Work - vocabulary

Work

Vocabulary

• - to work shifts... be on the night shift
• - to be on flexi-time
• - to work full-time / part-time
• - to work nine-to-five
• - to do overtime
• - to work long hours
• - to be a freelancer / to be self-employed
• - to have a temporary / permanent job
• - to go / be on strike
• - to get the sack / to be sacked / to sack sby
• - to be fired
• - to be made redundant (no longer needed)

Slide 3

• - to be on / to take maternity leave
• - to be on / to take sick leave
• - to take early retirement
• - to have / take / get a day off
• - to take time off work
• - to apply for a job
• - to go for an audition
• - to go for an interview
• - to make a living
• - to be promoted
• - to be workaholic
• - to ask for a raise
• - to have good working conditions
• - to meet deadlines
• - to run a department
• - to deal with customers

Slide 4

• - to arrange meetings
• - to have good working conditions
• - to have a lot of responsibility
• - to be under pressure
• - to sort out problems
• - to be in charge of
• - to organise conferences
• - the perks of a job
• - to resign from a job
• - a heavy workload
• - to work with your hands / to do manual work

Slide 5

• Describing a job:
• - Stressful, demanding, challenging, tiring, hard, lonely, rewarding, repetitive, well-paid, badly-paid, a dead-end job...
• Describing your personality:
• - Flexible, determined, honest, organised, motivated, reliable, ambitious, enthusiastic, punctual, easy-going, confident, creative, motivated, communicative, competitive, organised, harworking, competent, (in)experienced, spontaneous, rational, sociable...
• - to be a role model
• - to work well as part of a team
• - to like helping other people
• - to have the ability to multitask
• - to speak foreign languages
• - to be good at solving problems