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• land a job — tv. to find a job and be hired. □ As soon as I land a job and start to bring in some money, I’m going to get a stereo. □ I managed to land a job at a factory …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• job — W1S1 [dʒɔb US dʒa:b] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(work)¦ 2¦(duty)¦ 3¦(something you must do)¦ 4 on the job 5 I m only/just doing my job 6 it s more than my job s worth 7 do the job 8 have a job doing something/have a job to do something 9 do a job on… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• land — [land] n. [ME < OE, akin to OHG lant < IE base * lendh , unoccupied land, heath, steppe > Bret lann, heath (> Fr lande, moor), Welsh llan, enclosure, yard] 1. the solid part of the earth s surface not covered by water 2. a specific… …   English World dictionary

• land — land1 [ lænd ] noun *** 1. ) uncount an area that someone owns, often including the buildings on it. You can also refer to someone s lands, and this has the same meaning: The company bought the land last year. Some of his land had been flooded.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• land */*/*/ — I UK [lænd] / US noun Word forms land : singular land plural lands Collocations: Country is the usual word for talking about a large area of land with recognized political borders, like Italy, Mexico, or Japan: Brazil is a big country. ♦ the… …   English dictionary

• land — ▪ I. land land 1 [lænd] noun [uncountable] 1. PROPERTY FARMING ground, especially ground used for building or farming on: • Land has always been a good investment. ˌarable ˈland …   Financial and business terms

• land — landlike, adj. /land/, n. 1. any part of the earth s surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth s surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow s nest. 2. an area of ground with reference to its… …   Universalium

• land — [[t]lænd[/t]] n. 1) geo any part of the earth s surface, as a continent or an island, not covered by a body of water 2) an area of ground with reference to its nature or composition: arable land[/ex] 3) an area of ground with specific boundaries …   From formal English to slang

• land — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German lant land, Middle Irish lann Date: before 12th century 1. a. the solid part of the surface of the earth; also a corresponding part of a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Job — • One of the books of the Old Testament, and the chief personage in it Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Job     Job     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism