Essential English Vocabulary: Life, Work, Culture & More

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Unit 1: Life Events & Expressions

  • Change school – cambiar de colegio
  • Retire – jubilarse
  • Take a gap year – año sabático
  • Move house – mudarse
  • Start your own business – montar tu propio negocio
  • Win an award – ganar un premio
  • Have an accident – tener un accidente
  • Go for an interview – ir a una entrevista
  • Make new friends
  • Drop out of university – abandonar la universidad
  • Settle down – sentar la cabeza
  • Get into trouble
  • Become rich
  • Go abroad – ir al extranjero
  • Worry about
  • Depend on
  • Agree about – estar de acuerdo sobre
  • Listen to
  • Argue about – argumentar sobre
  • Talk to
  • Wait for
  • Argue with – discutir con
  • Participate in
  • Look forward to – esperar con interés
  • Agree with – estar de acuerdo con

Unit 2: Literature & Genres

  • Play – obra de teatro
  • Adventure novel
  • Romantic novel
  • Biography
  • Fantasy
  • Science fiction
  • Thriller – novela de suspense
  • Non-fiction
  • Poetry
  • Comic
  • Autobiography
  • Crime novel
  • Short story – cuento
  • Historical fiction

Unit 3: Environment & Sustainability

  • Install solar panels
  • Share car journeys – compartir coche
  • Ride a bike
  • Recycle packaging – reciclar envases
  • Save water
  • Turn off lights
  • Compost food waste – hacer compost con residuos de comida
  • Use rechargeable batteries
  • Insulate windows – aislar ventanas
  • Travel by public transport
  • Mend old clothes – arreglar ropa vieja

Unit 4: Fashion & Style

  • Trendy – moderno
  • Casual – informal
  • Fashionable – de moda
  • Sporty
  • Impractical – poco práctico
  • Colorful
  • Old-fashioned
  • Formal
  • Glamorous
  • Comfortable
  • Loose – ancho
  • Tight – estrecho

Unit 5: Money & Work

  • Apprenticeship – aprendizaje/prácticas
  • Salary
  • Pay rise – aumento de sueldo
  • Bonus
  • Application form – solicitud
  • Job advertisement – anuncio de trabajo
  • Contract
  • Conditions
  • Benefits
  • Promotion – ascenso
  • Expenses – gastos
  • Allowance – asignación mensual
  • Pension
  • Work experience
  • Be unemployed
  • Have a full-time job
  • Have an interview
  • Claim expenses – pedir reembolso de gastos
  • Earn a salary
  • Fill in an application form – rellenar una solicitud
  • Get a job
  • Get a pension
  • Lose a job
  • Work part-time
  • Apply for a job – solicitar un trabajo
  • Sign a contract

Unit 6: Crime & Justice

  • Go on trial
  • Do community service
  • Pay a fine – pagar una multa
  • Arrest a suspect
  • Suspect someone
  • Solve a crime
  • Catch a thief
  • Be innocent
  • Investigate a crime
  • Question a suspect
  • Look for clues
  • Go to prison
  • Kidnapper – secuestrador
  • Robber – ladrón
  • Pickpocket – carterista
  • Thief – ladrón

Unit 7: Sports & Actions

Sports Actions & Outcomes

  • Televise
  • Score a goal
  • Hold an event
  • Win
  • Get a medal
  • Support a team
  • Break a record
  • Take up a sport
  • Lose
  • Set a record
  • Draw

Sports-Related Verbs

  • Coach – entrenar
  • Hope
  • Practise
  • Remember
  • Teach
  • Spend – gastar/pasar tiempo
  • Beat – derrotar
  • Remind
  • Waste – malgastar
  • Train
  • Play

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