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recruit (verb & noun)

to find suitable people and get them to join a company, an organization, the armed forces, etc.

to form or build (a group, team, army, etc.) by getting people to join


* We recruited a crew of volunteers to help us.
*
* a person who has recently joined the armede forces, a company, organization, etc.



the newest recruit on the team.

She's one of the department's new recruits.

managee (noun)

a person who is managed.



a subordinate of a manager.

frugal (adj.)

careful about spending money or using things when you do not need to : using money or supplies in a very careful way



He's a frugal shopper.


— often + with


She's very frugal with her money

ambition (noun)

a particular goal or aim : something that a person hopes to do or achieve



My first ambition as a child was to be in the circus.


The wife of a famous poet, she had literary ambitions of her own. = she wanted to be a writer too


He has ambitions for an acting career. He has ambitions to become an actor. = His ambition is to be / become an actor.

lust (verb & noun)

a strong feeling of sexual desire; a strong desire for something.

to have a strong (sexual) desire for someone



He was motivated more by lust than love. =more by the desire for sex than by affection.

He was driven by a lust for power.

He lusted after the prettiest girl in the school.

or He had lusted for her for years.

She's been lusting after that job for many months. =craving

to elate

* to make (someone) very happy and excited.

Concrete (noun)

a hard, strong material that is used for building and made by mixing cement, sand, and broken rocks with water.

to concrete

to cover or form something with concrete.

to cover or form something with concrete.

recruit (verb & noun)

to find suitable people and get them to join a company, an organization, the armed forces, etc.

to form or build (a group, team, army, etc.) by getting people to join


* We recruited a crew of volunteers to help us.
*
* a person who has recently joined the armede forces, a company, organization, etc.



the newest recruit on the team.

She's one of the department's new recruits.

infinite (adjective)

having no limits; extremely large or great.

She has infinite patience when she's dealing with children