Advanced C1
Unit 4
Unit 4
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Cartes-fiches
very old and not modern
enough
antiquated (adjective )
Our accounts are in a mess owing to the
antiquated system we are using.
describing a situation or
project in which people work together well as a
team
collaborative (adjective)
You can achieve more in a collaborative working
environment.
to travel regularly between work and
home
commute (verb)
He commutes to London every day.
a record of your online
activity
digital footprint (noun)
Whenever you visit a website you leave a
digital footprint.
disappointed with something
that you thought was good in the past
disenchanted (adjective)
He became
disenchanted with politics and resigned from the party.
designed to help people work
efficiently and comfortably
ergonomic (adjective )
Our offices have an
ergonomic design.
a set of rules about what is
right and wrong
ethical code (phrase)
We have a strict ethical code that all
employees must follow.
to use someone unfairly for your own
advantage
exploit (verb)
It is easy to exploit workers who are
desperate for a job.
not part of a formal
educational course
extra-curricular (adjective)
We encourage our students to take
up extra-curricular activities.
so simple, easy or perfect that it
cannot go wrong
foolproof (adjective )
He said he had a foolproof scheme
for making money.
to have no way to express or
use energy, emotion, talent, etc.
have no outlet (phrase)
She had no outlet for
her creativity.
a period of (often unpaid) work
experience
internship (noun )
She did an internship with a bank in Hong
Kong.
to treat something as
important and deal with it before doing other things
make it a priority (phrase)
I made it a priority to contact all the club’s members.
a control that allows you
to decide how much information you disclose on a
social media site and who you allow to see it
privacy setting (noun)
You should tighten up your privacy settings.
to get something good as
a result of your actions
reap rewards (phrase )
I worked really hard at
university, and now I’m reaping the rewards.
to do something bad to someone
because they have done something bad to you
retaliate (verb)
They have threatened to retaliate against any troops that
attack.
a period of time when you are absent
from work because of illness
sick leave (noun)
He was away for a
fortnight on sick leave.
the information that you
give about yourself on social media sites
social media profile (phrase)
I need to update my social media profile to tell friends about my
new job.
being completely accurate,
according to the rules
strictly speaking (phrase)
Strictly speaking, the deadline
for this report is Monday, but it won’t matter if you
need an extra day or two.
a small amount of money
available to spend
tight budget (phrase)
There will be no special treats this
month. We’re on a tight budget.
to be very careful
about how you use something because it could cause
problems for you
treat with healthy respect (phrase )
You should treat these medicines
with healthy respect.
discovering why something
does not work effectively and making suggestions
about how to improve it
troubleshooting (noun)
The instruction manual includes a section on troubleshooting to help you
with any simple problems you might have with the television.
to make something weaker
undermine (verb)
A series of scandals have undermined people’s confidence in
the government.
a desk and the area around it
where you work in an office
work station (noun)
Our work stations are
separated by screens.
