Work and jobs
How do you say "plazo" in English?
deadline
If you say nonsense, what you say is logical/silly
silly
Have you seen the report who /when /that Mary wrote last week end?
that
What is the difference between story and history?
story: a descriptions of events written to entertain people.
history: events that happened in the past
How do you say "aumento de sueldo" in English?
pay rise
If I don’t have lunch soon, I’m going to die of terrible hunger
starvation
The new clerk, who's /that /whose CV is impressive, will be working here for six weeks.
whose
What is the difference between lend and borrow?
lend: you give the object
borrow: you get the object.
We can work just a few hours a day or a few days a week
part time
A verb which means: speak softly and not clearly
mumble
The young boy was given a reward. He had saved the drowning child.
The young boy who had saved the drowning child was given a reward.
What is the difference between win and earn money?
earn: get money in return of a service
win: get money from a competition, a bet or a contest
A synonym of salary.
wages
A verb which means: look angrily at someone
glare
Combine this pair of sentences with a defining or non-defining relative clause. Use commas when necessary.
His latest album is amazing. It came out last week.
His latest album, which came out last week, is amazing.
/ His latest album, which is amazing, came out last week.
What is the difference between refuse and deny?
Refuse: not willing to do something
Deny: not to admit the truth
I work on the night _______
shift
Two words in the text form the unit that refer to people
clerk and slave
Rewrite the sentence in formal English.
The letter which we had been waiting for finally arrived.
The letter for which we had been waiting finally arrived.
What is the difference between like and as?
like: in the same way as
as: used to show that somebody has a particular role or function