Hi guys! 👋

As I promised today I am sharing WORK collocations with you.

💫 You can say you work at/for a company
e.g.“I work at EPAM.”

💫 You can say you’re working on a project/task
e.g.“I’m working on a market analysis”

💫 You can say you work (closely) with people/objects
e.g. "I work with a team of developers to create and maintain web applications using various programming languages and frameworks."

DON'T MIX
❗“I start work at 7 AM.” (not “I start my job at 7 AM”)

❗“I finish/leave work at 4:30.” (NOT “I finish my job at 4:30”)
– An informal way to say “leave work” is “get off work”

❗“We go to work by car.” (NOT “We go to our job by car”)

❗“I went to the bar with some friends from work.”

❗“I can’t access Facebook when I’m at work.” (NOT “at my job”)

💫to complete work - to finish work
💫to carry out work - to perform or complete an activity
💫to take on work - accept responsibility for work
💫available to start work - ready to start work

Hope these collocations will be of great use for you!
Have a nice day ahead!🔅
Bye!

To be continued...

Hi everyone! 👋
Here's the list of CAREER collocations 🧑‍💻

🔅embark on a career = begin a career
🔅pursue a career = make an effort to have a career (будувати кар'єру)
🔅a promising career = a career with good future potential (багатообіцяюча кар'єра)
🔅a varied career = a career with jobs in many different areas
🔅career prospects = career opportunities (кар'єрні можливості)
🔅switch your career = change your career
🔅career take off = when someone’s career starts to become very successful (кар'єрний зліт)
🔅at the height/peak of your career = at the most successful point in your career (на піку кар'єри)
🔅wreck/ruin your career = when your career is destroyed
🔅climb the career ladder = move forward in the career (просуватись кар'єрними сходами)

What can you say about your career? Are you at the peak of your career? Are you climbing your career ladder? Or are you embarking on your career?
Share in comments 💻
I would be glad to hear from you.

Have a nice day!

Hi there!

Hope you are full of energy!🔥
Here's a list of JOB collocations that can be of great use to you!

⭐ a demanding job (requires a lot of effort) робота, яка потребує багато зусиль

⭐a fulfilling/rewarding job (it makes you feel good) робота, що приносить задоволення

⭐an entry-level job (a job that can be done by someone who is just beginning their career, which doesn’t require much experience or many skills) робота початкового рівня, початківець

⭐a dead-end job (a job that has no opportunities for advancement or promotions) безперспективна робота

⭐a high-powered job (a dynamic and important job) важлива, високооплачувана робота

⭐apply for a job (write a letter or email, or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it) подати заявку на роботу

⭐ offer someone a job (to tell someone they can have a job if they want it) пропонувати комусь роботу, job offer - пропозиція роботи

‼The word job is a countable noun (злічуваний іменник)

Terry has had seven jobs in the past five years.

What kind of job do you have? Share in comments
See you next time! 🫶

Hi there,👋

Today is a new set of collocations. This time they are connected with the word PROFESSION.

💫by profession - за професією
He is a QA Engineer by profession.

💫enter/go into/join the profession - почати працювати
She entered the IT profession after university.

💫 the top of sb's profession - професійна вершина
He reached the top of his profession in very little time.

💫 a choice of profession - вибір професії
His exceptional coding skills and passion for technology led him to make an informed choice of profession as a software engineer.
(exceptional skills - виняткові навички, passion for - жага до

💫 make an impact in the profession - мати вплив у професії (професійній сфері)
He's made a great impact in the IT profession.

Hope it was useful! 🔥
See you! 🌈

Hi everyone,

Nowadays everyone complains that they never have enough time to do things. Many company employees go on time-management courses – looking for guidance on organizing their time.

Here are some tips for time management (they're not new but beneficial):

🔥 Use a diary (BrE) or calendar (AmE) to plan your day, week, etc. The most modern form is a smartphone app that can display messages and help you organize your events and even make notes about them.

🔥 Plan your day in advance. Make a realistic plan (not just a list) of the things you have to do and prioritize them – put them in order of importance. Work on the things that have the
highest priority and leave the others until later.

🔥 Avoid interruptions and distractions – things that stop you from doing what you had planned.

🔥 Do jobs to a realistic level of quality in the time available, and only to a level that is really necessary. Don’t always aim for perfectionism.

Try to balance time, cost, and quality.
How are things going with your time management? 🤔
Are you a master in it or still an amateur?

Take care! Enjoy your weekend!
See you!🤩

Hi there! ☀️

Today I offer you a set of phrases you definitely use in your everyday talks. But do you know how to say them in English?

❗Щиро дякую! - Thanks a million!
❗Не з моїм щастям! - No such luck!
❗Чим далі, тим веселіше! - The more, the merrier.
❗І не кажи! - You can say that again!
❗Нізащо! - No way!
❗Простіше простого! - There's nothing to it!
❗Не сміши мене! - Don't make me laugh!
❗Як же летить час! - How time flies!
❗Світ тісний! - It's a small world.

How many of them do you know?

Have a nice productive week ahead! 💪

See you! 🌷

🧑‍💻 CUSTOMIZE vs. CUSTOMISE (налаштовувати)

Definitions:
Both forms are correct but the form customize is more commonly used worldwide, especially in the USA.
In British English, it is also acceptable to write customise.

By analogy, the following pairs of words are also correct:
❗optimize/optimise (оптимізувати)
❗prioritize/prioritise (розставляти пріоритети)
❗specialize/specialise (спеціалізуватися)

The software allows users to customize the interface according to their preferences, such as changing the color scheme, rearranging menu options, and creating custom shortcuts.

So, in your written communication keep in mind these spelling differences.

Hi guys! ☀🌈

В житті кожного трапляються злети і падіння. Сьогодні пропоную вам добірку phrasal verbs на тему 'Success and failure'

⚡ build on - use success or achievement (досягнення) as a base from which to achieve more success
You have enough knowledge to build on your future career.

⚡ walk into - get very easily (легко увійти)
You must not expect just to walk into a highly-paid job.

⚡catch up with - reach the same quality or standard as someone (надолужувати)
During the IT class, I had difficulty understanding some concepts, but I plan to study the material again to catch up with the rest of the students.

⚡ keep up with - make progress at the same speed to stay at the same level (йти в ногу з)
Even though I'm just a beginner in IT, I try my best to keep up with the latest software updates and technology trends.

⚡ stay ahead - continue to be more successful than others (залишатись попереду)
In order to pass my exams, I need to study hard and stay ahead with my coursework.

⚡ fall through - to fail (зазнати поразки)
Despite all the support, John's plans to start a new business fell through due to unforeseen financial difficulties.

⚡give up - stop doing smth (відмовитись від)
Don't let fear of failure cause you to give up your ambitions; embrace the challenges and keep moving forward.

Never give up! Go ahead to your success! 🌟
Enjoy your weekend! 🌸

Hi everybody! ☀

Today let's talk about some phrases to start the meeting. They can be helpful during your project presentations or other kinds of meetings.

💥Let’s begin, shall we?
💥Shall we make a start?
💥Let’s make a start.
💥It’s time to get started.
💥Let’s get down to business. Давайте перейдемо до справи.
💥We’ve arranged/organized this meeting to … Ми організували цю зустріч, щоб...
💥The purpose/main objective of this meeting is to … Мета цієї зустрічі - це...
💥Would you like to kick off?/ Would you like to get the ball rolling? - Можемо починати?

Have a nice working week ahead!
See you! 🌸

Hello everybody! 💫

Here's a set of essential phrasal verbs to use when we talk about convincing (переконувати) others to do smth.

🌸 put across/over smth - express or explain smth clearly so that people understand it easily
During the presentation, the speaker used vivid examples and engaging visuals to put across the importance of software changes to the team.

🌸 put forward smth- state an idea or suggest a plan so that it can be considered or discussed
Jane put forward her innovative app concept at the IT meeting.

🌸 put smth to smb - offer an idea or a plan to smb
The IT support team put the software update to all employees' computers to enhance security.

🌸 talk smb around/round - persuade someone to agree with you
My team didn't want to adopt the new cloud-based data storage solution. But I talked them around.

🌸 talk smb into smth/doing smth - convince someone to do something which they may be unwilling to do at first
I managed to talk my colleague into upgrading his computer to improve performance and boost productivity.

🌸 talk smb out of smth/doing smth - persuade someone not to do smth
The IT consultant tried to talk the client out of implementing the outdated software solution.

Is it easy for you to talk somebody into accepting your ideas? Share 💭

Hi there!🌸

Glad to come back to you with a portion of new phrases. Today let's see how to keep a meeting on track (йти за планом, підтримувати). Here are some variants:
⚡ That’s another subject.
Finance is another subject altogether. Now we'll just talk about sales.

⚡We can’t discuss that issue.
We can't discuss that issue today. It's not on the agenda (на порядку денному).

⚡That's outside the scope (виходить за рамки)
That's outside the scope of our meeting so we‟ll leave it for now.

⚡Let's get back on track
Let's get back on track. We're wasting too much time.

⚡We’re digressing (відходимо від теми)
We're digressing. I want to stick to (дотримуватись) the main subject.

Let all your meetings always be on track.

Have a nice day!!!! 💫

Hi everybody!🌷
Today let's have a look at the commonly confused words in English.

💫Accept vs. Except

Accept - To receive or take in willingly. (приймати)
The system administrator accepted the request to reset the user's password.

Except - Excluding or not including. (окрім)
All team members attended the IT workshop except for Sarah, who was on vacation.

💫Principal vs. Principle

Principal - Refers to a person who holds a high position, like the head of a school. (керівник)

It can also mean the primary aspect of something. (принциповий, провідний)

(Person): The principal addressed the team during the meeting.
(Primary): The principal goal of this software update is to improve security.

Principle - A fundamental belief, rule, or guideline. (принцип, засада)
One of the guiding principles in programming is to write clean and organized code.

💫Lose vs. Loose

Lose - To be deprived of something or fail to retain it. (губити, втрачати)
If you don't save your work frequently, you might lose all your progress in case of a system crash.

Loose - Not tightly held or fastened. (незакріплений)
Make sure all the screws are tight; a loose connection could lead to hardware malfunctions.

Do you face trouble using any other words that can be confusing?

Have a nice weekend ahead! Spend summer weekends in full! 💯

Good morning, guys! 🌷

How are you after the weekend?

The new working week has started and it's essential to be productive and catch up with all the tasks.
So, I offer you a video to remind you about the time management tips that can help you boost productivity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgp6eELYY1M

Here are some of the phrases you can come across in the video.

📚declutter - відкоригувати
📚work in a frantic way - працювати в шаленому темпі
📚boost productivity - підвищувати продуктивність
📚stay on track - дотримуватись плану
📚rank in order of priority - розставляти в порядку важливості
📚set achievable goals- ставити досяжні цілі
📚bounce from tasks - відхилятись від завдань
📚have a catch up - зустрітись з тим, кого давно не бачили
📚productivity hacks - лайфхаки з продуктивності

What are your personal productivity hacks? Share in comments

Have a nice week ahead! 💫

Hi, everybody! 🇺🇦

Congratulations to you on the occasion of Ukrainian National Flag Day! 🇺🇦

You communicate a lot with your teams which can be multinational. You have the possibility to get to know about life in other countries, their people, traditions, holidays and so on.

On this festive day, I offer you to share some information about our national symbols in English.

🇺🇦The national flag of Ukraine is a banner of two equally sized horizontal bands of blue and yellow (стяг із двох рівновеликих горизонтальних смуг синього та жовтого кольорів)

Ukraine has celebrated the Day of the National Flag on 23 August since 2004.

⚡The Сoat of Arms of Ukraine is a blue shield with a golden trident. The lone emblem featured on it is the tryzub (meaning "trident"), a state sigil (герб) of the Kyivan Rus from the 10th century A.D., believed to originally represent the Holy Trinity (свята трійця).

⚡The national and state anthem of Ukraine is known by its official edition's first line "Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia" -'Ukraine's glory and freedom/will have not yet perished'.

The lyrics constitute a slightly modified version (трохи змінена версія) of the first verse and chorus of the patriotic song "Shche ne vmerla Ukraina", written in 1862 by Pavlo Chubynskyi, a prominent ethnographer from Kyiv. In 1863, Mykhailo Verbytskyi, a Ukrainian composer and Greek Catholic priest, composed music to accompany Chubynskyi's lyrics.

⚡"Glory to Ukraine!" is a Ukrainian national salute, known as a symbol of Ukrainian sovereignty (суверенітет) and resistance (опір) to foreign aggression. It is the battle cry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is often accompanied by the response "Glory to the heroes!".

Hello, everybody! 🌻
Here's a list of phrases for you to talk about money.

💰spend money (on) - give money as payment for something
Juan spends a lot of money on travelling.

💰save money - keep money for use in the future
We’re saving a little money each month
to buy a new car next year.

💰waste/squander money (on) - spend money in a bad way; (марно витрачати)
squander is stronger and is only used about large sums of money
Sara wasted/squandered all her money on clothes and fast cars.

💰change money - exchange one currency for another, e.g. dollars for euros
You can change some money at the airport.

💰throw money around - spend money in an obvious and careless way on unnecessary things
If Jim keeps on throwing his money around like that, he soon won’t have any left.

💰throw money at - spend a lot of money, possibly more than necessary, trying to solve a problem
The government think they can solve the problem by throwing money at it.

💰donate money (to) - give money to help society in some way
The business donates a lot of money each year to charity. (на благодійність)

P.S. And don't forget in English MONEY is singular (однина)
MONEY IS....

What do you like spending money on? Share in comment.
Have a nice weekend!
See you!❤️

Good morning!💕

Let's learn today how to react to what others say. I think you know these phrases and use them in your everyday talks.

But can you say them in English? 🤔

First, read the phrases in Ukrainian, try to translate into English. Then check if you were right. Good luck!💫

💥Ти обвів мене круг пальця! Обдурив! You could've fooled me!
💥Про смаки не сперечаються! There's no accounting for taste(s)!
💥Менше з двох зол. The lesser of two evils.
💥Одне потягло за собою інше. One thing just led to another.
💥Я ніколи цього не переживу! I'll never live it down!
💥Куй залізо поки гаряче. Make hay while the sun shines.
💥 Так чи інакше. One way or another.

How many of them did you know? Share in comments
See you!

LIKE or AS???
What's the difference?

The meanings of LIKE:

🌱LIKE = similar to, the same as

In this case, the structure of the sentence is usually the following:

VERB + LIKE + NOUN/PRONOUN

A typical HDD looks like the one presented in the picture.

🌱LIKE = for example, such as

Computer hardware includes parts which are inside the computer case, like video card, hard disk drive, etc.

The meanings of AS:

🌱AS = in the position of, in the form of

In this case, the structure of the sentence is usually the following:

AS + SUBJECT + VERB

A track can be described as a narrow recording band which forms a circle on the disc.

🌱AS = at the same time as the other one
It is used to indicate that one event was happening at the same time as another one.

As software sends a request for disk access, the read/write heads determine the current
or new location of the data.

🌱AS IF = similar to

In this case, the structure of the sentence is usually the following:

AS IF + VERB IN THE PAST

The hard disk looks as if there was a head crash.

🌱AS + ADJECTIVE + AS to make comparisons when the things we are comparing are equal in some way (такий...як)

Your computer is as expensive as the one I have at work.

‼️REMEMBER
📌look like/sound like/feel like/taste like/smell like

📌As far as I know.../As you see.../As is...(as they are, in the present condition), As of now... (starting now)

All discounted goods are sold as is, with no exchanges.

As of now we must use the new email address.

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