Vocabulary related to jobs and employment Here’s a list of must-know business English vocabulary related to work and employment. You can test yourself on these words in a short exercise at the bottom of the page. job-hunting to look for a job; seek employment I’ve been job-hunting for three months, without success. It’s important to remain optimistic and positive when job-hunting. field of w... »
What does ”get rid of” mean? Get rid of is an informal expression. It means ”take action to stop owning an unwanted thing”. We can use get rid of something and get rid of someone as a synonym of several verbs and in many different contexts. ”Get rid of” as a synonym Here are some of the verbs we can replace with get rid of. (Don’t forget that get rid of is... »
Adding -ish to the end of a word makes it more vague, less exact. When we add -ish, we are being informal. Here are some of the ways we use –ish. Using -ish with a time Using –ish with a time makes that time more approximate. So, ‘4ish’ means ‘about four o’clock’. I’ll come to your place at 4ish. I’ll be there at 2ish. Adding -ish to numbers We... »