Vocabulary
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/ONON the front page
ON TV
ON the radio
ON the phone
IN the news
IN the papers
SCIENCE
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Abstract nouns |
Personal nouns |
Adjective |
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Genetics |
Geneticist |
Genetic |
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Science |
Scientist |
Scientific |
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Physics |
Physicist |
Physical |
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Chemistry |
Chemist |
Chemical |
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Biology |
Biologist |
Biological |
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Engineering |
Engineer |
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Research |
Researcher |
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- 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)
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NORMAL |
STRONG |
NORMAL |
STRONG |
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Ugly |
Hideous |
Cold |
Freezing |
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Big |
Huge/enormous |
Interested |
Fascinated |
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Pleased |
Delighted |
Hungry |
Starving |
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Clever |
Brilliant |
Surprised |
Amazed/astonished |
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Shocked |
Horrified |
Small |
Tiny |
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Dirty |
Filthy |
Scared/frightened |
Terrified |
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Tired |
Exhausted |
Angry |
Furious |
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Hot |
Boiling |
upset/sad |
devastated |
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Beautiful |
gorgeous |
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PREPOSITIONS
Reason FOR
Escape FROM
Shut IN
Way OF
Search FOR
Take part IN
Get FROM (1jump)
Negative prefires
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Un- |
Im- |
In- |
Ir- |
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Untidy |
Impatient |
Insecure |
Irregular |
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Unsociable |
Impolite |
Inconsiderate |
Irresponsible |
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Unfaithful |
Immature |
Insensitive |
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Unambitious |
Il- |
Dis- |
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Unselfish |
Illegal |
Disloyal |
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Uncommunicative |
Illogical |
Dishonest |
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Unreasonable |
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Disorganized |
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Unimaginative |
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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
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Furniture: old or new? |
Design and decoration |
Atmosphere |
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Antique |
Well/badly designed |
Comfortable |
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Old-fashionable |
Stylish |
Impersonal |
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Modern |
Tasteful |
Relaxing |
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Original |
Cosy (warm and comfortable) |
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Practical |
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Luxurious |
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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)
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NOUNS |
VERBS |
ADJETIVES |
ADVERBS |
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Happiness (felicidad) |
Terrify (aterrorizar) |
Enjoyable (divertido) |
Gradually |
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Patience (paciencia) |
Modernize (modernizar) |
Unforgettable |
Apparently |
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Discussion (discusion) |
Shorten (acortar) |
Impersonal |
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Improvement (progreso, perfeccion) |
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Hopeless |
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Admiration |
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Useful (util) |
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Possessive (posesivo) |
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Forget + infinitive |
You forget, you didn’t to sth |
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Forget + gerund |
You did sth(won’t)forget it |
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Remember+infinitive |
You remember sth.Then you do it |
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Remember + gerund |
You did sth.Later you remmenber it |
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Try + infinitive |
You make an effort to do sth hard |
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Try + gerund |
You experiment with sth |
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Need + infinitive |
You have to / should do sth |
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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
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British English |
American English |
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Fridge |
Icebox |
Frigorifico |
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Lift |
Elevator |
Ascensor |
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Tap |
Faucet |
Grifo |
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Cupboard |
Closet |
Armario |
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Rubbish |
Garbage |
Basura |
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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
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A little |
Quite |
Very |
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A bit |
Rather |
Extremely |
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Slightly |
Fairly |
Incredibly |
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Really |
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Promise |
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Apologize for |
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Remind |
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Admit |
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Persuade |
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Advise |
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Warn |
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Threaten |
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Offer |
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Suggest |
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Invite |
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Agree |
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Refuse |
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Encourage |
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Insist |
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Recommend |
Wild animals |
Farm animals |
Birds |
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Beard |
Cow |
Eagle |
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Wolf |
Donkey |
Owl |
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Chimpanzee |
Goat (cabra) |
Pigeon |
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Bat |
Rabbit |
Seagull |
Insects |
Sheep |
Budgerigar |
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Ant |
Pets |
Sea creatures |
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Bee |
Budgerigar |
Eel (anguila) |
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Butterfly |
Goldfish |
Goldfish |
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Fly |
Rabbit |
Octopus |
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Shark |
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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 |
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1-Assassination |
Assassin |
Assassinate |
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2- Blackmail |
Blackmailer |
Blackmail |
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3- Bribery |
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Bribe |
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4- Drug dealing |
Drug dealer |
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5- Hijacking |
Hijacker |
Hijack |
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6- Kidnapping |
Kidnapper |
Kidnap |
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7- Murder |
Murderer |
Murder |
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8- Rape |
Rapist |
Rape |
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9- Smuggling |
Smuggler |
Smuggle |
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10- Terrorism |
Terrorist |
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11- Theft |
Thief |
Steal |
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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
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Do |
Make |
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Marketing |
Money |
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Work |
Sb redundant |
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Job |
A deal |
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Business |
A profit / a loss |
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Paperwork |
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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
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A damp towel |
A dry towel |
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A tasty sauce |
A tasteless sauce |
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A bright light |
A dim light |
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Sour oranges |
Suit oranges |
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A hard bed |
A soft bed |
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Quiet music |
Loud music |
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A scruffy suit |
A smart suit |
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Strong tea |
Weak tea |
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