Fire (verb)
JOB [T] informal to tell someone they must leave their
job [often passive]
I was fired for being late.
achievement /əˈtʃiːvmənt/ noun
Word partners for achievement
a great / notable / outstanding /
remarkable achievement • sb's crowning achievement • a sense
of achievement
1 GOOD THING [ C ] something good that you
achieve
This film is his greatest
achievement to date.
2 SUCCESS [ U ] when you succeed in doing
something good, usually by working hard
You get such a sense of
achievement when you finish the course.
Steady work: trabajo
fijo
Permanent job
Indefinite job contract
She likes
spending money just for the sake of it.
There was
no one in the office because they'd all knocked off for lunch.
Tongue
/tʌŋ/
Acquire
/əˈkwaɪə
r / verb [ T ]
1 GET to get something
I managed to acquire a copy of
the report.
His family acquired (= bought) the
property in 1985.
2 LEARN to learn something
to acquire knowledge/skills
For the sake of it
If you do something for the sake of it, you do it
because you want to and not for any particular reason:
She likes
spending money just for the sake of it.
/ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃən/
/prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/
knock off
phrasal verb
1
stop work
knock off (something)
to stop working and go somewhere else:
There was
no one in the office because they'd all knocked off for lunch.Do you
want to knock off early today?We usually
knock off work at about twelve on Saturday.
achieve
/əˈtʃiːv/
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