accountant
/əˈkaʊntənt/
noun
someone whose job is to keep or check financial accounts
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1My mom is an accountant.
2"My accountant handles that."
3Some of those titles include accountants, biochemists, loggers, foresters, geologists, designers, tree planters, engineers, and marketers.
4This accountant is passive aggressive in company conflicts.
5"Does your accountant know?"
actor
/ˈæktɝ/
noun
someone whose job involves performing in movies, plays, or series
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1Movies are usually labeled as the work of the actors or director.
2Appropriate actions include warning, suspending or terminating a bad actor's account.
3Joke-busters Before the cameras roll, actors carefully memorize their lines.
4Actors performed a show.
5In the classical world, actors wore masks.
administrator
/ədˈmɪnəˌstɹeɪtɝ/
noun
someone whose job is managing and organizing the work of a company or institution
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1Hospital administrators are fearing shortages in staffing and supplies and in cash.
2My mother was an administrator.
3Hospital administrators also organized a review of Duntsch’s cases.
4Postsecondary education administrators oversee student services, academics, and faculty research at colleges and universities.
5Database administrators usually have a bachelor’s degree in management information systems or a computer-related field.
architect
/ˈɑɹkəˌtɛkt/
noun
a person whose job is designing buildings and typically supervising their construction
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1Architects place plumbing and telephones.
2'Architect'.
3Architects are big dreamers.
4Today's word is architect.
5The word architect is a noun.
builder
/ˈbɪɫdɝ/
noun
someone who builds or repairs houses and buildings, often as a job
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1- Builders are so in demand right now.
2The builder built a building by the school.
3Alright, builders, hands off.
4The builders finally show up.
5Suddenly we have loads of contractors, builders above us.
chef
/ˈʃɛf/
noun
a highly trained cook who often cooks for hotels or restaurants
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1Chefs mix big vats of vegetables, grill lines of lamb chops, and top rows of dishes with garnishes.
2So chef submitted 1,200 recipes.
3Chef kiss hand motion.
4Chefs combine the sushi rice with other foods or ingredients.
5Chef that butter sauce is crazy.
cleaner
/ˈkɫinɝ/
noun
someone whose job is to clean other people’s houses, offices, etc.
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1Your cleaners have no protection.
2Multi-purpose cleaner These cleaners are a staple in every kitchen.
3Multi-purpose cleaner These cleaners are a staple in every kitchen.
4Household cleaners include laundry detergent, dish soap, castile soaps.
5Cleaners are available at your local home, hardware, or tile store.
dentist
/ˈdɛnɪst/, /ˈdɛntəst/, /ˈdɛntɪst/
noun
someone who is licensed to fix and care for our teeth
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1The dentist did a lot of work in his mouth for a long time.
2Typically, dentists give patients a dose of half nitrous oxide and half oxygen at about 5 liters per minute.
3The dentist gave him huge whopping teeth.
4Dentists also were part of the advertising game.
5Several decades later, another dentist gave the candy its current name.
doctor
/ˈdɑktɝ/, /ˈdɔktɝ/
noun
someone who has studied medicine and treats sick or injured people
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1But they knew doctors could not heat a patient's body to a high temperature.
2When the lights went on, the young man saw that his neighbor was the doctor who had examined him earlier.
3This involves a doctor examining the cervix through a microscope, and possibly taking a small biopsy of tissue for closer examination.
4Without consulting my doctor or weaning myself off, I just stopped taking my antidepressants.
5First, doctors will sign an official hospital document with the birth details on palace letterhead.
engineer
/ˈɛndʒəˈnɪɹ/
noun
a person who designs, fixes, or builds roads, machines, bridges, etc.
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1Engineers thought so, too.
2Engineers also tried.
3My self engineered safe space, for women.
4American policies engineered our segregated homes.
5Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don't have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
factory worker
/fˈæktɚɹi wˈɜːkɚ/
noun
someone who is employed in a factory and works there

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flight attendant
/flˈaɪt ɐtˈɛndənt/
noun
a person who works on a plane to bring passengers meals and take care of them
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1- Just-- - A flight attendant who's paying attention.
2You know, The Flight Attendant.
3Even flight attendants themselves follow this rule!
4Flight attendantsseats are much less comfortable than passengersones.
5Well our mom is a flight attendant
footballer
/fˈʊtbɔːlɚ/
noun
someone especially a professional who plays football
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1Even the footballer makes himself a priority when he comes onto the pitch.
2Towards the end of the match, the footballer said she was running on fumes.
3That footballer is truly amazing.
4That footballer is truly amazing.
5Then on the screen he is just another footballer.
guide
/ˈɡaɪd/
noun
a person whose job is to take tourists to places of interest and show them around
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1The storytelling guided the data out there.
2At the same time, the leader guides a talk about bullying.
3Two frontiers will guide this transformation.
4Computer guided milling machine cuts to parts.
5In the jungle, the moon guides the way for some old friends of ours.
hairdresser
/ˈhɛɹˌdɹɛsɝ/
noun
someone ‌whose job is to cut, wash and style hair
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1Who is your hairdresser?
2A hairdresser cannot always successfully cut their own hair.
3One of them, Abdullah Kurdi, is a hairdresser by trade.
4Hairdressers speak a more complicated language than 'a few layers'
5Hairdressers make a lot of money, girl.
journalist
/ˈdʒɝnəɫəst/, /ˈdʒɝnəɫɪst/
noun
someone who prepares news to be broadcast or writes for newspapers, magazines, or news websites
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1Most journalists include NOAA's storm surge advisories in their reports as well.
2Now, the journalist meant well.
3the journalist asked.
4Journalist rely heavily on academics.
5The journalists had.
lawyer
/ˈɫɔɪɝ/, /ˈɫɔjɝ/
noun
a person who practices or studies law, advises people about the law or represents them in court
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170% of the countries lawyers are female.
2Lawyers play a huge part in animal activism.
3Lawyers have a very important role in situations like this.
4So are lawyers.
5In her written decisions, lawyers hear a voice of reasoned humanity.
bank manager
/bˈæŋk mˈænɪdʒɚ/
noun
a person whose job involves being in charge of a specific branch of a bank

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model
/ˈmɑdəɫ/
noun
a person who is employed by an artist to pose for a painting, photograph, etc.
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1The company will begin taking pre-orders for the Model 3 in March.
2Our model of atoms has changed a number of times since we first conceived it, and the current one will certainly not be the last.
3Modeling 101. -
4First anti-poverty advocates were explicitly designing models.
5This program will model debate and dissent.
musician
/mjuˈzɪʃən/
noun
someone who plays a musical instrument or writes music, especially as a profession
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1So musicians talk about deliberate practice.
2With the first black president in the White House, musicians took up the empowerment song.
3Musicians are at least as neurotic as everybody else, easily.
4Indeed, ten generations of Bachs were musicians.
5Soon, other musicians joined their group.
nurse
/ˈnɝs/
noun
someone who has been trained to care for injured or sick people, particularly in a hospital
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1I'll be your neighbour, your nurse, your housekeeper, your companion.
2In just three years, nurse vacancies nearly doubled.
3So, nurses do wear nursing uniforms.
4Nurses required, okay.
5Each female only nurses her own cubs.
pilot
/ˈpaɪɫət/
noun
someone whose job is to operate the controls of an aircraft
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1Pilots always lose pens.
2Narrator: Pilots also lacked proper training with the MCAS.
3- Pilots get discounts at a lot of places.
4Pilots earn between $150,000 and $250,000 a year.
5Pilots mostly fly the plane through the autopilot.
police officer
/pəlˈiːs ˈɑːfɪsɚ/
noun
someone whose job is to protect people, catch criminals, and make sure that laws are obeyed
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1Police officers do.
2Police Officer: Pull over!
3A president likes police officers.
4Police officers get badges.
5Police officer buys a homeless man shoes.
policeman
/pəˈɫismən/
noun
a man whose job is to protect people, catch criminals, and make sure that laws are obeyed
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1The tourist finds a policeman.
2Two policemen arrive quickly.
3Policemen have rules.
4When about midway of a certain block the policeman suddenly slowed his walk.
5You got a policeman.
policewoman
/pəˈɫiˌswʊmən/
noun
a woman whose job is to protect people, catch criminals, and make sure that laws are obeyed
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1"She's at the doctor's," a policewoman says.
2Then Mel tells the policewoman her story.
3the policewoman asks Mel. 'Are you famous?'
4The persistent rumors about Heather eventually reached the ears of a local policewoman.
5Leading the line behind the van, was this policewoman.
receptionist
/ɹiˈsɛpʃənɪst/, /ɹɪˈsɛpʃənɪst/
noun
a person who greets and deals with people arriving at or calling a hotel, office building, doctor's office, etc.
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1I'm a receptionist.
2I'm a receptionist.
3The receptionist loved it too.
4That poor receptionist never stood a chance.
5The receptionist is a great person.
shop assistant
/ʃˈɑːp ɐsˈɪstənt/
noun
a salesperson; someone whose job is to serve or help customers in a shop

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sales assistant
/seɪlz ɐsɪstənt/
noun
someone whose job involves helping and selling things to the customers and visitors of a store, etc.

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soldier
/ˈsoʊɫdʒɝ/
noun
someone who serves in an army, particularly a person who is not an officer
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1A very strict officer was talking to some new soldiers whom he had to train.
2Thousands of people stand in The Mall to see the Queen and the soldiers go past.
3- Where soldiers patrol the streets.
4Soldiers when in desperate straits lose the sense of fear.
5Soldiers have a name for these clips.
taxi driver
/tˈæksi dɹˈaɪvɚ/
noun
someone whose job involves driving a taxi and taking people to different places
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1And in new DELHI, this Taxi Driver has turned his car into a Makeshift Ambulance.
2Apparently he's a Taxi Driver.
3-Alright, this next one is from "Taxi Driver."
4Well, this is a quote from the movie Taxi Driver.
5In Taxi Driver, Marty and I wanted Travis Bickle to cut his hair into a mohawk.
teacher
/ˈtitʃɝ/
noun
someone who teaches things to people, particularly in a school
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1Teachers wondered why some students were good at math but other students were not.
2She was a good teacher, and she laughed a lot with the children in her class.
3So teachers have the lowest rate of Alzheimer's as a profession.
4Teachers can ask clarification questions instantaneously.
5These teachers also instruct students on weight training, flexibility, aerobics, and other workout styles, often developing programs for people with special needs or goals.
vet
/ˈvɛt/
noun
a doctor who is trained to treat animals
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1We vet people.
2Memory, vets are soldiers.
3Participants were vetted.
4They vetted each case.
5The Chinese government vets all communication.
waiter
/ˈweɪtɝ/
noun
a man who brings people food and drinks in restaurants, cafes, etc.
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1one waiter asks.
2The waiter comes in.
3The waiter looked over Nick's head.
4A waiter does this.
5Waiter: Watch your fingers.
waitress
/ˈweɪtɹəs/
noun
a woman who brings people food and drinks in restaurants, cafes, etc.
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1When he saw that the restaurant had some nice fresh rolls, he asked the waitress for one, and she brought it.
2Waitress brings your food.
3Waitress: No, you're fine.
4Waitress: The total is going to be 65.27.
5Waitress: The total is going to be 65.27.

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