Class Eight Work - Definitions & Concepts

**Class eight: Work** Where are you headed? = what\'s your destination? Allocate: to specify something for someone or something else. Ex/ I have a French exam so I allocated 3 hours for studying French. Multi-tasker: the person who can do or carry out more than one task at the same time. You wi...

**Class eight: Work** Where are you headed? = what\'s your destination? Allocate: to specify something for someone or something else. Ex/ I have a French exam so I allocated 3 hours for studying French. Multi-tasker: the person who can do or carry out more than one task at the same time. You will not focus about your work. (On) Human organs: parts of the human body. I studied only on paper. = theoretically Full time: six or five days for 8 hours Part time: some days in the week for 4 hours, etc. - **Full timer: the person who works for 8 hours.** - **Part timer: the person who works for 4 hours.** Trial (n): experience you do to try something Ex/ I will work full time as a trial. Working-remotely: working from home. Handle (v): to deal with something Doorknob= handle (n): the metal tool for opening the door. Sick leave: vacation you take from work for being ill. Downsize: to decrease the number of employees in your company to save money or for any other reason. Ex/ During Covid, many companies downsized their employees. I was laid off after the company moved to another city. - Lay someone off: to fire them from work. - To be laid off: to be jobless or with no work. Casual job/work: continuous for just a period of time, not permanent. It\'s temporal. Shopaholic: a person who addicts shopping. Terminate something: to end or finish it like a contract. Contract: the piece of paper signed between the employer and the employee. Hire: (v) to employ someone or give them the job. Fire (v): to lay someone off or dismiss them from work. Dress code: the dressing system to be followed. Maternity leave: vacation giving to the women employees for having a newborn or giving birth. Quit: resign from your work. Envy (v, n) to have bad feelings for someone who is better than you so bad things happen with them. Repugnant: a person whom people dislike and hate.