Traveling by Plane

AIRPORT DEPARTURES AIRPORT SECURITY INSIDE THE CABIN

check in counter to go through airport security flight attendant

red-eye flight Did you pack your bag? cockpit

to check in metal detector aisle seat, middle seat, window seat

to check a bag take off your shoes, belt, coat… overhead compartment / bin

checked luggage   to disembark / to get off

a suitcase AT THE GATE  

some baggage Waiting Lounge IMMIGRATION

some luggage boarding gate Landing Card

a carry-on bag to call the flight What’s the purpose of your trip,
business or leisure?
boarding pass to board / to get on
How long will you be staying?
a connecting flight priority seating
 
a stopover on time
CUSTOMS
domestic flight to be delayed
Customs Form
internal flight (UK) on the tarmac
Do you have anything to declare?
international flight to taxi out to the runway
Baggage Claim
crowded on the runway

   

INSIDE THE CABIN YOU WILL HEAR THE FOLLOWING:

Please stow your Please fasten your seatbelt. Flight attendants please take your
carry-on luggage seats and prepare for take-off /
under the seat in front   landing.
of you or in an
overhead bin. Make sure that your tray table The captain has turned off the Fasten
and seat back are in their full Seat Belt Sign and you may now move
upright position. around the cabin.
Conferences and Trade Shows
Conferences     Trade Shows

to attend conference hall exposition

 
to hold workshops expo
Phone Calls
to get in touch
answering with
machine keynote
area codesession exhibit
The line hall
is busy.
salary benefits severance pay / package
to register
voice keynotecode
speaker stands
hourlymail
wage country
paid holidays The line is engaged. package
compensation    
to
to sign
pick up for
up wage
the phone event speaker
toll-free number days booths
Hold on.
minimum sick/personal golden handshake
to
to check
answerinpay
the phone conference
dial toneleavespeaker exhibitor
Hold the line parachute
please.
overtime sick golden
Pay and Benefits
name
to hangtags
up the phone a reception
extension Please demos
stay on the line.
basic salary + commission maternity leave
to
to take part in a buffetis dead / flat floor plan
tipsget cut off battery
family leave Can I put you
to work on hold?
part-time
   
to
to participate in
hang up on someone exchange
charger business cards brochures
remuneration tomedical coveragea job I’ll putpaper
offer someone toyou
workthrough.
full-time
qualifications
to hire    
sessions
the networking
signal is breaking up to recharge a phone leaflets
I’ll connect you.
compensation tohealth plan
turn down a job subcontractor
References
We are hiring.
 there flyers other line.
is static bonuses
performance push
To button
fringe
employ phone
benefits
someone He’s on tothe
subcontract
Referees
to recruit
to
paydial
slipa number rotary
To diala job
perks
get WouldDiplomayou like to leave a message?
freelancer/consultant/
headhunter
to be on
share the phone
options (British Eng.) cold
Toacalling
bonus
be unemployed Can I Degree
take a message?
independent contractor
to apply for a job Job Applications
mobile (UK) (Amer. Eng.) cold
stock options caller
tocompany car in X
have a degree I’ll tellgraduate
tohim
beto return
schoolyour call.
unemployed
job application form
cell/ cell phone
employee (US)program  topension
discount be qualified I’ll give him the message.
a  post-graduate degree
job applicant
wellness program health insurance
internship (Amer. English) atoMaster’s
resign/ to quit
degree
covering letter/ cover email
cafeteria plan top up insurance
placement (British English) atoPhDfire// atodoctorate
terminate
to shortlist candidates
  CVawards and prizes alayoffs
career change  
skills
flex-time freebies (hockey tickets,
resume  to be laid off
a post trips, dinners)
clock in / clock out Background downsizing
Get your foot in the door.
a position
telecommuting/teleworking Professional Experience restructuring
Dress for success
to interview
  Educational Qualifications  to take early retirement
a job interview
voluntary redundancy
the interviewer package

ORGANIZE:
to arrange a meeting
to set up a meeting
to fix a meeting
EARLIER:
to bring a meeting forward
LATER:
to put back a meeting
to put off a meeting
to postpone a meeting
CANCEL:
to cancel a meeting
to call off a meeting
to run a meeting
to chair a meeting
to attend a meeting
to participate in a meeting
to miss a meeting
Types of Meetings
to touch base
brainstorming
project meeting
team meeting
department meeting
Board Meeting
Annual Meeting (Amer Eng.)
AGM (Annual General Meeting
-British Eng.)
Shareholders Meeting
 
How was the meeting?
productive
We covered a lot of ground.
The Chair kept things moving.
to stick to the point
a waste of time
He was rambling on and on.
He kept wandering off the
SCHEDULING:
Timeframe
Timescale
Timetable
The project is on schedule.
The project is ahead of
schedule.
The project is behind schedule.
There is a delay.
We must make up time.
We must catch up.
 
Can you give us an update?
Can you bring us up to speed?
to make your point
I agree/ I disagree
Agreement/Disagreement
to avoid confrontation
to reach a consensus
 point. to reach a compromise

to go off on a tangent  

Describing Charts & Graphs

 

TO GO UP: TO GO DOWN: LARGE CHANGES:

to rise to fall considerable-considerably

to grow to decrease dramatic-dramatically

to increase to deteriorate sharp-sharply

to climb to decline significant-significantly

to get better to get worse substantial-substantially

to advance to drop  

to jump to plummet FAST CHANGES:

to skyrocket to dive abrupt-abruptly

to leap jobs were axed rapid-rapidly

to soar to slash jobs sudden-suddenly

to surge to cut rates  

    SMALL CHANGES:

TO REACH THE HIGHEST TO REACH THE LOWEST moderate-moderately

POINT AND THEN GO POINT AND THEN RISE:
DOWN: slight-slightly
to hit bottom
to peak  
to bottom out
to reach a peak REGULAR CHANGES:
to reach a low point
to top out gradual-gradually
 
  steady-steadily
TO STAY THE SAME:
TO GO UP AND DOWN  
CONTINUOUSLY: to remain stable
 
 to fluctuate to stabilize

   

Renting a Car
  

CAR TYPE car insurance airport shuttle bus

  daily rate do a visual inspection

Compact insurance make a reservation

Economy unlimited miles to book a one-way rental

Standard rental agreement pick up the car

Full Size weekend special drop off the car

SUV pick up location full tank of gas (petrol UK)

Luxury car drop off location sign a rental agreement

Sedan pick up date/time pay by credit card

Hatch back drop off date/time show your driver’s license

  CDW – Collision Damage  

Waiver
Trunk (US)
security deposit
Boot (UK)
liability
Automatic

Stick shift

 
Describing Food
 

hors-d’œuvres
breakfast shrimp
appetizers beef lamb cod
coffee break prawns
first course (US) pork mutton salmon
lunch crab
starter (UK) ham venison mackerel
a snack lobster
entrée/ main dish (US) chicken veal sardines
dinner / supper oysters
main course (UK) turkey duck trout
  mussels
dessert

sweet tasteless
tasty
sour bland
delicious
DESCRIBING TASTE bitter overcooked
nice
salty burnt
rich
hot/spicy greasy
fry
bake
sauté refrigerate
roast
deep-fry chill / chilled
broil
COOKING
simmer freeze / frozen
METHODS
barbecue
boil defrost / defrosted
grill
steam  
 
marinate
PERSONAL I like my steak cooked… I like my eggs:  
PREFERENCES
rare sunny-side up sparkling water

medium-rare over-easy still water

 over-hard

medium scrambled

well-done poached

hard-boiled

Health and Medicine

I’VE GOT…
…a cold. …a stomach ache. …a black eye.

…a cough. …chest pains. …indigestion.

…laryngitis. …an earache. …diarrhea.

…a sore throat. …a pain in my side. …nausea.

…a temperature. …a rash on my chest. …blisters.

…a fever. …a bruise on my leg. …painful joints.

I FEEL… I AM… HE DIED OF…
…sick. …depressed. …lung cancer.

…dizzy. …constipated. …a heart attack.

…breathless. …tired all the time. …a stroke.

…shivery.  

…faint.

…nauseous.
THE DOCTOR… YOU’VE GOT…  
…asks you some questions. …the flu.
 
…takes your temperature. …the chickenpox.
You broke your wrist.
…listens to your chest. …the mumps.
You sprained your ankle.
…looks in your ears. …pneumonia.
You are pregnant.
…examines you. …a virus.
 
…takes your blood …a bug.
pressure.
 
…weighs and measures
you.