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Capable of
Concerned about/for
Tired of
Social hierarchy—jerarquía social
Baggy—Holgado baggy trousers
Tight – Estrecho (pantalones por jempo)
Button up ( abrocharse; la camisa) He unbuttoned his jacket.
Braces—Tirantes (pero para sujetar el pantalón )
Bribery—Soborno
VOCABULARIO ENTREVISTAS
Hardworking, Stubborn terco, Team player, Closed, Ambitous, Persuasive,
Commited, efficient
Describe a work situation and how you overcame it
Descirbe a time you had a heavy workload and how you handled it (descirbe
una vez que tuvo una gran carga de trabajo y cómo la manejó)
Describe your ideal supervisor
Describe your work style
What motivates you?
Where do you see yourseld in one year? Where do `you see yourself three to
five years from now?
How do you define success?
What are your long-term goals?
How Will you know when you are successful?
Leer acerca de las preguntas filosóficas (to throw someone a curve ball)
PHARASAL VERBS
Look forward to Esperar
Look back on Recordar
Look up Buscar
Look into Examinar
Let up: To stop or diminish (The rain has let up a little)
Let on: To allow the truth to be known
Let down—To disappoint (Someone) I was let down that the restaurant was
close .
Let in (To admit, to enter) Let someone in my house Permitir entrar a alguien
en mi casa.
Let (someone) in on- To share a secret with.
Let off
To free someone from responsability
To allow to get away without punishment. The pólice let me off
To explode or fire(disparar) somebody let of his gun
Take out: relacionado con comida rápida: y te preguntar para tomar aquí o
para llevar? Eat in or take out?
Otro significado: Take the turkey out the oven
Take in
Take the cat in your house (adoptar)
to make a piece of clothing narrower (achicar la ropa)
Take over
to get control of or responsibility for something: They've recently been
taken over by a larger company. (Tomar el control)
can you take over the driving? (tomar el relevo)
Take up
To start doing a particular job or activity
To use an an amount of time or space ( this desk takes up too much
space) ocupar espacio
Take after
to be similar to an older member of your family. Peter's very tall - he
takes after his father. (parecerse a alguien pero en personalidad no
físicamente por que entonces es look like.
Take off
Despegar de avión
Despegar de compañía
Take on
to accept a responsibility: I don't want to take on too much work.
Take sth down
to write something:
Did you take down the telephone number?
Bring up
(mencionar algo en una conversación) He recently got divorced, so when
you see him, don’t bring up his wife
To raise, to rear (criar) Her parents died when she was Young so her
grandparents brought her up
Carry on
To continue . We carried on talking late into the night.
To behave in an inappropiate way (excited, nervous) her Young daugter is
always corrying on. She need more discipline.
Come across
to seem to be a particular type of person: He came across as shy.
If an idea or emotion comes across, it is expressed clearly and people
understand it: His bitterness comes across in his poetry.
Come out
To become known or recognizable (he was calm when he first arrived,
but his anger came out when he saw he saw his enemy at the party)
Fall apart
Break to break into pieces: My poor old boots are falling apart.
to start having problems that you cannot deal with: Their relationship fell
apart after they moved to Detroit.
Get along
To interact harmoniously and/or amiably. Those children never get along. They
are always figthing and yelling at each other.
To continue doing and progressing at something