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at a last job
to work in sales/finance
the position’s day-to-day responsibilities
an accomplishment
an opportunity for growth/success
to deal with
to learn about products/pricing/challenges the company
has/they have encountered
to make something up
a weakness
a strength
a strong suit
in my/his/her/our/their line of work
Exercise 345. Answer the questions.
1. What were day-to-day responsibilities at the last job?
2. Why did you quit your last job?
3. What is your strong suit?
4. What is your biggest weakness?
5. What are you good at?
Exercise 346. Put the verbs into the correct tenses.
1. Obiously, it (to be) a win-win situation, as our boss (to negotiate) the terms and
conditions of this contract tomorrow but last year he (not to be used to) (to be)
so determined.
2. The thing (to be), these savvy sales managers (not to be used to) (to fix) so
many issues within the time span of three months.
3. For the record, Charles’s persuasive sales manager (to get used to) (to call) the
shots in the company, as his supervisor (to relocate) to Madrid next week.
4. (to tell) the truth, more and more sloppy employees (not to be used to) (to look)
for the openings on more than 3 websites at once.
5. On the other hand, Jason’s industrious cousin (to be) eager (to consider) even
a menial job; however, in 2018 he (used to/would) succeed all the time and (to
be used to) (to get) only the highest salary.
Exercise 348. Watch the video 3.1 and answer the questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9renrpO1xI&list=PL0hKMB1-
xkc9hWRpmI4BxOq_AYWrWenNP
I was a waiter at a restaurant called Bella pasta in High Wycombe, which is a
town you’ve never heard of because no one in America or even Britain has
ever heard of it. Because I was like 17 at the time, which was when people
started having house parties, really. So what would I do when people were
having cool parties to get an invite I’d go yeah I can get alcohol. Dude, totally,

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