Vocabulario, colocaciones y phrasal verbs sobre estilos de vida

• (Good / bad) Career move – (Buena / mala) decisión para la trayectoria profesional

People must think over the opportunities that their career moves offer in case they do not like a job.

• Car repair –Reparación de coche

In this garage you can have the cheapest car repairs done.

• Company job – Compañía de trabajo

I think that Nintendo is the best company job in Japan currently.

• Country girl – Chica de campo

Despite living in the town, I am a country girl.

• Department stores – Grandes almacenes

I love going shopping to department stores.

• Employment market – Mercado de empleo

This new approach to work coincides with radical changes in the employment market.

• Family benefit – Beneficio familiar

Family benefit solution is a company which helps families with problems.

• Family life – Vida familiar

Some people have a different idea about family life.

• Home computer – Ordenador de mesa

Do you own a home computer or a laptop?

• Lifetime employment – Empleo vitalicio / de por vida

Working as a teacher can be a lifetime employment.

• Maternity leave – Baja por maternidad

In Spain women have four months of maternity leave.

• Microwave oven – Microondas

It is more difficult to cook without having a microwave oven.

• Piano player – Intérprete de piano

I know a really good piano player.

• Pop singer – Cantante de pop

Her biggest wish is to become a pop singer.

• Quality of life – Calidad de vida

Modern working conditions are destroying the quality of life.

• Security guard – Guarda de seguridad

There should be more security guards at university.

• Service industry – Sector servicios

Nowadays service industry is the most predominant sector in the developed countries.

• Sport centre – Centro deportivo

A sport centre is fairly attractive for men.

• Steel industry –Industria de acero

In China the steel industry has improved in last years.

• String of sentences – Una serie de frases

There is a string of sentences in Italian that I’m not able to translate.

• Television audience – Audiencia televisiva

The television audience has grown up.

• Television set – Televisor

Can you turn the television set on, please?

• Time consuming work – Trabajo que ocupa mucho tiempo

If you want to earn real money, you are going to have to have a time consuming work.

• Traffic lights – Semáforos

Those traffic lights in the 5th Avenue are not working.

• Washing machine – Lavadora

This jacket needs cleaning, so put it in the washing machine.

• Window cleaner – Limpiador de ventanas

We need a good window cleaner for tomorrow.

• Woman boss – Jefa

Some day I would like to become a woman boss and run my own business.

• Word of advice – Consejo

May I give you a word of advice?

• Zoo-keeper – Cuidador del zoo

The profession of zoo-keeper is fairly dangerous.

• Better-balanced life – Vida (major) equilibrada

Some jobs do not let their workers have a better balanced life.

• Discursive essay –Ensayo discursivo

Politicians’ speeches are based on discursive essays.

• Effective ways – Formas efectivas

There are many effective ways for that.

• Electric toaster – Tostadora eléctrica

When I got married I had an electric toaster.

• Equal opportunities – Las mismas / igual oportunidades

Companies should give men and women equal opportunities.

• Hard work – Trabajo duro

Working as a police may be a hard work.

• Heavy industry – Industria pesada

The heavy industry has a lot of demand in Germany.

• Improvement of family life – Mejora de la vida familiar

Having a dynamic work may make an improvement of family life.

• Large amount of money – Gran cantidad de dinero

The more you work, the larger amount of money you will have.

• International Bank – Banco Internacional

Abbey is a well-known Spanish international bank.

• Linking words – Palabras de enlace

A good essay needs all sorts of linking words.

• Living room – Sala de estar

Could you wait for me in the living room?

• Long-hours work culture – Cultura de trabajar muchas horas

The Chinese are a good example of long-hours work culture.

• Manufacturing industry – Industria manufacturera

The manufacturing industry has many investors at this moment.

• Material success – Éxito material

When he was young he looked forward to material success.

• Old fashioned factories –Industrias pasadas de moda / tradicionales

On that street a lot of old fashioned factories can be found.

• Personal experience – Experiencia personal

Nowadays it is more important to have some personal experience than a university degree.

• Personal responsibility – Responsabilidad personal

If you do want to succeed as a student, you had bet ter have some personal responsibility.

• Precious little time – Tiempo valioso

A break to play with your children is a precious little time when you are stressed.

• Professional people – Gente profesional

There are a lot of professional people without employment.

• Public transport – Transporte público

I do not like public transports in Murcia, they are the worst in the country.

• Radical Changes – Cambios radicales

The weather has suffered radical changes because of the pollution.

• Single minded pursuit – Único objetivo

Her single minded pursuit in life was to be as happy as possible.

• Social change – Cambio social

We can observe the social change that our country has experienced.

• Social trend – Tendencia social

In the last couple of years the social trend was wearing expensive labels.

• Stressful positions – puesto de trabajo estresante

Many people are swapping their stressful positions for less demanding work.

• Time-consuming work – Trabajo que quita mucho tiempo

Reducing time-consuming work would improve workers’ quality life.

• Urgent treatment – Tratamiento urgente

He needed an urgent treatment for his sickness.

• Working conditions – Condiciones laborales

When you get contracted, you have to accept some working conditions.

• Working life – Vida laboral

At the moment her working life is very sacrificed.

• (to) Do an apprenticeship – Hacer un aprendizaje

In your school you can do a good apprenticeship in electricity.

• (to) Earn money – Ganar dinero

Mike earned a large amount of money since he was promoted.

• (to) Fulfil an ambition – Llevar a cabo una ambición

He’s happy now that he has fulfilled his ambition.

• (to) Get home – Llegar a casa

Please call me as soon as you get home.

• (to) Give one’s view – Expresar el punto de vista

I think you should give your view in this topic.

• (to) Keep a job – Mantener un trabajo

My brother’s boss has got angry to him. So he should work harder if he wants to keep his job.

• (to) Make a mistake – Cometer un error

It is very easy to make a mistake in Maths exam.

• (to) Make money – Hacer dinero

Long-hours work culture looks for making more money.

• (to) Make (somebody) aware of – Concienciar a las personas

The ecologists have to make people aware of the climate change.

• (to) Make / reach a decision – Tomar una decisión

I always wanted to have a farm, but I took a year to make the decision to downshift.

• (to) Make a success of something – Hacer un éxito de algo

That novelist knows how to make a success of every book.

• (to) Reduce staff – Reducir plantilla

Downsizing is when a company reduces staff in order to cut expenses.

• (to) Rethink one’s life – Replantearse la vida

People start to rethink their lives once they want to spend time doing other things.

• (to) Run a business – Llevar/dirigir un negocio

We visited a car factory run by robots. I’m running a bed and breakfast place in the country now.

• (to) Take an active part in – Participar activamente

Both parents should be encouraged to take an active part in looking after their children.

• (to) Take care of somebody – Cuidar de alguien

She likes taking care of her little sister.

• (to) Take a decision – Tomar una decisión

I’m an indecisive person and consequently I find it hard to take decisions.

• (to) Take a long, hard look (at) –Estudiar detenidamente

Taking a long, hard look at our privileges can help us have more gestures o f solidarity with others.

• (to) Take responsibility for – Responsabilizarse de

This text talks about ‘taking personal responsibility for your career’.

• (to) Be stuffed with something – Abarrotado de algo

Your bedroom drawers are stuffed with almost three times as many clothes as you need.

• (to) Eat up the world – Comerse el mundo

Teenagers just want to eat up the world.

• (to) Get accustomed to somebody / (doing) something – Acostumbrarse a alguien / (hacer) algo

I’m trying to get accustomed to my new soldier’s hair crew cut.

• (to) Have a great deal of stress – Mucho estrés

When you are doing exams you can have a great deal of stress.

• Life is passing us by – la vida pasa por nosotros

When we do not pay attention to our relatives life is passing us by quickly.

• (to) Make a success of something – Hacer algo exitoso

If you have luck you can make a success of something.

• (to) Recover from – Recuperarse

Jack has just recovered from his illness.

• (to) Spend money on something – Gastar dinero en algo

People use to spend money on unnecessary things.

• (to) Talk about – Hablar sobre

Talking about your problems can help you solve them.

• (to) Think about / of – Pensar sobre / en

I will think about your proposal / I’m always thinking of you.

• (to) Eat out – Comer fuera

I’ve just been paid so I invite you to eat out.

• (to) Gradually get used to (doing) something – Acostumbrarse a (hacer) algo

She is gradually getting used to living alone.

• (to) Make redundant – Ser despedido

You can be made redundant if you are a temporary worker.

• (to) Read carefully – Leer detenidamente

Please do read carefully this page.

• (to) Take personally – Tomarse (algo) de forma personal

As a dentist, it gets me down when people arrive shaking with fear. I take it personally.

• (to) Travel overnight –Viajar durante la noche

As a musician, I travel overnight to a different gig each evening.

• (to) Work hard – Trabajar duro

You have to work hard to find a job yourself.

• Completely different – Completamente diferente

The picture looks completely different now.

• Fully automated – Completamente automatizado

My new car is fully automated.

• Highly payed – Muy bien pagado

That highly payed job probably won’t let you spend enough time with our family.

• Highly pressured – Muy presionado

When you have so much work to do you are highly pressured.

• Normally used – Usado con normalidad

A pen is normally used to write.

• Probably true – probablemente cierto

I am not sure, but it is probably true.

• Totally convinced – Totalmente convencido

I’m totally convinced of having passed my last exam.

• Well paid – Bien pagado

My new job is far nicer, though not as well paid.

• Close down – Cerrar (un negocio)

It was the recession really that closed us down.

• Eat up – Devorar

I’m so hungry that I’m going to eat up the meal.

• Find out – Enteresarse / Averiguar

Take that dictionary and find out what this word means.

• Get away from – Escaparse

The prisioner got away from his guards.

• Get by – Arreglárselas

While I’m doing an apprenticeship, I’ll have to get by without much money.

• Get on – Llevarse/Irle

I get on well with my new boss. / My nephew is getting on well with his new job.

• Get over – Recuperarse, superar

He never got over being made redundant / Could Jane and Sue get over their problems?

• Get through – Aprobar / Consumir, terminar, contactar

I hope you get through your exams./ I’m going to take some work home because I haven’t managed to get through it all today.

• Go back – Volver

Do not go back, look forward!

• Go out – Salir

I like going out with my friends.

• Look after – Cuidar

Looking after my pup is a sheer pleasure for me.

• Pass (somebody) by – Pasar de largo, pasar de cerca de

A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window.

• Set out – Emprender un viaje, salir

She set out at dawn for town.

• Sum up – Resumir

The conclusion of an essay sums up the whole text.

• Throw away – Lanzar fuera

This T-shirt is very old, so I’m going to throw it away if you don’t mind.

• Wear out – Desgastar, agotar

Travelling overnight wears you out after a while.