vocabulary unit 2


Hire: alquilar, contratar

oil company, My dog keeps me company.
Companion

employ
employer
employee
employment
employment agency
unemployed
unemployment

overtime
timeless = eternal
timing
extra time

retire
retirement
a retired person

apply solicitar
applicant solicitante, aspirante
application form solicitud

rely on = apoyarse en
reliability = fiabilidad
reliable = de confianza
unreliable

ambition
ambitious

help
helper
helping
helpless
helpline

responsible
response
responsibility
responsive


Produce
producer
production
productive
experience (n)
experience (v)
experienced
expert

challenge
challenger
a challenging trip

profess
professor
profession
professional
professionally
professionalism
professorship

assist
assistance
assitant

promote
promoter
promotion

work
workable
worker

knowledge 
knowledgable

appear
appearance

organise
organizer
organization

 




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