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ESLPodcast812–LosingEmployeestoOtherCompanies

GLOSSARY

tohireaway–togiveajobtosomeonewhowasworkingforanother,

sothatheorshehastoleavethatother

*Thegrewbyhiringawayallofthebestemployeesatitsmain

competitors.

headhunter–awhosejobistofindqualifiedpeopleforchallenging,

high-leveljobs,primarilybycontactingpeoplewhoareworkinginsimilarjobsat

othercompanies

*Danawassurprisedandflatteredtoreceiveacallfromaheadhunboutan

executivepositionwithaninternational.

risingstar–someonewhoisngverywellandadvancinginaparticularfield

orindustry,gainingvaluableexperienceandrespect

*Melesaisarisingstarinlocaltheatricalproductionsandshe’sthinkingabout

movingtoHollywood.

toughloss–somethingthatisdifficulttosaygoodbyetoordifficulttorealize

andacceptthatonenolongerhas;somethingthatonehaslost,butwishesone

stillhad

*Whenthehurricanedestroyedtheorangetrees,itwasatoughlossforlocal

farmers.

unique–unlikeanythingelse;oneofakind;distt

*Thisartworkissounique!I’veneverseenanythinglikeit.

toduplicate–tocopy;todosomethingexactlythesame,ortocreateanexact

copy

*Bryanspendshoursatthegolfcourse,tryingtoduplicatewhathedidtheday

hehitaholeinone.

recement–somethingnewthatisusedinsteadofsomethingelse,especially

whenthethingthatwasusedpreviouslyisold,undesirable,orbroken;a

whoishiredforajobwhenthewhopreviouslyworkedinthatjobleavesit

*Nancy’scamerabroke,sonowshehastoshopforarecement.

classiccase–aperfectexampleofsomething

*ThewayDerekliedtohissisterisaclassiccaseof