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The Flatmates episode 24 (including Video/Vocabulary)



Episode 24: The Stockroom
Manager:
Morning Tim, you look very well turned out today.
Tim:
Thank you. It's a new suit for the New Year. I like to look smart for the customers.
Manager:
Yes. Erm, I need to talk to you about something. I'd like you to work in the stockroom.
Tim:
The stockroom! But...
Manager:
I know, I know. But don't forget the jewellery department will need an assistant manager soon.
Tim:
I don't understand.
Manager:
Well, if you do this for me, I'll make sure you get an interview for the position.
Tim:
Right, so if I work in the stockroom...
Manager:
You'll have a chance of promotion. No guarantees of course.
Tim:
Hmm.can I think about it?

Vocabulary:

a stockroom (noun) - a storage area for the supplies and goods that are used or sold in a business

well-turned (adjective) - expressed in a proper or skillful way

a suit (noun) - a set of clothes that usually consists of a jacket and a skirt or pair of pants that are made out of the same material

New Year (noun) - the first day of the year celebrated as a holiday

to look smart or to be well turned out (phrase) - to wear good clothes and to have tidy hair

jewelery (British: jewellery) (noun) - decorative objects (such as rings, necklaces, and earrings) that people wear on their body

a department (noun) - one of the major parts of a company, organization, government, or school

assistant (adjective ) - having the job of helping someone to do work having a lower rank or position than others in a group, organization, etc

a position (noun) - the rank or role of someone or something in an organization or society

a manager (noun) - someone who is in charge of a business, department, etc

an interview (noun) - a meeting at which people talk to each other in order to ask questions and get information, such as, a formal meeting with someone who is being considered for a job or other position

a promotion (noun)>the act of promoting someone or something, such as, the act of moving someone to a higher or more important position or rank in an organization

a guarantee (noun) - a promise that something will happen or be done, a usually written promise

no guarantees (phrase) - no definite promises, nothing is certain

of course (noun) - used to show that what is being said is very obvious or already generally known, used informally to give permission or say yes in a way that shows you are very certain

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