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1 2 Clive OxendenChristina Latham-Koenig NewENGLISH FILEA dvancedGerman WordlistAdvanced German wordlist NewENGLISH FILENew ENGLISH File Advanced German wordlist Oxford University Press 2010 2 File 1 1A Vocabulary Bank Work Adjectives describing a jobchallenging/ t l nd /herausforderndMy job is enjoyable but very d m nd /anspruchsvollBeing a surgeon is extremely m n t n s /monoton, eint nigI wanted variety after doing such a monotonous / m t ve t /motivierendWo r k i n g w i t h s u c h a g o o d t e a m i s v e r y motivating. repetitive/ r pet t v /sich wiederholendMany repetitive tasks are now done by computers. rewarding/ r w d /lohnendThe charity didn t pay much but the work was rewarding. tedious/ ti di s / de, langweiligHe lost interest in the job because it was so that are often confusedbenefit / ben f t /Vorteil, Verg nstigungPrivate healthcare insurance is one of the / k r (r) /Beruf, berufliche LaufbahnI began my career in journalism 25 years / p st /StelleHe s applied for a post at the university.

2 Profession / pr fe n /BerufNursing is not a profession that pays high / b n s /BonusThe company made a profit so all staff received a bonus. perk / p k /Vorteil, Verg nstigungOne of the perks of working here is free use of the gym. salary / s l ri /GehaltI can t save much on a salary of 20,000 a year. the money / m ni /die BezahlungThe money isn t great but I ve managed to save (s) / we d z /Lohn Wa i t e r s w e e k l y wages aren t high but they get m pl i /Mitarbeiter(in) All new employees complete the induction / m pl (r) /Arbeitgeber(in)A good employer is one that looks after its / st f /BelegschaftThe company has a staff of nearly / kw l f ke nz /QualifikationenHe failed his exams and left school with no / sk lz /F higkeitenGood communication skills are important in most jobs.

3 Training / tre n /WeiterbildungThe managers were sent on a three-week training a z /ArbeitszeitThe hours are flexible but I usually work to / ta mte bl /StundenplanTe a c h e r s w o r k f a r m o r e h o u r s t h a n t h o s e o n t h e with/ di l w /(mit ) umgehenStaff in customer services deal with difficult voluntary work / d v l ntri w k /ehrenamtlich arbeitenI did voluntary work before looking for a paid a rise/ et ra z /eine Gehaltserh hung bekommenMy salary s very low so I m hoping to get a rise fired / et fa d /gefeuert werdenShe got fired from two jobs because of her bad attitude. get promoted to / et pr m t d tu /bef rdert werdenShe got promoted to manager within her first sacked/ et s kt /rausgeschmissen werdenMy poor time-keeping record was the reason I got work experience/ et w k ksp ri ns /Berufserfahrung sammelnYo u n e e d t o get work experience before you apply for a job in the prospects/ d pr spekts /gute PerspektivenA job with good prospects offers chances for promotion.

4 In charge of/ n t d v /verantwortlich f r I m in charge of Sales, so it s a very responsible security/ d b s kj r ti /Arbeitsplatz- sicherheitIn the poor economic climate job security is crucial. make (sb) redundant/ me k r d nd nt /(jmdn.) entlassenI was made redundant when the office closed ENGLISH File Advanced German wordlist Oxford University Press 2010 3(be) off work/ f w k /fehlenWhen I broke my legs I was off work for six a short-term contract/ n t t m k ntr kt /befristet besch ftigt seinAfter being on a short-term contract I d like some job security. on maternity leave/ n m t n ti li v /im MutterschutzShe ll be on maternity leave for nine months in p tju n ti /die Gelegenheit zuI d like a job that gives me the opportunity to of work/ a t v w k /arbeitslosAfter being made redundant I was out of work for a for/ r sp ns bl f (r)

5 /verantwortlich f rThat s the man who s responsible for a business/ r n b zn s /ein Gesch ft f hrenI d prefer to run a business than work for someone self m pl d /selbstst ndig She's self-employed, but she used to be an job/ tempr ri d b /Aushilfst tigkeitShe had a temporary job when she was work/ npe d w k /unbezahlte ArbeitYo u s h o u l d i n c l u d e p a i d a n d unpaid work on your part-time/ w k p t ta m /in Teilzeit arbeitenI work part-time but I m hoping to increase my in contextcatch up with / k t p w /nachholen I eventually caught up with my zone/ k mf t z n /KomfortzoneI left my comfort zone and went to (sb) in/ f l n /(jmdn.) informieren, ins Bild setzenI ring Jo every week to fill her in on all the your teeth / r t j ti /die Z hne zusammenbei enI hate my job, but I just grit my teeth and get on with a sense/ n sens /in gewissem SinneLife was tough, but, in a sense, it made me your own mind/ n j n ma nd /wissen, was man willShe s an independent person who knows her own to your guns / st k t j nz /auf deinem Standpunkt beharrenHis parents hated his career choice but he stuck to his Vocabulary Bank Family 21st century families in the UKextended family/ kstend d f m li /Gro familieIn the UK, extended families tend not to live figure/ f f (r)

6 /Va t e r f i g u rSome children have no father figure in their re t r npe r nts /Urgro elternMy great-grandparents died when I was re t re t r npe r nts /Ururgro elternHis great-great-grandparents came to England in up/ r p /aufwachsenI was born in London but I grew up in h f br (r) /HalbbruderMy half-brother and I look very h f s st (r) /HalbschwesterMy half-sister lives with her memb z /MitgliederMembers of our family are encouraged to do family/ nju kli f m li /KernfamilieSingle-parent families are replacing the nuclear family. relative/ rel t v /Ve r w a n d t e ( r )Most of the relatives in her extended family live in Italy. single-parent family / s l pe r nt f m li /EinelternfamilieThe rise in divorce has led to many single-parent out/ spred a t /verteiltToday families are often spread out across the step br (r) /StiefbruderWhen my father remarried I acquired a step pe r nts /StiefelternAs a result of remarriage, many children live with step s st (r) /StiefschwesterMy step-sister looks more like me than my sister does.

7 Describing familiesalike/ la k / hnlichMy sister and I are alike in looks but not in up/ br p /gro ziehenAfter his parents died, he was brought up by his family/ kl s f m li /nahe Familienange- h rigeApart from a sister, I have no close relative/ d st nt rel t v /entfernte(r) Verwandte(r) As my dad s second cousin, Jack is a distant r /wachsenJoe was a short child but he grew a lot as a up/ r p /aufwachsenI grew up on a farm so I know how to handle child/ nli t ld /EinzelkindHe was an only child, and had always wanted a ENGLISH File Advanced German wordlist Oxford University Press 2010 4relation/ r le n /Ve r w a n d t e ( r )Only friends and relations were invited to the r le n p /BeziehungWe u s e d t o h a v e a g o o d relationship but we don t after/ te k ft (r) /jmdm.

8 NachschlagenShe takes after her mother, who is also idiomsfamily get-together/ f m li et t e (r) /FamilientreffenI dread the traditional family get-together at a skeleton in the cupboard/ h v skel tn n k b d /eine Leiche im Keller habenMost families have a skeleton in the cupboard.(be) on speaking terms/ n spi k t mz /miteinander redenWe d o n t g e t o n ; i n f a c t , w e a r e n t on speaking in the family/ r n n f m li /in der Familie liegenMy sisters both have red hair; it runs in the eye-to-eye/ si a t a /einer Meinung seinI don t see eye-to-eye with my father about black sheep of the family/ bl k i p v f m li /das schwarze Schaf der FamilieAs the black sheep of the family, he was never the trousers/ we tra z z /die Hosen anhabenMy sister-in-law wears the trousers in that marriage!

9 Your own flesh and blood/ j r n fle nd bl d /dein eigenes Fleisch und BlutHow can you treat your own flesh and blood so badly?Lexis in context catch (sb s) eye/ k t a /mit (jmdm.) Blickkontakt herstellenHe caught my eye and winked at problems head on/ fe s pr bl mz hed n /Problemen ins Auge sehenYo u n e e d t o face problems head on, not ignore stuck/ et st k /nicht weiter kommenWhen I get stuck on a crossword clue I give with your gut feeling/ w j t fi l /deinem Bauchgef hl vertrauenGo with your gut feeling and do what feels (sb s) feelings/ h t fi l z /(jmds.) Gef hle verletzenAre you going to apologize for hurting his feelings? keep (sth) short/ ki p t /(etw.) kurz fassenThere isn t much time so keep the speech sure/ me k (r) /daf r sorgen I think they re all coming but I ll make in advance/ pl n n d v ns /vorausplanenWe n e e d t o plan in advance what we re going to a white lie/ tel wa t la /eine Notl ge erfindenI didn t want to upset him so I told him a white Lexis in contextadhere to (sth)/ d h tu /sich an (etw.)

10 HaltenIn a foreign country you must adhere to their k n d kt /(durch)f hrenI couldn t follow the talk as it was conducted in French. notion/ n n /VorstellungNotions of grammatical correctness are m t /aussparenOmitting the is common among non-native (at sth)/ p (r) /schlecht (in etw.)I was poor at French when I was at r me n /bleibenHe will remain as your teacher until the end of the r kwa d/erforderlichYo u r a t t e n d a n c e i s required at the meeting s /deshalb, daherHe got angry in the interview and thus didn t get the tr n skra b /niederschreibenI transcribed the dialogue from the vju /ansehenMany people view this as an unresolvable language terminologycollocation/ k l ke n /Kollokation Far relative is not a valid k l kwi l /umgangssprachlichColloquial ENGLISH is often difficult for non-native speakers to di m /idiomatische Redewendung It s raining cats and dogs is an old-fashioned met f (r)