Guess the meaning of the words by the correspondent explanations. Use them in the sentences in the correct form.

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Read the following international words and guess their meaning.

individual; post; position; director; collective; actual; assembly; labour; machinery; to specialize; to recruit; programme; normal; to operate; system; trade union; labour problem; steward; bonus; productivity; pension; regular.

individual [͵ındıʹvı:dʒuǝl]; board [bɔ:d]; actual [ʹæktʃuǝl]; labour [ʹleıbǝ]; equipment [ıʹkwıpmǝnt]; specialize [ʹspeʃǝlaız]; sophisticated [sǝʹfıstıkeıtıd]; recruit [rıʹkru:t]; undertake [^ndǝʹteık]; overtime [ʹǝuvǝtaım]; throughout [θruʹaut]; negotiate [nıʹgǝuʃıeıt]; steward [ʹstju:ǝd]; frequently [ʹfrı:kwǝntlı]; bonus [ʹbǝunǝs]; Christmas [ʹkrısmǝs]; retire [rıʹtaıǝ]; retirement [rıʹtaıǝmǝnt]; machinery [mǝʹʃı:nǝrı].

A) 1. individual; 2. high; 3. rise; 4. sophisticated; 5. skilled; 6. to increase; 7. more; 8. to enter; 9. frequently; 10. to leave a job; 11. to give; 12. old; 13. after; 14. long; 15.regular.

B) 1. before; 2. to leave; 3. simple; 4. low; 5. irregular; 6. less; 7. collective; 8. short; 9. unskilled; 10. decline; 11. to decrease; 12. young; 13. occasionally; 14. to take; 15. to apply for a job.

1. person who controls a business;

He is a hotel ________.

2. group of persons controlling a business;

Mr. Smith is the head of the _______ of directors.

3. position or appointment; job;

He was given the ________ general manager.

4. room or building in which things are made or repaired;

There are five ________ in the plant.

5. ability to do smth well;

To operate the machinery workers must have specialized ________ .

6. period for which a group of workers works;

I don't like to work on the night _________ .

7. association formed by the uniting of persons, groups, etc.;

Are they the members of trade ________ ?

8. extra payment to workers;

________ is usually payed for increased productivity.

9. regular payment made by the state to a person who is old;

My father has been on ________ for three years.

(shop; pension; board; bonus; union; skill; manager; shift; post)