Jobs
(chimney) sweep
(fashion) model
actor/actress
astronaut
author/ess
baker
barber
beautician
biologist
bricklayer, brickie
bus driver
butcher
caretaker
carpenter
chemist
coach
construction worker
cook
cosmetician
dentist
doctor
electrician
engineer
engineer
explorer
farmer
fireman
florist
gardener
glazier
hairdresser
hairstylist
hunter/huntsman
mechanic
miner
nurse
nursery-school teacher
painter
physiotherapist
pilot
plumber
policeman/policewoman
research scientist
roofer
secretary
shepherd/ess
shop assistant
singer
slater
surgeon
taxi/cab driver
teacher
thatcher
tiler
tiler
undertaker
vet
vocalist (AE)
waiter/waitress
zoologist
accountant(s)
baker(s)
barber(s)
accountant(s) baker(s) barber(s)
bar(man/maid)(men/maids)
builder(s)
butcher(s)
barman (barmen) builder(s) butcher(s)
carpenter(s)
cashier(s)
chambermaid(s)
carpenter(s) cashier(s) chambermaid(s)
chef(s)
cleaner(s)
dentist(s)
chef(s) cleaner(s) dentist(s)
doctor(s)
electrician(s)
engineer(s)
doctor(s) electrician(s) engineer(s)
fire(man/woman)(men/women)
fishmonger(s)
flight attendant(s)
fireman (firemen) fishmonger(s) flight attendant(s)
hair dresser(s)
judge(s)
lawyer(s)
hairdresser(s) judge(s) lawyer(s)
nurse(s)
optician(s)
painter(s)
nurse(s) optician(s) painter(s)
photographer(s)
plumber(s)
police(man/woman)(men/women)
photographer(s) plumber(s) policeman (policemen)
porter(s)
post(man/woman)(men/women)
receptionist(s)
porter(s) post[wo]man (post[wo]men) receptionist(s)
reporter(s)
sales assistant(s)
sales representative(s)
reporter(s) sales assistant(s) sales representative(s)
scientist(s)
secretary(ies)
surgeon(s)
scientist(s) secretary (secretaries) surgeon(s)
Technician
Teacher
Technician
tailor(s) teacher(s) technician(s)
vet(s)
waiter(s)/waitress(es)
welder(s)
vet(s) waiter(s) welder(s)
Accidente de trabajo Industrial accident
Agencia de colocaciones Employment Bureau; agency
Aprendiz Trainee ; Apprentice
Asalariado Salary earner
Bolsa de Trabajo Employment exchange (U.K.) ; Employment Bureau (USA)
Clase obrera Working class
Colocación Situation ; Post
Contratar To employ
Contrato de trabajo Work contract
Derecho laboral Labour law
Despido Dismissal
Día de paga Payday
Día laborable ; Día de trabajo Working day ; Workday
Empleado Employee
Empleo Employment ; Job
Empleo de media jornada Part-time employment: part-time job
Empresario Employer
Especialista Specialist
Formación profesional Vocational training
Horas de trabajo Working hours
Horas extraordinarias Overtime
Huelga Strike
Jornal Daily wages
Jornalero Day labourer
Jubilación ; Retiro Retirement
Legislación laboral Labour legislation
Manifestación Demonstration
Mercado del trabajo Labour market
Ministerio de Trabajo Ministry of Labour (U.K.) ; Department of Labour (USA)
Negociación Negotiation
Nómina(de sueldos) Payroll
Obrero Worker
Obrero agrícola Farm worker
Obrero cualificado Skilled worker
Obrero no cualificado Unskilled worker
Oficial Skilled worker
Oficio Trade ; Craft
Parado Unemployed person
Paro; Desempleo ; Desocupación Unemployment
Pensión de vejez Old-age pension
Permiso de trabajo Work permit
Personal Personnel ; Staff
Profesión Profession ; Occupation
Puesto de trabajo Job
Reivindicaciones Claims
Remuneración Remuneration
Rescindir un contrato To terminate a contract
Salario ; Sueldo Pay ; Wage ; Salary
Salario mínimo Minimum Wage
Sindicato Trade union (U.K.) ; Labour union (USA)
Solicitar un empleo To apply for a job
Subsidio de paro Unemployment benefit
Sueldo base Basic wage
Taller Workshop
Temporero Seasonal worker
Trabajador ; Productor Worker
Trabajador de plantilla Permanent worker
Trabajar por horas To be paid by the hour
Trabajo Work
Trabajo en cadena Assembly line work (U.K.) ; Serial production (USA)
Trabajo estacional Seasonal work
Vacaciones Holidays (U.K.); Vacation (USA)
Vocabulary: Work and employment
General
a regular job
commuter
employee
employer
He took a job as a waiter.
job
occupation
profession
to earn one's living
to run a firm
trade
What do you do for a living?
worker
Application
application
application form
apprentice, trainee
apprenticeship
CV (curriculum vitae)
job interview
skilled worker
to apply for a job
training
training course
vacancy
Unemployment
period of notice
to be unemployed
to be out of work
to be on the dole (BE)
to fire somebody
to sack somebody (BE)
to give somebody notice
to dismiss somebody
to hand in one's notice
to resign
to quit
unemployment
unemployment benefit, dole money
Working hours, pay
a full-time job
a part-time job
continued payment of wages
flexitime
pay slip
salary
to get a rise Britisches Englisch
to get a raise
to work in shifts
to work overtime
wage cut
wage demand, claim
wage group
wages
EMPLOYMENT - WORK
Assessment Evaluation of one's abilities
Apply Submit an application for a job or position
Background Education - qualifications - experience
Bonus Additional payment to an employee as an incentive or reward
Curriculum Vitae Summary of one's education and experience to date; résumé
Dismiss Discharge from employment; (to fire, to sack, to let go)
Employee Person who works for a firm or company
Employer Person or firm who employs people
Fire To dismiss from a job.
Fringe benefits Advantages offered in addition to salary (life insurance, retirement scheme, company car, etc.). Also called "perks", abbreviation for perquisites.
Interview Oral examination of an applicant for employment
Make redundant Dismiss for economic reasons
Maternity leave Period of absence for a female employee when having a baby
Notice Advance warning of intention to leave one's job - to give or hand in one's resignation
Personnel People who work for a firm or company (employees)
Personnel officer Manager responsible for recruitment, training and welfare of personnel (employees)
Promotion Advancement in rank or position in the company
Prospects Opportunities for success or promotion in a career
Recruit Look for and hire personnel
Resign Leave a job voluntarily
Retire Leave employment because of age
Sick leave Absence because of illness - to be on sick leave
Staff People who work for a firm or department; employees
Strength Strong characteristic or particular ability
Strike To go on strike : to stop working in protest against something
Take on Employ or hire
Trainee Person being trained for a job e.g. a trainee salesman
Training course A course of study to prepare for a job e.g. a computer course
Unemployment
benefits Payments made by the state to an unemployed person
Vacancy A position to be filled
Weakness A lack of ability or a shortcoming in character
Numbers
Whole Numbers also known as Cardinal Numbers - used for counting
Symbol Word Pronounce It
0 Nought 0
1 One 1
2 Two 2
3 Three 3
4 Four 4
5 Five 5
6 Six 6
7 Seven 7
8 Eight 8
9 Nine 9
10 Ten 10
11 Eleven 11
12 Twelve 12
13 Thirteen 13
14 Fourteen 14
15 Fifteen 15
16 Sixteen 16
17 Seventeen 17
18 Eighteen 18
19 Nineteen 19
20 Twenty 20
21 Twenty-one ... 21
30 Thirty 30
40 Forty 40
50 Fifty 50
60 Sixty 60
70 Seventy 70
80 Eighty 80
90 Ninety 90
100 One hundred 100
101 One hundred and one ... 101
102 One thousand 1,000
1,000,000 One million 1,000,000
1,000,000,000,000 One billion 1,000,000,000,000
Ordinal Numbers - used for ranking
In figures In words Pronounce It
1st the first 1st
2nd the second 2nd
3rd the third 3rd
4th the fourth 4th
5th the fifth 5th
6th the sixth 6th
7th the seventh 7th
8th the eighth 8th
9th the ninth 9th
10th the tenth 10th
11th the eleventh 11th
12th the twelfth 12th
13th the thirteenth 13th
14th the fourteenth 14th
15th the fifteenth 15th
16th the sixteenth 16th
17th the seventeenth 17th
18th the eighteenth 18th
19th the nineteenth 19th
20th the twentieth 20th
21st the twenty-first ...
22nd the twenty-second ...
23rd the twenty-third ...
24th the twenty-fourth ...
25th the twenty-fifth ...
26th the twenty-sixth ...
27th the twenty-seventh ...
28th the twenty-eighth ...
29th the twenty-ninth ...
30th the thirtieth 30th
40th the fortieth 40th
50th the fiftieth 50th
60th the sixtieth 60th
70th the seventieth 70th
80th the eightieth 80th
90th the ninetieth 90th
100th the hundredth 100th
101st the hundred and first ...
1000th the thousandth 1000th
Ordinal numbers are often used in fractions:-
Fractions
Symbol Word Pronounce It
1/8 One eighth 1/8
1/5 One fifth
1/4 One quarter 1/4
3/4 Three quarters 3/4
1/3 One third 1/3
2/3 Two thirds
1/2 One half 1/2
Sums
Symbols Word (common term in brackets) Pronounce It
+ Plus (And) +
- Minus (Take away) -
x Multiplied by (Times) x
÷ Divided by ÷
= Equals (Is) =
. Point .
% Percent %
(((1 + 6) - 2) x 2) ÷ 2.5=4
One plus six minus two multiplied by two divided by two point five equals four
or One and six take away two times two divided by two point five is four
1 + 6 - 2 x 2 ÷ 2.5=4
10% 100=10 Ten percent of one hundred equals ten. 10% 100=10
What to say
We often say “a” instead of “one”. For example when we have the numbers 100 or 1/2 we say “A hundred” or “A half”.
For example: 11/2 - “One and a half.”
When pronouncing decimals we use the word point to represent the dot. The numbers following the dot are pronounced separately.
For example:
When you have the number 1.36 we say “One point three six.”
Interesting Numbers
~ 0 ~
What could possibly be interesting about nothing?
Try writing the numbers zero ( 0 ) through nine ( 9 ).
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Then write how many numbers you have counted:-
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Yes, ten numbers, without using the number 10.
You can put as many noughts in front of a number without changing the value of that number:-
01, 002, 0003, 00004 …
In English 10, 20, 30, through to 90 are 1 ten, 2 tens, 3 tens, etc.
Also there are a number of ways you can say 0 in English.
When we use it For example:-0 = oh after a decimal point 9.02 = “Nine point oh two.” in bus or room numbers Rooom 101 = “Room one oh one.” Bus 602 = “Bus six oh two.” in phone numbers 9130472 = “Nine one three oh four seven two.” in years 1906 = “Nineteen oh six.” 0 = nought before a decimal point 0.06 = “Nought point oh six.” 0 = zero in temperature -10°C = “10 degrees below zero.” US English for the number 0 = “Zero” 0 = nil in football Chelsea 2 Manchester United 0 = “Chelsea two Manchester United nil.” 0 = love in tennis 20 - 0 = “Twenty love.”
~ 12 ~
The number 12 is often represented as a dozen and the number 6 as a half dozen.
For example: 12 eggs= “A dozen eggs.” 6 eggs = “Half a dozen eggs.”
~ 13 ~
A dozen is 12, but a baker’s dozen is 13, because in the past bakers who were caught shortchanging customers could be liable to severe punishment, so they used to add an extra bread roll to make up the weight.
~ 100 ~
A century is 100. The roman numeral for 100 is C, for centum.
One hundred is the basis of percentages (literally “per hundred”). 100% is the full amount of something.
~ 1 billion ~
When is a billion not a billion?
In British English billion traditionally means a million million = 1,000,000,000,000 = 1012
In American English billion means a thousand million = 1,000,000,000 = 109
The American billion has become standard in technical and financial use.
However, to avoid confusion it is better to use the terms “thousand million” for 109 and “million million” for 1012.
Milliard “ is French for the number 109. It is not used in American English but is sometimes, but rarely, used in British English. Letters as Numbers ~ k ~
The letter k is often used to denote a thousand. So, 1k = 1,000.
If you see a job advertised and it offers a salary of £12k it means £12,000.00.
~ m ~
The letter m is often used to denote a million. So, 1m = 1,000,000.
If you see a job advertised and it offers a salary of £12m, apply for it!
~ bn ~
The letters bn denote a billion. So, 1bn is usually 1,000,000,000 (see above).
If you see a job advertised and it offers a salary of £12bn, it’s probably a missprint. myriad
The word myriad used to mean 10,000. Nowadays it’s used to refer to a countless number or multitude of specified things.
For example: Earth hosts a myriad of animals.