18. Lesson: Boy, 13, made redundant from paper round

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redundant
he was officially made redundant from his paper round.
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1. if you are redundant, your employer no longer has a job for you
paper round
he was officially made redundant from his paper round.
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2. the job of delivering newspapers to a group of houses
outline
Kane Middleton received a formal letter from the company employing him, outlining his redundancy package of nought pounds
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3. to describe sth in a general way, giving the main points but not the details
to be made redundant
he was officially made redundant from his paper round
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4. Pol. zostać zredukowanym
nought
Kane Middleton received a formal letter from the company employing him, outlining his redundancy package of nought pounds
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5. British English the number 0 [zero]
notice period
You will not be required to work your notice period and therefore this date will be your last date of employment within the company
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6. Pol. okres wypowiedzenia
statutory
He was told he would be paid a redundancy package of nought weeks statutory redundancy equating to nought pounds.
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7. fixed or controlled by law, Pol ustawowy
equate to
He was told he would be paid a redundancy package of nought weeks statutory redundancy equating to nought pounds.
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8. to be equal to sth is to ____ sth
in lieu
He would, however, receive one week's pay in lieu of notice, which amounted to £6.93,
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9. formal instead of
amount to
He would, however, receive one week's pay in lieu of notice, which amounted to £6.93,
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10. Pol wynosić (równać się), być równym
treat
Kane, who was using the money to buy treats for his pet hamster
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11. something special that you give someone or do for them because you know they will enjoy it, a special food that tastes good, especially one that you do not eat very often
come/go cap in hand
'Kane's got no other income other than what he gets from his parents and will have to come cap in hand to us now."
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12. to ask for money or help in a very respectful way, from someone who has a lot more power than you
by the book
'We have to do everything by the book. It does seem quite an extreme measure but that's what you've got to do these days."
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13. exactly according to rules or instructions
measure
'We have to do everything by the book. It does seem quite an extreme measure but that's what you've got to do these days."
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14, an action, especially an official one, that is intended to deal with a particular problem [step], Pol. krok, środek (zaradczy)

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