# The Workplace Upper Intermediate

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- CEFR: B2 (Upper-intermediate)
- Theme: Work & Career
- Words: 20
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Workplace vocabulary for organising a meeting and a modern office, covering an agenda, the minutes a chairperson keeps, and hot-desking.

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## Word list

* **agenda** /əˈdʒɛndə/: A list of the topics that will be discussed at a meeting. — “The first item on the **agenda** was the new safety rules.”
* **minutes** /ˈmɪnəts/: The written record of what people said and decided at a meeting. — “Can you take the **minutes** at today's team meeting?”
* **brainstorm** /ˈbreɪnˌstɔrm/: To think of as many new ideas as possible with a group, without judging them. — “Let's **brainstorm** some names for the campaign.”
* **postpone** /poʊstˈpoʊn/: To move an event to a later time or date than planned. — “We may need to **postpone** the review until next month.”
* **attendee** /əˈtɛnˈdi/: A person who is present at a meeting, course or event. — “Every **attendee** received a printed copy of the proposal.”
* **recap** /ˈriˌkæp/: To go quickly through the main points of a discussion again so that everyone remembers them. — “Before we finish, let me **recap** the three main decisions.”
* **chairperson** /ˈtʃɛrˌpɜrsən/: The person who leads and controls a meeting. — “She was asked to be **chairperson** for today's meeting.”
* **unanimous** /juˈnænəməs/: Agreed by everyone, with no one disagreeing. — “The team reached a **unanimous** decision to postpone the launch.”
* **deviate** /ˈdiviˌeɪt/: To move away from a plan, subject, or expected course of action. — “Let's not **deviate** from today's agenda.”
* **logistics** /ləˈdʒɪstɪks/: The detailed planning and organisation needed to make a complicated event happen. — “Someone needs to handle the **logistics** of the conference.”
* **workload** /ˈwɜrˌkloʊd/: The amount of work a person or team has to do in a set time. — “The new project adds a lot to my **workload**.”
* **efficient** /ɪˈfɪʃənt/: Working well and quickly, without wasting time, money or effort. — “The new system is far more **efficient** than the old one.”
* **spreadsheet** /ˈsprɛdˌʃit/: A computer file with rows and columns of boxes, used for adding up figures. — “Can you put the monthly costs in the **spreadsheet**?”
* **stationery** /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛri/: The pens, paper, clips and other small supplies used in an office. — “We're running low on **stationery** again this month.”
* **workstation** /ˈwɜrkˌsteɪʃən/: The desk, chair and computer set up in an office for one person to use. — “Each **workstation** has two screens and an adjustable chair.”
* **extension** /ɪkˈstɛnʃən/: A short number that reaches one particular phone inside a company. — “Dial my **extension** if you need me before lunch.”
* **open-plan**: Built as one large working area, with no inside walls dividing it up. — “Our new office is **open-plan**, so it gets quite noisy.”
* **hot-desking**: A system where office workers do not have their own permanent desk but use whichever one is free. — “We switched to **hot-desking** to save office space.”
* **clutter** /ˈklʌtər/: Things left in a messy, untidy way that make a place look disorganised. — “Please clear the **clutter** from your desk before the meeting.”
* **multitask** /ˈmʌltiˌtæsk/: To do more than one task at the same time. — “Good receptionists know how to **multitask** under pressure.”

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