Vocabulary - Day 04

to learn

to study

I'm studying = I'm trying to learn something.

cellar = basement

see -> look (at) / watch
hear -> listen (to)

How long have you played ...?
How long have you been playing ...?

How long did you play ...?

garbanzo beans
chick peas

From 10 - 14 hours

From 10 o'clock until 2 o'clock.

refugee (asylum seeker)

diversity

Our company is strongly committed to diversity.


to organize (all of) the world's information

What does it look like?
How does it look?

on a casual basis
chain stores

real estate

house / building
a loan

The landlord let the building get run down.

scaffolding

gentrification

lease

to raise
to rise

transitive / intransitive

liegen / legen

to sue

process of elimination

tenured civil servants

autonomy

prejudice

financially viable

temporary workers / part-time workers

I was / got laid off (temporary)
I was fired / terminated (US) - permanent
I was made redundant / I got the sack (UK)

seniority

due process of law
 

Last update: 12.09.2013