KEY WORDS IN THE MEDIA
JO 15 En1-2 English Assessment Year
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refugee
(noun)
a person who has escaped from their own country for politival, religious or economic reasons or because of war
war-weary
(adjective)
tired of war
ceasefire
(noun;usually singular)
(collocations: hold/break)
an agreement, usually between two armies, to stop fighting to allow discussions about peace
truce
(noun)
(collocations: hold/break)
a brief interruption in a war or argument, or an agreement to stop fighting or arguing for a period of time
shuttle diplomacy
(noun)
indirect discussions between two or more countries, in which someone travels between different countries, talking to the governments involved, carrying messages and suggesting ways of dealing with problems
suspend (talks)
(verbal phrases)
officially stop something for a short time
resume (talks)
(verbal phrase)
start again after stopping temporarily
broker
(noun)
a person who talks to opposing sides, especially governments, making arrangements for them or bringing to an end disagreement
martial law
(noun)
the control of a city, country, etc. by an army instead of by its usual leaders
civilian
(noun)
a person who is not a member of the police or the armed forces
handover
(noun)
the giving of control of responsibility for something to someone else
unrest
(noun)
disagreements or fighting between different groups of people
clash
(verb) (+adverb or preposition)
to fight or argue
riot
(noun/verb)
a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled public gathering / to take part in a riot
loot
(verb) (a large number of people during a violent event)
to steal from shops and houses
nine-to-five
(adjective) (informal)
of, pertaining to, or during the workday, esp. the hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when offices are characteristically open for business
commute
(verb)
to make the same journey regularly between work and home
commuter
(noun)
someone who regularly travels between work and home
fringe benefit
(noun) (usually plural)
something that you get because of your job which is additional to your pay but is not in the form of money (for ex. a car)
perk
(noun)(informal)
an advantage of benefit, such as money or goods, which you are given because of your job
headhunter
(noun)
a person who tries to persuade someone to leave their job by offering them another job with more pay and a higher position
dismiss
(verb; often passive)
to remove someone from their job, especially because they have done something wrong
sack
(verb)
to dismiss someone from a job, usually because have done something wrong or badly, or as a way of saving the cost of employing them
fire
(verb)
to remove someone from their job, usually because they have done something wrong or badly, or as a way of saving the cost of employing them
lay off
(verb)
(collocations: massive layoffs, mass layoffs)
1. (often plural) when someone stops employing someone, sometimes temporarily, because there is no money to pay them or because there is no work for them
2. (usually singular) a period when someone is not working
redundant
(adj; UK)
voluntary / cumpulsory redundancies
(collocations)
having lost your job because your employer no longer needs you
axe (REDUCE)
(US also ax)
(verb)
to reduce services, jobs, payments greatly or completely without warning or in a single action
jobseeker's allowance
(noun)
in the UK, money that the government pays to unemployed people who are looking for a job
unemployment benefit (UK)
(noun)
(unenployment benefits US)
jobseeker's allowance
the dole
(noun); (informal UK)
the money that the government gives to people who are unemployed
dole queue
(plural dole queues)
(noun)
U.K. social welfare number of people on welfare: the number of people who are unemployed and claiming money from the government
strike
(stop work) (strike; struck; struck)
to refuse to continue working because of an arguement with an employer about working conditions, pay levels or job losses
industrial action
(noun)
when workers act in a way that is intended to force an employer to agree to something , especially by stopping work
stoppage
(noun)
a time when work is stopped because of a disagreement between workers and employers
walkout
(noun)
the act of leaving an official meeting as a group in order to show disapproval, or of leaving a place of work to start a strike
trade union
(UK; noun; also trades union, US labor union)
an organization that represents the people who work in a particular industry, protects their rights, and discusses their pay and working conditions with employers
blackleg
(noun; UK disapproving)
a person who works while others that they work with are on strike; a scab
scab
(noun; worker; informal; disapproving)
an insulting word for a person who continues working while other people in the organization are on strike
strike-breaker
(noun)
someone who continues working a strike or who is involved in a strike
picket
(noun)
a worker or group of workers who protest outside a building to prevent other workers from going inside, especially because they have a disagreement with their employers
