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AT WORK: COLLEAGUES AND ROUTINES
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09/26/2017

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the opposite number
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has the same position/ does the same job
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Rapport
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relationship/communication
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(to) talk shop
Definition
talk about work
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hierarchical
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has a structure
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A pecking - order
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the order of importance in relation to one another among the members of a group
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(to) clock in and clock out
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Use an electronic card to record the arriving and leaving time each day
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Nine-to-five job
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the normal working hours in an office
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Mechanical
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(of people’s behaviour and actions) done without thinking, like a machine
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(to) knock off
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finish work
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(be) monotonous
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boring because it never changes
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a dead-end job
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a point at which you can make no further progress in what you are doing
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(be) Close-knit
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 having strong relationships with each other and taking a close, friendly interest in each other’s activities and problems
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Maternity leave/ Paternity leave
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Time away from work to have a new baby
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Perk
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extra things apart from salary
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Holiday entitlement
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Number of days you have the right to take as holiday
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ambiguous
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not clearly stated or defined
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Integrity
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the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
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(to) reach/hit a glass ceiling
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reach a level where you cannot go further promotion
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increment
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a regular increase in the amount of money that somebody is paid for their job
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Paperwork
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letters/reports to write/ form to complete
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Cold-calling
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phoning people who have not requested in order to sell something
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the hard sell
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attempt to sell something by being very forceful
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a loss-leader
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an item that a shop/store sells at a very low price to attract customers
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to come/go under the hammer
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being sold at an auction
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red tape
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bureaucracy, the system of official rules and ways of doing things that a government or an organization has, especially when these seem to be too complicated
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