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VOCABULARY

a chain: a group of shops, hotels, etc. owned by the same person or company (e.g. Benetton)

A clair voyant: adivina

a client: someone who receives a service from a professional person (e.g. a lawyer)

A coincidence: casualidad, coincidencia

a colleague: a person who works with you

a competitor: a person, company, or product that is trying to do better than the others

a customer: a person who buys goods (things for sale) or services, e.g. from a shop or restaurant

A dice – dado

A dressing-gown (bata, albornoz)

a executive: a person who has an important position in a company

A faith-healer: curandero

A high – the (normally good) feeling induced by taking a dug

A stroke: a sudden illness which attacks the brain and can have a person unable to move part of their body

Above / over

acquit – say sb I not guilty

Acquit = say sb is not guilty

Acquitted: absuelto

Actually – the fact is

Actually – the fact is

Acupuncture: Chinese medicine which treats people with needles

Acupuncture: using needles

Adore – adorable

Advertise

Aid: way to help

Alibi: coartada

Angry – furious

Answer = say sth in response to a question

Any way – in any case

Anyway – in any case (used to add an extra point or reason, or to change the subject)

Apes (orangutanes, gorilas, chimpances)

Apparently – according to what people say

Apparently – according to what people say, it seems

Argue: disagree angrily

Arms

Arrest = when the police take someone prisoner in order to question them about a crime

Ashamed – lotsatuta

Ashtray: cenicero

Assassinate: asesinar

At the end – the last part of

At the moment – now

Audience figures

Audience figures – the number of people watching a TV programme

Audience figures: the number of people watching a TV programme

Autonomous government

Avoid : stop yourself  from being in a situation

Aware: a room in a hospital for several patients

Back up – argumentuak

Bake: cocinar en el horno

Balcony (balcon)

Bank note: billete

Bargains: something you managed to buy very cheaply

Base camp: climbers camp at the bottom of a mountain

Basically – looking at what is most important

Basically – looking at what’s most important

Be a failure: go wrong

Be a success: go ok

Be aware – know, be conscious

Bee: an insect which makes honey

Beheaded: decapitado

Behind (atzean)

Beside (alboan)

Beside / next

Betrayed: traicionar

Biased – to be unfairly influenced

Biased – unfairly influenced

Biased: not objective

Birth rate – jaiotza tasa

Blackmail: chantajear

Blame – think that a person or their is responsible for sth bad

Blame: culpable

Bland – without a strong taste (insípido)

Blazing: llameante

Blind: it’s used to keep the sun out of a room / unable to see

Blind: person who can’t see, persiana

Blink – open and shut your eye

Blizzard: a snow storm

block of flats

Blossom (en flor)

Boarding school: internado

Boot prints: huellas

Brand: marca

Breadwinner: the person who earned the money

Bribe: sobornar

Brightly (brillantemente)

Bring back from the grave = make alive again

broadcast

Broadcast – to send out radio or television programmes

broncin’ buck – play on words for a “bucking bronco” (=a wild horse)

Bully: tease, torment

Bully: vacilar

Bungee jumping: puenting

Burglar: a person who steals from de houses

business/company: an organization which produces or sells goods (things for sale) or provides (gives) a service

By / near

Cages: animals are kept in these in zoos

Calf = a young cow, the back of your leg below the knee

Calm = relaxed, not stressed or nervous

Capital punishment = death penalty

Career – a job or series of jobs in a particular area of work (journalist)

carnation – a flower

CARTOON: a funny drawing

Cash – dinero en metálico

Cash point: cajero automático

Catalogues: a book or magazine showing all the things you can buy

Catchy tune – letras pegadizas

cell – small room, e.g. in a prison

Cell = small room ,e.g. in a prison

Censorship – prevent a newspaper from publishing a story

Chain (cadena)

Channel hop – zapping

Channel: a TV station

Channels

Charge ask – ask for money, for sth

Cheque book: chekes

Chevy – Chevrolet

chimney

Chimney: where the smoke goes out of a house

Chin up: be brave

Choice – the noun from choose

Christenings – bautizo en coloquial

Citizen: a person who is legally a memeber of a country

Citizens

Civil war

Civil war: when people from the same country fight each other

Civil war: when people from the same country fight each other defeat(the opposite of the victory)

Clairvoyant = a person who has special powers to see into the future

Clever – brilliant

Cliff: a high wall of rock

Coat (abrigo)

Coffin: box where you put a dead body

Coin: moneda

Coincidence = When two or more things happen together at the same time, by chance

Cold – freezing

Commercials

Communicate – communication

Congress

Considerate: think of others before he/she acts

Constipation: estreñimiento

convict – say sb is guilty

Convict = say sb is guilty

Cosy: acogedor, comodo

Cosy: warm and comfortable

Course – a complete series of lessons or studies

Court: criminal trials take place here / an area for playing tennis

Court: pista de tenis, juez o abogado

Courtrooms – places where people accused of crimes are judged

Crave – want and need sth very much

Credit card: tarjeta de crédito

Crevasse: a deep crack in thick ice (grieta)

Cut standing: excellent

Deaf (gorra)

Deal with – to solve a problem or complete a task

Defeat

Defeated: the opposite of victory

Defendant – a person accused of a crime

defendant – person who is accused of sth in a court of law

Defendant = person who is accused of sth in a court of law

Department stores: a large shop divided into sections

Designer clothes: made by well-known fashion companies) E.g. a changes suit, an Armani sweater

detached house: a house for 1 family

Detached house: a house that stands on its own

Diagnosis: saying exactly what illness a person has

Dictatorship

dig – like

Dilemmas – a situation in which you have to make a difficult choice between two or more things

Dirt: zikinkeria

Dirty – filthy

Discount: a lower price than usual

Discrimination: the unfair treatment of people because of their sex; treating one person or group worse than the others

Discuss: talk about sth seriously

Dish – platera

Dishwasher: a machine that washes plates, cups, etc.

Dizzy: feeling as if every thing is going round

Document: a piece of writing created on a computer

Documental – a TV programme fiving actual information about a particular subject

Doomed: never suceed

Downstairs (on the ground)

Drag: pull something with difficulty

Draw = do a picture of something with a pencil or pen, the result of a game in which both teams get the same points

Drug dealing: traficar

Dubbed – translated into another language

Due to: debido a

Dumb (mutua)

Dumped: abandonado

Duvet: edredon

Edge: border / the end of

Elections

Endless – without an end

Enjoyable – sth that gives pleasure

Enquire – ask for information

Environment: the natural world around us

Especially – above all

Even: par

Eventually – al fin

Eventually – in the end, in spite of difficulty

Evidence = the facts, signs, etc. that make you believe sth is true

Executed

Expect: think sth will happen

Face – confront sth unpleasant or difficult

Fair = light in colour (esp. for hair), right, just, treating each side equally

Faithful: never betrays their partner

Fake – false

Fascinated = very interested

Feeble: débil

Fees: tarifa, the money you pay

Feminine: to dress and behave like a woman

fence (vaya)

Fine = a sum of money that you have to pay for breaking the law

Fine = well, in good health or happy, money you pay for breaking the law

Fit: in good physical condition / be the right size or shape

Fit: in good physical condition, pegar con

Fleet: flota

Foreign = not from your country

Foreigner – a person from a country that is not your own

foreman – leader of a jury or a group of workers

Foreman = leader of a jury or a group of workers

Forestall: do sth before sb else

Formal clothes (clothes to wear in your free time)

Fortnight = fourteen nights

Fortunate – fortunately

Frightened – terrified

From time to time – occasionally

front door

Front page – the first page of a newspaper

Frostbite: injury to fingers or feet caused by streme cold

FUN: activity or person who

Funny – sth that makes you smile or laugh

FUNNY: that makes you laugh

Gable and satellite

Game show: a TV programme where people win prizes

gate (puertecilla)

Gate: the part of a fence that’s like a door

Gatherings – reuniones familiares

General election: when people vote to choose a new government

General election: when people vote to choose a new government

Get on – make progress

Get rid of sth: desacerse de

Get your fix – get your dose or injection of sth you’re addicted to

Getting ready: preparar

Ghost = the spirit of a dead person seen or heard by people still living

Ginger – jengibre

gives enjoyment: skiing is great fun

Glasses = a things that you drink out of, things you use to see better

goat (cabra)

Goes in one ear and out the other

Gossip (cotilla)

Gossip: cotillear

Gradually – little by little

Gradually – little by little

Grave: tumba

Grind: moller

Grubby: dirty

Guinea pigs: human volunteers

Handcuffs (esposas)

Handkerchief (zapia)

Hang gliding: ala delta

Hangover: resaca

Hard – making a big effort

Hardly – almost nothing

Hard-ware: the machinery from a computer

Harmful – perjudicial

Have a good time – enjoy yourself

Headlines – the titles of newspaper articles printed in large letters above the story

Headlines: the titles of an article or main item of news on TV

Health canter: a building where GPs see their see their patients

Hear: receive sounds with your ears

Heart beat – taupadak

Heart rate – ritmo cardiaco

hedge (seto)

High-heeled shoes (takoidun zapatak)

Hilarious – very funny

Homeopathic medicine: using  plants and herbs

Honest – dishonest

Hope: want sth to happen

Hopeless: very bad

Hot – opposite of cold; spicy

Hug – abrazar

Humour – the funny or amusing qualities of sb/sth

Hunt: kill wild animals for sports or food

Ideally – in a perfect way

Ideally – in a perfect world, in an ideal situation

Improve – improvement

In (inside)

In and out of fashion

In awe: in admiration

In fact – really, actually (used for emphasis or to introduce more detailed information)

In front of (enfrente)

In spite of: a pesar de

In ten year’s time – 10 years from now

In the end – finally

in the end, after difficulty = eventually

In time – en punto

In time for – punctual

Inedible = can’t be eaten

Infactceated: can’t think of anything else

Inquiry: interrogatorio, investigación

Intrudes in – controversy about a privet live of sb

Iron = a hard strong metal

IRONY: a way of speaking that

Irrelevant – not important or connected

Jailed: encarcelado

Jealous: wants what others have got

Joined up – meet or unite with sb or sth

JOKE: a funny story, sth which

Judge: the person who decides how criminals should be punished

Jurors:

Jury  = the group of people who listen to the facts in a court case and decide if the person is guilty or innocent

Keep an eye on – echar un vistazo

Keep my fingers crossed

Key word: the set of keys on a  computer

kick off – take off quickly

Kidnap: secuestrar

Kitten: a baby cat

Labour: to work

Lack: falta de...

Lamb = a young sheep

Landry: clothes that need washing

Lap – piernas

Late – not on time

Lately – in the last few weeks

LAUGH: to make sounds which

Leader

Leak = lose liquid

Leak: gotear

Leaning: inclinarse

Left wing (de izquierdas)

Lend/give me a hand – echar una mano

letter box

Levee – an artificial lake

Lie: be in a horizontal position / say something that’s not true

Lifespan – the number of years sb/sth lives

Limbs: miembros, piernas / brazos

Listen to: pay special attention to hear sth

Listeners

Loan: prestamo, credito

Log: tronco

Logical – illogical

Look: give an impression only from what you can see

Lower: move down

Macho: male-dominated

Magistrate = an official who acts as a judge in cases involving less serious crimes

Maid: a woman whose job is to clean in a house or hotel

Mail-order: buying by post

Main course: plato principal

Make up their mind – decide

makes you laugh; say things which are not meant to be serious: are you joking?

Massage: touching/pressing the body

Masterpiece: a work of art of the highest quality

Match: an organized sports game / it’s used to light a cigarette

Match: cerilla, partido, pegar con

Matter: (not) be important

Mature – immature

Mature: behaves in an adult way

Members of  Parliament

Memory – memorize

Mind: (not) be important to sb

Mind: mente, importar

Mis understand – txarto ulertzea

Misjudge – maljuzgar

Mists: niebla

Modem: a piece of equipment which allows a computer to be connected to the internet

Monarchy

Mood – the way that you feel at a particular time

Mouse: a piece of equipment for moving around the screen of a computer without touching the keys

Mow: cortar la hierba

MP: member of parlement

Multi-ethnic

multinational: a company that has offices or factories in many countries (e.g. BP)

Multy-ethnic: a country where many different races live

Murder: homicidio

Nail vanish: laca de uñas

Naive: ingenuo infantil

Near – not far

Nearly – almost

Nissed: made a noise like snake

Nock = make a noise by hitting sth with your hand, e.g. a door

Nonsense: tonteria

Notice: see an be aware of

Obviously – as can easily be seen

Obviously – clearly, as can easily be seen

Odd = strange, impar

Odd: impar

Odds: probability

Offence = a crime or an illegal action

On (gainean)

On (with contact)

On duty – at work

On time – con tiempo

On time – with enough time before sth starts

Opposite (aurrez aurre)

or smile; strange or peculiar

Organized: likes keeping things in order

Osteopathy: touching/pressing the bones/muscles

Over (without contact)

Overcome – control or beat

Overdose: an amount of a drug which is too much and therefore is not safe

Overdose: too much of a drug or medicine

Pastime: nobody, sth you enjoy doing

path (pavimiento,caminito)

Patterned = plain

pavement (acera)

Performance – funcionamiento

Pickpocket = a person who steals purses and wallets from other people in public places

Pickpocket: carterista

Pin – alfiler

Pleased – delighted

PM: prime minister

PM: the most imporatant political job in the UK

Point = show where something is by using your finger, a particular fact, idea or opinion that sb expresses

Police: a plan of action agreed or chosen by a government

Policy: a plan of action chosen by a goverment

Political parties

Poodle: a small dog with very curly hair (caniche)

porch

Portraits: retrato / cuadro

Power cut (apagón)

Prefects: children at school who have special responsibilities

Pregnant: (of a woman) having a baby developing in her body

Pregnant: expecting a baby

Premonition = a feeling that something unpleasant is going to happen in the future

Prescription: the paper a doctor fives you with the name of a medicine

Prescription: the piece of paper on which a doctor writes the name of the medicine you need

President

Prevent: stop sth happening

Prime Minister

Primer minister: the most important political job in the UK

Printer: a piece of equipment used to print information from a computer

Prospects – perspectivas

Pseudonym = a name used, e.g. by a writer instead of his/her real name

Put your foot in your mouth – meter la pata

Puzzled = confused

Pyjamas

Raise – put up

Random: with out choose

Rape: violar

Rated – say how good or bad you think sth is

Realize: know and understand

Reflex – movement you do without thinking

Regarded us – considered to be

Regret doing sth: damutu

Reign: to rule as a

Reign: to rule as king or queen

Releaved = pleased because your fearer worry has been taken away

Remember: not forget

Remind: help sb remember

Republic

Respectful – polite

Responsible – irresponsible

Revolution

Right wing (de derechas)

Rip apart: break into pieces

Rob: take sth from a person or a place, e.g. bank

roof

Rope: a thick strong cord used to climbing, etc

Royal family

rug (alfombrilla)

Rule

Rust – herdoildu

Rye – a kind of whiskey

Sacred – connected with God

Safe: caja fuerte

Sales: a time when shops sell things more cheaply than usually

Scene – part of a film happening in one place

Science = the study of the physical world

Scratch – rub your skin with your nail

Screwdrivers: destornillador

See eye to eye – to be agree

Seem: give a general impression

Selfish: only thinks about him/herself

Sensitive – insensitive

Sensitive: is aware of other people’s feeling

Serious press – newspapers which focus on issues of general importance)

Sexism: treating are person or group worse than other; the unfair treatment of peple because of their sex

Shapes: forma

Shoot – verb meaning to film

Shoplifter = a person who steals sth from a shop

Show off: alardear

shows you are joking or that you mean; the opposite of what you say: English food is fantastic

Shut: favorecer

Sigh of relief: make a sound to show that a pain or worry has gone

Sink: to go underwater, fregadero

Sip (trago)

Skill full: needing ability

Slam: close with a lond noise: the door

Sledge/sleigh: a vehicle without wheels used for travelling on snow

Slipper: zapatilla

Smart clothes (for work or formal occasions)

Smashed = in two pieces

Smuggle: contrabando

Snarled: made an angry face

Sneeze: make air com out of your nose when you have a cold

Snub-nose: nariz chata

Sociable – unsociable

Soft-ware: the programmes and other operating material used by a computer

Soul = the part of a person that some people think still exists after they die

Soundtrack – the music of a film

sow you are happy or amused

Speak: know a language

Special effects – images in a film often created by computer

Specially – for a particular reason

Specially – for a particular reason

Spice rack: especiero

Spooky = adjective (informal) to describe sth frightening and possibly supernatural

Spot: to find

Squeeze – esprimir

Stab_ ush a knife into

Standard programme (quality)

Stations

Steal = take sth from someone without permission and with no intention of returning it

Steal: robar

Steal: take sth that isn’t yours, e.g. money

Straight away – very quickly

Stranded – not able to get home

Stranger – a person that you don’t know

Struggle: try hard to do sth very difficult

Stuffed with = filled with

Suit (traje)

Suit = a formal set of clothes consisting of a jacket and either a skirt or trousers, make you look attractive

Surgeon: a doctor who does operations

Surrender

Surrender: stop fighting and admit you have lost

Surrender: stop fighting and admit you have lost

Sweatshirt (sudadera)

Symptom: a change in your body which is a sign of illness

Tabloid press – a newspaper with small pages, a lot of pictures and short simple articles

Tadpole = a baby frog

Take a long time – need a long time

Take into account – consider sth, specially when you take a decision

Take your time – not hungry

Talk: have a conversation

Tap: grifo, golpetxoak eman

Tap: what you turn on when you need water

Telepathy = the communication of thoughts between the minds of two people without using speech, signs or writing

Tend to – often do

Tendency – the noun from tend

terrace

terraced house (adosado)

Terror – terrified

that makes a joke, often about a current event; a film using moving drawings, e.g.: Donald Duck

the (managing) director: the person who manages or controls a company or organization

the dock – the place in a court where the accused person sits or stands

The dock = the place in a court where the accused person sits or stands

the manager: the person who is in charge of part of an organization

the owner: the person who owns a business (e.g. a shop)

the staff: the group of people who work for a particular organization

The tickle = irritation, uncomfortable feeling in the body

The tickle: cosquilleo

Theme: tema

Thick – opposite of thin

Thief = the general word for a person who steals sth from another person

This time tomorrow – at he same time tomorrow

Thorns: espinas

Threat = a warning that sb my hurt / kill you if you don’t do what he/she wants

Tidious = very boring

Tights (pantis, mallas)

Times – occasions

Tip – a piece of useful advise

Tip – advise / punta / propina...

To choke – atragantarse

To jail = in prison

To make ends meet: llegar a fin de mes

To relieve – aliviar

Tool – herramienta

Tormented: in great mental pain

Tracksuit (txandal)

Trial – the process to decide if sb is innocent or guilty

Trial = the process in a court of law where a person is found guilty or not guilty

Turn down – refuse, reject

Turned to – go to for help

Under the staire (under)

Unendingly: never stopping

Unrwear/nightwear

Use – useless

Vain: is prond of their own appearance

Vain: vanidosa

Vandalism: vandalismo

Vanish: disappear

Verdict =the decision which states that a person is guilty or innocent

Viewers

Vile: awful, horrible

Waistcoat (txaleko)

Wait: stay until sth happen

wall

Waste time -  spend time badly

Wax = material from which candles are made

Wear out – become too old to use

Web side: a page or pages on the Internet which give information

Whale: the largest mammal in the world

Whereas – mientras que

Whistle = make a noise by blowing air between you lips

Wide variety (gran variedad)

Wind:  apart of a bird that is used to fly

Window-shopping: you do this when aren’t really thinking of buying anything

Wipe – sonarse

Withdrawal – síndrome de abstinencia

Witness = a person who sees sth happen and can tell other people about it later

Witness: a person who sees sth happening and tells other people about it (testigo)

witty (ingenioso)

Worrisome: tiring

Wrist: muñeca

X rays: a photo taken of the inside of the human body using a special light

Yawn – bostezar

Zebra-crossing: a place to cross a road which is marked with black and white stripes

 

ADJECTIVES +PREPOSITIONS

Addicted TO

Hooked ON

Obsessed WITH

Interested IN

Fascinated BY

Fond OF

Keen ON

Mad ABOUT

Tired OF

Fed up WITH

 

MAKE NOUNS FORM ADJETIVES

Energetic – energy

Free – freedom

Responsible – responsibility

Healthy – health

Insecure – insecurity

Intelligent – intelligence

Confident – confidence

 

WORD FORMATION

Able – ability

Possible – possibility

Responsible – responsibility

Improve – improvement

Develop – development

Argue – argument

Embarrass – embarrassment

Replace – replacement

Corrupt – corruption

Addict – addiction

Obsess – obsession

Restrict – restriction

Concentrate – concentration

Tense – tension

Expand – expansion

 

Nouns from verbs

Decide – decision

Tend – tendency

Associate – association

Choose – choice

Succeed – success

Affect – affection

Advise – advice

Compare – comparison

  PREPOSITIONS IN/ON

ON the front page

ON TV

ON the radio

ON the phone

IN the news

IN the papers

 

SCIENCE

Abstract nouns	Personal nouns	Adjective
Genetics	Geneticist	Genetic
Science	Scientist	Scientific
Physics	Physicist	Physical
Chemistry	Chemist	Chemical
Biology	Biologist	Biological
Engineering	Engineer
Research	Researcher

 

-          scan the photo from the

newspaper

-          attack a document to an e-mail

(adjuntar)

-          press a key to start the program

-          save a document so you don’t

lose it

-          enter your password before you

start

-          search for information on the

internet

-          edit a document to correct

mistakes

-          download information from the

internet onto your own PC

-          insert a floppy disc into the disk

drive

 

To lie	Lied	Lied	Lying	Gezurra esan
To lay (tran)	Laid	Laid	Laying	Jarri horizontalean zeozer
To lie (intran)	Lay	Lain	Lying	Etzan
To raise (tran)	Raised	Raised	Raising	Altzatu
To rise (intran)	Rose	Risen	Rising	The sun
To hang	Hung	Hung	Hanging	Eskegi
To hang	Hanged	Hanged	Hanging	Ahorkar

 

Stole some CDs // Rob a music shop

Speak a language // talk on the phone

Seem (ikusi gabe) (seems nice telefonoz hitz eginda)

Looks (ikusita) (looks nice argazkia ikusita)

Listen // hear

Hope (deseo) // expect (sospecho)

I don’t mind // It doesn’t matter

Prevent (prevenir) // avoid (evitar)

Realize (he hadn’t realized that she was married) // notice (he hadn’t noticed her wedding ring)

 

 

NORMAL	STRONG	NORMAL	STRONG
Ugly	Hideous	Cold	Freezing
Big	Huge/enormous	Interested	Fascinated
Pleased	Delighted	Hungry	Starving
Clever	Brilliant	Surprised	Amazed/astonished
Shocked	Horrified	Small	Tiny
Dirty	Filthy	Scared/frightened	Terrified
Tired	Exhausted	Angry	Furious
Hot	Boiling	upset/sad	devastated
Beautiful	gorgeous

 

PREPOSITIONS

Reason FOR

Escape FROM

Shut IN

Way OF

Search FOR

Take part IN

Get FROM (1jump)

 

Negative prefires

Un-	Im-	In-	Ir-
Untidy	Impatient	Insecure	Irregular
Unsociable	Impolite	Inconsiderate	Irresponsible
Unfaithful	Immature	Insensitive
Unambitious	Il-	Dis-
Unselfish	Illegal	Disloyal
Uncommunicative	Illogical	Dishonest
Unreasonable		Disorganized
Unimaginative

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

He is in his forties

Average height (neither tll nor short)

Well – built

Bald – calvo

Beard – barba

Slim – thin in an attractive way

Shoulder length hair

 

ADJECTIVES DESCRIBING HOUSES AND DECORATION

Furniture: old or new?	Design and decoration	Atmosphere
Antique	Well/badly designed	Comfortable
Old-fashionable	Stylish	Impersonal
Modern	Tasteful	Relaxing
	Original	Cosy (warm and comfortable)
	Practical
	Luxurious

 

VERBS RELATED TO THE HOUSE

Turn on/off (the water / oven / tap)

Empty (the rubbish bin)

Tidy (up) (your bedroom)

Put away (the things on the floor)

Changed (a plug, a bulb)

Clear / lay (the table)

Answer (the phone)

Wash up (the dishes)

Lock / unlock (the door)

Hang up (your coat)

 

NOUNS	VERBS	ADJETIVES	ADVERBS
Happiness (felicidad)	Terrify (aterrorizar)	Enjoyable (divertido)	Gradually
Patience (paciencia)	Modernize (modernizar)	Unforgettable	Apparently
Discussion (discusion)	Shorten (acortar)	Impersonal
Improvement (progreso, perfeccion)		Hopeless
Admiration		Useful (util)
		Possessive (posesivo)

 

Forget + infinitive	You forget, you didn’t to sth
Forget + gerund	You did sth(won’t)forget it
Remember+infinitive	You remember sth.Then you do it
Remember + gerund	You did sth.Later you remmenber it
Try + infinitive	You make an effort to do sth hard
Try + gerund	You experiment with sth
Need + infinitive	You have to / should do sth
Need + gerund	Sth has to / should be done

 

Full stop: .

Comma: ,

Inverted commas : “ ”

Brackets: ( )

Apostrophe: ‘

Hyphen: -

Exclamation mark: !

Question mark: ?

Colon: :

Capital letters: mayusculas

 

For sth which sounds supernatural:

How spooky!

For sth which sounds strange:

How strange! How odd! How weird!

How bizarre!

 

-          Commit a crime

-          Break the law

-          Rob a bank

-          Steal money from a bank

-          Find a clue

-          Arrest a suspected person

-          Accuse him/her of the crime

-          Be tried in court

-          Have an alibi

-          Be released from custody = liberado

 

British English	American English
Fridge	Icebox	Frigorifico
Lift	Elevator	Ascensor
Tap	Faucet	Grifo
Cupboard	Closet	Armario
Rubbish	Garbage	Basura
Trousers	Pants	Frakak

 

Abstract nouns

Bored – boredom                   Free – freedom

Mature – maturity                   happy – happiness

responsible – responsibility    weak – weakness

ambitious – ambition              long – length

appreciate – appreciation        strong – strength

fashion – fashionable             extinct – extinction

complain – complaint             guilt – guilty

child – childhood                    relation – relationship

neighbour – neighbourhood   leader – leadership

special – specially                   science – scientific

dictator – dictatorship             luxury – luxurious

friend – friendship                  die – death

proud – pride                          choose – choice

 

A little	Quite	Very
A bit	Rather	Extremely
Slightly	Fairly	Incredibly
		Really

 

Promise

Apologize for

Remind

Admit

Persuade

Advise

Warn

Threaten

Offer

Suggest

Invite

Agree

Refuse

Encourage

Insist

Recommend

 

Wild animals	Farm animals	Birds
Beard	Cow	Eagle
Wolf	Donkey	Owl
Chimpanzee	Goat (cabra)	Pigeon
Bat	Rabbit	Seagull
Insects	Sheep	Budgerigar
Ant	Pets	Sea creatures
Bee	Budgerigar	Eel (anguila)
Butterfly	Goldfish	Goldfish
Fly	Rabbit	Octopus
		Shark
		Whale

Cat – kitten             hen – chick             sheep – lamp

Dog – puppy          horse – foal (potro)

cow – calf (ternero)

stag (ciervo)

Tail (cola)

Paws (patas)

Claws (uñas)

Wings (hegoak)

Feathers (plumas)

Beak (pico)

Hen partie (despedida de soltero)

Stag night (despedida de soltera)

Black ship

Zebra-crossing

Pig headed (burugogorra)

Big headed (chulo)

Snail-mail (post office),(correo caracol)

 

 

Crime	Criminal	Specific verb
1-Assassination	Assassin	Assassinate
2- Blackmail	Blackmailer	Blackmail
3- Bribery		Bribe
4- Drug dealing	Drug dealer
5- Hijacking	Hijacker	Hijack
6- Kidnapping	Kidnapper	Kidnap
7- Murder	Murderer	Murder
8- Rape	Rapist	Rape
9- Smuggling	Smuggler	Smuggle
10- Terrorism	Terrorist
11- Theft	Thief	Steal
12- Vandalism	Vandal	Vandalize

1-       kill a famous or important person for money or for political reason

2-       force a person to five you money, usually by threatening to expose a secret

3-       pay money to sb (e.g. an official) for a favour

4-       sell illegal substances, e.g. heroin

5-       take control of a plane, usually for political reasons

6-       take sb away and demand money for their return

7-       kill a person illegally and intentionally

8-       have sex with a person against their will

9-       take things in or out of a country illegally

10-    use violent action for political purposes

11-    take sth (e.g. a car) without the owner’s permission

12-    damage public property for no reason

 

Do	Make
Marketing	Money
Work	Sb redundant
Job	A deal
Business	A profit / a loss
Paperwork

Became successful

Expand

Export

Import

Become the market leader

Take over another company (get control of sth)

Merge with another company (join)

Have debts

Go bankrupt

Go out of business

 

A damp towel	A dry towel
A tasty sauce	A tasteless sauce
A bright light	A dim light
Sour oranges	Suit oranges
A hard bed	A soft bed
Quiet music	Loud music
A scruffy suit	A smart suit
Strong tea	Weak tea