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- Hypnotist

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- Pet Sitter

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Pet Sitter

Catherine Brown, Pet Sitter

Catherine Brown runs a business called 'Happy Hounds and Cooler Cats' which is a dog walking and pet care business. In other words, she is a pet sitter and believes you have to be an animal lover to be good at this kind of job.

You can find out more about the language of this week's programme, below.

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Vocabulary from the programme

reassurance
giving advice or help that takes away a person's fears or doubts

NOTE: You give, provide or offer someone reassurance about something

needy
having need of something or someone

NOTE: You can also be 'needy' if you don't have enough money, food or clothes, i.e. the needy are people who are homeless

to be honest
what I really think is...
e.g. 'To be honest' it was one of the worst books I've ever read

qualification
an exam you have passed or a course of study that you have successfully completed

ferrets
small fierce animals with long thin bodies, kept for chasing rabbits from their holes, killing rats, etc. In this case, they are kept as pets

harmless
unable or unlikely to cause damage or harm.

NOTE: You can also talk about people as 'harmless'. In this case they are unlikely to upset or offend anyone



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