Showing posts with label Vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vocabulary. Show all posts

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

List of professions

Here I have a list of professions.
A good suggestion that I have for you is to browse (1) through the list and look for the ones you don't know the meaning, then read the description. If it's still confusing, write it on google and select "images".


A picture is worth more than a thousand words. ;-D




List of Professions
Accountant - a person that works with the money and accounts of a company.
Actor /Actress - a person that acts in a play or a movie
Architect - a person that designs building and houses.
Author - They write books or novels.
Attorney - A person legally appointed by another to act as his or her agent in the transaction of business, specifically one qualified and licensed to act for plaintiffs and defendants in legal proceedings.
Baker - They make bread and cakes and normally work in a bakery.
Bricklayer - a person that helps to build houses using bricks.
Bus driver - a person that drives buses.
Butcher - a person that works with meat. They cut the meat and sell it in their shop.
Carpenter - a person that makes things from wood including houses and furniture.
Chambermaid - A maid who cleans and cares for bedrooms, as in a hotel.
Chef/Cook - a person that prepares food for others, often in a restaurant or café.
Cleaner - a person that cleans/tidies an area or place (such as in an office)
Dentist - a person that can fix problems you have with your teeth.
Designer - a person who has the job of designing things.
Doctor - a person you go see when you are ill or have some type of health problem.
Dustman/Refuse collector - a person that collects trash/rubbish from bins in the street.
Electrician - a person that works with electric circuits.
Factory worker - a person that works in a factory.
Farmer - a person that works on a farm, usually with animals.
Fireman/Fire fighter - a person that puts out fires.
Fisherman - a person that catches fish
Flight Attendant - a person who assists passengers in an aircraft.
Florist - a person that works with flowers.
Gardener - a person that keeps gardens clean and tidy. They take care of the plants in the garden.
Hairdresser - they cut your hair or give it a new style.
Journalist - a person that makes new reports in writing or through television.
Judge - a qualified person that decides cases in a law court.
Lawyer - a person that defends people in court and gives legal advice.
Lecturer - a person that gives lectures, usually in a university.
Librarian - a person that works in a library.
Lifeguard - a person that saves lives where people swim (at a beach or swimming pool).
Mechanic - a person that repairs machines, especially car motors.
Model - a (usually attractive) person that works in fashion, modeling clothes and accessories.
Newsreader - a person that reads the news, normally on television.
Nurse - a person trained to help a doctor look after the sick or injured.
Optician - a person that checks your eyes and try and correct any problems with your sight.
Painter - a person that paints pictures or the interior and exterior of buildings.
Pharmacist - a qualified person that works with and dispenses medicine.
Physician - A person licensed to practice medicine; a medical doctor.
Physiatrist - a medical doctor with specialized training in physical medicine, rehabilitation, and pain medicine.
Physicist - A scientist who specializes in physics.
Photographer - a person that takes photos.
Pilot - a person who flies a plane.
Plumber - a person that repairs your water systems or pipes.
Politician - a person who works in politics.
Policeman/Policewoman - a member of the police force. They (try and) prevent crime.
Postman - a person that delivers mail to your house.
Porter - A person employed to carry burdens, especially an attendant who carries travelers' baggage at a hotel or transportation station.
Real estate agent - a person that makes money from selling land for development.
Receptionist - a person that is at the reception (entrance) of a company.
Reporter - A writer, investigator, or presenter of news stories.
Scientist - a person that works in the science industry. They do many experiments.
Secretary - a person employed in an office who types letters, keeps records etc.
Shop assistant - a person that works in a shop or store selling products.
Soldier - a person who works for the army.
Tailor - a person that makes clothes for others, many times producing exclusive items of clothing.
Taxi driver - a person who drives a taxi.
Teacher - a person that passes knowledge to students, usually at school.
Translator - a person that translates from one language to another.
Traffic warden - a person that patrols areas to check that people do not park in the wrong place.
Travel agent - a person that organises and sells holidays and flights for others.
Veterinary doctor (Vet) - a qualified person that looks after sick animals.
Waiter/Waitress - a person that works in a food outlet, looking after customers and serving food.
Welder – A person that welds, joins pieces of metal by welding them together.
Window cleaner - a person that cleans windows, normally the windows of big buildings.

(1) to browse: fast reading, look over and explore searching for particular files or information

Saturday, 11 June 2011

Smiles, emoticons, slang expressions

Have you ever came across a word, in a chat, like MSN, orkut, or some site or forum that you had no idea of what it was?
When someone talks to you with a very informal sentence, like;

like 2 c a movie 2nite?


To understand this, you have to know that:

2 = to
c = see
2nite= tonight

Some abreviations are obvious, but some are not... so here I present a list of them for you to have as reference. You don't need to memorize them all, just take a look and have them whenever you face (1) them!

4
For
404
A clueless person
10q
Thank you
AKA
Also known as
ASAP
As soon as possible
B4
Before
BK / BC
Because
BRB
(I’ll) be right back
BTW
By the way
CIO
Check it out
CYL / CUL8R
See you later
D / C
Disconnect
EOD
End of discussion
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
F2F
Face-to-face
FYI
For your information
GJ
Good Job
GR8
Great
GTG / GG
Got to go
HAND
Have a Nice Day
IAC
In any case...
IDK
I don’t know
L8TR
Later
LUV
Love
LOL
Laughing out loud
LTNT
Long time, no type !
M
Am
NITE
Nite
OIC
Oh, I see...
OTOH
On the other hand
PLS
Please
R
Are
RU
Are you ?
SOME1
Someone
SRI / SRRY
Sorry
THANX / THX
Thanks
TIA
Thanks in Advance
U
You
Ur
You are
W8
Wait
YGBK
You gotta be kiddin’
YYSW
Yeah, yeah, sure, whatever



I also have a list of emoticons! You can surprise your friends with them!

:-| Ambivalent
o:-) Angelic
|-I Asleep
(::( )::) Band aid
:-{} Blowing a Kiss
\-o Bored
:-c Bummed Out
|C| Can of Coke
|P| Can of Pepsi
:( ) Can't Stop Talking
:*) Clowning
:' Crying
:'-) Crying with Joy
:'-( Crying Sadly
\_/7 cup (coffee/tea)
:-9 Delicious, Yummy
:-> Devilish
;-> Devilish Wink
:-P Sticking out tongue
:*) Drunk
:-6 Exhausted, Wiped Out
>> >><)))`> Fish/fishy
> ><<*> Fish/fishy
:( Frown
\~/ Full Glass
\_/ Glass (drink)
:-I Indifferent
:-)*(-: Kiss
:-# Lips are Sealed
:~/ Mixed Up
:-O Mouth Open (Surprised)
(_) Mug (coffee)
:-@ Screaming
:O Shocked
:-) Smile
:-& Tongue Tied
:-\ Undecided
;-) Wink
|-O Yawning

You can also download the printable version, here.

(1) to face: In this context, means that you see the expressions, come across, look at them, find them