VOCABULARY

career move – an action you take to progress in your career; MAKE

career break – a period of time away from your job to, for example, look after your children; TAKE

career plan - ideas you have for your future career; DECIDE

career opportunities – chances to start/improve your career; OFFER, HAVE

career path – the direction your working life takes;

career ladder – a series of levels or steps in your working life; CLIMB

an accountant – keeps and checks the financial records of the company

the CEO – is the most senior manager in the company

a system analyst – studies business operations and uses computer to plan changes

a PA – helps manager by doing some of their work for them

a PR officer – supplies information about company to the public

a computer programmer – writes instructions for computers to do certain tasks

head office – the main building or large location of a large organisation

marketshare – the percentage of sales a company has in a particular market

net profit – the money a company makes after taking away its costs and tax

parent company – a company which owns another company or business

share price – the cost of a company’s shares

subsidiary – a company which is more than 50% owned by another company

turnover – the amount of money a company receives from sales in a particular period

work-force – the employees in a particular country or business

self-employed – works for multiple companies, freelancer

service industry – banking and tourism

after-sales service – the help you get from a company when you start to use their product

cooling-off period – the time when you can change your mind and cancel an order

credit-card details – the name, number and expiry date on your payment card

interest-free credit – when you can pay some time after you buy, but at no extra cost

loyalty-card scheme – method for customers to obtain a discount on future purchases from the same
organisation
method of payment – the way you pay for the goods you want

money-back guarantee – a promise to return your money if you are not happy

out of stock – when good you require are not available

discount – something you get on cheaper price

refund – to return good for money

bargain – something extremely cheap

storage – to keep something in a place and not use it

warehouse – a large building where goods are stored

(store) supplier – someone who gets the goods

retailer – a person or company that sells to public

deliver – delivered goods on the address

dispatch – to send good to a place

order – purchasing goods

a loan – a money that you borrow

a credit card – a plastic card used for buying goods

an account – an arrangement between a bank and a costumer

interest – extra money that you get for invested money

savings – money kept in a bank for later use

meat (meso):

beef - govedina

lamb - jagnjetina

pork - prasetina

veal - teletina

venison - divljač

poultry (živina):

chicken - piletina

duck - patka

turkey - ćurka

fish/sea food (riba/morska hrana):

crab - kraba

lobster - jastog

prawns/shrimp - škampi

salmon - losos

tuna - tunjevina

vegetables/salad (povrće/salate):

broccoli - brokoli

cabbage - kupus

cucumber - krastavac

mushroom - pečurke

onion – crni luk

spinach – spanjać

wine: dry, house, medium, red, rose, white, sparkling, sweet, vintage, alcohol-free

beer: alcohol-free, draught(točeno)

water: bottled, mineral, still, tap, sparkling

to build up → a range

to achieve → a breakthrough

to swamp → the market

to receive → an award,

to miss → an opportunity

to apply for → a patent

PHRASAL
take a pension – penzija (novac)

take time off – uzeti slobodno

take early retirement – penzionisati se ranije

work flextime/ overtime/ an office job

do part-time work/ a nine-to-five job/ your best

earn commission/ money/ 40.000 per year/ bonus

make a fortune/ progress/ a living

to get fired

get sack – to get fired

to take advantage of an opportunity – to do something when you get the chance to do it

to raise somebody’s status – to make somebody look or feel more important

to enter a market – to start selling goods or services in a new area

to extend a product range – to offer a larger variety of goods

to meet a need – to do or provide something that is necessary

to make a breakthrough – to make an important discovery or change

lifestyle – the way people choose to organise their lives

workaholic – someone who cannot stop working and has no time for anything else

workload – the amount of work a person is expected to do

deadline – a time or date by which you have to do something

flexitime – a system where employees choose the time they start and finish work each day

work-life balance – the ability to give a good amount of time to your work and to go outside interests,
e.g. family

quality of life – how personally satisfied you are with the way you live and work

working environment –

to look after – give attention, protect, take care of

to look around – see the sights

to look forward – await with pleasure

to take out – entertain

to take part – get involved in

to take up – accept (an offer)

to turn up – to arrive, appear, come

to turn down – to refuse, decline