_-_you can have it

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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At an employment agency

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Clerk: Would you please go and check the board.
Man: Check what board?
Clerk: The job board.
Man: When I check the job board, what do I do?
Clerk: When you check the job board, come back and see me.
Man: OK, but why do you want me to check the job board?
Clerk: Read what it says.
Man: Positions available.
Clerk: The job board lists all positions available.
Man: I don’t understand.
Clerk: A position is another word for a job. Available means you can have it.
Man: So, positions available means jobs you can have?
Clerk: That’s right. So, would you please go and check the board?
Man: OK.

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-Available means you can have it.
-So, positions available means jobs you can have?

1- What does “have it” mean in this sentence?

2- What does “have” mean in these two sentences?

3- What is the best synonym for “have” in these two sentences?

Thank you

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You could get it, obtain it.
This is a job that is open and you could be hired for it.

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Thank you so much, Arinker :rose:

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Yes, the word positions means jobs that you can have or apply for or avail yourself of.
The word situation also means job or employment.

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Thank you so much, Anglophile :rose:

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