Let's play Secret Santa this Christmas.
In News:
"Next week NRL Clubs will join the celebrations with players also playing 'Secret Santa' and hosting Christmas parties across the country..."
Brisbane Broncos.
lunes, 24 de diciembre de 2012
Jugar al Amigo Secreto (en Navidad).
Let's play Secret Santa this Christmas.
In News:
"Next week NRL Clubs will join the celebrations with players also playing 'Secret Santa' and hosting Christmas parties across the country..."
Brisbane Broncos.
lunes, 17 de diciembre de 2012
Lunes bancario, feriado bancario.
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.
lunes, 10 de diciembre de 2012
Matrícula escolar (número de estudiantes)
Enrollment: the number of people enrolled, typically at a school or college.
Oxford Dictionary Online.
In News:
"The district’s certified enrollment is 12,774 students, an increase of 321 students, or 2.6 percent, over last year."
The Gazette.
Foto: The Gazette.
viernes, 7 de diciembre de 2012
Países Árabes, Mundo Árabe.
"The Arab countries include Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Egypt."
Cambridge Dictionary Online.
In News:
"On current trends, average temperatures in Arab countries are likely to rise by as much as three degrees Celsius (5.4 Fahrenheit) by 2050." The Inquirer.
"Abu Dhabi and Dubai rank highest in the Arab world for quality of life and infrastructure, according to a survey by the HR consultancy Mercer."
The National.
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Differences : Arab, Arabian and Arabic.
lunes, 3 de diciembre de 2012
Votar nulo.
"Since she supported none of the candidates, she spoiled her ballot paper."
Cambridge Dictionary Online.
Members of that religion are required to spoil their votes in all elections.
In News:
"Some voters say they deliberately spoiled ballot papers to register dissatisfaction with PCC election process."
The Guardian(UK).
"Yes, I have a ballot for the upcoming US presidential election, and I shall send it. However, it will not be counted, as I shall deliberately spoil it."
Inquirer Opinion.
"I’m sure we would all wish our police force to become ever more effective, but asking people to deliberately to spoil their ballot papers is not exactly the way to do that. "
Derbyshire Times.
Foto: www.noticierodigital.com
viernes, 30 de noviembre de 2012
Días hábiles.
"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.
martes, 27 de noviembre de 2012
Pasar a ser Pofesor Fijo en una Universidad.
"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)
martes, 20 de noviembre de 2012
Pasado a limpio, pasado en limpio (escrito).
Please, make a fair copy of what we wrote so that I can check it more easily.
In Dictionaries:
Fair copy: the final, corrected copy of a piece of written work.
Cambridge Dictionary Online.
martes, 13 de noviembre de 2012
Habilitar un documento.
You have to expedite your grades certification so that you can hand them in before Monday.
On Websites:
" By applying to expedite the passport application, you can get it processed within 3 weeks to as fast as the same day."
http://www.us-passport-service-guide.com/
"We can expedite passports in 24 hours!"
Passport Express.
In News:
"Russia has agreed to expedite the issuance of visas to EU citizens undergoing medical treatment at its clinics, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at a meeting on hi-tech medical aid development on Wednesday."
RAPSI
Pagar para que un documento sea expedido en menos tiempo en inglés in English.
Caja chica.
Petty cash: a small amount of money that is kept in an office for making small payments.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.
In News:
"A FINANCE assistant is accused of pocketing more than £1,500 from Smithills School by fiddling petty cash funds."
The Bolton News.
"Petty cash fails to balance. Patient accounts exist for people you've never met, let alone treated."
Chiropractic Economics.
"They found a woman inside the school who had several stolen items on her; including cleaning supplies, petty cash box, a box of change, two cameras and six packets of socks."
Fox40.com
"He says that he solves five or six cases like this a month and puts the money in the petty cash box."
Inside Pulse.
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