Thursday, November 29, 2012

ni2 29-11-12


Grammar p. 38 and 39 (but not the grammar reference)

WORK

Competitive exam
Government exam
Positions
Civil servant
Civil service
Apply for a job.
Meet a deadline.
dead‧line [countable]
a date or time by which you have to do or complete something
deadline for
The deadline for applications is May 27th.
deadline of
It has to be in before the deadline of July 1st.
meet/miss a deadline (=have or not have something finished on time)
working under pressure to meet a deadline
set/impose a deadline
They've set a deadline of Nov 5.
tight/strict deadline (=a deadline that is difficult)

o‧ver‧look [transitive]
1 to not notice something, or not see how important it is [= miss]:
It is easy to overlook a small detail like that.
Nobody could overlook the fact that box office sales were down.
3 if a house, room etc overlooks something, it has a view of it, usually from above:
Our room overlooks the ocean.

view of
We'd like a room with a view of the sea.

Responsible for
Involved in
Varied
Much to my dismay
Warehouse
Delivery
Purchase
Rewarding
Physically demanding
Creative


ˌself-emˈployed UK  US  adjetivo
autónomo -a, por cuenta propia [trabajador]

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