Key words in the media
jo12 English Assessment Year
jo12 English Assessment Year
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Kategorie | Englisch |
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shuttle diplomacy
indirect discussions between two or more countries, in which someone travels between the different countries, talking to the governments involved
suspend (verb)
officially stop something for a short time
resume (verb)
start again after stopping temporarily
broker
a person who talks to opposing sides, especially governments, making arrangements for them or bringing to an end disagreements
martial law
the control of the city, country, etc. by and army instead of by its usual leaders
civilian
a person who is not a member of the police or the armed forces
handover
the giving of control or responsibility for somethig to someone else
unrest
disagreements or fighting between different groups of people
clash (verb/noun)
to fight or argue
riot (verb/noun)
a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled public gathering
loot (verb)
to steal from shops and houses
nine-to-five (adjective)
during the workday
commute (verb/noun)
to make the same journey regularly between work and home
commuter
someone who regularly travels between work and home
fringe benefit
something that you get because of your job whichs is additional to your pay but is not in the form of money
perk
advantage or benefit which you are given because of your job
headhunter
a person who tries to persuade someone to leave their job by offering them another job with more money and a higher position
dismiss (verb)
to remove someone from their job
dismissal
when an employer officially makes someone leave their job
sack (verb)
to dismiss someone from a job, usually because they have done something wrong or badly
the sack
when someone is dismissed from their job
fire (verb)
to remove someone from their job
layoff (verb/noun)
when someone stops employing someone because there is no money to pay them or because there is no work for them (often plural) - a period when someone is not working (usually singular)
redundant (adjective)
having lost your job because your employer no longer needs you
redundancy
having lost your job because your employer no longer needs you
axe (verb)
to reduce services, jobs, payments greatly or completely withour warning or in a single action
redundancy payment
money that a company pays to workers who have lost their jobs because they are no longer needed
jobseeker's allowance
in the UK, money that the government pays to unemployed people who are looking for a job
unemployment benefit
jobseeker's allowance
the dole
UK: the money that the government gives to people who are unemployed
dole queue
UK: number of people who are unemployed and claiming money from the government
strike (verb/noun)
to refuse to continue working because of an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels or job losses
industrial action
when workers act in a way that is intended to force an employer to agree with something, especially by stopping work
stoppage
a time when work is stopped because of a disagreement between workers and employers
walkout
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) / labor union (US)
an organization that represents the people who work in a particular industriy, protects their rights, and discusses their pay and working conditions with employers
blackleg
a person who works while others they work with are on strike
scab
an insulting word for a person who continues working while other people in the organization are on strike
strike-breaker
someone who continues working during a strike or who takes the job of a worker who is involved in a strike
picket
a worker or group of workers who protests outside the building to prevent other workers from going inside