PHRASAL VERBS
WORK & EMPLOYMENT
WORK & EMPLOYMENT 2
CELEBRATIONS
CELEBRATIONS
100
to begin to do something that someone else was doing
to take control of something
TO TAKE OVER
100
time before and after the birth of a baby when a woman is allowed to be away from her job
MATERNITY LEAVE
100
money that you pay to a professional person or institution for their work
FEE
100
to show that you remember an important person or event by having a special ceremony, or by creating a special object
COMMEMORATE
100
clothes that performers wear in a play, film
clothes that are typical of a particular place or of a period in history
clothes that you wear at a fancy dress party, pretending to be a famous person, an animal, a character from a story etc
COSTUME
200
to start to do something
TO TAKE UP
200
to refuse to work for a period of time as a protest about your pay or conditions of work
TO GO ON STRIKE
200
amount of money that you earn for working, usually according to how many hours or days you work each week
WAGE
200
a large number of people walking or in vehicles, all going in the same direction, usually as part of a public celebration of something
PARADE
200
a girl or young woman who helps a bride before and during her wedding
BRIDESMAID
300
to refuse to accept or agree to something, or to refuse someone's request
TO TURN DOWN
300
someone who asks to be granted something, such as a job or a loan of money
APPLICANT
300
amount of money that you earn in your job every time you sell a product or get a new customer
COMMISSION
300
To come or put together in a group
TO GATHER
300
a man who is about to get married or has just got married
BRIDEGROOM
400
to start to employ someone
to accept some work or responsibility
TO TAKE ON (2 meanings)
400
having lost your job because your employer no longer needs you due to economic hardship
TO BE MADE REDUNDANT
400
a payment that someone such as a writer or musician gets each time their work is sold or performed
ROYALTIES
400
To exhibit
to arrange something or a collection of things so that it can be seen by the public
TO DISPLAY
400
a passage between rows of seats, for example in a church, theatre, or plane, or between the shelves of a supermarket
AISLE
500
to make an official request, claim, offer etc
TO PUT IN
500
to stop working, especially when you reach the age when you are officially too old to work Z
TO RETIRE
500
an official record showing that you have finished a training course or have the necessary skills
QUALIFICATIONS
500
to make something such as a bomb or firecrackers explode
TO LET OFF
500
a group of flowers that have been fastened together and attractively arranged so that they can be given as a present or carried on formal occasions
BOUQUET