Vocabulario de Inglés: Phrasal Verbs, Meeting y Expresiones Clave para Estudiar

Anuncio de empleo

a) Nombre y logo de la empresa. b) Descripción de la empresa

c) Información de contacto. d) Beneficios

e) Puesto anunciado. f) Descripción del puesto

g) Requisitos

Phrasal Verbs

Start off / Set off = Begin the trip → Empezar

Pick up = Collect → Recoger

Put up = House → Alojar

Call up = Display something → Descargar algo

Look up = Visit → Visitar

Miss out on = Lose out → Perder

Sort out = Clarify → Solucionar / Aclarar

Hang around = Wait → Esperar

Call in at = Visit → Visitar

Cut down = Reduce → Reducir

Draw up = Prepare and write → Redactar / Elaborar

Medio ambiente

Vocabulario

Vanishing: disappear suddenly and completely.

Rising: approaching a specified age.

Green: concerned with or supporting protection of the environment as a political principle.

Pioneer: an innovator or developer of new ideas or techniques.

Numerous: many

Ready: prepared

Oil spillage → derrames de petróleo

Endangered species → especies amenazadas

Sewage → aguas residuales

Litter → basura

Overdevelopment → desarrollo excesivo

Ozone layer → capa de O₃

Damage → daños

Consejos para proteger el medio ambiente

1. Recycle glass, metal and paper.
2. Save energy.
3. Use public transport.
4. Switch off electrical appliances.
5. Share cars.
6. Reduce traffic congestion.
7. Support environmental policies at work.
8. Protect the environment.

Meeting (Reuniones)

Essential elements

• A purpose
• An agenda: The agenda is the list of points to be discussed. It should contain the date, people attending, purpose of the meeting and main points to deal with.
• The members
• A result
• The minutes: also show who is responsible for carrying out action.

Topic | Discussion | Action | Person Responsible

Chairperson: the role of the chairperson is vitally important because he/she runs the meeting.

Multiculturalism is the appreciation, acceptance or promotion of multiple cultures, applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place, usually at the organizational level.

Restaurante y expresiones telefónicas

Order: call the waiter and ask for the meal.

Appetizer: food or drink to stimulate the appetite.

Starter: a small dish served as the first part of a meal.

Expresiones para llamadas telefónicas

Can I speak to someone about + noun/verb + -ing

I'm calling about + noun/verb + -ing

It's with regard to + noun/verb + -ing

It's about + noun/verb + -ing

I'm phoning because of + noun

I'd like to + infinitive

I'm phoning to + infinitive

Estudios universitarios

Collocations

Get → a degree, good marks, to lectures, to class

Take → an exam, notes, a subject

Do → a course, a degree, an exam, some research

Pass → an exam, a course, a subject

Revise → a mistake, notes, a subject

Go → to class, to lecture

Make → a mistake, progress

Graduate → from university

Expresiones idiomáticas

• A fast learner
• A strict teacher
• Practice makes perfect
• It's a steep learning curve
• Learn by heart
• Learn by doing
• Pick up
• Throw someone in at the deep end
• Bring someone up to (do something)