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Enrich your vocabulary. Match the job terms with their meanings.
| (1) to be your own boss | (a) work that requires manual activity |
| (2) a dead-end job | (b) an important powerful job |
| (3) a good team player | (c) to be unhappy in an office job |
| (4) a heavy workload | (d) a normal job having a duty of 8 hours |
| (5) a high-powered job | (e) to be in a boring job that is hard to leave |
| (6) job satisfaction | (f) a job with no promotional opportunities |
| (7) manual work | (g) to have your own business |
| (8) to be stuck in a rut | (h) to have a lot of work to do |
| (9) to be stuck behind a desk | (i) enjoying your job |
| (10) a nine-to-five job | (j) someone who can work well with other people |
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Solution
| (1) to be your own boss | (g) to have your own business |
| (2) a dead-end job | (f) a job with no promotional opportunities |
| (3) a good team player | (j) someone who can work well with other people |
| (4) a heavy workload | (h) to have a lot of work to do |
| (5) a high-powered job | (b) an important powerful job |
| (6) job satisfaction | (i) enjoying your job |
| (7) manual work | (a) work that requires manual activity |
| (8) to be stuck in a rut | (e) to be in a boring job that is hard to leave |
| (9) to be stuck behind a desk | (c) to be unhappy in an office job |
| (10) a nine-to-five job | (d) a normal job having a duty of 8 hours |
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