B2 First Student’s Book - Unit 5 Wordlist

Word/ Part of
Phrase speech *** IPA (UK) Translation (Spanish) Definition Sample sentence
The world of work El mundo del trabajo
abandon verb phrase /əˈbændən kəˈrɪə(r)/ abandonar la carrera to stop a job that you are doing or planning to do George almost persuaded me to abandon my career
(someone’s) (de uno) and join him in his new business.
career
artistic skills noun /ɑː(r)ˈtɪstɪk skɪlz/ destreza artística the ability to do something well relating to any Artistic skills are important if you want to become a
form of art, including painting, music, literature, graphic designer.
acting, and dancing (usually through experience
and training)
challenging adjective /ˈtʃælɪndʒɪŋ/ complejo, que difficult to deal with or achieve, but interesting Siobhan has a challenging but rewarding job.
representa un reto and enjoyable
change career verb phrase /tʃeɪndʒ kəˈrɪə(r)/ cambiar de profesión to stop doing a job in one field and start doing a I’m thinking of changing my career from office
different job in another field management to psychology.
cheerful adjective * /ˈtʃɪə(r)f(ə)l/ alegre behaving in a happy friendly way Paula was so cheerful this morning.
computer skills noun /kəmˈpjuːtə(r) skɪlz/ conocimientos the ability to use computers, systems, and software The job requires basic computer skills.
informáticos
confident adjective ** /ˈkɒnfɪd(ə)nt/ seguro de sí mismo someone who is confident believes in their own John was very confident when he walked into the
abilities and so does not feel nervous or frightened interview.
creative adjective ** /kriˈeɪtɪv/ creativo someone who is creative has a lot of imagination He is a creative genius and always comes up with
and new ideas the best solutions.
dedicate your verb phrase /ˈdedɪkeɪt jɔː(r) dedicar la carrera de to spend time and effort in your job working Do you want to dedicate your career to serving the
career to kəˈrɪə(r) tuː/ uno a towards something public?
devote your verb phrase /dɪˈvəʊt jɔː(r) consagrar la carrera de to spend a lot of time or effort in your job As a doctor, you devote your career to caring for
career to kəˈrɪə(r) tuː/ uno a doing something your patients.
earn a good verb phrase /ɜː(r)n eɪ ɡʊd ˈlɪvɪŋ/ recibir un sueldo digno to earn enough money to pay for everything Everyone should have the means to earn a
living you need good living.
earn a high verb phrase /ɜː(r)n eɪ haɪ ˈsæləri/ recibir un gran salario, a large, fixed amount of money that you earn each Stockbrokers earn a high salary.
salary ganar mucho dinero month or year from your job
earn a weekly verb phrase /ɜː(r)n eɪ ˈwiːkli recibir, sacarse un an amount of money that you earn for working, My younger brother earns a weekly wage delivering
wage weɪdʒ/ sueldo semanal according to how many hours or days you work newspapers before school.
each week
earn good verb phrase /ɜː(r)n ɡʊd ˈmʌni/ ganar bastante dinero to earn a lot for something I earned good money at my last job.
money
fit adjective *** /fɪt/ en forma healthy, strong, and able to Running around after the children keeps her fit.
do physical exercise without getting very tired

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Word/ Part of
Phrase speech *** IPA (UK) Translation (Spanish) Definition Sample sentence
follow a career verb phrase /ˈfɒləʊ eɪ kəˈrɪə(r)/ dedicarse a if you follow a profession or way of life, you do that Paul plans to follow a career in play therapy.
job or spend your life in that way
give up (a verb phrase /ɡɪv ʌp/ dejar (una carrera to stop doing a job that you do regularly The last thing we expected you to do was to give up
career) profesional) your career!
go into a verb phrase /ɡəʊ ˈɪntuː eɪ dedicarse a to start doing something regularly in a particular Ambitious youngsters hope to go into careers as
career (as) kəˈrɪə(r)/ field doctors and lawyers.
hard-working adjective * /hɑː(r)d ˈwɜː(r)kɪŋ/ trabajador a hard-working person puts a lot of effort into their She was very hard-working and reliable.
work
language skills noun /ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ skɪlz/ habilidades de the ability to use the method of human Great language skills are necessary for receptionists.
comunicación communication (spoken or written words) well
make verb phrase /meɪk rɪˈdʌndənt/ despedir to tell employees they must leave their jobs We will need to make 5 000 miners redundant to save
redundant because they are no longer needed the company.
monotonous adjective /məˈnɒtənəs/ monótono a monotonous job is very boring because you Working on the same machine all day long can be very
have to keep repeating the same thing monotonous.
organisational noun /ˌɔː(r)ɡənaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə) capacidad de the ability to plan and arrange something well To manage this office well, he will need amazing
skills nəl skɪlz/ organización organisational skills.
patient adjective ** /ˈpeɪʃ(ə)nt/ paciente someone who is patient is able to wait for a long It’s difficult to be patient when you’re stuck in a traffic
time or deal with a difficult situation without jam and late for a meeting.
becoming angry or upset
polite adjective * /pəˈlaɪt/ educado someone who is polite behaves towards other Don’t be so rude! You must be more polite to
people in a pleasant way that follows all the usual the customers.
rules of society
pursue a verb phrase /pə(r)ˈsjuː eɪ dedicarse a to follow a course of activity in relation to a job path He wants to pursue a career in medicine.
career kəˈrɪə(r)/
resign verb *** /rɪˈzaɪn/ dimitir to state formally that you are leaving a job He was forced to resign as Finance Minister last year.
permanently
responsible adjective *** /rɪˈspɒnsəb(ə)l/ responsable sensible, reliable, and able to be trusted to do the Our childminder may be young, but she’s
right thing very responsible.
rewarding adjective /rɪˈwɔː(r)dɪŋ/ gratificante giving you satisfaction, pleasure, or profit Do you find your work rewarding?
sack verb ** /sæk/ echar to tell someone that they can no longer work at We will need to sack hundreds of factory workers.
their job (informal language)
skilled adjective ** /skɪld/ con experiencia having the ability and experience to do The best performing companies had a higher number
something well of skilled workers.
stressful adjective /ˈstresf(ə)l/ estresante involving or causing a lot of pressure or worry My new job is much less stressful.

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Word/ Part of
Phrase speech *** IPA (UK) Translation (Spanish) Definition Sample sentence
switch career verb phrase /swɪtʃ kəˈrɪə(r)/ cambiar de profesión to change from one career to another James decided to switch careers when he was in
his 40s.
talented adjective * /ˈtæləntɪd/ talentoso, prodigioso someone who is talented is very good at A talented young designer has just joined our
something marketing team.
telephone noun /ˈtelɪˌfəʊn skɪlz/ habilidades de the ability to communicate well and politely over Telemarketing may be a job for you if you have
skills comunicación al the telephone wonderful telephone skills.
teléfono
tiring adjective /ˈtaɪərɪŋ/ agotador making you feel tired Teaching small children is very tiring.
well-paid adjective /wel peɪd/ bien remunerado, a well-paid person receives a good amount of The well-paid analyst arrived at work in a new Ferrari.
pagado money for work
work flexitime verb phrase /wɜː(r)k ˈfleksiˌtaɪm/ trabajar con horario to work according to a system in which workers Working flexitime is helpful for some single parents
flexible choose the hours each day that they work, as long who need to be available when their children come
as the hours add up to the same fixed number of home from school.
hours every week or month
work full time verb phrase /wɜː(r)k fʊl taɪm/ trabajar a tiempo to work for the number of hours that people This job will require you to work full time from our
completo normally work in a complete week offices.
work long verb phrase /wɜː(r)k lɒŋ ˈaʊə(r)s/ trabajar muchas horas to work for many hours at a time We work long hours at the library.
hours
work overtime verb phrase /wɜː(r)k ˈəʊvə(r) hacer horas extra extra hours that someone works at their job I am saving for a car so I want to work overtime.
ˌtaɪm/
work part time verb phrase /wɜː(r)k pɑː(r)t trabajar a tiempo done for only part of the time that an activity is Gerald and Karen work part time because they are
taɪm/ parcial usually performed also attending university.
work shifts verb phrase /wɜː(r)k /ʃɪfts/ trabajar en turnos, a pattern of work in which you sometimes work I hardly see my flatmate because we work
hacer turnos during the day and sometimes during the night different shifts.

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