Essential Vocabulary for Daily Life Situations

Job Hunting and Workplace Vocabulary

Getting a job: interview, salary, pension, application form, benefits, advertisement, qualifications, reference, apply, vacancy, experience, CV.

Talking about your work: do, as, for, in, earning, employed, from home, long hours, made redundant, pay rise, permanent, promoted, set up, temporary, the officer, training, unemployed.

Company Roles and Finances

Who works in a company: accounts manager, boss, chief executive, managing director, personal assistant, personnel

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Aptis Method, Club Activities, and Flat Search

Part 4

a) Informal Messages

-Hi Marc! Do you know the APTIS method? Last week, I started to study English again and I can’t be more satisfied. You should cheer up. Why don’t we study English together? If you want, I can speak with you in the office, you’ll never regret it. I hope for your answer. Kiss, Ismael

-Hi Tom! Have you heard the notice? It’s incredible, I feel sad so we should do something. We can speak with other history clubs in order to know other ideas. For example, the sport club has a

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Summer Fun, School Invitation, Job Interview, and Recommendation

Summer Fun

It feels like such a long time since the last time I saw you. I know it’s only been several weeks since I saw you. So far my summer has been great!

I spend all my weekends at the beach. I am getting a nice tan, and you can no longer say I am paler than you. I have been playing lots of volleyball, surfing, and building a nice collection of seashells. Just this past weekend, I took second place in a sandcastle building contest!

On the weekdays, I work. I drive an ice cream truck around and

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English Vocabulary and Grammar: Levels 1 and 2

Level 1

Vocabulary

The New

  • Commute
  • Sort
  • Fire
  • Shift
  • Share
  • Qualifications
  • Field

We Only

  • Fast learner
  • Like clockwork
  • Good at multitasking
  • Regardless of
  • Job offer
  • Run a business

This Job

  • Deal with rude customers
  • He gets fired
  • To make more money
  • Buy something at the supermarket
  • Buy some vegetables
  • Listen to everybody
  • Change his job
  • Deserve an equal share

Grammar

They’re Offering

  1. Free samples (of the product) are being offered to customers.

Customers are being offered free samples (of the product).

  1. In my opinion, she should be given
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Engineering Apprenticeship: A Career Path in the UK

Stuart Cole’s Apprenticeship Journey

When Stuart Cole left school, he started working for a major plastics company in the UK. His apprenticeship lasts for three years and involves a combination of paid work, on-the-job training, and study at a local college.

Learning and Development

Stuart has gained valuable practical skills through on-the-job training, including teamwork, problem-solving, communication, and using new technologies. He also had day release to attend college one day a week in the first

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