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Kasia G. (Poland)
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  1. indefatigable
    showing sustained enthusiasm with unflagging vitality
  2. moonlighter
    a person who holds a second job (usually after hours)
  3. part-timer
    someone who works less than the customary or standard time
  4. blackleg
    someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
  5. drudgery
    hard, monotonous, routine work
  6. dogsbody
    a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do
  7. fireball
    a highly energetic and indefatigable person
  8. work off
    cause to go away through effort or work
  9. work over
    give a beating to
  10. payroll department
    the department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee
  11. pension off
    grant a pension to
  12. compassionate leave
    (military) leave granted in an emergency such as family sickness or death
  13. top out
    to reach the highest point
  14. shore leave
    leave granted to a sailor or naval officer
  15. remuneration
    something that compensates
  16. gofer
    an employee whose duties include running errands
  17. compensation
    the act of making amends for service, loss, or injury
  18. public service
    something that is done for the benefit of the public or its institutions
  19. calling
    the particular occupation for which you are trained
  20. predisposed
    made susceptible
  21. vocation
    the particular occupation for which you are trained
  22. labourer
    someone who works with their hands
  23. redeployment
    the withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt to use them more effectively
  24. occupational
    relating to an activity or job for which you are trained
  25. tributary
    a branch that flows into the main stream
  26. recessed
    having a sunken area
  27. sundial
    timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial
Created on Mon Mar 25 10:39:51 EDT 2013 (updated Wed Mar 27 03:29:46 EDT 2013)

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