| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
to clock in / to clock out (at work) | fichar |
We clock in at eight in the morning. | Fichamos a las ocho de la mañana. |
Don't forget to clock out when you leave. | No olvides fichar al salir. |
At my company we clock in with a card. | En mi empresa fichamos con una tarjeta. |
the connections, the string-pulling (informal) | el enchufe |
She got the job through connections. | Consiguió el trabajo por enchufe. |
Here nobody gets in without connections. | Aquí sin enchufe no entra nadie. |
His uncle is the director, so he has connections. | Su tío es el director, así que tiene enchufe. |
the telling-off, the scolding | la bronca |
Today the boss (female) gave me a tremendous telling-off. | Hoy la jefa me ha dado una bronca tremenda. |
My colleague got a telling-off for arriving late. | Mi compañero se llevó una bronca por llegar tarde. |
Don't tell me off; it wasn't my fault. | No me des la bronca; no ha sido culpa mía. |
one-off, specific, occasional | puntual |
It was a one-off error in the system. | Fue un error puntual del sistema. |
My colleague (female) is always punctual; what happened today was a one-off. | Mi compañera siempre es puntual; lo de hoy ha sido algo puntual. |
Teleworking here is an occasional thing. | El teletrabajo aquí es algo puntual. |
the upper limit, the ceiling (of an amount) | el tope |
There is a cap of a thousand euros for expenses. | Hay un tope de mil euros para gastos. |
The cut-off date for the report is Friday. | La fecha tope para el informe es el viernes. |
This week we have worked to the max. | Esta semana hemos trabajado a tope. |
to turn to, to resort to | recurrir |
If you have doubts, turn to your colleague (female). | Si tienes dudas, recurre a tu compañera. |
We had to resort to a loan. | Tuvimos que recurrir a un préstamo. |
I never resort to shouting with my team. | Nunca recurro a los gritos con mi equipo. |
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