english words that work Flashcards
A business (organisation) =
company
The part of a car, boat or plane that produces the power to make it move =
engine
(part of) a building in wich people work (for themselves or of a company) =
office
What you run (manage) in you produce or deal in goods or services for money =
business
Very much =
badly
Away from school (school, work) =
off
What someone says they will do for you or give to you =
offer
to switch on a machine
to turn on
the gas we breathe that makes up the sky the atmosphere around our planet
air
not inside but …….
outside
words used when you ask a person to do something
will
paying a lot of attention to what you are doing so as to avoid an accident or mistake
careful
to thank someone else for thanking you (for what that person did)
you’re welcome
words used to tell you how to use something like a machine or how to do something
directions
doing what something was made for functioning as it should
in use
(part of) a piece of furniture you sit on
seat
a written piece information that is put up in a place where everyone can read it
notice
a thick yellow-white liquid taken from (the top of) the milk often used in cooking and pudding
cream
to close
to shut
the darkest colour possible like the sky at night.
black
when people come together to talk seriously about matters
meeting
about not exactly approximately
around
someone with a lot of money and/or possesions (things they own) are said to be
rich
very strange and/or even stupid
crazy
word used to indicate you want to talk about something else
anyway
to pay the owner fot the use of a house or a apartment
to rent
the (regular) payment made to the owner of the house or apartment you live in
rent
everything you bought or are going to buy in a shop or numbers of shops
shopping
there to be used or had at one’s disposal, at hand containable within reach
available
the little (often leather or plastic) bag that people keep their money in
purse
to change one kind of money euros e.g for another kind of dollars e.g or one type into smaller units
to change
large shop selling a variety of articles in different sections (departments)
department store
a part of a large shop that sells similar articles grouped together
department
not costing any money at all
free
when you can buy things cheaply in the shops (often for a limited period only)
on sale
to arrange for delivery
to order
how large or small something is
size
when you pay less for something than you normally would pay
discount
a piece of paper that proves you have been given the things you payed and signed for
receipt
more than
over
to get money for something you then give to the other person (usually in a shop or market
licence
to keep money for later or for something expensive or special
to save (money)
to get paid for the work that you do
to earn
a liquid fuel for cars, motorbikes, mopeds (gas(oline) in american)
petrol
what yo do when you pay money for things you buy or get
to spend (money)
there to be bought, there to be sold
for sale
the people working for a business or an organisation the employees
staff
the piece of paper that tells you how much you have to pay for things, goods or services.
bill
someone working the land, growing, vegetables and/or keeping animals such as cows and pigs
farmer
common farm bird kept for itd eggs and its meat
chicken
to use a sharp object with a metal blade to divide something into smaller pieces
to cut
to develop from a tiny seed into a fully developed plant or flower
to grow
a terrible thing
shame
a person that helps people in a shop
sales assistant, shop assistant, salesperson
to go and get something you left behing
to colllect
a soft yellowish, metal worth a lot of money and often used to make all kinds of jewelry
gold
not working properly anymore
broken
the main cook in a restaurant
chef
a request for goods to be given or sent to you
order
to give customers in a bar or restaurant their order of drinks and/or food
to serve
part of a meal that has to be ordered seperately and is served and eaten separately
course
