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LB1+ 4 vocabulary
LB1+ 4 vocabulary English/English
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |