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nsible for payroll administration. ? on the payroll: to be employed by a particular pany ? Under the plan, every employee on the payroll can buy 100 shares at $ each. Staff turnover ? the rate at which employees leave a pany and are replaced by new people: ? The large number of temporary contracts resulted in a high turnover of staff. ? They39。 temporary: ? casual labour/labourers ? casual workers ? casual staff rush ? when a lot of things are happening or a lot of people are trying to do or get something ? There39。s been a rush for (= sudden popular demand for) tickets. muck in ? to share the work that needs to be done ? She doesn39。s work to be done. fries = French fries ? The name does not e from the fact that their origin is French, but because the potatoes are frenched“ – ? to cut (green beans, for example) into thin strips before cooking. ? to trim fat or bone from (a chop, for example) priority ? something that is very important and must be dealt with before other things: ? The management did not seem to consider office safety to be a priority. ? You have to learn to get your priorities right/straight (= decide which are the most important jobs or problems and deal with them first). ? Banks normally give priority to large businesses when deciding on loans (= They deal with them first because they consider them most important). ? Official business requirements obviously take/have priority over personal requests (= Official business matters will be dealt with first). Glenn Miller (1904 – 1944) Bandleader / Trombonist Moody Blues on the go ? in the process of being produced: ? Did you know that she39。ve been on the go all day and I39。s largest supplier of PC software. ? What the retailer needs is a larger supplier base in order to be more petitive. ? PREFERRED SUPPLIER: a pany that has an agreement with another pany to supply it with goods or services ? A major teles firm recently announced that it would make the pany its preferred supplier of new data munications equipment. refurbishment ? to renovate ? to make a building look new and bright again ? The developers refurbished the house inside and out. a big move ? in some board games, a change of the position of one of the pieces used to play the game, or a change of position that is permitted by the rules, or a player39。s your move. pay off ? If something you have done pays off, it is successful ? He predicted the pany’s modernization program would result in higher sales. So far it has paid off. ? Investors should not expect the pany’s more aggressive strategy to pay off right away. ? to pay back money that you owe ? We should be able to pay off the debt within two years. Pay off ? If your employer pays you off, they pay you for the last time and then end your job, because now they do not need you or could not pay you in the future.