This episode’s vocabulary
Ingenuity
noun — someone's ability to think of clever new ways of doing something.
A cashier
noun — a person whose job is to receive and pay out money in a shop, bank, restaurant, etc.
Build the bonds
collocation — build a close connection joining two or more people.
Be laid off/lay somebody off
phrasal verb — to stop employing someone, usually because there is no work for them to do.
A cog
noun — one of the tooth-like parts around the edge of a wheel in a machine that fits between those of a similar wheel, causing both wheels to move :
Algorithm /ˈæl.ɡə.rɪ.ðəm/
noun — a set of mathematical instructions or rules that, especially if given to a computer, will help to calculate an answer to a problem.
Biased
adj. — showing an unreasonable like or dislike for a person based on personal opinions.
A boardroom
noun — a room where the people who control a company or organization meet.
Manual labor/labour
collocation — practical work, especially when it involves hard physical effort done with the hands
Vulnerable
adj. — able to be easily physically, emotionally, or mentally hurt, influenced, or attacked.
Enterprise
noun — an organization, especially a business, or a difficult and important plan, especially one that will earn money.
A barista
noun — a person who serves customers in a coffee shop (= a small restaurant that serves coffee)
In a nutshell
idiom — using as few words as possible.
To tailor smth to smth
verb — to adjust something to suit a particular need or situation.
To wind up
phrasal verb — to find yourself in an unexpected and usually unpleasant situation, especially as a result of what you do.
A dead-end job
collocation — a job in which there is no chance of progressing to a better, more important job.
Alignment
noun — an arrangement in which two or more things are positioned in a straight line or parallel to each other.
Job stability
collocation — the fact of an employee, or a group of employees, being able to keep the same job for a long time.
Job satisfaction
collocation — the feeling of pleasure and achievement that you experience in your job when you know that your work is worth doing, or the degree to which your work gives you this feeling.
Delegate responsibility to smb
collocation — to give responsibility to someone in a lower position instead of doing it yourself.
To equate
verb — to consider as the same, or to connect in your mind.
An oil rig
a noun phrase — a large structure with equipment for removing oil from under the ground, especially from under the sea.
Mining
noun — the industry or activity of removing substances such as coal or metal from the ground by digging.
A trade
noun — the activity of buying and selling, or exchanging, goods and/or services between people or countries.
