English vocabulary: Jobs & work – 76 words with pictures, audio & printable flashcards

bristol. i got a new job here in london.

the hiring manager at Nova Tech called me this morning

Leo leaves the office.

yeah, in a meeting til 11:30. what's up?

yes him. ok so at the team meeting on friday, he took credit for MY project report.

Dan sent Priya a handwritten note with three clear, professional sentences about her. He took a photo and sent it.

"I will ask the cleaning staff," Maya said.

the one I interviewed for in March.

Arthur is a guard.

That's what colleagues are for.

The workers have a big stone.

Senior Product Manager at Velta Co.

The role is properly senior, not just the title.

Mr. Holt, the director, knocked on the door.

Margaret was a leader in the village.

Every contact, every hidden cove, and every sympathetic harbour master — all of it was recorded on a single document.

Leo is the captain.

She peeled off her outer layer— the light jacket she wore over her silks— and handed it to an assistant.

Her editor wanted a 'quirky travel piece' for the magazine — something light and British.

He attended his retirement dinner in 1956, shook hands with the officials, and accepted a small engraved clock as a gift.

Archives were full of exactly this kind of administrative accident.

The losing club faced a different future: wage cuts, the sale of their best players, and what the local press called "a slow and undignified retreat from the top flight."

he literally just read my slides and acted like they were his ideas

I asked David about a promotion in January and he said 'let's talk in Q3'.

And the salary is 20% more.

Historians believe this is the name of Lady Jane Grey.

ok I'm going to say this properly because I don't want to type it wrong. so... I didn't send the screenshot to HR. I didn't. but... I did show our conversation to my friend Jess from accounting? I just — I wanted someone else's opinion on the situation, you know? I didn't think she would do anything with it. I had no idea she's actually friends with Derek. I am so, so sorry Priya. I feel terrible. I should have never done that.

asked Dennis, the volunteer.

They were looking for smugglers — men who traded with American merchants without paying the King's taxes.

Then she went to find the church administrator, Mr. Heeney.

Priya had her phone call with the hiring manager at 11:00 AM. It lasted almost thirty minutes. Then she went quiet.

Marco said, "Yesterday, your chef sent back my mackerel.

Marco is a baker in a small town.

I already emailed HR a formal complaint this morning with evidence.

it just says "regarding a complaint about workplace conduct". that's it. nothing else

The handwriting on the cash ticket receipt — a clerk had noted the passenger's destination — matched a note Vávra had written to her once, correcting her interpretation of a tempo marking.

He asked the porter, a quiet man called Stevens, if he had seen anything.

He was just a fisherman.

He closed his folder and left the room.

like literally everyone. even the interns

She was finally a real performer.

The British government, in its haste to map the Highlands, had not seen fit to hire interpreters.

'The stewards are already at the gate, and the owners are getting restless.'

Your CV. Two pages.

Mara goes to the librarian, Mr.

At 10:15, the parade organizer, Bill, ran up to them.

But the cleaners did not move it.

The surveyor's notebook, however hastily filled in, carried a kind of quiet authority that no local tradition could easily challenge.

She is an archaeologist.

She spent the next two weeks doing what archivists do: reading carefully and saying nothing out loud.

I am a botanist at Kew.

'Two minutes,' Dennis said from across the room, without looking up from his clipboard.

The other fishmongers looked at it.

'The groundskeeper tells me you stay late.

He works at night.

and that you are "very comfortable working alone"

The theatre hired a professional conductor, Michael Umlauf, to actually lead the orchestra.

Between you and me — David should have promoted you in January. I've seen your work.

Two retired referees who reviewed the footage publicly stated that the decision appeared to be incorrect.

He was never suspended, censured, or called before a disciplinary board.

Davis as my reference.

yes him. ok so at the team meeting on friday, he took credit for MY project report.

But the thing is — I put Mr.

"It does not care about the minutes."

'I was deciding whether to go back or find a member of staff.

Then, the head judge stood up.

They offered me the job.

so you know Sandra from accounts is leaving today right

He attended his retirement dinner in 1956, shook hands with the officials, and accepted a small engraved clock as a gift.

He was never suspended, censured, or called before a disciplinary board.

I saw the job title at the top.

She was watching for the telegram boy.

mia. she was working night shifts

Archives were full of exactly this kind of administrative accident.

The efficiency of the city's cleaning crew was terrifying.

The problem was that nobody spoke Gaelic in Dawson's small survey party, and very few people in the glen spoke English.