What's on your 'to-do' list? 6 Minute English

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Pay bills, clean the house... these are boring tasks we all have to do regularly even if we don't feel like it. They're part of what we call 'life admin'. Neil and Rob discuss what could make life admin tasks more interesting and teach you related English vocabulary.

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𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝟔 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬:
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𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲
𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞
a boring, ordinary task you do regularly

𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧
short for 'administration' – the activities and tasks you have to do to make a business, organisation or just your life, run smoothly

𝐚𝐤𝐚
also known as

𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲
a company that supplies something such as electricity, gas, or water to the public

𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞
delay doing things until later, probably because you don't want to do them

𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫-𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐫𝐬
an informal term to describe people who get satisfaction out of doing life admin and do lots of it

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