m see also love,
girlfriend/boyfriend, relationship
jealous /'d3elos/ [adj] angry and unhappy because you think your husband, girlfriend etc loves someone else more than they love you
get jealous (-become jealous) My girl friend gets jealous if I even look at another woman.
make sb jealous I saw her talking and laughing with Bob. She was just trying to make me jealous.
jealous Kusband/wL/e/lover It's a story about a woman who is killed by her jealous lover.
jealously (adu] He watched jealously as Rose danced with his brother.
jealousy /'dselasi/ [n U] the angry, unhappy feeling you have when you think your husband, girlfriend etc loves someone else more than they love you: Morgan stabbed his girlfriend in a fit of jealousy.
because you want something that someone else has
^ see also want
jealous ('d3ebs/ [adj] you feel jealous when someone has something that you want, and you are annoyed that they have it and you do not: Wait till Andrea hears
about my new job. She'll be really jealous.
+ of I felt jealous of Katie with her new baby.
enviOUS /'envias/ [adj] especially written you feel envious when someone has something nice or special, and you wish that you had it too: He cast an enuious look at Simon's shiny red sportscar. + of I was always envious of the way Tracey looked good in whatever she wore.
enviously [adi>] She glanced enviously at Emma's slim figure.
envy /envi/ [и T] to wish that you had the same abilities, possessions etc as someone else: / wish / could play the piano like that - I really envy you!
envy sb for sth He always envied his brother for the way he made friends so easily.
envying - envied - have envied
envy envi [n U] the feeling you have when you want something that someone else has: It was difficult to hide her envy as Jim described his new job in Hawaii, green with envy (=very envious) Гот will be green with envy when he sees your new computer.
jealousy /'d3ebsi/ [n U] the feeling of wanting something that someone else has, especially when this makes you angry or unhappy: Eoer since Clark won the lottery, he has had to cope with the jealousy and resentment of his former workmates.
JOB
POSITION/RANK WORK ^ COMPANY
N /
see
also — ^
BUSINESS
MANAGER ^Г ^ PAY
i \
EXPERIENCE
a job
job /d3Db|dba:b/ [n C] the work that you do regularly in order to earn money, especially when you work for a company or a public organization: My first job was in a record store. ! Daniel starts his new job on Monday. I She has a well-paid job in the tax department.
get/jind a job Her son still hasn't been able to find a job. I Ted got a job as a bartender
look for a job (-try to get one) She's looking for a job in the music business. part-time job (=when you work less than the usual number of hours each week) 1
Don't say 'What is your job?' or 'What
is your work7' when you want to know
what someone does to earn money. Say What do you do? or What do you do for
a living?-. "What does your mother do?"
"She's a doctor."
work ,'w3:rk [n U] anything that you do to earn money: My father started work when he was 14 years old. look for work (=try to find any job that you can) Lena graduated from college six months ago and is still looking for work.
find work Mario was hoping to find work in a hotel or a restaurant. go back to work/return to work (=start
working again) A lot of women return to work when their children start school, to/at work (=to or at the place where you work) He's marrying someone he met at work. I What time do you go to work? beforelafter work (=before you start/ after you finish your work each day) Let 's go for a drink after шогк tonight.
A Don't say 'a work'. Work js an uncountable noun.
profession 'ргэТерп, (n C] an area of work such as law, medicine, or teaching, for which you need special training and education
tHe teaching/medicat/legal pro/essicm
There are now a lot more women in the legal profession.
had a part-time job while I was at college.
job tosses/job cuts (=when a lot of people lose their jobs)
A
go into/enter a profession There was a big demand for accountants in the 1980s, and many graduates entered the profession at this time.
occupation /,Dkjy'peij\?n||,a:k-/ (n CJ the type of work that someone usually does: Please state your age, address, and occupation in the space below. I Part-time workers often work in low-paid occupations.
A Occupation is a word used especially on official forms or for writing about the types of job that people do. Don't use occupation to talk about your own job.
post/position <p30st, pazij>n/ [n C] formal an important job in a company or
organization
+ of He was offered the post of ambassador to Mexico.
hold a post/position (=have an important job in an organization) She was the first woman ever to hold the position of Prime Minister.
vacancy /veikansi/ [n С] a job that is
available: Well contact you if we have any uacancies.
+ for Do you have any vacancies for sales staff?
plural vacancies
В
professional /prs'fepnal/ [adj] a professional musician, sports player, photographer etc earns money by playing music, doing a sport etc, rather than doing it just for enjoyment: Professional basketball players can earn a lot of money. tarn professional (=become professional) He had been a successful amateur boxer before he turned professional in 1988. professional [n Cj It's a big golf tournament, with many of the world's top professionals taking part.
to give someone a job
take on / teik рпЦ-'шп/ [phrasal verb T] if a company takes someone on, it gives them a job
take on sb The store always takes on extra sales assistants for the Christmas period.
take sb on They've agreed to take me on for о year after I finish college.
hire Ьа(У (и T] especially american if a company hires someone, it gives them a job: She was hired in April this year. I They 're not hiring any new people at the moment.