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  • 1work expands so as to fill the time available — Commonly known as ‘Parkinson’s Law’, after Professor C. Northcote Parkinson, who first propounded it. 1955 C. N. PARKINSON in Economist 19 Nov. 635 It is a commonplace observation that work expands so as to fill the time available for its… …

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  • 2time sheet — ˈtime sheet noun [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES a record of the hours you have worked and what work you have been doing in that time, written on a piece of paper or put onto a computer: • He ordered his staff to fill in time sheets, accounting for… …

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  • 3fill — fill1 W1S1 [fıl] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(become/make full)¦ 2¦(large thing/number)¦ 3¦(sound/smell/light)¦ 4¦(emotions)¦ 5¦(provide something)¦ 6¦(spend time)¦ 7¦(perform a job)¦ 8¦(crack/hole)¦ 9 fill yourself (up)/fill your face …

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  • 4fill — 1 /fIl/ verb 1 MAKE STH FULL a) also fill up (T) to put the right amount of a liquid, substance, or material into a container, or put in enough to make it full: I filled a saucepan and put it on the stove. | You ve filled the bath too full. |… …

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  • 5fill-in — noun someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) (Freq. 2) the star had a stand in for dangerous scenes we need extra employees for summer fill ins • Syn: ↑stand in, ↑substitute, ↑relief, ↑reliever, ↑ …

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  • 6time — see there is a time and place for everything time and tide wait for no man time flies there is a time for everything time is a great healer time is money man fears …

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  • 7fill — see February fill dyke, be it black or be it white work expands so as to fill the time available …

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  • 8Fill (música) — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda En la música popular, un fill es un pasaje musical de corta duración, o riff, que ayuda a mantener la atención de el oyente durante el corte de la musica, o durante un ascenso o descenso melódico. El fill puede… …

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  • 9fill-in — ˈfill in noun [countable] informal a person who does another person s job for a short period of time, because the other person is not there: • I was just a fill in when she wasn t available. * * * fill in UK US noun [C] WORKPLACE ► a person who… …

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  • 10fill — ► VERB 1) make or become full. 2) block up (a hole, gap, etc.). 3) appoint a person to hold (a vacant post). 4) hold and perform the duties of (a position or role). 5) occupy (time). ► NOUN (one s fill) ▪ …

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