Essential Business and Workplace Terminology

Bonus: When you get extra pay for working well

Committed: Dedicated
Computer literate: Able to use computers well
Consistent: Always acting in a positive way
Core skill: An activity needed to do a specific job
Corporate culture: The ideas and beliefs of a company and how it affects its life
Dedicated: Specifically devoted to something
Diverse
Do overtime: Extra time
Earn an award: Win money for something, like a prize
Goal setting: Process of deciding what you want to achieve or what someone else should achieve
Hands-
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Using Connectors in English: Contrast, Reason, Examples, and Sequence

Connectors That Show Contrast

In spite of / Despite have the same meaning (a pesar de). They are followed by a noun phrase, often including a gerund.

  • In spite of the late hour / Despite the late hour, they went on with the meeting.
  • Arrived on time despite / in spite of getting up late.

Although, Though, Even Though, In Spite of the Fact That

These connectors have the same meaning (aunque, a pesar del hecho de que). They are followed by a complete sentence and can go at the beginning or in the middle

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Quranic Verses: Divine Attributes, Faith, and Life’s Purpose

سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ (1) لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ (2) هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ (3) هُوَ الَّذِي

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Essential Vocabulary for Environmental Awareness and Legal Terms

Average (medio), Beast (bestia), Benefit from (beneficiarse de), Black and white (blanco o negro), Carbon footprint (huella de carbono), Consist of (componerse de), Crop (cultivo), Disappear from (desaparecer de), Dump (acumular/tirar), Eco-friendly (ecológico), Endangered (en peligro de extinción), Expose to (exponer a), Face with (enfrentarse a), Flooding (inundación), Fossil fuel (combustible fósil), Get rid of (deshacerse de), Give or take (más o menos), Greenhouse effect (efecto invernadero)

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The Outsiders: A Story of Loyalty and Redemption

The Outsiders: A Story of Gangs and Brotherhood

Ponyboy’s Introduction to the Greaser Life

Ponyboy Curtis, a young member of the “greasers” gang, is attacked by their rivals, the “Socs”, after leaving a movie theater. His older brothers, Darry and Sodapop, and other greasers come to his rescue. The following night, Ponyboy, along with fellow greasers Dally and Johnny, meet Cherry and Marcia, two Soc girls, at a drive-in. While Cherry rejects Dally’s advances, Ponyboy finds himself connecting with

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Robinson Crusoe: A Symbol of Colonialism and the Prodigal Son

ROBINSON CRUSOE 1719 (Daniel Defoe)


First person narrator, the first word of the book is the pronun “I” which is followed by : “was born in York”.
Robinson Crusoe is a man who stayed 28 years marooned on an island. (Robin- Robinsnades). In the end, he becomes servant and then is rescued and finally returns to England. Es considerado un subgenero en si mismo.

Frontispiece

On the left, before starting the novel. Nos da la impresion de que Crusoe se encuentra encerrado en la isla, sin escapatoria.

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