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6-el Trabajo Flashcards

1
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Business / business studies

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El comercio

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Director / manager

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El director /la directora

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Ambition

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La ambición

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Company / firm

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La compañía / la empresa

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To earn

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Ganar / cobrar

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Work experience

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La experiencia laboral

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Apprenticeship

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El aprendizaje

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8
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Apprentice

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El aprendiz / la aprendiza

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To take a gap year / year off

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Tomarse un año libre

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10
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Vocacional training

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La formación profesional

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Career

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La carrera

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12
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Applying for jobs

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Solicitar trabajo

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To be on the lookout for a job

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Andar en busca de empleo

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14
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To apply for a job

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Solicitar un puesto de trabajo

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15
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Advertisement

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El anuncio

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To read in the ‘situations vacant’

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Leer en las ofertas de trabajo

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To reply to an advert

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Responder a un anuncio

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18
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Employment agency

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La agencia de colocación

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Ministry of employment (equivalent of Spanish job centre)

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El INEM (instituto nacional de empleo)

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20
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To seek a job by public competition (mainly in Spanish civil service)

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Hacer oposiciones

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21
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Vacancy for a plumber

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Se necesita fontanero

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22
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A much sought after job

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Un trabajo muy solicitado

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23
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Application form

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La hoja de solicitud

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24
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To write a letter of application

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Escribir una carta de solicitud

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25
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I am writing to you in order to…

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Me permito dirigirme a usted para …

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26
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Curriculum vitæ

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El currículum vitæ

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27
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Personal data

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Los datos personales

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28
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Academic qualifications

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Los títulos académicos

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29
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With a degree in …

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Con licenciatura en …

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30
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Professional/ work experience

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La experiencia profesional

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31
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To ask for references

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Pedir informes / referencias

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32
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To give reference / act as a reference

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Dar informes / referencias

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In reply to your advertisement published in …

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En respuesta a su anuncio publicado en …

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Interests

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Las aficiones

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35
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I have a years experience in …

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Tengo un año de experiencia en …

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36
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Although I have no experience in …

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Aunque no tengo experiencia en ..

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37
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I have fluent Spanish

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Domino perfectamente el español

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38
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To offer my services as ..

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Ofrecer mis servicios como …

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39
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Interview

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La entrevista

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40
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To interview well

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Entrevistar bien

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41
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To be well / smartly dressed

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It bien vestido / a

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42
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To be suitable for the job

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Ser apto/a para el trabajo

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43
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To go out to work as soon as possible

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Incorporarse al trabajo lo antes posible

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44
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To get a job through connections / pulling strings

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Conseguir un trabajo por enchufe

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45
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To have good connections / be well connected

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Estar bien enchufado/a

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46
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I was offered the job

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Me ofrecieron el trabajo

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47
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They turned me down

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Me rechazaron

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48
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Rejection / refusal

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El rechazo

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49
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I turned the job down

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Rechacé el puesto

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50
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Ambitions

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Las ambiciones

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51
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To be ambitious

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Ser ambicioso/a

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52
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My one ambition is to become a …

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Mi única ambición es hacerme…

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53
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She/he has no ambition

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Le falta ambición

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54
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To seek a career in IT

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Buscarse una carrera en informática

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55
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To plan ones future

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Planificar su futuro

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56
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To aim high

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Apuntar alto

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57
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To set ones sights on a top job

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Poner las miras en un puesto alto

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58
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To foster/ to advance ones career

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Sacar adelante la carrera

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59
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To have aspirations to be a journalist

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Aspirar a periodista

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60
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To train as a plumber

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Prepararse para fontanero

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61
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To follow a course in engineering

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Seguir un curso de ingeniería

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To do a carpentry apprenticeship

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Hacer un aprendizaje en carpintera

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To study to become a lawyer

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Estudiar para abogado

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64
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To dream of becoming a film star

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Soñar con hacerse estrella de cine

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65
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To work as a waiter

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Trabajar de camarero

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66
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One needs to promote ones image

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Hay que promocionar la imagen

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67
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Earning potential

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El potencial adquisitivo

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68
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A senior management position

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Un puesto de alta dirección

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69
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Managing director

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El director / la directora general

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70
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Sales manager

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El director / la directora de ventas

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71
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Personnel manager

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El director / la directora de personal

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72
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Top people

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Los Altos cargos

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73
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Head office

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La oficina central

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74
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Management secretary

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El secretorio / la secretaria de dirección

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75
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Management / boss

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El empresario / la empresaria

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76
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Foreman/woman

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El encargado / la encargada

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77
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Staff

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La plantilla

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78
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Workforce

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La mano de obra

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79
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Bank employee

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El empleado / la empleada de banco

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80
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Worker

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El obrero / la obrera

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81
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Civil servant

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El funcionario / la funcionaria

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82
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Employee

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El empleado / la empleada

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83
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Worker

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El trabajador / la trabajadora

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84
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Unskilled worker

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El peón / la peona

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85
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Unskilled workforce / labourers

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El peonaje

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86
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Casual worker

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El trabajador / la trabajadora eventual

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87
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Day labourer

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El jornalero / la jornalera

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88
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A white-collar job

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Un trabajo de cuello blanco

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89
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To be self - employed

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Ser trabajador(a) autónomo/a

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90
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Experienced

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Experimentado/a

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To generate employment

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Generar empleo

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To change jobs

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Cambiar de empleo

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Job satisfaction

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La satisfacción en el trabajo

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Status

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El estatus

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Working conditions

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Las condiciones del trabajo

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The labour market

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El mercado de trabajo

97
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Profitability

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La rentabilidad

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Productivity

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La productividad

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Competition

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La competencia

100
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Creation of employment

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La creación de empleo

101
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Contract

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El contrato

102
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To contract / take on

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Contratar

103
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A specialised job

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Un trabajo especializado

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The service sector

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El sector de servicios

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Banking

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La banca

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Branch

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La sucursal

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The working population

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La población obrera

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Full-time work

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El trabajo a tiempo completo

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Part-time work

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El trabajo a tiempo parcial

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Contract work

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El trabajo a destajo

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Flexitime (2)

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El trabajo con horario flexible

La flexibilización de horarios

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Shift work

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El trabajo por turnos

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To work overtime

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Trabajar horas extra

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Having more than one job

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El pluriempleo

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Waged / salaried

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Asalariado

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Minimum wage

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El salario mínimo

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Pay / salary

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El sueldo

118
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Promotion possibilities

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Las posibilidades de ascenso

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Safety regulations

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Las nomas de seguridad

120
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To feel happy in ones work

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Sentirse a gusto en el trabajo

121
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Women at work

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La mujer en el trabajo

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The involvement / acceptance of women at work

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La incorporación de la mujer en el trabajo

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Sex discrimination

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La discriminación sexual

124
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Equality of opportunity

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La igualdad de oportunidad

125
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To earn 30 percent less

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Cobrar el 30 por ciento menos

126
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To be less well paid than men

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Estar peor pagadas que los hombres

127
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Few occupy the top jobs

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Pocos ocupan Los Altos cargos

128
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Sexual harassment

A

El acoso sexual

129
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To harass

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Acosar

130
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A question of attitides

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Una cuestión de actitudes

131
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Crèche

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La guardería

132
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Flexible hours

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El horario flexible

133
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Maternity leave

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La baja por maternidad

134
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To be able to vary ones choice of job

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Poder diversificar su elección profesional

135
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To have to do work outside and inside of the home

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Tener que sacar adelante el trabajo de fuera y dentro de la casa

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The need to reconcile family and professional life

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La necesidad de compaginar la vida familiar con la profesionalidad

137
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In the office

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En la oficina

138
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Business correspondence

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La correspondencia comercial

139
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Dear sir (person to person)

A

Muy señor mío

140
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Dear madam (person to person)

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Muy señora mía

141
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Dear sirs (from firm to firm)

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Muy señores nuestros

142
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Dear Mr …

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Estimado Sr. …

143
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Dear mrs…

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Estimada Sra. …

144
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Thank you for your letter of 12th April

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Acuso / acusamos recibo de su carta del 12 de abril

145
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With regard to your order of 8th may

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Con referencia a su pedido del 8 de mayo

146
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In reply to your advertisement in El Diario

A

En repuesta a su anuncio en El Diario

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We have pleasure in informing you that ..

A

Tenemos el gusto de informales que …

148
Q

We have received a request for information about

A

Hemos recibido una solicitud de información sobre ..

149
Q

I / we would be grateful if you would send us …

A

Le(s) agradecería/ agradeceríamos nos mandará …

150
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Please reply as soon as possible

A

Tenga(n) la bondad de comunicarnos su repuesta lo antes posible

151
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Please reply by fax / email / return of post

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Tenga(n) la bondad de responder por fax / correo electrónico/ a vuelta de correo

152
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In accordance with your instructions, please find enclosed…

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De acuerdo con sus instrucciones adjunto encontrarán…

153
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Yours faithfully (from one person)

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Le / la saluda atentamente

154
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Yours faithfully ( from company )

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Les saludan atentamente

155
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Sender

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Remitente

156
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Printed matter

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Impresos

157
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Registered

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Certificado

158
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Confidential

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Confidencial

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On the phone

A

Al teléfono

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To telephone

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Telefonear / llamar por teléfono

161
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Phone call

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La llamada telefónica

162
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Can you put me through to the switchboard ?

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¿Me pone con la centralita ?

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Who’s calling ?

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¿ de parte de quién ?

164
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The line is engaged

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Está(n) comunicando

165
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Could she / he phone me later ?

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¿ podría llamarme más tarde ?

166
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Labour relations

A

Las relaciones laborales

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Trade union

A

El sindicato

168
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Trade unionism

A

El sindicalismo

169
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Trade unionist

A

El / la sindicalista

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Working class solidarity

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La solidaridad de la clase obrera

171
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Representative

A

El / la representante

172
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The inflation rate

A

La tasa de inflación

173
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Reduction in the working day

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La reducción de la jornada de trabajo

174
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To demand better remuneration

A

Exigir retribuciones mejores

175
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Paid holidays

A

Las vacaciones retribuidas / pagadas

176
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Labour costs

A

El coste de la mano de obra

177
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The right to strike

A

El derecho a la huelga

178
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To go on strike (2)

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Ponerse en huelga

Ir a la huelga

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Committee

A

La comisión

180
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Collective agreement

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El convenio colectivo

181
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Strike call

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La convocatoria

182
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To call demonstrations

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Convocar manifestaciones

183
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To claim / demand

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Reivindicar

184
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Claim / demand

A

La reivindicación

185
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Wildcat strike

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La huelga salvaje

186
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Sympathy strike

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La huelga de solidaridad

187
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To impose a cooling off period

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Imponer un período de enfriamiento

188
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Negations

A

Las negociaciones

189
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Forty hour week

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Cuarenta horas semanales

190
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To dismiss / sack for disciplinary reasons

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Despedir por razones disciplinarias

191
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To negotiate

A

Negociar

192
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Salary increase

A

La subida de salario

193
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I think there are other ways of protesting and achieving ones demands

A

Yo creo que hay otras formas de protestar y conseguir lo que se pide

194
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Striking is the most effective way to get people to listen to you

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La huelga es el método más eficaz con el que cuenta la gente para que la escuchen

195
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The strike achieved nothing

A

No se consiguió nada con la huelga

196
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Unemployment

A

El paro

197
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The system

A

El sistema

198
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Unemployment (2)

A

El paro

El desempleo

199
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Long term unemployment

A

El paro a largo plazo

200
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The unemployment figures

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Las cifras / la tasa del paro/ desempleo

201
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Wage costs

A

Los costes salariales

202
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Benefit

A

La prestación/ el subsidio

203
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Dole

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La prestación/ el subsidio de paro / desempleo

204
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To sack / fire / dismiss

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Despedir

205
Q

To lay off

A

Despedir temporalmente

206
Q

Redundancy

A

El despido

207
Q

Redundancy pay

A

La compensación por despido

208
Q

Reduction in staff

A

La reducción de la plantilla

209
Q

To reduce staff by natural wastage

A

Reducir la plantilla sin despedir

210
Q

To force someone into early retirement

A

Obligar a una persona a que se jubile anticipadamente

211
Q

The consequences

A

Las consecuencias

212
Q

To be unemployed

A

Estar …
parado/a
desempleado/a

213
Q

The unemployed

A

Los parados / desempleados

214
Q

To join the dole queues

A

Incorporarse a las colas de los parados

215
Q

To feel rejected

A

Sentirse rechazado/a

216
Q

To feel worthless

A

Sentir que uno no vale nada

217
Q

The physiological results of being unemployed

A

Los resultados psicológicos de estar parado/a

218
Q

To be a statistic

A

Ser una estadística

219
Q

To retrain anyone

A

Reciclar a alguien

220
Q

To retrain

A

Reciclarse

221
Q

Retraining

A

El reciclaje

222
Q

To resign / take voluntary redundancy

A

Dimitir

223
Q

To retire

A

Jubilarse

224
Q

To adapt to changes

A

Adaptarse a los cambios

225
Q

To get used to technological changes

A

Acostumbre a los cambios tecnológicos

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