Englisch Voc. p. 148

Cards (22)

  • wealthy
    having a lot of money or possessions
    reich, wohlhabend
  • downside
    disadvantage
    Nachteil
  • to fall on hard times
    to find yourself in a situation in which you have many problems
    schwere Zeiten durchmachen
  • to man
    to supply people to work somewhere
    mit personal besetzen
  • to occupy
    to have an official job or position
    innehaben, einnehmen
  • old-age pension
    a regular income paid by the state to people above a particular age
    Rente bekommen (geld)
  • manual job
    job which involves using one‘s hands or physical strength
    „Handarbeit“
  • retirement
    the fact of stopping work because you have reached a particular age
    Rente
  • to outsource
    to arrange for somebody outside a factory, along which a product passes, having parts made or put together
    auslagern, herausverlagern
  • production line
    line of workers and machines in a factory, along which a product passes, having parts made or put togethe
    Produktionsband
  • employee
    a person who is paid to work for sb
    Arbeitnehmer, Angestellter
  • menial
    not skilled or important, and often poring or badly paid
    niederer
  • to be on call
    to be available for work if necessary, especially in a emergency
    Dienstbereitschaft haben
  • vital
    necessary or essential in order for sth to succeed or exist
    essenziell, unerlässlich, lebenswichtig
  • to pursue (a career)
    to do, or try to achieve sth over a period of time
    etw verfolgen, etw verwirklichen wollen
  • salary
    money that employees receive for doing their job
    Gehalt
  • counterpart
    a person or thing that has the same position or function as sb/sth else in a different situation
    Gegenstück, Gegenspieler
  • unskilled
    not having or needing special skills or training
    ungelernt
  • to relocate
    to move or to move sb/sth to a new place to work or operate
    umsiedeln
  • to seek
    to look for sth
    suchen
  • social services
    a system that is organized by the local government to help people who have financial or family problems
    Soziale Dienstleistungen/Hilfen
  • developing country
    a poor country which is trying to make industry and economic system more advanced
    Entwicklungsland