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Trabalho em inglês Flashcards
WORK LOAD
carga de trabalho
MEN AT WORK
em obras
AT WORK
no trabalho, no local de trabalho
LOOKING FOR WORK
procurando trabalho, querendo trabalhar, procurando emprego
BEFORE WORK
antes do trabalho
AFTER WORK
depois do trabalho
Do you want me to call you at home or at work?
Você quer que eu ligue em casa ou no trabalho?
France already has a 35-hour work week. (USA Today)
A França já tem uma semana de trabalho de 35 horas.
A REPAIR JOB
conserto
JOB INTERVIEW
entrevista de emprego
JOB DESCRIPTION
descrição de cargo
CREATE JOBS
criar empregos
LOOK FOR A JOB
procurar emprego
JOB CUTS
corte de empregos
JOB MARKET
mercado de trabalho
LOSE A JOB
perder o emprego
LinkedIn is probably the most important site when you are looking for a job. But if you’re creative, Pinterest and Instagram are useful. (BBC)
O LinkedIn é talvez o site mais importante para quem está procurando emprego. Mas, se você for criativo, o Pinterest e o Instagram são úteis.
Cooking dinner is not my job.
Fazer o jantar não é minha função / obrigação.
LABOR (AmE) / LABOUR (BrE)
trabalho; mão de obra; parto
Though child labor is illegal in Nepal, an estimated 1.6 million children between 5-17 years are in the work force. (CNN)
Embora o trabalho infantil seja ilegal no Nepal, estima-se que 1,6 milhão de crianças entre 5 a 17 anos de idade estejam trabalhando.
She’s in labor.
Ela está em trabalho de parto.
UNEMPLOYMENT
desemprego
EMPLOYMENT
Usamos “EMPLOYMENT” para nos referirmos ao nível de emprego de, por exemplo, um país ou região
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
taxa de desemprego
Unemployment figures show that, despite a drop in the number of people out of work, many people are still looking for a job. (BBC)
As estatísticas de desemprego mostram que, apesar da diminuição do número de pessoas desempregadas, muita gente ainda está procurando emprego.
This level is often referred to as “full employment”. (The Wall Street Journal)
Esse nível é também chamado de “pleno emprego“.
GIG
trampo
There was a time when being Lakers coach was the coolest gig around too. (USA Today)
Houve uma época em que ser técnico do Lakers era o trampo mais legal de todos.
TASK
trabalho, tarefa
Other than caring for our dogs, the only other task around here is watering the garden if it doesn’t rain.
Além de cuidar de nossos cães, o único outro trabalho é regar o jardim caso não chova.
FUNCTION
cargo, função, responsabilidade, atividade, papel
He said his function was to ensure that the truth emerged and that all facts were investigated. (BBC)
Ele afirmou que seu trabalho era trazer à tona a verdade e investigar todos os fatos.
ODD JOB
bico, trabalho esporádico
He attended two years of journalism school, but found no employment opportunity and supported himself by taking every odd job imaginable. (The Guardian)
Ele fez dois anos de jornalismo, mas não arrumou emprego e se sustentava fazendo qualquer bico que aparecia.
TO MOONLIGHT (slang)
fazer um bico, ter um trabalho adicional
Moonlighting has always been part of American work culture, though it’s not a lifestyle many managers have encouraged. (CNN)
Fazer um bico à noite sempre fez parte da cultura de trabalho nos Estados Unidos, embora não seja um estilo de vida recomendado pela maioria dos gerentes.
OUT-OF-WORK, JOBLESS, UNEMPLOYED
desempregado
When economists talk about the long-term unemployed, they are usually referring to people who’ve been out of work for more than six months. (The Wall Street Journal)
Quando os economistas falam dos desempregados há bastante tempo, em geral, se referem às pessoas que estão sem trabalho há mais de seis meses.
The number of jobless fell by 25,000 between September and November and now stands at 176,000. (BBC)
O número de desempregados diminuiu em 25 mil entre setembro e novembro e chega aos 176 mil.
Obama will call on companies not to discriminate against the unemployed in his address. (CNN)
Em discurso, Obama vai cobrar das empresas para que não discriminem os desempregados.
Phrases on work
Most of us talk about our jobs. We tell our family and friends interesting or funny things that have happened in the workplace (=room where we do our job), we describe – and sometimes complain about – our **bosses **and **colleagues **and when we meet someone for the first time, we tell them what our jobs are. Here, then, is a selection of English vocabulary to help you to speak about your work.
A **career is a job or number of jobs of a similar type that a person does over a long period: I’d always wanted a **career **in teaching./I wasn’t interested in an academic **career. The word **profession is used in a similar way, but always refers to work that needs a lot of education and training: the medical/legal **profession. Note that ‘profession’ also means the people who do a particular type of work: The medical profession is always looking to improve patient care.
Many work words and phrases refer to the time that we spend working. A shift is a period of time that is worked, for example in a factory or hospital: the **night shift**/a **ten-hour shift. A full-time job is done for the whole of a working week, and a part-time job involves working only for part of it. Note that ‘full-time’ and ‘part-time’ are adverbs as well as adjectives: a **full-/part-time job**/She works **full-/part-time. Overtime, meanwhile, refers to time spent working after the usual time expected for the job. It is both an adverb and a noun: Anything over 40 hours is overtime./We had to work overtime to get the job finished. People who work more hours than most people may be said to work long hours. People who work unsocial hours work during a time when most people do not have to work, usually the night: doctors who work unsocial hours. Your **workload is the amount of work that you have to do: As a family doctor, he has a very **heavy workload. Meanwhile, the work-life balance is the amount of time you spend at work, compared with your free time: Most working people struggle to get the work-life balance right.
Other work words and phrases refer to time that we do not work. For example, leave is time that we are allowed to take off work, for example for holiday, illness or having babies: I get twenty days **annual leave** (=paid time off every year). Isabel is on **maternity leave** (=off work to have a baby). If someone is **off sick, they are not at work because they are ill: Three of our team are currently **off sick. A career break is a period of time when you choose not to have a job: I took a career break for a year and travelled. Meanwhile, to **retire **is to stop working permanently, usually because you have reached a particular age: My father **retired **at sixty-five.
If someone is promoted, they are raised to a more important position at work, and if they are demoted, they are given a lower position. If they are **sacked **or they are made redundant, they are removed from a job: He got sacked from his last job.
Someone who works hard is hard-working and someone who has to work too much is overworked: hard-working teachers/overworked nurses. If a person is very interested in their work and is keen to make progress, you may describe them as career-minded: She worked to earn money but she was never especially career-minded. If you describe a person at work as professional, you mean they show the correct qualities and skills for work, such as being smart, serious and organised: The woman who dealt with us was very professional.
Here’s hoping you now have the vocabulary to talk work!
