Unit 3

Gear up-> get ready pack-> put things in

Slightly-> a bit get going on-> start
On the hand-> ready for you pave the way for-> prepare
Scheme-> a plan hot topic-> important topic
Amongst-> between 3 or more
a bout of-> happening of sth (brote)
syllabus-> programa de estudios attendance-> asistencia
loom-> appear catch up-> learn
on the look-out-> looking for alike-> similar
ultimately-> finally grades-> notas concepto
some time off-> a break
make the most of-> take advantage (aprovechar)
win-win-> a situation in which everybody wins
to be sold on an idea-> be in favour of
be likely to-> probably on call-> available (disponible)
feedback-> suggestions, response (devoluciòn)
for the time being-> now drawback-> disadvantage
be a bit of a pain-> bother a few odd days-> algunos dìas
stuff-> things
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Attendance-> asistencia detention-> castigo
grades-> notas handout-> fotocopia
syllabus-> programa de estudios
assignment-> trabajo pràctico
collocations
be -> creative have a good salary
responsible time off
self-employed control over your own time
your own boss
work independently
as a team
part time / full time

PHRASAL VERBS
Catch up on -> do sth you haven`t been able to do (ponerse al dia)
Come up with -> have an idea
Get on well -> have a good relationship
Keep up with-> make sth continue ( seguir)
Make up for -> compensate (recuperar)
Run out of-> have no more (quedarse sin)
Turn out-> result (resultar)
Talk someone through -> explain sth(explicar)
Drop off-> take someone to a place and leave them there (dejar a
alguien)
Measure up to-> be as good as
Go along with-> agree with
Keep out of-> stay away from
Go in for-> enjoy
Give up on-> stop hoping for change
Come over to-> approach (acercarse)

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Work
Tough: difficult
Long shifts-> long working hours
Worthwhile-> que vale la pena
Get a promotion -> ser ascendido en un trabajo
Be stuck-> estar estancado
On hand-> available
A long way off-> estar muy lejos
Job shadowing-> hacer pasantìa
Follow in someone`s footsteps -> seguir los pasos
Open my eyes -> make me realise
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DETERMINERS
Single countable nouns-> each
Every Every star is far away.
With uncountable nouns-> a great deal of
A large amount of
A bit of
A little
Little
Much
With plural countable nouns-> all
Most
Several
Many
A great many
A number of
A few
Few
WITH PLURAL COUNTABLE NOUNS AND UNCOUNTABLES: some , lots
of , a lot of, plenty of, no

Verbs + prepositions
Agree with choose between
Apologise for cope with
Appeal to depend on
Apply for insist on
Believe in lead to
Benefit from refer to
Rely on result in
Specialise in succeed in