Sunday, May 13, 2012

INT D: Vocab List May 14-18

Time Management
-to prioritize
-to make the best of your time
-efficiency/ to be efficient (fuel-efficient/ energy-efficient)
-punctuality/ to be punctual
-on the other hand
-harsh-severe
-constantly
-persistent
-to upset s.o,
"When in Rome, do as the Romans do. "
-a night owl/ an early bird
-to stay up/to stay out


JOB HUNTING
-to look up
-"in a nutshell" = "to cut a long story short"
-sort of/kind of
-reasonable- appropriate-fair
-benefits
-job security
-to drop out of s.t.
-post-secondary

-headlines
 -to act in a movie
-to star in a movie
-to be in a movie
-to appear in a movie
-to make a movie
-to be/get laid off
-resignation letter
-to resign
-a mayor

Talk about yourself
-to walk the dog
-overcrowded
-to commute
-to take after s.o.
-to look forward to s.t.
-to put up with s.t./s.o
-to take care of s.o.
-to put s.t. off
to give s.t. up

The world's most successful twins
-so far
-a sitcom/ a "dramedy"
-a hit
-a single
-a cover/ a re-make

Idioms from time
-to kill time
-in no time
-in the nick of time
-for the time being
-to call it a day
-the big time
-the time is right
-to take one's time
-on the spur of the moment
-in no time
-high time


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