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.
assistant
/əˈsɪstənt/
noun
a person who helps someone in their work
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1Flight assistant mentioned pressurizing.
2Teacher assistants have a high rate of illnesses and injuries.
3Occupational therapy assistants need an associate's degree from an accredited program, and, in most states, a license.
4At the end of the trick, the assistant puts the mirror back in place.
5Leaders have assistants.
boss
/ˈbɑs/, /ˈbɔs/
noun
a person who is in charge of a large organization or has an important position there
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1- Boss is in the eye of the beholder.
2Boss, this toy is so much fun.
3Bosses have to make many important decisions.
4Bosses must only take informed risks.
5Bosses love that stuff.
businessperson
/ˈbɪznəˈspɝsən/
noun
someone who works in business, especially at a high level
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1You're an amazing businessperson.
2Well, that's a businessperson.
3He’s not a boring businessperson.
4Of course, a hard-as-nails businessperson might offer more resistance, but for a lot of people, this simple trick will work wonders.
5I'm not a businessperson.
chemist
/ˈkɛmɪst/
noun
a scientist who studies chemistry
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1In 1931, German chemists developed an effective anti-malaria drug, mepacrine.
2But by this time, chemists wanted a more scientific society.
3Most chemists use databases, scientific software, graphics, and design and photo imaging tools in their work.
4Her chemists conducted resources for the chemical warfare service.
5But chemists are clever.
detective
/dɪˈtɛktɪv/
noun
a person, especially a police officer, whose job is to investigate and solve crimes and catch criminals
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1Literary detectives have uncovered many facts about William Shakespeare.
2"She pays," detective.
3A pizza pockets detective for every season, 3.
4He sulked for a week and then closed his detective agency.
5So at this point, detectives are back to square one.
to employ
/ɛmˈpɫɔɪ/, /ɪmˈpɫɔɪ/
verb
to give work to someone and pay them
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1Psalm 29 also employs the language of a storm god.
2Agriculture in itself employs about 70% of the entire population.
3People employ people.
4These exercises employ two different types of muscle fibres.
5Scripps employs a pretty standard confidentiality agreement as part of their casting contract.
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.
instructor
/ˌɪnˈstɹəktɝ/
noun
a person who teaches a practical skill or sport to someone; someone whose occupation is teaching
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1Instructor: Get off that bus!
2Instructor: Sound off!
3Instructor: Answer your voice!
4Instructor: Look over here.
5Instructors often enter the field with experience in fitness classes, dance, or other sports disciplines.
director
/daɪˈɹɛktɝ/, /dɝˈɛktɝ/, /diˈɹɛktɝ/, /dɪˈɹɛktɝ/
noun
a person who manages or is in charge of an activity, department, or organization
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1Movies are usually labeled as the work of the actors or director.
2Director: Begin the test.
3Casting directors.
4Directors also oversee the visual aspects of website and video game development.
5Directors make the creative decisions.
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.
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.
to train
/ˈtɹeɪn/
verb
to be taught the skills for a particular job or activity through instruction and practice over time
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1A very strict officer was talking to some new soldiers whom he had to train.
2He is travelling to Paris on the Eurostar train.
3Across the road, a train waited.
4Training the abs.
5Train, train, train some more.
adviser
/ædˈvaɪzɝ/
noun
someone whose job is to give advice professionally on a particular subject
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1U.S. advisers look on as the VC lineup for questioning.
2And an adviser to a pro-Trump Super PAC, Katie Walsh, a former White House official, made a similar argument.
3He immediately called his advisers together.
4And my adviser gave me this problem.
5After a while, his advisers complained.
agent
/ˈeɪdʒənt/
noun
a company or person that represents another person or company or manages their affairs
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1Agents have traits.
2Agents have behaviors.
3Over the next few years, agents found more massive tunnels.
4Reducing agent.
5Often, agents turned traitor for reasons of greed, ideology or revenge.
employment
/ɛmˈpɫɔɪmənt/, /ɪmˈpɫɔɪmənt/
noun
the fact or state of having a regular paid job
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1Employment rises by two and a half million.
2Employment in the marketplace went down.
3It affects employment.
4Employment is off 23% in roughly the same time period.
5Find off-the-map employment.
marketing
/ˈmɑɹkətɪŋ/
noun
the act or process of selling or advertising a product or service, usually including market research
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1Marketing is a company's plan for selling a product.
2The company's marketing plan will be aimed at the parents, specifically the mothers.
3It's a multilevel marketing scheme where the only money you can make is if you find new salesmen to sell with you.
4Marketing reduces things.
5Marketing is getting someone's attention.
president
/ˈpɹɛzəˌdɛnt/, /ˈpɹɛzɪdənt/
noun
the head of a company or corporation
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1The title company president clearly refers to the leader of a company.
2The president spoke to reporters outside the White House.
3The president wrote a very generous letter.
4Well, in a crass political sense, Judy, it's bad for the president.
5Your president is a judo expert.
profession
/pɹəˈfɛʃən/
noun
a paid job that requires a high level of education and training
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1Explain your profession to the people.
2And we identify professions.
3In contrast, other professions involve much higher risk.
4Most people will give their profession.
5Cardi's profession also requires a good deal of travel, and meal planning.
to retire
/ˌɹiˈtaɪɝ/, /ɹiˈtaɪɹ/, /ɹɪˈtaɪɹ/
verb
to leave one's job and stop working, usually on reaching a certain age
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1My mom just retired.
2Retire the cantons together, the white stripes together, and the red stripes together.
3My dad retired.
4Jetliners retire at the rate of about three per day.
5Athletes retire.
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?"
analyst
/ˈænəɫɪst/
noun
a trained individual who is concerned with analyzing the facts and providing others with information
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1Analysts predict record growth for EVs in 2021, especially in Europe and China.
2None of us are analysts.
3Each quarter, analysts publish reports about various stocks, ETFs, and mutual funds.
4Analysts then publish their estimates.
5Analysts expect a contraction this time around of about 0.1% on an annualised basis.
apprentice
/əˈpɹɛntəs/, /əˈpɹɛntɪs/
noun
someone who works for a skilled person for a specific period of time to learn their skills, usually earning a low wage
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1He mentors apprentices during the four-year program at Arion.
2The apprentice is now exalted.
3Usually, apprentices were migrants to the towns.
4But just 60 were apprentices.
5So these people, biomimics, are nature's apprentices.
archeologist
/ˌɑːɹkɪˈɑːlədʒˌɪst/
noun
a person whose job is to study ancient societies using facts, objects, buildings, etc. remaining in excavation sites
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1Archeologists found the clues not in the stonework, but in the trash.
2What do archeologists do?
3Archeologists have named the younger children Llullaillaco Boy and Lightning Girl.
4Thanks to recent technological advancements, archeologists are now discovering countless remnants of ancient jungle dwelling civilizations.
5Archeologists have found evidence of tile as early as the 13th century BC in Mesopotamia.
CEO
/sˌiːˌiːˈoʊ/
noun
the highest-ranking person in a company
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1The CEOs of Match Group and Tinder both declined to participate in this video.
2The usual company turns over CEOs.
3CEOs are just like other human beings.
4CEO leaves $3,000 tip.
5CEOs continuously develop themselves.
critic
/ˈkɹɪtɪk/
noun
someone who gives their personal standpoint of a movie, play, etc. as a job
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1Its critics say the group is a pyramid scheme masking as a cult.
2But critics heard a voice for white male power.
3But Austin's nomination has critics.
4At the time, critics saw a more cynical motive.
5Critics saw the withdrawal as a gift to Russia’s president.
entrepreneur
/ˌɑntɹəpɹəˈnɝ/, /ˌɑntɹəpɹəˈnʊɹ/
noun
a person who starts a business, especially one who takes financial risks
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1Basically, entrepreneurs believe in themselves.
2Entrepreneurs did great.
3Entrepreneurs have definitely had their lows.
4Entrepreneurs played entrepreneur.
5Entrepreneurs played entrepreneur.
estate agent
/ɪstˈeɪt ˈeɪdʒənt/
noun
a person whose job is to help clients rent or buy properties
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1Real Estate Agent and single dad Chris Barker was raised in Arizona.
2In Northwest London, no one understands the desires and demands of multi-millionaires better than Hampstead estate agent Trevor Abramson.
3Estate agents What do you think, Sam?
4But the estate agents don’t think it spells the end to a lucrative market.
5She also married estate agent Harry Wentworth-Stanley in an intimate ceremony in July 2020.
freelance
/ˈfɹiˌɫæns/
adjective
earning money by working for several different companies rather than being employed by one particular organization
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1Many freelance workers do not have the benefits that full-time work offers.
2Many freelance workers do not have the benefits that full-time work offers.
3They just freelance with everybody.
4I freelance from two years.
5My freelance job ended.
occupation
/ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən/
noun
a person's profession or job
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1This occupation displaced hundreds of thousands of azeris from their homes.
2That occupation produced thousands of dead torture refugees.
3Mail-related occupations typically require a high school diploma.
4Has a clearly envious person ever put down your occupation?
5What's your occupation?

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