Now ask them how their weekend was.

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• Any accountant ​worth ​their ​salt should be ​aware of the ​latest ​changes in ​taxation.
• His accountant had ​aided and ​abetted him in the ​fraud.
• The ​upper ​middle ​class ​tend to go into ​business or the ​professions, ​becoming, for ​example, ​lawyers, ​doctors or accountants.
• Trainee accountants ​average £12,000 ​per ​year.
• At the end of the ​year, the accountant goes over the ​books.
• An astronomer Piero Benvenuti at the International Astronomical Union
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• astronomer noun [C]

  › someone who ​studies ​astronomy
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• astronomy noun [U]

  C2 the ​scientific ​study of the ​universe and of ​objects that ​exist ​naturally in ​space, such as the ​moon, the ​sun, ​planets, and ​stars 

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• landmarks – here is a Parisian landmark:
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• chunk noun [C]

  › a ​roughly ​cut ​piece:a chunk of ​cheese/​meat​pineapple/​tuna chunks› informal a ​part of something, ​especially a ​large ​part:a chunk of ​texta ​substantial chunk of ​our ​profitsThree ​hours is ​quite a chunk out of my ​working ​day.

• doom noun [U]

  C2 ​death, ​destruction, or any very ​bad ​situation that cannot be ​avoided:A ​sense of doom ​hung over the ​entire ​country.The ​newspapers are always ​full of doom and ​gloom (= ​bad ​news and ​unhappiness)these ​days.

• astronaut noun [C]

  › a ​person who has been ​trained for ​travelling in ​space

  notary noun [C]

  › an ​official who has the ​legal ​authority to say that ​documentsare ​correctly ​signed or ​true or to make an ​oath (= ​promise)​official:This ​agreement was ​drawn up and ​verified by a notary.

  prestigious adjective

  C1 very much ​respected and ​admired, usually because of being ​important:a prestigious ​literary ​awarda prestigious ​university

  nevertheless adverb

  B2 ​despite what has just been said or referred to:I ​knew a lot about the ​subject already, but her ​talk was ​interestingnevertheless.

  whereas conjunction

  B2 ​compared with the ​fact that; but:He must be about 60, whereas his ​wife ​looks about 30.You ​eat a ​huge ​plate of ​food for ​lunch, whereas I have just a ​sandwich.

  conversely adverb [not gradable]

  › from a different and ​opposite way of ​looking at this:He was ​regarded either as too imitative to be ​considered ​originalor, conversely, as being ​overly ​original.

  especially adverb

   (also specially)

  A2 very much; more than ​usual or more than other ​people or things:She’s not especially ​interested in ​sport.I ​love Australian ​wines, especially the ​white ​wines.› for a ​particular ​reason:I ​chose this especially for ​your new ​house.They ​invited her to ​speak especially because of her ​experience in ​inner ​cities.

  Especially or specially?

  from English Grammar Today

  Especially and specially are adverbs.

  Especially means ‘particularly’ or ‘above all’:

  She loves flowers, especially roses. I am especially grateful to all my family and friends who supported me.

  Not: Especially I am …

  We use specially to talk about the specific purpose of something:

  This kitchen was specially designed to make it easy for a disabled person to use. He has his shirts made specially for him by a tailor in London.

  Especially can also be used to mean ‘for a particular purpose’: I bought these (e)specially for you.

  See also:

  • Adverbs