High/ great degree

High/ large number

Heavy/ constant pressure

Excellent/ unrivalled reputation

Fierce/ intense competition

Expert/ specialist

7 At work: colleagues and routines

Working relationship a way of working and communicating together!
Workmates informal: colleagues, especially in non-professional jobs // a
person who works with another; fellow worker.!
Colleagues a fellow member of a profession // an associate or coworker
typically in a profession or in a civil or ecclesiastical office and often of
similar rank or state.!
To clock in to use an electronic card to record the time one arrives each day!
* To clock out to use an electronic card to record the time one leaves each
day from work
Nine-to-five job a job with normal daytime hours // of, relating to, or during
the workday, especially the hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when offices are
characteristically open for business // a job during regular business hours
usually in an office.!
To be on flexi-time to have a system of working a set number of hours with
the starting and finishing times chosen within agreed limits by the
employee // a system permitting flexibility of working hours at the beginning
or end of the day, provided an agreed period of each day (core time) is spent
at work.
Shift work a pattern of work in which you sometimes work during the day
and sometimes during the night !
Self-employed earning one's living directly from one's own profession or
business, as a freelance writer or artist, rather than as an employee earning
salary or commission from another // earning income directly from one's own
business, trade, or profession rather than as a specified salary or wages from
an employer.!
Freelance a person who pursues a profession without a long-term
commitment to any one employer // a person who sells work or services to
employers as needed. // a person that works for many companies at the
same time (journalist, photographer…)