Essential Vocabulary for Work and Life | Unit 3
Unit 3 Vocabulary: Work and Daily Life
Make a living – Earn enough money to buy the things you need / Guanyar-se la vida
Get paid peanuts (INFORMAL) – Pay a very small sum of money, nearly nothing / Guanyar una misèria
Get sacked (INFORMAL) – Get fired / you lose your job / you are dismissed / Fer fora de la feina
Suburbs – A district lying immediately outside a city or town, especially a smaller residential community. / Barri residencial
Home-made – Made at home and not bought from a shop / Casolà
Pick up – Collect / Recollir
Deliver – Bring and hand over (a letter, parcel, or goods) to the proper recipient or address / Repartir
Success – Achievement of the results wanted or hoped / Èxit
Illiterate – Unable to read and write / Analfabet
Lid – A removable cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc. / Tapa
Blistering heat – Extremely hot / Abrasador, que crema
Hub – A centre of activity: focal point / Centre, nucli
Homesick – Unhappy because of being away from home / Enyorat
Make yourself at home – Relax and make yourself comfortable in someone else’s house / Sentir-se com a casa
Sort – Put in order / Ordenar
Tray – Flat receptacle for food, drinks… / Safata
Split – Divide / Dividir, repartir
Evenly – In equal numbers, amounts, or values / A parts iguals, uniformement
Regardless of – Without taking into account, in spite of / Independentment de, malgrat
Slack off – Work less hard or to be less than is usual or necessary / Afluixar el ritme de treball, treballar menys
Earn – Gain money / Guanyar
Dare – Be brave enough to do something / Atrevir-se
Take pride in – Be proud / Estar orgullós
Take your time – Don’t rush / Prendre’s el temps necessari
Take for granted – Fail to appreciate something / Donar per suposat, no…
Take sides – Choose one side of the argument / Posicionar-se
Take advantage of – Profit / Aprofitar-se
Run wild – Be out of control / Estar descontrolat
Run short of – Not have much left / Tenir poc d’alguna cosa, fer curt
Run an errand – Make a short trip for a specific purpose / Fer un encàrrec
Run the show – Be in control of a place / Controlar el lloc
Take a close look – Check something carefully / Revisar
Close friend – People you know well / Amics íntims
Caretaker – Person who cleans and maintains a building / Porter, conserge
Position – Job or title you have / Càrrec a la feina
Headmaster – Person in charge at a school / Cap d’estudis
Resign – Stop working at a job / Dimitir
Do shifts – Work at different times / Fer torns de treball
Run a business – Manage a business / Portar un negoci
Commute – Travel to work daily / Viatjar diàriament de casa a la feina
Field – Land, ground / Camp, sector
Rise – Increment / Augment
Be job hunting – Look for a job / Buscar feina
Be out of job / Jobless – Be unemployed / No tenir feina, a l’atur
Learn on the job – Learn while working / Aprendre treballant
Employee – Worker / Treballador
Employer – Boss / Cap
Straightforward – Direct, honest / Honest, directe
Downside – Disadvantage / Desventatja
Blur – Become indistinct / Desdibuixar, no diferenciar