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Finding a Job Vocabulary, C1
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Designed by Marijana Janković Some of example sentences are not directly related to job-finding situations.
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against the odds
____________ (despite many difficulties), our team, which is considered the weakest, won the championship.
CV
You will have to send your _______ (resume) to the company, if you want them to take notice of your previous work.
foresee
I can't ________ (predict) what will happen tomorrow since I am not a fortune teller.
half-hearted
How can you be so ___________ (indifferent) when watching this movie? I cried for hours.
master's degree
The ___________ (advanced university diploma) will be the award for my efforts.
networking
Firms that deal with ________ (shared computer communication) and telecoms have had an increase in the number of users in the past 10 years.
portfolio
The artist presented his ________(collection of works), and everybody was impressed.
scrape through
I have never liked school. I always just _________ (barely pass) the exams.
shadow
The skyscrapers hide the sun and __________(screen from light) the busy streets of New York.
vital
He broke a couple of ribs and his arm in the accident, but luckily all of his _________ (essential) organs are untouched.
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Verified questions
VOCABULARY
From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. $$ \begin{matrix} \text{genesis} & \text{gait} & \text{emissary} & \text{queue}\\ \text{carp} & \text{patrician} & \text{} & \text{}\\ \end{matrix} $$ After six hours of driving, Charlie parked his car and walked across the parking lot with an odd _______. He was happy to stretch his legs, but he ______ a bout summer crowds when he saw that the ______ for the restroom extended around the comer of the rest stop. He should have expected as much, he reasoned; Memorial Day weekend was the traditional _______ of the summer season, and the crowds had arrived.
VOCABULARY
From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. filibuster, xenophobia, torpid, prodigal, subdued, invective. Senator Melita Darnell knew that she would have to _____ to prevent a vote on the new McDermid Bill. To her, the bill would pave the way for the same _____ government spending that she had vowed to eliminate. Fortunately, the senator was able to identify others who held _____ opinions on the bill, and thus could be convinced to abstain from voting.
VOCABULARY
From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. conduit, ancillary, semblance, behest, dossier, martyr, philatelist. At the FBI Director's _____, Special Agent Ford compiled a[n] on Caroline Polk, including a list of charges, previous warrants, and a psychological profile. No, it was not every day that a stamp thief made it to the most-wanted list, but Polk had simply gone too far when she burglarized the stamp collection of Terry Moore, a well-known _____ and, more important, a United States senator. Identifying the suspect had taken only hours; thanks to some _____ guidance from the local police department's homicide unit, investigators found Polk's fingerprints all over the heating _____ that she used to enter the senator's house. Polk's fingerprints were on record, largely because she was the only person in the country currently wanted for the grand theft of precious stamps. The Bureau had declined to arrest Polk in the past, for she was known to be armed, and few agents were willing to become _____ to the cause of stamp collecting.
VOCABULARY
At college, a(n] _____ might stand in front of a classroom and speak to students. A short story that often features talking animals and a moral is called a[n] _____.
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