au pair /əʊ ˈpeə $ oʊ ˈper/ noun [countable]
a young person, usually a woman, who stays with a
family in a foreign country to learn the language, and looks after their
children for a small wage
ˈpocket ˌmoney
noun [uncountable]
1 British English a small amount of money that parents
give regularly to their children, usually every week or month SYN allowance
American English
- How much pocket money do you get?
child‧min‧der /ˈtʃaɪldˌmaɪndə $ -ər/ noun[countable] British
English someone who is paid to look after young children while their
parents are at work
nan‧ny /ˈnæni/ noun
(plural nannies) [countable]
- She found a job as a nanny with a wealthy Italian
family.
ba‧by‧sit /ˈbeɪbisɪt/ verb (past tense
and past participle babysat /-sæt/, present participle babysitting)
[intransitive, transitive]
to take care of children while their parents are away
for a short time
maid /meɪd/ ●●○ noun
[countable]
a kitchen maid
clean‧er /ˈkliːnə $ -ər/ ●●○ S3 noun 1 [countable] especially
British English someone whose job is to clean other people’s
houses, offices etc
ˈmind-ˌboggling
adjective informal
difficult to imagine and very big, strange, or
complicated
- a problem of mind-boggling complexity
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