VOCAB 3

1. The whole team agreed to take pay 6. If they ________ the time limit, many more
________, rather than see their colleagues applications will come in.
lose their jobs.

a. waive
a. splits
b. reverse
b. cuts
c. delay
c. shares
d. call off
d. joints 7. I held ________ during the meeting because
2. I resigned last week, but I need to work I knew that my opinions were too
________ my notice, so I'll be here for controversial.
another 3 weeks.

a. over
a. in
b. back
b. out
c. on
c. up
d. up
d. down 8. The seasonally-adjusted unemployment
3. Once you have made this decision, there will ________ in December stood at 5%.
be no ________.

a. rate
a. turning over
b. ratio
b. playing down
c. proportion
c. taking under
d. fraction
d. going back 9. My working ________ are from nine to five,
but I get 30 minutes for lunch, and two 20-
minute breaks.
4. The meeting seemed to be going well until
Charles ________ the issue of holiday pay.
a. hours

a. took on b. arrangements

b. went over c. practices

c. got at d. timetables

d. brought up 10. In 1992 the ________ round was cancelled

and few companies were taking on graduate
5. A strike by British Airways ground staff has
trainees.
led to the ________ of flights between
London
a. cream

a. discharge b. milk

b. ban c. cheese

c. suspension d. butter

d. disqualification
11. The court did not ________ the sentences 16. The ________ for success in business, he
but ruled they should be reviewed. said, is a willingness to take risks.

a. annul a. formula

b. fail b. foreword

c. call off c. formation

d. shelve d. formality
12. The union threatened a strike but ________ 17. Each year they ________ our accounts and
at the last minute. certify them as being true and fair.

a. turned it down a. examine

b. dragged it back b. screen

c. pulled it over c. testify

d. called it off d. audit

13. A company spokesman said yesterday it was 18. As a top lawyer, he can expect to ________ a
not yet clear how many workers could be six-figure salary.
________ elsewhere in the group.
a. command
a. upgraded b. commend
b. redeployed c. commune
c. dismissed d. commit
d. summoned 19. His first interview recently was at 8 a. m. and
14. Might I ________ why you have not mention his ________ were scheduled back to back
this until now? until midnight.

a. enquire a. appointments

b. challenge b. timetables

c. wonder c. schedules

d. find out d. arrangements

15. Some companies record the incidence of 20. The jobs market will remain fragile and
injuries that cause ________ or days off, and wage ________ is likely to persist.
others measure any injury that requires
medical attention. a. restraint

b. calmness
a. traffic
c. suppression
b. strikes
d. limit
c. breakouts

d. stoppages
21. The government is offering special tax 26. The document contains sensitive information
________ to people wanting to start up small and is not suitable for free ________.
businesses.
a. small talk
a. incentives b. distribution
b. monopoly c. delivery
c. subsidies d. speech
d. decline 27. There's no final decision yet on whether FC
22. Your reference materials should be Cincinnati will ________ Duvall and sign
________ and grouped together around each him on a permanent basis.
subheading within the proposal outline.
a. sustain
a. carried out b. retain
b. listed up c. maintain
c. followed in d. abstain
d. sorted out 28. The launch is to be formally ________ to
23. There isn't enough work, so we have to trade partners in early summer.
________ some of you off for the day.
a. displayed
a. stand b. awarded
b. lie c. demonstrated
c. put d. presented
d. sit 29. Various reasons are given for the apparent
24. If you have any problems, ________ the ________ ceiling women hit in many
FAQs on our website. professions.

a. refer a. crystal

b. consult b. brick

c. result c. glass

d. confer d. silver
25. 37% Indians face salary ________ amid 30. The company has made radical changes in its
Covid crisis. working ________ recently in an attempt to
increase production and create a more
flexible working environment.
a. deduction

b. limitation a. practices
c. restriction b. behaviors
d. drop c. positions

d. habits
31. Each partner is entitled to ________ in the 36. Karen is our ________ supervisor: she works
profits of the business. on the production line, but she also controls
the work of the others on the factory floor.

a. alternate
a. parting
b. share
b. timing
c. pool
c. working
d. split
d. playing
32. We're going to have a busy day, with
meetings all morning, a staff development 37. Reduction in ________ has led to the
workshop in the afternoon, and a ________ cancellation of several new projects which
lunch in-between. we had hoped to implement.

a. working a. ownership

b. negotiating b. brand name

c. bargaining c. patent

d. discussing d. demand
33. Several workers were laid off to meet a 38. It's my job to ________ volunteers
________ of funds. beforehand and explain what their
responsibilities are.

a. shorthand
a. brief
b. shortcut
b. lecture
c. shortfall
c. direct
d. shortcoming
d. command
34. Many of the investment bank's employees
have been ________ much smaller 39. The employer will also have its own
performance bonuses than they were led to assessments to make sure each apprentice is
expect. meeting ________ in the workplace.

a. grant a. regularities

b. awarded b. duties

c. allocated c. necessities

d. conferred d. expectations
35. After the inspector's visit all temporary 40. Without qualifications it's nearly impossible
workers were ________ to permanent status. to get a job with decent ________.

a. upgraded a. tips

b. recruited b. wages

c. relocated c. bonus

d. reinstated d. commission
41. The union is fighting to ________ 23 sacked 46. Work ________ is becoming increasingly
journalists. common as people have to do more in less
time, with inadequate equipment and in an
unpleasant environment. There have even
a. reinstate been reports of physical violence.
b. upgrade

c. redeploy a. bully

d. consult b. schedule

42. How quickly you move up the career c. experience

________ depends largely on your level of
d. rage
commitment.
47. According to our work ________ for today,
we need to have 500 units checked, packed
a. roof and dispatched by lunchtime.
b. rope

c. stair a. overload

d. ladder b. measurement

43. In these days of technological change we all c. stoppages

suffer from information ________.
d. schedule
48. Companies that failed to modernize fell
a. overcapacity ________ quite dramatically.
b. overview

c. overhead a. back

d. overload b. down

44. Some foreign ________ of raw materials c. behind

won't release goods until they receive cash
d. over
payment or a letter of credit from the bank.
49. According to our work ________ figures, it
should be possible for a team of five skilled
a. processor employees to produce 20 units an hour.
b. provider

c. supplier a. hour

d. manufacturer b. schedule

45. As the variety of tasks ________ to an c. practice

individual increases there is less
d. measurement
specialization in that job.

a. assigned

b. transferred

c. granted

d. allocated
 a. measurements
50. The factory is noisy, dark, hot and dirty. The b. hours
union says that unless working ________
improve, they'll down tools and walk out. c. practices

d. conditions