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

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