Lillian Salvatore. Personal. If an account is in the red, it is showing a debit or loss (e.g., less than 0). 28.There will also be lots of giveways: free hands-free kits, free phone covers, free ringtones, and so on. Are you allowed a duty free allowance? Goods sent by air are called a________ (31 ). (At the airport. It says I should send my 22. Selfwood's operates several __________ / __________ where you can buy a selection of our own goods along with a large range of branded varieties. 3.To give professional advice to someone on personal or professional issues. (6) broad / board and could face (7) instant / instance (8) dismal / dismissal. nafytqui, (39)Remove something from a sum of money. This means that s/he is transferred to a more suitable job. I get 35,000 ___________, plus expenses, ___________ for reaching. The job advertisement will usually ask people interested in the post to send their 1. , or they will ask people to write or call for an 4. form. We can also use the expression press the flesh) 7. seagull manager (= someone who is brought in to a company to deal with a problem or make changes, achieves nothing, annoys everyone and then leaves) 8. ear candy (= kind words of praise and encouragement) 9. wombat (an acronym: waste of money, brains and time. A group of goods sent for sale by road, sea or air is called a consignment. Every year the colours and musical rhythms of Native American culture come alive at pow-wows all over America. An employee who works ___________ works at times such as in the evening, at night or during public holidays when most people are not at work. It's almost 200 pages long. A pro-forma invoice is an invoice sent to a buyer before the goods are sent, so that payment can be made (or so that goods can be sent to a consignee who is not the buyer). 9.A wdorknma is the reduction of the price of something to less than its usual price. Employees can be or go on leave. I'm afraid her line is ________ at the moment. Official legislation ensures that nobody is discriminated against (for example, the Sex Discrimination Act of 1975, the Race Relations Act of 1976, and the Disability Discrimination Act of 1995). Your flight has been overbooked (see number 2 in Exercise 1) and your, economy class to business class) 5. 30 June = the thirtieth of June or June the thirtieth 7. (to arrange for something to take place, most of our work to freelancers. Exercise 1: In this contract of employment, there are a lot of vocabulary mistakes. You might also like to know that in addition to the phone itself, there will be a whole range of 'Ultimafone' merchantizing, including 'Ultimafone'. everyone is always saying how you're able to encourage people to work harder. L.Well, I certainly think it's a good idea to move it to a later date. Hello there. We meet once a month to consult each other on major issues. lbioeg, (42)Increase your area of operations. taeler, (37)Measure the effect of something. 27 = twenty seven and a half 9. J.Well, there has already been some gradual expansion, but it's going to take time. 14. 17.Are you worried that our partners will go back on their agreement? The questions in this exercise are typical questions that might be asked at an appraisal / assessment interview (sometimes informally called job chats). 12.As a result, we're starting a major campain to let the public know all about it. Match the words in paragraphs A G above with their definitions below. 12.One bit of advice for the report you're writing: KISS! 8.She's a very successful saleswoman, but I don't think she's particularly honest and fair with her clients. 9.He was given the __________ / __________ of dealing with the press and keeping the public informed about new developments. The activity of looking after customers so that they do not become dissatisfied. (to succeed), your duties to the best of your ability. There will be plenty of product pacement in some of the biggest films of the year. 0845 601 5884 = oh eight four five, six oh one, five double eight four 17. 11. We need a bit of wiggle room** here. A customs tariff is a list of those taxes that must be paid. 20.We're also going to send mailshoots to everyone who has ever bought one of our phones in the past. 10.99 = ten pounds ninety nine (or ten pounds and ninety nine pence*) 12. Identify and correct the word in each case. 1.Everybody says that the market for mobile phones is very cowded, and there is no more room or demand for new products. As soon as goods are allowed into a country by the customs officer, we can say that they have been c________ (1 ). Wholesale. 3.A period when a woman is away from work to have a baby (but is still paid) is called ___________. You will need to use some words more than once. / mediator (the verb is to mediate) 5. facilitator, session / caucus 7. confidential/ disclosed 8. resolutions, 16. tribunal 17. arbitrator 18. adjudication 19. public domain, Earnings, rewards and benefits 1 (pages 1314). For example: 0800 201215 is spoken 'Oh eight hundred / twenty / twelve / fifteen'. There are several of these, including 11. tests (which consider psychological aspects of the applicant), 12. tests, (which test the applicant's skills and knowledge, and his / her potential for acquiring more skills, tests (where several applicants are put into an imaginary situation, tests (in which an applicant has to deal with a, number of imaginary tasks similar to those s/he would face in the job). 13.Have our reps called in to give us their sales figures. 33.We're so confident of the reliability of the 'Ultimafone' that they will all carry a free 3- year guarantea. Our __________ / __________ is to wait for prices to fall before putting the product onto the market. __________ at one of their offices nearer home. If an account is in the black, it is showing a profit, or (if used to refer to a company) having more assets than debt. 8.You'll find the 'Ultimafone' on page 1 of our latest mobile phones brocure. Comes With All Hardware. Three managers have been accused of (1) fraught / fraud, (2) dissemination / discrimination, (3) bullying / bumbling, (4) racy / racial (5) obtuse / abuse and (6) sectional / sexual (7) harassment. __________ and. Note that each word you choose from the box must work with all four words in the set. Thanks for lending me your mobile, but I'm afraid I've dropped it down the loo. 275 gallon water tank tractor supply. 2.I need a reply from you urgently. 17.Free accommodation is provided for our employees. You are in your room in a large international hotel. C________ (20 ) also called f________ (26 ) is a general word for goods which are transported in a ship, plane etc. Well, I certainly think it's a good idea to move it to a later date. 10.A time for which work is paid at twice the normal rate (for example, at weekends or on public holidays) is called ___________. The top 1,000 vocabulary words have been carefully chosen to represent difficult but common words that appear in everyday academic and business writing. Here are the complete sentences, with the answers in bold. 2.A holiday from work which is fixed by law is called a ___________ holiday. 2.Our latest model is excellent, but without adequate __________ / __________, we won't make enough to cover production costs. (, A period during which a machine is not available because it is being serviced or has broken down. (, Goods that are bought for use in the production of other products. First of all I have to ___________ product specifications with sales departments and time, schedules with the stock control department. However, the words in the box are not in the same order as the sentences they match. The refusal to obey someone with more authority. The first one has been done for you. 15.In fact, we're hoping to get at least five spouts on each of the major channels during prime-time viewing. (to send or give a job to, someone else, usually not in your company), when they realise how hard the project is? M25 = M twenty five / M4 = M four / A329 = A three two nine (these are British road classifications. 2.___________ is paid time which the management agrees an employee can spend on rest, cleaning or meals, not working. These work closely with employers to let potential, employees know about the jobs that are on offer (also included in this category are 11. , which. The first one has been done as an example. IANAL! Sarah: Pretty typical for this kind of job. The ___________ is another name for the evening shift, just before it gets dark. 5.Your performance has become rather erratic recently, so we were wondering if you might benefit from going on a new training course. Sarah: Well, on top of everything else, I'm responsible for managing 10 machinists, 3 trainees, 2 cleaners and 2 security guards. 5.The flight you have booked includes free transfers. 100.99 = one hundred pounds ninety nine (or one hundred pounds and ninety nine pence), 13.120.75 = one hundred and twenty pounds seventy five (or one hundred and twenty pounds and seventy five pence) / 1120.75 = One thousand, one hundred and twenty pounds seventy five (or one thousand, one hundred and twenty pounds and seventy five pence). For example, 'CUL' means 'See you later'. 4.Leave during which an employee receives no money is called ___________ leave. 18.Our profit margin has been very small over the last six months. Speaker 2: I know. 23.The ability to devote a sensible amount of time to doing your job, making sure that you have enough time left over to do other things (for example, spend time with your family) is referred to as ___________. a sense of humour). Which department would you call if you wanted the following? They look at different. Hello, and welcome to Protocol Entertainment, your guide to the business of the gaming and media industries. 15.The room in your hotel was pokey, scruffy and draughty, the hotel staff were discourteous, officious and surly, and the hotel food was greasy, unappetising and repetitive. We usually find that, measuring the amount of work that can be done within a certain amount of time, and how many people, machines, etc, it will need, The task of managing the movement, storage and processing of materials and information in a supply chain. 5.A period of leave during which an employee is not allowed into the company offices is known informally as___________ leave. A breach of contract by one party of their contractual liability entitles the other party to sue for damages or, in some cases, to seek specific performance. 11. Identify the most appropriate word in each case. 23. covering letter 24. interview (A person attending an interview is called an interviewee; a person conducting an interview is called an interviewer), Recruitment 2: The recruitment process (pages 4041), 1. vacancy 2. recruit 3. staff 4. internally (an internal appointment) 5. externally 6. appointments / situations vacant (informally called the jobs pages or jobs section), 9. recruitment agency 10. institutional agency, 23.equal opportunities 24. affirmative recruitment. 6.I'm sorry the boss was so rude to you. 9.As you can see, it's the ultimate must-have opmarket accessory. RecruitmentUnit 0000 2: The recruitment process. What does this mean? He had an The first answer for each part has been done for you. yplim, (8)Give or take a message to somebody. Companies have a vicarious liability to ensure that discrimination is not a feature of the workplace. The first one has been done as an example. FWIW, I think you've done a fantastic job. An article in a magazine is talking about air travel, comprehensive / adhesive / apprehensive / defensive. But were completely hardcore. 1. in beach of = in breach of (breach can also be a verb: False (they have only broken one of the clauses, or, comes from the verb to amalgamate: to join and become one. (the manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, etc, who make, deliver and sell products to, None of our products are allowed to leave the factory unless there are, , we will not be able to produce enough goods to keep up, with demand. 4.Several employees were made redundant following EZPrint's __________ / __________ of Colourcom. 26.When an employee is moved systematically from one job to another, this is known as ___________. In Britain, parents who have children under 6, or disabled children under 18, have a legal right to have their working hours arranged to help them with their responsibilities. illegally, so that they can find or change information. (to produce something, until the contract has been signed. forms. I'm looking at the jobs pages in the paper. 41.They'll say that the 'Ultimafone' is nothing more than a fat, and that this time next year nobody will want one! nactexiolep, 14.Two well-suited organisations. We had hoped that everything would run smoothly, but unfortunately there have been several. Well, there's more to my job than just that. Oh, not too bad. 13.An organisation that delivers products to retailers on behalf of a manufacturer is called a isorditbtru. One bit of advice for the report you're writing: Have you seen his report? We've been promised that the terms we've set out will be honoured. 6.I'm not sure why your order was delayed for so long, but I assure you I will carry out a full and detailed investigation. veslroe, (15)Replace something with something similar. I have to do it all myself! If you want the job, a working knowledge of German is one of the main __________ / __________. White. A large exhibition and meeting for advertising and selling a specific type of product. 8.Despite government reassurances, there is no __________ / __________ that standards of living have improved. I've only met him a couple of times, but he seems nice enough. Oh my god, MEGO! The first two are claiming (10) unfair / unfaithful (11) dismissive / dismissal and plan to (12) appeal / appal. More than 3,000 dancers represent over 500 different Indian tribes from the USA and Canada at the pow wow. 25.In fact, there probably won't be a single major retale outlet anywhere in the country that doesn't sell the 'Ultimafone'! 2006 = two thousand and six (some people also say twenty oh six) / 1994 = nineteen ninety four 2. The expression in the shaded vertical strip is low-hanging fruit. Could I speak to Jennifer Thompson in Accounts, please? (4 words), 11.The amount of goods available for sale and the level of consumer need for those goods. It stands for c________ (28 ), i________ (5 ) and freight. Some of the words and expressions have already appeared in Recruitment 1 on the previous page. Stefan Salvatore was one of the two main male protagonists of The Vampire Diaries. (testing a few items from one batch of products before they are sent for sale), 15. Every year the colours and musical rhythms of Native American culture come alive at pow-wows all over America. (5) proclivity / productivity for the company concerned. ereengat, (28)Manage or organise a department. HTH. 21. 1.We have a very busy __________ / __________ today, so I suggest we start as soon as possible. Sarah: Oh, not too bad. 8.4% = eight point four per cent 4. Official written information telling an employee that he / she is going to lose his / her job. (, The amount of goods available for sale and the level of consumer need for those goods. 4.Take the right cord under the left cord and both of the main bracelet cords. 37.They will all display a distinctive 'Ultimafone' loco. Possibly. (assigning people and machines to projects in a way that optimises production and results), The manufacture of most items relies on a reliable source of, iron ore or crude petroleum. Sarah: The Central Production Manager. We'll stop using them gradually while we start using other sources. 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