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GLANCE OR GLIMPSE?

Key
Glance means to look quickly and deliberately.
Glimpse means to see something/somebody by chance for a very
short time. The expression "to get/catch a glimpse of" is also used.
Glance significa mirar rápida y deliberadamente.
Glimpse significa ver algo/a alguien de casualidad por muy poco
tiempo. También se usa la expresión "to get/catch a glimpse of".

 glance (glanced, glanced)


The man glanced around the restaurant and saw all tables
were taken.
He glanced at his watch and said it was time to go.
He glanced at the newspaper headlines.

 glimpse (glimpsed, glimpsed)


I glimpsed somebody behind the curtain.
She glimpsed a shadow at the window.
We got a glimpse of Julia Roberts as she hurried past.

ILLNESS OR DISEASE?
Key
Illness is used to talk about a health problem in particular.
Disease is used to talk formally about a group of illnesses or a health
problem in general.
Illness se usa para hablar de un problema de salud en particular.
Disease se usa para hablar formalmente de un grupo de
enfermedades o un problema de salud en general.

 illness
He suffers from a serious illness.
Her father was recovering from an illness.

 disease
There are many serious diseases in the world.
Vaccination against infectious diseases is obligatory.
JOB, WORK, OCCUPATION OR PROFESSION?
Key
Job is the work that people do to earn money, especially when they
work for a company or public organization.
Work is a general word to refer to activities that people do to earn
money, like working for a company or for themselves.
Occupation is used to refer to the kind of work that somebody does.
It's used mainly on official forms.
Profession is a kind of work for which you need special education or
training. For example, a lawyer, a teacher, a doctor.
Job es el trabajo que la gente hace para ganar dinero, especialmente
cuando trabajan para una empresa u organización pública.
Work es una palabra genérica para referirse a actividades que la
gente realiza para ganar dinero, como trabajar para una empresa o
por ellos mismos.
Occupation se usa para referirse al tipo de trabajo que alguien hace.
Se utiliza principalmente en formularios oficiales.
Profession es un tipo de trabajo para el que necesitas una educación
o entrenamiento especial. Por ejemplo, un abogado, un maestro, un
doctor.

 job
She got a new job in a shopping centre.
My last job was for a computer firm.

 work
He started work when he was 18.
After three days off, she went back to work last Monday.
 occupation
Please fill in the form with your name, age and occupation.
Manual occupations are becoming more important in our
world.
 profession
Members of the teaching profession are not very well paid.
The medical profession is not for everyone.

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