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32 Cards in this Set
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Apprenticeship |
Apprendistato, tirocinio |
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Blue-collar (agg.)
Blue-collar Jobs/manual labour vs white-collar jobs (office jobs) |
Dei lavoratori, labouring, working class. (A blue-collar family: famiglia di colletti blu) |
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A process of trial and error (Es. Finding a cure is a process of trial and error) |
Un processo di prova ed errore |
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Give yourself something to aim for |
Darti qualcosa da puntare, ambire |
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Make a concerted effort |
Fare uno sforzo combinato, coordinato |
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Set yourself a goal |
Poniti un obiettivo |
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Gruelling |
extremely tiring and difficult, and demanding great effort and determination: Arduous, exhausting (grueling climb, grueling exam) |
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Rewarding myself with |
Ricompensarmi con |
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Reap the rewards |
Raccogliere i frutti |
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Further my career |
Promuovere la mia carriera |
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Taking a course |
Enrol in, study, Frequentare, seguire un corso |
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Finding It a struggle completing my assignments |
Trovarlo uno sforzo, sacrificio il completare i miei compiti |
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Pretty dry subject |
Argomento Abbastanza noioso |
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I'm broadening my knowledge OF (In your knowledge Knowledge of Acquire knowledge) |
Sto espandendo la mia conoscenza di |
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Vocational education |
Educazione che ti prepara al lavoro: tipo le scuole professionali (vocational schools) |
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Living wage |
Enough pay to live on Enough money to buy the things that are necessary in order to live, such as food and clothes:"He does make a living wage but only by working 72 hours a week." |
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Job vacancies |
Posti liberi di lavoro |
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Human endeavour |
Sforzo, tentativo, impresa umana Endeavour: an attempt to do something |
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Physical exertion |
Sforzo fisico Exertion: the use of a lot of mental or physical effort |
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Strive to achieve |
Impegnarsi, adoperarsi, sforzarsi per ottenere Strive: to try very hard to do something or to make something happen, especially for a long time or against difficulties |
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The results were consistent with |
I risultati erano coerenti, in accordo con... |
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Looking for a job |
Look for vacancies Apply for a job Send in a letter of application Send in a CV and letter of motivation Go on a job interview Get offered a job Accept the job offer |
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Working |
Work full time/ work on a full-time basis/ work a full-time job Work a nine-to-five job (dalle nove alle cinque, orario classico d'ufficio) Work lots of overtime Have flexible working hours Do shift-work/ work in shifts Work part time/work on a part-time basis Work freelance (libero professionista) Make a living/earn a living (as a teacher/doing teaching) Be in teaching/banking/catering.. Do voluntary work/ to volunteer Do some work on the side/ have some side-jobs (lavoro aggiuntivo, supplementare) "on the side: in aggiunta) Work two jobs |
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To be on leave, to take leave: essere in ferie/congedo |
Sick leave: malattia (permesso lavorativo) "He has been on sick leave for three weeks" Maternity/paternity/parental leave Unpaid leave : congedo non retribuito To take a sabbatical: prendere un anno sabbatico |
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To lose your job |
To be made redundant: essere licenziato To get laid off: essere licenziato To be dismissed: essere licenziato To resign: dimettersi, rassegnare le dimissioni To quit: lasciare (il lavoro) |
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Other |
To be on strike, to go on strike To be retired, to retire To take retirement To draw a pension : ritirare una pensione |
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Types of jobs |
Employer vs employee Trainee (tirocinante) vs apprentice (apprendista) vs intern (stagista, specializzando) Trade (mestiere in senso artigianale) vs profession Skilled/unskilled work To work full time vs overtime (straordinari "I m doing some overtime this week": fare gli straordinari; get overtime: prendere gli straordinari) |
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What s your job ? |
I work at/in a bank I work for (company name) I work as a teacher |
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What kind of work do you do? |
I work in marketing (general area) |
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What does your job involve ? |
I'm in charge of accounting I'm responsible for complaint handling I have to send invoices (fatture) to costumers I run the coffee bar My job involves doing quite a lot of paperwork I meet clients and advise them on their purchase I have to attend to a lot of meetings I have a big workload I have five employees under me I recently got promoted |
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Apart from the salary, it's not a bad job |
Ahdhdu |
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Academically-minded Single-minded |
-minded: combines with adjectives to form words that describe someone's characters, attitude, opinions, or intelligence. If someone is minded to do something, they want or intend to do it |
