1-maternity leave 产假

paternity leave 陪产假

2-bonus 额外收获，意外收获，奖金，红利

The maternity leave bonus: an opportunity for business and personal growth

3-dual-career 双职工

Pippa Begg, Co-CEO of Board Intelligence, is part of a dual-career couple

4-tricky 难对付的，难以达成的

5-performance 绩效

Ambitious, performance-led and used to being in control, Begg found the adjustment to motherhood tricky.

6-astutely 精明的，敏锐的

7-discipline 行为准则

Astutely, Begg observes that her maternity leave enforced a discipline of sharing responsibility in her absence so that no one is reliant on a single individuality.

8-ethos （某团体的）精神，理念

9-fill one's shoes 填补空缺

As a growth business there was already an ethos towards continual progression and developing talent to fill your shoes, allowing space for the next challenge.

10-raise the stakes 增加风险/成功的可能性

Maternity leave just helped raise the stakes.

11-take time off 休假

Pippa took seven months off first time round, but stayed loosely in touch all the while.

12-peel sth off 放下，剥落

I had that absolutely heart-breaking moment where you peel your child off you kicking and screaming and you go for the train and you've got vomit on your left shoulder.

13-void 空白，空虚

14-take on 承担（工作，职责）

Begga's second emotion was huge gratitude to everyone who stepped up to fill the void and take on additional work.