Vocabulary: Looking For Your First Job

​Looking for your first job

Vocabulary
1. ​College (n)
2. Previous (adj)
3. Go Unnoticed (adj)
4. Undertook (v)
5. Transferable (adj)
6. Aptitude (n)
7. Potential (n)
8. Relevant (adj)
9. Career/Occupation (n)
10. Indignantly (adv)
11. Circumstance (n)
12. Qualification (n)
13. Prospective (adj)
14. Regarding (preposition)

​1. College
Koll-lij
Noun

วิทยาลัย
A University, especially one in which you study for an undergraduate (first) degree.

​I'm worried that if I can't speak English, I won't get into the college I want to go to.

​2. Previous
Pri-vi-us
Adjective

ก่อนหน้า
Happening or existing before something or someone else.

This is Haru-Chan. She is very new to Tokyo. Her previous school was in Osaka.

​3. Go Unnoticed
Go Un-noh-tist
Adjective

ปล่อยให้ไม่มีใครสังเกตเห็น
To happen without being seen or detected.

I hope that I will go unnoticed by the soldiers, if I hide in this cardboard box.

​4. Undertook
Uhn-dr-tuk
Verb

ดำเนินการ
To commit oneself to beginning and achieving a task.

That day at Rivendell, they undertook to destroy the One Ring.

​5. Transferable
Trans-sfur-uh-bl
Adjective

สามารถโอนได้
Can be passed or moved from one person or organisation to another and used there.

When you're a Gundam pilot, you learn many transferable skills, such as mechanical engineering.

​6. Aptitude
App-tuh-chewd
Noun

ความสามารถ
A natural ability to do something.

This teenage girl has a high aptitude when it comes to the guitar!

​7. Potential
Puh-ten-shul
Noun

ศักยภาพ
Having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future.

When I saw Chappell Roan perform, no one else knew her, but I saw she had the potential to be a big star!

​8. Relevant
Re-le-vant
Adjective

ตรงประเด็น , สัมพันธ์กัน
Having something to do with the matter being considered.

​The court will consider all the facts that are relevant to the case

9. Occupation/Career
Oh-kyuh-pay-shun/ker-reer
Noun

อาชีพ
A job undertaken for a significant period of one's life, and with opportunities for progress.

Geralt of Rivia's occupation is Witcher; he hunts and kills monsters for money.

10. Indignantly
In-dihg-nunt-lee
Adverb

ด้วยความเคียดแค้น
In a manner indicating anger or annoyance at something perceived as unfair.

She screamed indignantly at the computer screen.

11. Circumstance
Sur-cuhm-stans
Noun

สถานการณ์

A fact or condition connected with or relevant to an event or action.

The entire galaxy is burning with war! These are dire circumstances!

12. Qualification
Kwaa-luh-fuh-kay-shun
Noun

คุณสมบัติ

A quality or accomplishment that makes someone suitable for a particular job or activity.

Now we have finished school, I hope we all have the qualifications we need for a good job!

13. Prospective
Pruh-spek-tiv
Adjective

อนาคต

Expecting or expected to be something particular in the future.

Here at this camp, we are training prospective new recruits to the Survey Corps.

14. Regarding
Ruh-gaar-dung
Preposition

เกี่ยวกับ

With respect to, concerning.

Here on Arrakis, we are having an urgent meeting regarding Spice production.