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LB1+ 4 vocabulary
LB1+ 4 vocabulary English/English
Term | Definition |
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satisfaction, to satisfy, satisfied, satisfying | pleasant feeling you have when you get something that you wanted |
satisfactory | good enough or acceptable |
to manage, manager (n), managerial (adj) | 1) to do sth or deal with sth successfully 2) to be in charge of |
expenses (plur), expensive | amount of money spent |
to appreciate | be grateful for |
charity, charitable (adj | official organization that gives money or food |
to hold (held held) | to have or to possess |
voluntary (adj), to volunteer, voluntarily (adv) | without getting paid |
to cover | to guarantee that money will be paid if necessary |
insurance, to insure | protection or security or guarantee |
to broadcast (broadcast x2), broadcaster (n), broadcasting (n) | to transmit a programme on TV or radio |
staff | employees or personnel |
to expand, expansion | to develop or to extend |
vacancy (n), vacant (adj) | job that is available for someone to do |
to provide (sb with sth), provision | to give (sth to sb) |
accountant | sb who keeps financial records |
sales rep | sb who travels around and sells a company’s products |
civil servant | sb who works for the state |
civil engineer | sb who constructs buildings, bridges, etc |
labourer, labour | manual worker |
miner, mine | sb who works underground in mines |
income | salary |
tax office | government department which collects taxes |
coal | black rock found underground and burnt as fuel |
to get the sack (got, got) | to be dismissed |
to work overtime | to work extra time after your usual working hours |
to promote (to) ≠ to demote | to give someone a more important job |
permanently (adv) ≠ temporarily, permanent (adj) | for ever |
to earn | to get money for work that you do |
to win (won, won) | 1) to come first 2) to get money from a competition or the lottery |
lottery ticket | entry ticket for a competition |
salary | monthly pay |
wage (or wages) | payment (usually weekly) |
careers officer | person whose job is to give people advice and information about jobs |
to last, lasting | to continue, to carry on |
tomb | place where a dead person is buried |
pneumonia | serious disease of the lungs |
knight | man who fought as a soldier on a horse in the past |
calculation to calculate, calculator (n) | process of using numbers to find out a mathematical result |
to mumble, mumble (n) | to speak quietly and not clearly |
to grumble, grumble (n) | to complain in a quiet but angry way |
senior (adj) ≠ junior | superior, having a more important job |
to rush | to hurry |
fellow worker | colleague, partner |
wealthy (adj) ≠ poor , wealth (n) | rich |
to do (a job) for a living | to do a job to earn the money you need |
majority, major (adj) | more than half of a group of people/things |
exhaustion (n), to exhaust, exhausting (adj), exhausted (adj) | feeling of extreme tiredness |
to collapse | to fall down |
to get through (got, got) | to contact sb on the telephone |