English Vocabulary for Work, Driving and Daily Life
English Vocabulary: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Expressions
Nouns
- Chatterbox / charlatan
- Deadline / fecha l\u00edmite
- Knowledge / conocimiento
- Overtime / horas extra
- Privilege / privilegio
- Rise / aumentar
- Shift / cambio
- Staff / cuerpo t\u00e9cnico
- Stuff / materia
- Team player / trabaja en equipo
Verbs
- Challenge / reto
- Commute / viajar a diario
- Fire / despedir
- Flourish / florecer
- Freelance / trabajar por cuenta propia
- Presume / suponer
- Promote / promocionar
- Propose / proponer
- Raise / regular
- Resign / dimitir
- Switch / cambiar
Adjectives
- Accomplished / preparado
- Assertive / seguro, firme
- Conscientious / responsable
- Devoted / entregado
- Experienced / con experiencia
- Pushy / agresivo
- Reliable / confiable
- Rewarding / gratificante
- Self-employed / aut\u00f3nomo
- Skilled / experto
- Trustworthy / de confianza
- Unapproachable / inaccesible
Expressions
- Be bound to / ser seguro que
- Down to earth / realista
- Get training / entrenarse
- Have got common sense / sentido com\u00fan
- In charge of / a cargo de
- Odd jobs / trabajos espor\u00e1dicos
- People skills / don de gentes
- Run a business / llevar un negocio
- Run away / huir
- See the point / ver el sentido
- Steady job / trabajo estable
- Work well under pressure / bajo presi\u00f3n
Nouns (Traffic and Roads)
- Boot / maletero
- Fine / multa
- Jaywalking / andar imprudentemente
- Junction / cruce
- Lane / carril
- Motorist / motorista
- Motorway / autopista
- Pavement / acera
- Pedestrian / peatonal
- Poll / urnas donde votar
- Roundabout / rotonda
- Rush hour / hora punta
- Seat belt / cintur\u00f3n de seguridad
- Speed limit / velocidad l\u00edmite
- Speeding / exceso de velocidad
- Traffic jam / atasco
- Zebra crossing / paso de cebra
Verbs (Traffic)
- Delay / retrasar, aplazar
- Distract / distraer
- Enforce / aplicar, imponer
- Fancy / imaginarse, creer
- Indicate / indicar
- Overtake / adelantar
- Swerve / guantazo, girar brusco
- Tempt / tentar
Adjectives (Traffic)
- Cautious / cauteloso
- Fatal / mortal
- Inattentive / distra\u00eddo
- Oncoming / venidero
- One-way / en sentido \u00fanico
- Reckless / temerario
- (Be) stuck / atascado
- Tough / dif\u00edcil
- (Be) unaware / inconsciente
- Vulnerable / vulnerable
Adverb
- Worldwide / mundial
Expressions (Traffic)
- Break a habit / romper un h\u00e1bito
- Dead end / callej\u00f3n sin salida
- Flat tyre / pinchazo
- Head-on collision / choque frontal
- Resist the urge / resistir la urgencia
- Right of way / derecho de paso
- Sound your horn / sonar la bocina