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Vocabulary for job applications (2)

There are many verbs and expressions associated with the processes of looking for, offering or getting a job. There are also many that are associated with losing, not offering or not getting a job. Which words do you associate with "a job" — and which with "no job"?

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take a back seat (idiom)

to allow someone to take a more important and active role than you do
sich im Hintergrund halten
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