En inglés: Frisar una pared (Venezuela), enyesar una pared (España).

How to say it when you put a wet substance on a wall or ceiling od a house/room. to make it smooth and well-finished How to describe a wall that does not have that susbstance.

Cómo decir en inglés aplicar una sustancia a una pared o techo para hacerlos lisos y darle un buen acabado. Cómo describir paredes que no tienen tal acabado.

To plaster a wall.
To hard plaster a wall.
An unplastered wall.

They moved to a house with unplastered walls.

In Dictionaries: 

"We're plastering the bathroom"
Longman Dictionary.

"f you plaster a wall or ceiling, you cover it with a layer of plaster." 
Collins Dictionary

"The ceiling he had just plastered fell in and knocked him off his ladder."
Collins Dictionary


In French       En francés       En Francais

Plâtrer, faire les plâtres 

 Il a fait les plâtres de la pièce en une journée.
Cambridge French Dictionary.

Cómo se dice en inglés estar de guardia (un médico, un bombero, un juez)

On call

"She's a ​doctor, so she's often on call at the ​weekend.
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

"an on-call ​specialist/​firefighter/​judge"
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

In News:

"Hannah said while they were at the doctor's office, the nurse started
the ... Tennessee Valley OBGYN, was the doctor on call "
Times Daily

Como se dice trabajo a destajo en inglés

Piecework.

Piecework: work for which the amount of pay depends on the number of things finished rather than the time spent making them.
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

Piecework:  work in which you are paid for each thing you make or do and not for the amount of time you work
Merriam Webster Dictionary.

EN INGLÉS: Con poco tiempo de antelación.

When you have to do something , but are not given much time to do it.

At a moment's notice.
At short notice.

"I can't cancel  my arrangements  at such short  notice."
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

"Important decisions often have to be taken at a moment's notice" 
Collins Dictionary. 


In News:

"Think of it not as a powerful dragon but as an enormous swarm of bees that can surmount any wall, seep through the cracks of any barrier, penetrate any inner sanctum, and shift directions at a moment’s notice."
The Daily Caller.

"Air India had rescheduled the 11.40 am flight and advanced it at short notice,"
BBC News.


En francais     In French          En francés

Dans un delai si court.

In Spanish       En español       En espagnol

Altiro, al tiro (Chile)

Consurso de Oposición, Oposiciones.

Competitive Examination, Public Competition, examination.

He will sit an examination for assistant professor at Carabobo University.


In Dictionaries:

"To be successful in a public examination."
Collins Dictionary.

"There are several places thet will be filled on the basis of a competitive examination."
Collins Dictionary. 

Persona que trabaja en un hospital o centro asistencial ayudando a enfermeras.

Orderly: a hospital worker who does jobs   for which no training is necessary, such as helping nurses  or  carryinhg heavy things.
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

Orderly: a person who works in a hospital and does various jobs (such as moving patients or cleaning).
Merriam Webster Dictionary.


In News:

"Now he's found a career he thinks will stick: hospital orderly. He's finished 545 hours of online courses on the Spanish medical system, learning ..."
Bloomberg

"Beth then coordinates with another nurse/orderly in the hospital. She bribes him with strawberries to make choking to distract the guards while ..."
Moviepilot.com

"He gives in and tells her, Beth bribes another hospital patient-turned-orderly to distract the guards on duty, and she grabs what she needs."
Zimbio

En inglés: Atender, trabajar a domicilio.

How to call an occasion when a doctor or other  worker comes to your home to do their work.

To make housecalls.
To make house calls.

To make house calls: to visit (as by a doctor or a repair person)  a home to provide a requested service 

On Youtube:




In Cartoons:

Shoe Comics

Cartoonist(s): J.C. Duffy.

Pub Date: 2009-12-14

In News: 

"Rural Montana car dealer makes house calls."
Tirebusinees.com

"City officials last year started assigning firefighters to make house calls to check on Bellin Hospital patients after they have been discharged. The hospital pays the city $50 per house call."
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/


In French       En francais       En francés

Faire des visites à domicile

Sentar las bases, hacer las bases de una casa o construcción.

To pour a concrete house/building foundation.

They want to pour the house foundations this week.


On Websites:

" Another important step to pouring a concrete foundation properly is making sure the ground plumbing and other components underneath are placed properly before they are permanently embedded."
Reliableremodeller.com  Learn how to pour a concrete house foundation.

The Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School is looking for funding for its addition with the plan to pour the foundation this fall
The Republican Massachusetts.

Paro Indefinido, Huelga Indefinida.

Open-ended strike.

Venezuelan public universities went on open-ended strike.

In News:

"Israel’s three airlines have launched an open-ended strike in protest against a proposal by the Tel Aviv regime that would allow European carriers to compete with Israeli carriers."
PreesTV 

"So we are preparing for an open-ended strike,” said union representative Heiner Reimann. 
PressTV

"Future Movement MP Mouin Merhebi called for an open-ended sit-in outside Tripoli's Justice Palace until Eid is brought in for interrogation over ..."
The Daily Star 

Nota: Sit-in es un tipo de huelga.

Sit-in: An occasion when a group of people go into a public building and refuse to leave or allow normal activities to continue there until a situation that they are complaining about is changed: Students staged a sit-in in the university offices as part of their protest campaign. 
Cambridge Dictionary Online. 

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Lunes bancario, feriado bancario.

Bank holiday.

We went to the bank last Monday and it was closed. It was a bank holiday.

On Websites:

"Bank Business Days are Monday through Friday, excluding weekends and bank holidays."
Bank of America


In News:

"The second in line to the throne will marry Kate Middleton on the 29th April, and States members have agreed to make it a bank holiday so everyone can enjoy the occasion."
Island FM.

"Additional officers took to the streets over the weekends and bank holiday periods "
Eastbourne Today.

First published on February 1st, 2011.
 

Días hábiles.

Business days, working days.

"If the package is not picked up after five business days, it will be returned to the sender."
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

"You can expect delivery of the goods within three working days."
 Cambridge Dictionary Online.

On Websites:

"Bank Business Days are Monday through Friday, excluding weekends and bank holidays."
Bank of America

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Opposite of business day, opposite of working days: Consecutive days.

"An employee must be paid  all wages, overtime, and general holiday pay earned in a pay period within 10 consecutive days after the end of the pay period." 
http://humanservices.alberta.ca/documents/Payment-of-Earnings.pdf

Días contínuos en inglés in English.

Pasar a ser Pofesor Fijo en una Universidad.

To get tenure, to be granted tenure, to earn tenure, to be tenured.

"It's still extremely difficult to get tenure."
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

"I had recently been tenured and then promoted to full professor."
New Oxfor American Dictionary.
  
 In News:

"Merril, 58, began teaching at Central Michigan in 1987, and was granted tenure in 1993."
Fox News.

"10 tips for earning tenure and promotion without becoming the nutty professor." 
http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/jobs/285547-Tenure-Track-Assistant-Professor

Special Thanks for Professor Gizeph Henríquez (Carabobo University, Venezuela)

Merrill, 58, began teaching at Central Michigan in 1987 and was granted tenure in 1993.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/20/former-central-michigan-university-professor-charged-with-child-pornography/#ixzz2D3MHaHCWMerrin, 58,

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/20/former-central-michigan-university-professor-charged-with-child-pornography/#ixzz2D3M48RsQ

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/20/former-central-michigan-university-professor-charged-with-child-pornography/#ixzz2D3M48RsQ

Merrill, 58, began teaching at Central Michigan in 1987 and was granted tenure in 1993. This fall, he was teaching four classes in teacher education and professional development at the school, which is about 120 miles northwest of Detroit.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/20/former-central-michigan-university-professor-charged-with-child-pornography/#ixzz2D3M48RsQ

Merrill, 58, began teaching at Central Michigan in 1987 and was granted tenure in 1993. This fall, he was teaching four classes in teacher education and professional development at the school, which is about 120 miles northwest of Detroit.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/20/former-central-michigan-university-professor-charged-with-child-pornography/#ixzz2D3M48RsQ

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Material (el que utiliza la mano de obra)

Parts, materials.

The cost of this remodelling includes parts and labor.

In News:

"He was dismayed to discover that an outside company could have done the whole thing, including parts and labor, for lower cost than him ordering the
oligonucleotides himself."
Phys.org

"The leader in the welding industry has also offered an extended five years warranty on both parts and labor on all the offered welding supplies."
San Francisco Chronicles.

On Websites:

"The first things homeowners think about when remodeling are the parts and labor. A remodeling estimate should include a detailed breakdown of the materials to be used, as well as the work-hours the project will require."
superpages.com

After struggling for two days to design a protocol to put together a genetic circuit with 10 pieces of DNA—using a spreadsheet as his primary tool—he was dismayed to discover that an outside company could have done the whole thing, including parts and labor, for lower cost than him ordering the oligonucleotides himself.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-10-dna-technology-genetic-cheaper-faster.html#jCp

After struggling for two days to design a protocol to put together a genetic circuit with 10 pieces of DNA—using a spreadsheet as his primary tool—he was dismayed to discover that an outside company could have done the whole thing, including parts and labor, for lower cost than him ordering the oligonucleotides himself.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-10-dna-technology-genetic-cheaper-faster.html#jCp

After struggling for two days to design a protocol to put together a genetic circuit with 10 pieces of DNA—using a spreadsheet as his primary tool—he was dismayed to discover that an outside company could have done the whole thing, including parts and labor, for lower cost than him ordering the oligonucleotides himself.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-10-dna-technology-genetic-cheaper-faster.html#jCp

After struggling for two days to design a protocol to put together a genetic circuit with 10 pieces of DNA—using a spreadsheet as his primary tool—he was dismayed to discover that an outside company could have done the whole thing, including parts and labor, for lower cost than him ordering the oligonucleotides himself.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-10-dna-technology-genetic-cheaper-faster.html#jCp

After struggling for two days to design a protocol to put together a genetic circuit with 10 pieces of DNA—using a spreadsheet as his primary tool—he was dismayed to discover that an outside company could have done the whole thing, including parts and labor, for lower cost than him ordering the oligonucleotides himself.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-10-dna-technology-genetic-cheaper-faster.html#jCp

Mano de Obra.

Labor,  labour.

"The car parts themselves are not expensive, it's the labour that costs the money."

Cambridge Dictionary Online.

"The cost of repairing the car includes parts and labor."

Merriam Webster Online.

In News:

"There is a more important factor that has lifted Apple in its ascendancy — the exploitation of cheap overseas labor."

Orlando Sentinel.

 "This may signal the end of the cheap labor era. A recent strike at a Honda plant shows workers resisting exploitation. The inflationary forces surging inside China is also putting pressure for increased wages."

Wall Street Pit.

On Websites:

"How much does it cost to build a house not including labor?"

Askville by Amazon.

El tercer turno (trabajo).

The graveyard shift (informal), the third shift.

In Educational Materials:

"I had to work the graveyard shift for two years before I got the day shift."
ESL Podcast.


In News:

"The film, "El Velador" ("The Night Watchman"), follows Martin, who works the graveyard shift, so to speak, at Humaya Gardens. He arrives at sunset, sits or dozes through the night (it is too dangerous to actually patrol the grounds after dark, he says, because of partying, trigger-happy drug goons) and tidies up in the morning, picking up beer bottles and sweeping before walking off in the yellow daylight."
Los Angeles Times.

Cobrar el paro.

To collect unemployment benefits/insurance/payment, to collect unemployment.

In News:

"Elected official accused of illegally collecting unemployment."

NBC

"An attorney we spoke with says it's in the code of ethics and it's Florida law - if you're a public official, you're not considered employed, which means you're not entitled to collect unemployment."

NBC

"Starting July 7, the maximum number of weeks Nevadans can collect unemployment extended benefits will be reduced from 99 weeks"

KRNV My News

Cobrar paro forzoso en inglés in English.

Persona que trabaja cultivando en un vivero.

Nurserywoman, nurseryman.

Nurseryman: : one whose occupation is the cultivation of plants (as trees and shrubs) especially for sal.

Merriam Webster.

In News:

"He lived from 1774 to 1845 and was a nurseryman who traveled this region saving apple seeds and planting trees to help residents."

Cincinnati.com

Pagar el Noviciado.

To pay one's dues, to pay dues.

"To pay one's dues means to earn a right or position through experience, suffering, or hard work."

Merriam Webster Dictionary.

"This drummer has paid his dues with the best"
Oxford Advanced Learners' Dictionary.

In Modern Literature:

"On the average, ten years, and it's a hard ten years. It is not unusual for our partners to earn half a million a year, and most retire when they are fifty. You've got to pay your dues, put in eighty-hour weeks, but it's worth it when you make a partner."

The Firm by John Grisam.

"While my brothers and I were paying dues on the so-called "chitlin' circuit," opening for other acts, I carefully watched all the stars because I wanted to learn as much as I could."
Moonwalk by Michael Jackson.

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