How can I decide which job I should do?
At the Employment Agency
Clerk: May I help you?
Boy: Yes, you may help me. I'm looking for a job.
Clerk: Would you please go and check the board.
Boy: OK. Oh! The board is covered with little cards: driver, secretary, mover.
Oh, I see, each card is a new job. But so many cards, so many new jobs,
so many positions available. How can I decide which job I should do?
Can you help me decide?
Clerk: Of course. That's my job to help you decide which job you should do.
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That's my job to help you decide which job you should do.
How can I decide which job I should do?
What does "do" mean in the above sentences?
Does it mean "select/choose"?
Thank you
Top answer
Does it mean "select/choose"? No. It means more like "undertake", "perform".
- Does it mean "select/choose"?
- No.
- It means more like "undertake", "perform".
- I have to say that I do not find this use of "do" very natural.
- I would have written "take".
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anonymousWhat does "do" mean in the above sentences?Does it mean "select/choose"?
No. It means more like "undertake", "perform". I have to say that I do not find this use of "do" very natural. I would have written "take". To do a job is a one-time thing, like doing the dishes. When you go to work for somebody, you take the job, not do it.
0"Do a job" is a natural collocation for individual tasks. For example:
There are many jobs to do around the house, washing up, scrubbing the floors, doing the laundry and ironing dad's shirts.
The agent is doing her job when she advises customers which of the posted jobs they should apply for because they can do the work.
It is not a
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