Extra vocabulary (week 5) : Taken from "It's Not Fair"
I'm afraid that⁄but => I'm sorry that⁄but
what did I do? => what did I do wrong?
an organization
to add value
position => a job
mortgage => a debt you have to repay when you borrow money to buy a house
productivity => the profit each worker earns for a company, or the value each worker adds to an enterprise (in some cases, "value" might not be measured in money : e.g. a teacher or a social worker or a nurse).
charity
to expect
become redundant => lose your job
to sympathize
recommendation => a letter of reference to a (new) employer
a no-hoper => a useless person who can't do anything successfully
be unemployed => have no job