January 7-13 Flashcards
Instructor
ex : if getting started is the hardest part of the writing process, finding a good topic to write about is sodifficult, when I was at college, my instructor assign me a topic and correct my essay.
In charge of = responsible for
in my company, I deal with a lot of different people and I am incharge of client relation department
nine-to-five job
I’m an office worker in an insurance company. It is a nine-to-five job with regular working hours. (travail de bureau )
flexitime
I’m in computer programming. There is a system of flexitime in my company
in shifts
I work in a car plant. I work in shifts. I may be on the shift night or on the shift night
commute
I work in the center of Paris but I live in the southern suburbs, so I have to commute to work everyday.
dull
This job is very dull, uninteresting
Shortage
su thieu, thieu thonex : a shortage of 100 tonsex : Severe food shortage in Sahet has affected 18 million people in nine country.
Ease
ex : emergency ease
coordinator
dieu hop vienex : humanitarian coordinator
livestock
vat nuoi, thu nuoiex : we have to buy medecins for livestock.
Resilience
tinh co gian, kha nang phuc hoiex : aid group sait that they are working to build the resilience of communities, to make them strongerduring the crisis.
slums
To clean the canal in Hochiminh city, since 1993, the city cleared thousands of slums on both sides andbuild two roads along. ( can, ba )
capital
The project had a total investment capital of 80 millions dollar ( tien von ).
dredge
To dredge about 260000m3 of sediment. ( nao, vet ; can, cao ).