Summary:
– The lesson we’ll use five sample sentences to learn phrases and expressions
for talking about negative points at work.
New words:
– my co-workers don’t pull their weight, and I’m always picking up the slack:
do your fair portion of the work/ responsibility
– I can’t stand office politics. It seems like kissing up to the people who call
the shots only way to move up the ranks
office ppolitic: using power or influence to get advantages in a company.
Kissing up to someone: saying or doing nice things to get on their good side
call the shots : make the important decisions
– My bost love to micromanage and I can’t do my best work when she’s
constantly breathing down my neck
Micromanage: try to control every detail of a project
breathing down my neck: closely watching or monitoring you
– the job itself is rewarding but the salary and benefits leave a lot to be
desired: not as good as you would like it to be
– I feel like I’m spread too thin but every time I wrap up one project I’m given
to more which of course need to be done yesterday
I’m spread too thin: trying to do too many things at the same time