to ace
/ˈeɪs/
verbto perform extremely well in something, especially a test
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1. Aces. Have a great day.
2. My name is Ace.
3. I aced the test.
4. Ace every class?
5. Ace that interview!
to appoint
/əˈpɔɪnt/
verbto give a responsibility or job to someone
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1. He appointed two of his best men as Inquisitors for Aragon.
2. Every degree of people in their vocation, their calling and their office have appointed to them their duty and order.
3. The state legislature in turn appoints the state constitutional court, the Minister-President, and the appointed members of the Federal Convention.
4. Each body appoints conferees.
5. Meanwhile two consuls of the previous year Lucius Licinius Lucullus and Marcus Aurelius Cotta were appointed the governors of Asia Minor and Bithynia respectively.
to collaborate
/kəˈɫæbɝˌeɪt/
verbto work with someone else in order to create something or reach the same goal
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1. The two companies already collaborate.
2. The correct answer is collaborate.
3. Of course, lawyers collaborate.
4. Collaborate with them.
5. The duo even collaborated on a Christmas song, much to Rachel's delight.
to commence
/kəˈmɛns/
verbto start something or to start happening
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1. The experiment has commenced.
2. Commencing rib removal.
3. Around the same time the battle of Unsan commenced.
4. On September 16th the offensive commenced.
5. Metal detection about to commence.
to follow up
/fˈɑːloʊ ˈʌp/
verbto discover more about something
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1. Just following up.
2. Then follow up a few weeks or months down the road.
3. First, follow up every five business days.
4. Follow up.
5. Definitely follow up.
to multitask
/ˈməɫtiˌtæsk/
verbto simultaneously do more than one thing
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1. You can multitask automatic things.
2. Your cortical brain cannot multitask.
3. Unlike the last generation both consoles can multitask.
4. Human beings can't multitask.
5. Number five is multitask.
to postpone
/poʊˈspoʊn/, /poʊstˈpoʊn/
verbto arrange or put off an activity or an event for a later time than its original schedule
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1. Two Senate panels abruptly postponed votes on the nomination today.
2. Insight number four, offers are being postponed.
3. Lesson 4: Do not postpone your dreams.
4. Also, postpone your investigations into the occult.
5. Absolutely postpone it.
to recruit
/ɹəˈkɹut/, /ɹiˈkɹut/, /ɹɪˈkɹut/
verbto employ people for a company, etc.
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1. Recruit: Step together.
2. Narrator: Recruits are issued uniforms.
3. Narrator: Recruits get one of the most painful parts of training out of the way early.
4. The second technique is known as static rappel, where recruits utilize the tower's wooden face to perform a controlled descent.
5. My first one says recruit.
to resign
/ɹiˈsaɪn/, /ɹiˈzaɪn/, /ɹɪˈzaɪn/
verbto officially announce one's departure from a job, position, etc.
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1. Several ERCOT board members and the public utility commissioner for the state also resigned.
2. Vice President elect Kamala Harris today resigned her Senate seat.
3. Two members of our mobile cinema team resigned because of threats from villages.
4. The entire legal staff of the NAACP resigned at this moment.
5. At that point the general counsel, the controller and I all resigned.
hectic
/ˈhɛktɪk/
adjectivebusy and full of activity
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1. With the army on the way, the strike scene is hectic.
2. And times were hectic.
3. But Felicia's life became hectic.
4. The spring of 1971 was hectic for Mr Branson.
5. Life can get pretty hectic.
intensive
/ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪv/
adjective(in business) concentrating on or using something a lot, such as a piece of equipment, etc.
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1. But intensive cultivation has its price.
2. So day 1 is intensive listening.
3. So day 1 is intensive listening.
4. The members of the Topos undergo intensive training inside an abandoned park in Mexico City.
5. Water is energy intensive.
monotonous
/məˈnɑtənəs/
adjectiveboring because of being the same thing all the time
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1. Things would get monotonous very fast.
2. The manna has gotten monotonous.
3. The miracle has gotten monotonous.
4. The miracle got monotonous to you.
5. Our next word is monotonous.
one-on-one
/ˈwənəˈnɑn/
adjective(of an activity) between only two people
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1. And our one-on-ones became two-on-twos, and then three-on-threes, four-on-fours and five-on-fives.
2. Khay's mother, Rhiannon also spoke with us one-on-one and told us a bit about her son. -
3. Do one-on-one anymore.
4. One-on-one being patient with that.
5. Always reprimand them behind closed doors, one-on-one so nobody hears.
rewarding
/ɹiˈwɔɹdɪŋ/, /ɹɪˈwɔɹdɪŋ/
adjective(of an activity) making one feel satisfied by giving one a desirable outcome
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1. It's rewarding.
2. Immediate results and improvements with the patient's condition are also rewarding.
3. It's rewarding.
4. Rewarding, lips forming the R consonant sound, and now the W consonant sound.
5. Create rewarding challenges.
stimulating
/ˈstɪmjəˌɫeɪtɪŋ/
adjectivecausing excitement
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1. So it's always stimulating.
2. It sends a stimulating current into the motor cortex of the wearer's brain.
3. It's not mentally stimulating.
4. It became stimulating.
5. The problem solving of computer science and programming is very stimulating and fun in my opinion.
tedious
/ˈtidiəs/
adjectivecontinuing for too long and boring
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1. Do you eat something when you're working on a tedious project?
2. This job is very tedious.
3. But it's not tedious, so I like that more.
4. Its overt topic is admittedly rather strange, even tedious.
5. It was tedious.
underemployed
/ˈəndɝɪmˈpɫɔɪd/
adjective(of a person) not having much work to do in their job or being unable to use their full potential
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1. We are extremely unemployed and underemployed.
2. If we are employed, we are underemployed or there is a high chance that we are underemployed.
3. So, it's basically getting those that are underemployed and unemployed trained and ready to go and enter an industry that needs people to get into that industry.
4. For our program, we are targeting young adults that are either unemployed or underemployed and really want to get to that next step and are seeking out employment.
5. For others, it’s nonsensical bunkum of appeal only to adolescent dreamers, the underemployed and the weak minded.
boardroom
/ˈbɔɹˌdɹum/
nouna room where the board of directors meet
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1. They built a false boardroom on the vacant fifth floor of Trump Tower.
2. The New York Times and The New Yorker in 2017, exposed sexual predators in elite boardrooms.
3. Kick door on the boardroom.
4. Boardrooms have to think about them.
5. Chick-fil-A is now entering the boardroom.
internship
/ˈɪntɝnˌʃɪp/
nounthe period during which a student or recent graduate starts working somewhere specific, sometimes without receiving any money, in order to meet some requirements to qualify for something or to gain work-related experience; the position of this person
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1. Saw The Internship.
2. Still, unpaid internships pop up in some bizarre places, like the White House.
3. Definitely look for internships.
4. Number four is unpaid internships.
5. I wanted an internship so badly.
vacancy
/ˈveɪkənsi/
nouna position or job that is available
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1. His vacancy demanded, in the view of many conservatives, somebody of equal import, somebody of equal standing, somebody of equal definition with regard to the principles of conservatism.
2. In just three years, nurse vacancies nearly doubled.
3. It says, "Vacancy."
4. Carnahan's death created two vacancies.
5. Moreover, the death of a presidential candidate does not create a vacancy.
co-worker
/ˈkoʊˈwɝkɝ/
nounsomeone who works with someone else, having the same job
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1. Your girl needs co-workers.
2. Mean co-workers.
3. Sometimes, your co-worker messes something up.
4. My co-workers gave me the nickname, Dumpster Doggy.
5. My co-workers laughed, immediately.
supervisor
/ˈsupɝˌvaɪzɝ/
nounsomeone who observes or directs a person or an activity
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1. Find your supervisor.
2. Your supervisor reaches out a hand.
3. My supervisor was Jorge Contreras, then a junior partner at the firm.
4. Her supervisor was a relatively recent hire.
5. the supervisor asked.
amateur
/ˈæməˌtɝ/, /ˈæməˌtʃɝ/
nounsomeone who is not skilled or experienced enough for a specific activity
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1. Are you amateur?
2. I'm amateur.
3. I meant proper amateur!
4. Amateurs can do it also.
5. - Amateur gamers playing this game.
interviewee
/ˌɪntɝvjuˈi/
nounsomeone who answers the questions during an interview
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1. Interviewee: To be honest, that’s quite amazing, that.
2. We call them the interviewee.
3. You'll be the interviewee.
4. Now I'm the interviewee
5. I've certainly annoyed interviewees before.
sick leave
/sˈɪk lˈiːv/
nouna specific period of time granted to a person who is ill to temporary leave work
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1. The Bill Undermines paid LEAVE and Sick Leave.
2. We want two weeks of Sick Leave.
3. It would INCLUDE free Coronavirus Testing, also Enhanced Paid Family and Sick Leave.
4. Less than nine states in this less than nine states in this country PROVIDE for paid Sick Country Provide for paid Sick Leave.
maternity leave
/mətˈɜːnɪɾi lˈiːv/
nouna period of time when a woman can take a break from working and stay home before and after the birth of her child
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1. But I was told that Maternity Leave does not qualify for proxy voting and
2. Nursing home worker ageline guzman, losing her life after returning to her job after her Maternity Leave.
multitasking
noun
(of people) the ability to perform more than one task simultaneously
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1. Multitasking does not exist.
2. Which also accesses the multitasking gesture.
3. Look at the multitasking right now.
4. Sometimes it brings up the multitasking view.
5. Slow-motion multitasking feels like a counterintuitive idea.
labor
/ˈɫeɪbɝ/
nounwork, particularly difficult physical work
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1. They need labor.
2. So capital intensivity takes labor out of the picture.
3. Labor will have no part of it at all.
4. What is labor?
5. Labor can last anywhere from six to 20 hours.
discrimination
/dɪsˌkɹɪməˈneɪʃən/
nounthe practice of treating a person or different categories of people less fairly than others
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1. I learned a hard lesson today about the judgment and discrimination and retaliation against people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
2. Discrimination is discrimination.
3. Discrimination is discrimination.
4. Here comes discrimination.
5. The next word is 'discrimination'.
pension
/ˈpɛnʃən/
nouna monthly payment that a retired person receives from the government or a private company, for which they used to work
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1. Pensions subsidized.
2. Brought in old age pensions.
3. Pension problems are sparking some concern for workers in northern Kentucky.
4. Pensions are on their way out.
5. Pensions are rising.
reference
/ˈɹɛfɝəns/, /ˈɹɛfɹəns/
nouna letter written by a former employer about a former employee who has applied for a new job, giving information about them
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1. Referencing question number four.
2. Ritchie's films also winkingly referenced the life of Doyle himself.
3. And other 18th Century cookbooks directly referenced their cooks' expertise.
4. So the commissioner made reference to this.
5. Many commenters referenced the allegations against Prince Andrew and his inappropriate involvement with Jeffrey Epstein.
schedule
/ˈskɛdʒuɫ/, /ˈskɛdʒʊɫ/
nouna plan of all objectives and their specific time to be carried out by someone
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1. The authorities scheduled a further round of voting.
2. Schedules get a bad wrap.
3. Most airlines will schedule the maximum number of flights per runway, regardless of the weather report.
4. Number five, clearance tags have schedules.
5. Always schedule the follow-up meeting.
workforce
/ˈwɝkˌfɔɹs/
nounall the individuals who work in a particular company, industry, country, etc.
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1. Its workforce hovers around 5000 employees.
2. The city has a massive migrant workforce.
3. Our workforce used to include 14 employees.
4. - Since February, 2020, about two and a half million women left the workforce.
5. So we have workforce.
workload
/ˈwɝˌkɫoʊd/
nounthe amount of work that a person or organization has to do
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1. The workload produced no results.
2. So multi-threaded workloads take a huge leap in performance as well.
3. The workload is heavy - even more than in Europe.
4. Her workload was too heavy.
5. Whose workload was too heavy?
notice
/ˈnoʊtəs/, /ˈnoʊtɪs/
nouna formal statement or letter declaring that one intends to end an agreement, especially an employment or residential contract
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1. So he puts a wall around the garden, with a big notice on it.
2. Magicians also prey on our change blindness, the psychological phenomenon in which we fail to notice changes in our environment.
3. So, my mom has noticed a difference.
4. Hey, you guys ever notice that old lady down the street?
5. Notice that?
increment
/ˈɪnkɹəmənt/
nounan increase in someone's salary that happens at regular intervals
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1. Increment it by 1.
2. Now, the second coordinate tells you increments of v2.
3. My mentor has his in 15 minute increments.
4. By default, the increment is equal to the tick size of the contract.
5. Where are real price increments?
professional courtesy
/pɹəfˈɛʃənəl kˈɜːɾəsi/
nounfree service that people of the same profession provide for each other, especially common among physicians
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1. Look at poor Ackmena, bound by professional courtesy to put up with him - if perhaps none too politely.
2. This is what you call a professional courtesy.
3. Now, okay, so this isn't exactly legal advice but just general life advice, please don't ask out your bartenders who were just working, don't mistake their professional courtesy for genuine interest.
4. Why, it's the same reason that sharks don't like to bite other sharks, professional courtesy, and also the fear that if you bite someone else, they might bite you eventually.
