Category Archive: Work & Life

Jan 19

Your body language shapes who you are – The JOB HUNT Series

 Your body language shapes who you are, says Amy Cuddy, a social psychologist at Harvard University. Body language affects how people see us, but maybe more importantly, it also affects how we feel about ourselves. On occasions of social evaluation, such as meeting new classmates, asking someone out on a date, or doing a job …

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Jan 14

Apartment repairs – Audio Picture Dictionary – PART 1

 Apartment repairs includes a wide range of fix-up jobs from light plumbing (= things to do with pipes and water) through light electric jobs (= things to do with lighting and electricity) to painting the walls and fixing door frames. Do you know how to talk about them in English? This page will help you …

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Jan 09

Easily Confused Education Terms – Academic, Academy, Academia & Co

 Do YOU know the difference between ACADEMIA, ACADEMY, ACADEMICALS AND ACADEMIC? There are plenty of easily confused education words that you may come across while reading the news or discussing education with your friends. However, a great number of these terms are often misused or simply not understood by the general public. If you want …

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Jan 09

Questions To Ask Before Renting an Apartment

 The 25 most important questions to ask before renting an apartment Do you know what questions to ask before renting an apartment? To make the apartment-hunt easier, we collected the most important questions to ask the landlord or your agent. Here they are! About Money 1) How much is the monthly rent? 2) Where and …

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Jan 05

CV Writing – Part 1 – The Europass CV Template Explained

 CV Writing has become easier in recent years as a result of the publication of the EUROPASS CV template. This template can help you organize information about your education, previous work experience, language skills and other job-related skills. You can download the Europass CV template here and start writing your CV right away. But before …

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Jan 05

Jobs and Employment Vocabulary- Interactive Quiz 1

 Take this interactive quiz to practice your Jobs and Employment vocabulary!     Other posts on Job & Employment: CV Writing – Part 1 – The Europass CV Template Explained   If you like our website, share it with friends and colleagues. Thanks!   Image courtesy of nenetus at FreeDigitalPhotos.net  

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Jan 05

News&BusinessEnglish – Apple: What to expect in 2016?

 Yahoo Finance presents a number of new Apple products and upgrades to arrive in the stores in 2016. Apart from what you can expect from the newest iPhones, iPads and other upgrades, the text also provides you with plenty of formal and inormal Business English expressions. So, before you start reading, let’s go through some …

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Jan 01

News&English – 10 Films to Watch in 2016

 Nicholas Barber picks the most exciting films coming up in the new year, including releases from the Coen brothers, Spielberg and Oliver Stone. See the complete BBC article here. Below, we selected four with some tricky expressions explained in red!   A Bigger Splash A Bowie-ish rock goddess (Tilda Swinton) and her devoted boyfriend (Matthias …

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Dec 30

How to Wish – a HAPPY NEW YEAR

 Are you also bored with the usual NEW Year’s wishes? Now, as the New Year is approaching, it’s not always easy to find the right words, is it? So, what can you say instead of HAPPY?? And what can you say if you want to wish more than ‘A HAPPY NEW YEAR’? Here is our …

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Dec 28

Best of 2015 – Drone Photos

 Can you recognise this picture? This is one of the 10 top photos users of the site Dronestagram have chosen as their favourite images. Check out the BBC’s website for a selection of photos chosen as being among the BEST of the YEAR 2015! Source: Donestagram/Alexandre Salem Some key terms and expressions of the article …

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