VOCABULARY to get in - tu: dostać się to get on - wieść się, układać się, iść (dobrze/źle) to take over - tu: przejąć kontrolę nad czymś, zdominować, opanować glittering career - błyskotliwa kariera to dream - marzyć well-paid - dobrze płatny office - biuro company car - samochód służbowy to land a dream job - dostać wymarzoną pracę mind you - tu: uprzedzam, ostrzegam to get employed - zostać zatrudnionym to get through - przejść, przebrnąć przez interview - tu: rozmowa kwalifikacyjna to pass the test - zdać egzamin, zaliczyć pomyślnie test successful - tu: taki, który odniósł sukces to be promoted - dostać awans important - ważny job - praca to head for the top - tu: iść w górę, wspinać się po szczeblach kariery zawodowej warning - ostrzeżenie

Lesson 9
To get in, to get on, to take over

VICKI: Do you have a glittering career? Is it all you ever dreamed it would be? Well-paid, nice office, company car?
MATT: How are you getting on at work?
VICKI: How well are things going for you at work?
VICKI: Maybe you've been lucky enough to land a dream job in your ideal company.
MATT: You've got your dream job. Mind you, it was difficult to get in.
VICKI: It was difficult to get employed by that company.
MATT: But you got through all the interviews and tests.
VICKI: Yes you managed to pass the tests and were successful in the interviews, and...
MATT: ...you got in!

VICKI: So, Matt, how are you getting on at work?
MATT: How am I getting on? Oh, fine. In fact, I've just been promoted.
VICKI: Oh, so you've got a more important job now - that's great. You really are heading for the top!

VICKI: A word of warning though! Once you've been promoted you may find you have to work harder and harder, and work longer and longer hours... before you know it the job can take over your life!
MATT: Actually, you could be right, I think this job is taking over my life!

Examples:

to get in: It's really difficult to get in to Oxford University.

to take over: I started playing badminton as a hobby but it's completely taken over my life now - I play every day.

Exercises:

to get in: My son got in to one of the best schools in the area.

to take over: Having children has really taken over my life.

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