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Words in Context: Overworked & Underpaid
1. Look at these statements which summarize a short text.
- “We have a lot to get through, but a couple of things need our immediate attention.”
- “She’s fresh from her studies, but it’s clear she’s keen to make her mark and I’m convinced she’s a high flyer.”
- “It saddens me to say, but we don’t have the money to expand our staff, so if we’re taking someone on, someone else needs to go.”
- “He lives for the company, and he’s been with us for ages, but recently he’s been causing trouble.”
- “His complaining has gone viral, and now nearly the whole workforce is out there protesting.”
- ” ‘Can the technical FM please come to the boardroom.’ Right, now let’s work out how we’re going to sort out this mess.”
- “They’re asking for things we simply can’t deliver. Anyway, let’s go through their complaints one by one and see if we can resolve this as quickly as possible.”
2. Quickly scan the text and reorder it, so it follows the same order as the statements.
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3. Complete the gaps in the text with words and phrases from the Wordlist.
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flashcards work 1 personnel
Work: Personnel
Study Tips
1. Listen to each word as your read the written form.
2. Say the word and listen again to compare your pronunciation.
3. Flip the card and read the definition.
4. Say the word to complete the example sentence. (Flip the card back to check if necessary.)
5. Listen to the example sentence, and say it yourself.
employee
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NOUN: someone paid to work, especially at a non-executive level
“ All _____s are entitled to ten days of holiday between June and August.”
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personnel
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NOUN: (No plural) people who work for a company or organization / a human resources
“Active military _____ have been ordered to report to their command units.”
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staff
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NOUN: (No plural) group of people who work in a particular company, organization or place
“Changes to department budgets will be discussed at the next _____ meeting.”
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worker
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NOUN: someone who works in a particular job or way
“The new policy will have a severe impact on healthcare _____s in particular.”
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practice c1 work
Work
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C1 Advanced Wordlists
P-W
Work: P-W
Key: 
Listen ⓘ Pop-up definition
| perk ⓘ | personnel ⓘ | practise ⓘ |
| professional ⓘ | rank ⓘ | recruit ⓘ |
| serve ⓘ | service ⓘ | skeleton staff ⓘ |
| solicitor ⓘ | striker ⓘ | successor ⓘ |
| superior ⓘ | supervisor ⓘ | takeover ⓘ |
| technician ⓘ | trade ⓘ | trainee ⓘ |
| vacancy ⓘ | workforce ⓘ | workplace ⓘ |
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C1 Advanced Wordlists
A-O
Work: A-O
Key: Listen ⓘ Pop-up definition
| adviser ⓘ | appoint ⓘ |
| archaeologist ⓘ | be on a committee ⓘ |
| bid ⓘ | board ⓘ |
| capacity ⓘ | counterpart ⓘ |
| dismissal ⓘ | enterprise ⓘ |
| establishment 1 ⓘ2 ⓘ | executive 1 ⓘ2 ⓘ |
| go into something ⓘ | labour 1 ⓘ2 ⓘ |
| lay somebody off ⓘ | miner ⓘ |
| operation 1 ⓘ2 ⓘ3 ⓘ | overworked ⓘ |