Matching Pairs Idioms "Work" - Advanced pt 2Online version Vocabulary for Idioms - Idioms "Work" - Advanced pt 2 by Natalia Tolstopyat 1 a golden hello 2 the rat race 3 a sleeping / silent partner 4 to hit a glass ceiling 5 track record 6 to corner the market 7 at the top of the ladder 8 to get a foot in the door 9 a golden handshake a partner in the company who doesn't take an active part in its management, but often provides some of the money all the achievements or failures that someone or something has had in the past become so successfull at selling a product that almost no one else can sell it a large payment made to someone when they leave their job, either because their employer has asked them to leave, or as a reward for good service when they retire a large payment made to someone when they accept a new job take a job at a low level in an organisation, because you want a better job in the same organisation in the future a point after which you cannot progress in your career a way of life in which people compete with one another for power and money in the highest position in an organisation
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