Living Abroad pre-intermediate

1.1 About Business - Working Abroad

WORD	DEFINITION	TRANSLATION
1. to climb the career ladder	to go up a series of levels within an organization or profession	подниматься по карьерной лестнице
2. competitive job market	market of job opportunities where there are a lot of people and organizations, who are trying to be more successful than others	рынок труда с высокой конкуренцией
3. to look for opportunities	to search for new chances	искать новые возможности
4. work placement	a job that continues for a short time, that someone, especially a student, does in order to get experience	стажировка
5. foreign language	a language spoken in a different country (not the one where you live)	иностранный язык
6. application process	a process of asking for a permission to study in a university or get a job	процесс подачи заявления
7. degree subject	an area of knowledge that you study at a university (e.g. maths, psychology, economics)	предмет специализации (профилирующий)
8. cover letter	a letter written to an employer that you send with your CV explaining why you want and can apply for this position	сопроводительное письмо
9. to shortlist	to select candidates for the position	отбирать (кандидатов на позицию)
10. to withdraw an application	to cancel an application, because you have changed your mind or you don’t want to participate in smth	отзывать заявку

1.2 Vocabulary – Living Abroad

WORD	DEFINITION	TRANSLATION
1. to find an apartment	to look for and then get a place to live in	найти квартиру
2. to sign a contract with a landlord	to make a document, agreement etc with the owner of the apartment official and legal by writing your signature on it:	подписывать контакт с хозяином квартиры
3. to give a large deposit	to give the owner of an apartment a big sum of money which will be given back to you when you move out if you do not damage the apartment	вносить большой задаток
4. utility bills	payments for electricity, water, heating etc.	коммунальные платежи
5. to give a notice	to let somebody know about something that is going to happen in the future	уведомить
6. monthly salary	the amount of money you get for your work every month	ежемесячная зарплата
7. insurance scheme	a system of protection and help if something bad happens organized by the company for its employees	программа страхования
8. to have a check up	to have a general medical examination that a doctor gives you to make sure you are healthy	пройти медицинский осмотр
9. prepaid package that allows top-ups	a mobile phone package for which credit is bought before the service is used and with additional option of exceeding the credit on your account	предоплаченное пополнение счета мобильного телефона
10. landline	a fixed-line phone that you have at home	стационарный телефон

1.4 Speaking - Making small talk

WORD	DEFINITION	TRANSLATION
1. useful tips	helpful pieces of advice	полезные советы
2. to develop a clever technique	to create an unusual, interesting, and special way of doing something	выработать специальную технику
3. social / corporate networking	meeting other people involved in the same kind of work or belonging to the same community, to share information, support each other etc	социальное/корпоративное налаживание контактов
4. to be unique	to be special or unusual = only one in this kind	Уникальный
5. to draw attention	to make someone notice or pay attention to something	привлекать внимание
6. icebreaker / to break the ice	something that you say or do to make people less nervous when they first meet	слово (действие) снимающее напряжение (в разговоре)
7. a safe topic	a topic of conversation which is not likely to upset anyone or make people argue	безопасная тема для разговора
8. to have in common	to have the same interests or opinions as someone else	иметь что-то общее
9. to be acceptable to talk about	a topic which is good enough for a particular conversation	приемлемый для разговора
10. to start a conversation	to make the conversation begin by saying something first	начать разговор

1.5 Writing - Formal and Informal emails

WORD	DEFINITION	TRANSLATION
1. to receive an email	to get a letter on your computer	получить письмо
2. With regard to…	relating to a particular subject	относительно, по отношению
3. I would be very grateful if	feeling that you want to thank someone because of something kind that they have done - used to ask for something	Я бы был/была благодарна, если бы…
4. Would it be possible for you to…	used when asking politely if you can do or have something	Возможно ли, что бы Вы…?
5. Could you possibly…	used when asking politely if you can do or have something	Не могли бы Вы…?
6. Accept my apologies	something that you say or write to show that you are sorry for doing something wrong	Примите мои извинения.
7. I look forward to meeting you	I’m excited and pleased about meeting you in the future	С нетерпением жду встречи.
8. With best regards	good wishes - used when sending your good wishes to someone or when ending a short letter or message	С наилучшими пожеланиями
9. to attach the agenda	to add the list of the subjects to be discussed to an e-mail	прикрепить повестку дня к письму
10. to make a reservation at a nearby hotel	to make an arrangement which you make so that a place in a hotel, is kept for you at a particular time in the future in a hotel somewhere near	зарезервировать номер в отели неподалеку

1.6 Case Study –Global Recruit

WORD	DEFINITION	TRANSLATION
1. advantages and disadvantages	good and bad qualities or features	преимущества и недостатки
2. high-profile organization	often seen or mentioned in newspapers or in television organization	заметная, известная компания
3. right candidate	A person who is suitable for some job	подходящий кандидат
4. to find staff	to look for and get workers	находить сотрудников
5. to fill a vacancy	to take a position	занять позицию
6. skills and qualifications	abilities to do something well and a degree or diploma that makes you suitable for a particular job or position	умения и квалификация (здесь образование)
7. to arrange an interview	to organize an interview	организовать интервью
8. legal requirements	some rules that you must follow according to law	требование закона
9. job advertisement	information about a new job opening or vacancy, which you can find in a newspaper, on a website etc.	объявление о вакансии
10. knowledge and experience	the information and understanding that you have got through learning and knowledge or skill that you gain from doing a job or activity	знание и опыт

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