retrospective - retrospektivní výstava

noun - an exhibition of the work an artist has done in their life so far

 

pile up - hromadit (se), nahromadit (se), kupit (se), vršit (se)

verb - (of work etc.) to increase in number so it becomes harder to deal with

 

working class - pracující třída (společenská)

noun - the social class that includes the poorer people who have to go to work

 

put two and two together - dát si dvě a dvě dohromady

verb - to work out the truth about a situation from what you see, hear, etc.

 

labour force - pracovní síla

noun - all the people who can work in a country or for a particular company

contractor - zhotovitel, stavitel, stavební firma, dodavatel

noun - a person or a company who is hired to do work or provide services

do the trick - zabrat (fungovat), fungovat, zafungovat

verb, informal - to be effective, to work, to have the desired effect, to solve a problem

 

mess around - užívat si, dělat blbosti, blbnout, dělat kraviny, hrát si, pohrávat si

verb, informal - to spend time having fun, doing crazy things instead of doing serious work etc.

 

trade - živnost, řemeslo

noun - the thing you do as a job, especially one that requires skilled manual work

 

supervise - dohlížet (na něco či někoho)

verb - to make sure that work is done correctly, especially if you are in charge

Sunday - neděle

noun - the last day of the week, the day when people usually do not work

ox - vůl

noun - a male cow that has been castrated, it is used for heavy farm work

 

hand - pracovník (manuální), pomocník

noun - a person who does manual work, esp. on a farm, in a factory etc.

commuter - dojíždějící

noun - a person who has to travel to work every day (esp. a longer distance)

shift - směna (pracovní)

noun - one of the periods when a group of workers work in a factory etc.