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confidentiality
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the state of keeping or being kept secret or private; intimacy; poufność
clinching
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sign a deal
elusive (goals)
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difficult to catch
aggrieved
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offended
win the pools
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win money by placing bets in football matches
executive
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highest position/manager
foreman
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a worker who supervises and directs other workers.
labourer
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physical worker
absenteeism
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the practice of regularly staying away from work or school without good reason.
assembly
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meeting with students
dismantling
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take (a machine or structure) to pieces. put it into pieces
stall-holders
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a person owning or running a stall at a market.
complacent
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showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements.
to make good
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to gain professional success at work
redundant
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no longer in employment because there is no more work available.
headhunt
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to persuade someone to leave their job by offering that person another job with more pay and a higher position
at the end of your tether
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having no energy or patience left to cope with sth
be given the sack
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to fire someone
have your nose to the grindstone
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to work hard
be given a golden handshake
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A golden handshake is a large amount of money that a company gives to an employee when he or she leaves, as a reward for long service or good work.
to be on the go
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very busy
overlook
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fail to notice
keep you on your toes
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If you say that someone or something keeps you on your toes, you mean that they cause you to remain alert and ready for anything that might happen

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