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Flashcards by Laura Maestro, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Laura Maestro
about 12 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Carry on | Continue |
| Draining | Very tiring (drain=desagüe) (quitando energía) |
| freak | obsessed with something (____ freak) |
| get the hang | learn how to do it (cogerle el tranquillo) (hang=colgar) |
| menial | work boring and that does not need any skill |
| merger | joining together of two organisations (companies) (joining together=unión) |
| give your notice | tell your employer that you are going to leave your job (employer=empresa/patrono) |
| qualification (qualified) | piece of paper that shows you have passed an exam or completed a training course |
| raise (rise in British English) | increase in the amount of money that you earn |
| be made redundant (redundancy) | be told that your employer no longer has a job for you (redundant=despedido) |
| rewarding | giving personal satisfaction |
| stimulating (stimulation) | inspiring new ideas or enthusiasm |
| stretch someone | make them use all their skills and abilities (stretch=estirar(se)) |
| workload | amount of work that a person has to do |
| work out [sth] | happen or develop in a satisfactory way |
| undervalued [sth] | people do not realise how important or valuable is |
| hand in [sth] | give it to someone in authority |
| be blessed with [sth] | be lucky because you have it |
| be conscious of [sth] | be aware of it and notice it or think about it (aware=consciente) |
| get through (a difficult experience) | come to the end of it succsessfully (salir adelante, superar) |
| interfere | become involved in a situation when your help or advice is not wanted |
| live up to (expectations/ promises) | be as good as (igualar, estar a la altura) |
| logistics | practical things you need to do in a particular order so that something can be successful |
| mind | thoughts (mente) |
| misunderstood [sb] | other people don´t like them because they have a false idea of what the person is like |
| recognise [sth] | realise that it is good or important (reconocer, admitir) |
| manual [work] | work in witch you use your hands |
| [sth, sb] name after [sb] | give them that person,s name (poner un nombre por) |
| peacekeeping | preventing other people from fighting each other |
| push around [sb] | treat them unfairly |
| rank | position in an organisation |
| retirement (retire) | when someone stops working because of their age |
| [sb] role | job that they do or the way they contribute to a situation |
| set foot [sw] | go there |
| stock (a place) (restock) | fill it with things |
| be stuck in a place | cannot leave (atascado) |
| suntan | brownish colouring of the skin |
| tray | flat piece of plastic or metal that you use for carrying drinks, plates... (flat=plano) |
| affordability [sth] (affordable) | how easily people can afford to pay for it (afford=permitirse) |
| appeal [sth] (appealing) | quality it has that makes people like it (encanto) (appeal=atracción) That house appeals to me |
| autonomy (autonomous) | power to make your own decisions |
| bureaucrat | someone who work as part of an official system |
| compatible (differents machines of systems) (compatibility) | they can work with each other |
| credit (university) | part of a university course that you have passed |
| centralise | control something all from one place |
| earplugs | small pieces of plastic that you put into your ears to keep out noise |
| influence [sth, sb] (influence) | affect the way they behave or develop |
| implementation [sth] | how it is used and made to work |
| knock-on-effect | indirect effect of something (efecto colateral) |
| outcome | result at the end of a process or activity |
| outline [sth] | describe the main facts about it |
| outrage (outrageous) | very strong feeling of anger |
| overview | descripcion of the main parts of something |
| restructure | organise something in a new way |
| standarisation | process of making things the same or similar |
| summarise (summary) | explain it very briefly |
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