El sistema de educación y el mundo laboral en España

establecerse

to settle

garantizar

to guarantee

dirigir

to manage

imponer

to impose

universidad

university

programas de iniciacion profesional

professional initiation

bachillerato

bachelors

asegurar

to assure

meta

goal

sacar buenas notas

to get good grades

ayuda

help

incluir

to include

etapa

period

permiter

to permit

acreditación

accreditation

educación

education

tienen derecho a un puesto escolar

they have the right to a school place

selectividad

Spanish University admission test

acceder

to agree

to access

contencioso administrativa

administrative officer

una comprobación

verification

reclamar

to claim

saltarse

to skip

faltar

to miss

consejería de educación

ministry of education

media nacional

national average

fenómeno

phenomenon

medir

to measure

estima

respect

esteem

atajar

to take a shortcut

semanales

weekly

aumentar

to increase

dominio

control

ampliar

to expand

to extend

albergar

to house

ciclo elemental

elemental cycle

sede

headquarters

dinamizar

to revitalise

inscripción

registration

extraescolares

extracurriculars

equipamiento

equipment

entretenerse

to amuse oneself

cuando termina la carrera

when I graduated

la baja por maternidad

maternity leave

siempre he soñado

I’ve always dreamed of

mi conocimiento

my knowledge

desempleado

out of work

I discovered

descubrí

el préstamo

loan

la compretencia

competition

desperada

desperate

desfavorecidos

disadvantaged

lengua materna

mother tongue

ubicar

to locate

preliminar

preliminary

primaria

primary

despertador

alarm clock

velocidad

speed

retroceder

to back up

aguantar

to put up with

jornada

working day

progresar

to progress

similar

to simulate

to feign

creer

to believe

quemar

to burn

permitirse

to allow oneself

compensar

to compensate

esfuerzo

effort

malabarismo

juggling

ignorar nuestro reloj biologico

ignore our body clock

descansar

to rest

atrasado

late

behind

proponer

to propose

propio horario

own schedule

cantidad

amount

descansado

rested

acentuar

to accent

difundido

widespread

partir

to cut

to split

antigüedad

age

percibir

to perceive

to receive a salary

mientras

while

mentiras

lies

sector público

public sector

sector privado

private sector

un amante

lover

animar a

to encourage

el certamen

competition

el cuartel

barracks

desfilar en una pasarela

to go down the catwalk

hacerse un hueco

to find some time to

la meta

goal

orgulloso

proud

el negocio

skinny

lo tiene claro

she has no doubts

obsesionarse

to become obsessed

es equivalente a

it is equal to

encajar

to fit in

voluptuoso

voluptuous