work

Question 1

a wage

Answer 1

weekly payment

Question 2

a salary

Answer 2

monthly payment

Question 3

why do we work?

Answer 3

to earn a living
to develop ourselves

Question 4

advertisement

Answer 4

the promotion of a product in order to attract interest

Question 5

how is the person, that applies for a job called

Answer 5

an applicant

Question 6

CV

Answer 6

curriculum vitae (important dates of your life)

Question 7

what do you write in your CV?

Answer 7

about your achivements, point out your good qualities, important dates of your life…

Question 8

employee

Answer 8

a person who works for a company and earns a salary

Question 9

employer

Answer 9

a person or an organization

Question 10

clerk

Answer 10

uradnik,
a person who works in the office

Question 11

labourer

Answer 11

a physical worker (delavec)

Question 12

public relations officer

Answer 12

they are connected between company and public

Question 13

safety officer

Answer 13

in the factory they take case of safe work with machines

Question 14

security officer

Answer 14

takes case of uninvited people

Question 15

union official

Answer 15

sindikat; every worker can be a member of it,
the person who takes care of workers rights

Question 16

personnel officer

Answer 16

a person who decides who gets a job and who doesn’t

Question 17

obrt

Answer 17

trade

Question 18

somebody that takes care of finances

Answer 18

an acountant

Question 19

gradbenik

Answer 19

civil engineer

Question 20

strojnik

Answer 20

mechanical engineer

Question 21

tesar

Answer 21

carpetner

Question 22

plumber

Answer 22

vodovodar

Question 23

sprejel je službo

Answer 23

he took on a job (to take on a job)

Question 24

shift work

Answer 24

when we don’t work at the same time every day but it shifts
- izmene

Question 25

when do we go on a strike

Answer 25

when we are unsatisfied with the job

Question 26

vzeti porodniško

Answer 26

to take a maternity leave

Question 27

to quit

Answer 27

to give up work/a job

Question 28

to take a sick leave

Answer 28

a period of time that a worker is allowed to be away from work because they are ill

Question 29

executive

Answer 29

someone in a high position who makes descisions and puts them into action

Question 30

public relations officer

Answer 30

plan and develop PR strategies for brands/organisations

Question 31

supervisor

Answer 31

responsible for managing the workflow and training new people hired

Question 32

krojač

Answer 32

tailor

Question 33

župnik

Answer 33

priest

Question 34

flexible working hours

Answer 34

to be on a flexi-time

Question 35

to work nine-to-five

Answer 35

regular day work

Question 36

industrial dispute

Answer 36

to go on a strike

Question 37

to get the sack

Answer 37

to be thrown out of your job

Question 38

biti odpuščen

Answer 38

to be fired

Question 39

to be dismissed

Answer 39

more formal than be fired

Question 40

to be made redunant

Answer 40

thrown out, no longer needed

Question 41

to be laid off

Answer 41

informal version of made redunant

Question 42

to give up work

Answer 42

e.g. in order to study

Question 43

to take early retirement

Answer 43

retire at 55

Question 44

to be a workaholic

Answer 44

love work too much

Question 45

to be promoted

Answer 45

get a higher position

Question 46

unskilled job

Answer 46

a job that doesn’t require any special training

Question 47

a trade

Answer 47

a job requiring manual skills and special training

Question 48

a profession

Answer 48

a paid job, involves prolonged training and a formal qualification