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a serious problem that everyone is aware of but no one wants to talk about
the elephant in the room
be on flexitime
have flexible working hours
to complete your studies at a university or college
to graduate from
invent a story or a poem
make up
1.start a business
2. organize/plan
3. help to start a relationship
set up
the process of learning the skills you need to do a particular job or activity
training
someone who has finished their studies at a high school, college, or university
graduate
to begin to do something that someone else was doingtake over
take over
do something that will not get the result you want
bark up the wrong tree
to do something in addition to what you have already done, in order to be certain of achieving your aim
In the US, an examination in school subjects that high school students must take before they can go to college or university
SAT = Scholastic Aptitude Test
take onto accept some work or responsibility
take on
start a job or activity
go into
an increase in your salary
pay rise
a school for children between the ages of three and five
nursery school
to take the place of something that has been lost or damaged
make up for
important and powerful
high-powered
a job that you do because you feel it is your purpose in life and for which you have special skills
vocation
to tell someone that they can no longer work at their job (informal)
sack
a student in the second year of a US college or high school
sophomore
to accept someone or something unpleasant in a patient way
put up with
when white people move to other districts
the white flight