Vocabulario, colocaciones y phrasal verbs sobre la educación

Art room – Área/sala de artes plásticas

At school we used to paint at the art room.

Cargo ship – Barco de carga

My father owned a cargo ship.

Centre of London – Centro de Londres

Jonathan lives in the center of London.

Chemist’s shop – Farmacia

If you want that medicine, you have to buy it in the chemist’s shop.

Coat check girl – Chica del guardarropa

The coat check girl was very kind to us.

Cookery course – Curso de cocina

I am going to a cookery course.

Hamburguer restaurant –Hamburguesería

Let’s have lunch, come, I will show you the new hamburger restaurant.

Chemistry teacher –Profesor de química

My cousin always wanted to become a chemistry teacher.

Infant teacher – Profesor infantil

I want to be an infant teacher.

Knowledge of poisons – conocimiento de venenos

He has acquired knowledge of poisons serving as a ranger in West Point.

Mysteries of life – Misterios de la vida

My grandfather wanted to know all the mysteries of life.

Nursery school – Jardín de infancia

My old nursery school got burnt three years ago.

Paper round – Ruta del repartidor de periódicos

Sorry, I was doing the paper round.

Rows of desks – Filas de pupitres

In my high school we had lots of rows of desks per class.

State school – Escuela estatal

I went to a state school.

Twin misteries – Misterios gemelos

The police had to solve the twin misteries: the kidnapping and murder of Mr. Potato.

(to) be bad news – Alguien que no da más que problemas

She’s quite hard-working, whereas Tim’s the complete opposite. He’s bad news, actually!

Basic skills – Habilidades básicas

He had to develop his basic skills.

East London – Este de Londres

He was working as a lorry driver in East London.

Full time career – Ocupación a tiempo completo

He wanted to have a full time career.

Hard-working – trabajador (adj)

My group of friends were quite hard-working people.

Local fish factory – Piscifactoría local

I was working in the local fish factory.

Local restaurant – Restaurante local

I’m trying to get a job in a local restaurant.

Long hours – Largas horas

He spent long hours waiting for us in the forest.

Original under-achiever – Persona que no rinde al nivel de su capacidad

Eistein was an original under-achiever when he was a young boy.

Particular job – Trabajo particular

James has a particular job, he is a fireman.

Poetical place – Sitio pintoresco

London is a very poetical place.

Progressive ideas – ideas progresistas

My teacher had a lot of progressive ideas.

Private school – Escuela privada

My friend attended Caravel, which is a private school.

Sculpting business – Negocio de la escultura

She inherited the family sculpting business.

Secondary school – Escuela secundaria

By the time I was twelve I started secondary school.

Single day –Dia único

I promise you it will be just a single day.

Sound knowledge – Conocimientos sólidos

That book gave me a sound knowledge of music.

Spare time – Tiempo libre

I don’t like doing exercise in my spare time.

The only jobs – Los únicos trabajos

The only jobs available don´t have very good conditions.

The wisest man – El hombre más sabio

He has become the wisest man on Earth.

Thrown out food – Comida tirada/desperdiciada

The begger was looking for thown out food in the garbage.

Unpaid assistant – Ayudante/asistente que no cobra

I was forced to work as an unpaid assistant.

Visual images – Imágenes visuales

Yesterday, the newspaper had a lot of visual images.

(to) Become an apprentice – Hacerse aprendiz

She became an apprentice of the job.

(to) Cut grass – Cortar el cesped

He spend the late afternoon cutting grass.

(to) Do the Postgraduate thesis – Hacer la Tesis doctoral

He did his postgraduate thesis based on the ancient greeks.

(to) Find employment – Encontrar trabajo

He found employment as an engineer.

(to) Hide my books – Esconder mis libros

I used to hide my books under my bed.

(His parents) divorced – (Sus padres) se divorciaron

My parents divorced last year.

(to) Know the area – Conocer el tema

I liked this job because I knew the area very well.

(to) Make an effort – Esforzarse/hacer un esfuerzo

You need to make an effort , if you really want to pass the subject.

(to) Pass an exam – Aprobar un examen

Everybody wants to pass the exams.

(to) Sell ice-cream – Vender helados

We have sold more ice-cream this year than the last one.

(to) Take a position – Ocupar un cargo/un empleo

She took a position as a dentist assistant.

(to) Widen the topic – Ampliar el tema

Could I widen the topic with this old books?

(to) Arrive at school – Llegar a la escuela

George arrived at school very late.

(to) Earn a living – Ganarse la vida

He had to earn a living since he was a little boy.

(to) Hammer on a surface (e.g. a window) – Aporrear una superficie

As they didn’t see me, I hammered on the window.

(to) Have (no) talent in doing sth – (No) tener talento haciendo algo

He had no talent in dancing.

(to) Make a profit on – Sacar provecho/beneficio de

He explained he had made a profit on some cheap flights.

(to) Make a start in – Comenzar en

Mike said that he had made a start in a small way while still at school.

(to) Make a success of – Tener éxito con algo

He made a success of his new book.

(to) Make use of – Hacer uso de

He admitted he had made use of the school computer in his lunch break.

(to) Search through – Buscar en

I searched through my luggage for my keys.

(to) Show interest in – Mostrar interés en

He showed little interest in going to the party.

(to) Start mucking about – Empezar a perder el tiempo

Guys started mucking about.

(to) Wave at sb – Saludar (con la mano) a alguien

I waved at them but they didn’t see me.

(to) Work for – Trabajar para

He worked for different companies.

(to) Fail virtually everything – Suspender casi todo

My brother managed to fail virtually everything and still be successful.

(to) Forget deliberately – Olvidar a propósito

Sandra accused Mike of deliberately forgetting certain details.

(to) Go downhill – Ir cuesta abajo

Peter went downhill with his bike this morning.

(to) Help financially – Ayudar económicamente

Mike mentioned that his father had helped him financially in starting his business.

(to) Particularly rememberer – Recordar especialmente

Can you speak about a teacher you particularly remember.

(to) Probably take – Probablemente coger/contraer

He probably took the HIV.

(to) Run traditionally – Dirigir/ llevar algo tradicionalmente

He runs the school very traditionally.

(to) Start early –Empezar temprano

In Spain, teaching starts early.

(to) Subsequently be – Ser consecuentemente

That subsequently was dangerous.

(to) Walk nervously – Caminar nervioso/nerviosamente

He started walking nervously when he saw her.

(to) Work hard – Trabajar duro

Jane wished she had worked harder at school.

Later qualified – Cualificado más tarde

She was an engineer and later qualified in chemistry.

Quite new – Bastante nuevo

Our school books are quite new.

Bring up – Criar

They brought up their kids really well.

Throw up – Abandonar

I threw up my job after a month.