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haltura

haltura Β n.β€”Β Β«I’m not going away from Israel to do β€œhalturas” (free-lance jobs) with other orchestras. It’s basically going to be an opera season for me.Β»Β β€”β€œIPO says farewell to Mehta’s arms: Back again in β€˜94β€³Β by Michael AjzenstadtΒ Jerusalem...

freeter

freeter Β n.β€”Β Β«Kato worked for a trading firm for about two years after he graduated from college with a major in law in 1982, but decided to quit when he realised he could take time off anytime he wanted and have larger pay cheques if he became what...

freeter

freeter Β n.β€”Β Β«Some young people choose to live on a series of part-time jobs rather than look for a permanent one. In the local vernacular, they’re called β€œfreeters,” a combination of β€œfree” and β€œarbeiter,” which is German for β€œworker.β€Β»Β β€”β€œThey pay...

sequence

sequence Β v.β€”Β Β«β€œSequencing.” Coined by Arlene Rossen Cardozo, author of the 1986 book by the same name. To sequence, a woman temporarily steps out of the work force or at least scales back to raise children. When her kids are older, she returns to...