- rage: jaula (pájaro)
- dog waste: deshecho de perro
- homeless: vagabundo, sin casa
- to feed: alimentar
- waistcoat/vest: chaleco
- beanie: gorro (lana)
- looking for trouble: buscando problemas
- dealers: traficantes
- raised: crecieron
- owners: dueños
- neglected animal: animales abandonados
- tiny kitten: cachorro, gatito
- quiet, lovely, endorable
- cuddle: achuchable
- pound: perrera
- animal shelter: refugio de animales
- cracks: grietas
- dampress: humedades, goteras
- handcuffs: esposas
- bobbies
Sunday, 10 April 2016
3rd TERM: UNIT 6
GLOSSARY: CHAPTER 8
- Unbearable: insoportable
- Wiping his forehead: sudando su frente
- This heat´s a real killer: este calor es realmente "matador, malo"
- Chest: pecho
- The girl knows what she´s doing!: La chica sabe lo que está haciendo
- Tent: tienda de campaña
- Wasted: desaprovechada
- Delighted: placer
- I´ll do what I can do to help you: haría lo que pueda para ayudarte
- Upset: disgustó
- Ann wiped a tear from her cheek: secó una lágrima de su mejilla
- Bulls: toros
- You know what will happen if you do!: ya sabéis, lo que os parsará si lo hacéis
GLOSSARY: CHAPTER 7
- Bushes: arbustos
- To arm: when a person shows an arm (se armó)
- Pulling her down: (bajándola para abajo)
- Whispered: susurró
- I don't want any part of this!: No quiero formar parte de esto
- Too late! You´ve seen us,so you have to come with us, too!: Demasiado tarde! Nos has visto, por ello tienes que venir con nosotros
- The searchlight: el foco que busca a los presos, reflejante de luz
- Run ahead: correr agachados
- Now, you´re in big trouble: Ahora estáis, en un buen lio.
- That was proof enough for them: eso era una prueba suficiente para ellos
- Put in chains and locked in a brick room: las encadenaron y las encerraron en una habitación de ladrillo
- Hot tears filled Ann´s eyes: los ojos de Ann sintieron lágrimas calientes
- make something in my life: hacer algo en mi vida
- i´ll pick cabbages: Recogeré repollos
- For the rest of my life: para el resto de mi vida
- Row: hilera, barca
- Rougher: más agitado
- lifeless: parecen estar sin vida
- Sick: mareado
- maize: maíz
- wheat: trigo
- tools: herramientas
- cart: carro
- mud: barro
- I won´t survive here alone!: No sobreviviré aquí sola
- If you don´t forgive me, I´ll die: Si no me perdonas, moriré
- Stomachs were empty, their bodies hurt and their hands were bleeding: los estómagos estaban vacíos, sus cuerpos dañados y sus manos sangraban
- Sunrise: amanecer
- Weak with exhaustion and despair: débil con agotamiento y desesperación
- Torn scarf: agrietada bufanda
- Pale skin burnt: pálida piel se quemó
- Wounds on ther hands: heridas en sus manos
- wiped her friend´s forehead: secó la frente de su amiga
- straw hats: sombreros de paja
Saturday, 5 March 2016
VOCABULARY OF PASSIVE VOICE PHOTOCOPY
- To be prosecute: Ser perseguidos.
- Trespassers: Traspasadores.
- Firm: Empresa
- Dams: Presas.
- Beavers: Castores.
- To be died: Estar secadas.
- Salted: Estar saladas.
- Slices: Rodajas.
- To be rinsed: Estar aclaradas.
- Weighed: Pesadas
VOCABULARY OF CONDITIONAL PHOTOCOPY
- To fine: multar. Money imposed as a penalty for an offense.
- But for: De no haber sido por...
- Wasp: Avispa. A slender winged insect with a narrow abdomen and a powerful sting.
- Get into trouble: meterse en líos.
- Otherwise: Si no...
- Put out: Apagar.
- Run out of: Quedarse sin.
- Be fit to drink: Se puede beber, estar en condiciones, ser potable.
- Dial: Movil de ruleta antiuo, marca.
- Bottle of port: Botella de vino de Oporto.
- Were in: Estar en casa.
- Maid: A lo mejor
- Could: Podría.
- Would: Seguro o con tiempo.
- Truth: Verdad.
- To pass: Aprobar.
- Pain: Dolor.
- Stop: Remite.
- To apologize: Disculparse.
- Busy: Ocupado.
- Make fewer mistakes: Cometer menos errores.
- Ill: Enferma.
- Read the instructions: Leer las instrucciones.
- Ear: Ganar
- Take a longer holiday: Tomar (Se) unas vacaciones.
- Accept: Aceptar.
- Pay: Paga.
- Too busy: Demasiado cansada.
- Go to bed: Acostar(Se)
- Stop raining: Dejar de llover.
- Term: Trimestre.
- Marks: Notas.
- Go for a walk: Dar una vuelta.
- Enjoy: Disfrutado.
- Polite: Educada.
- Get: Conseguido.
UNUSUAL MUSEUMS
- Art exhibitions: Exposición de arte. The showing of things considered beautiful, in this, art:paintings.
- Modern art: Arte moderno. Art of this moment.
- Paintings: Pinturas, cuadros. A picture, design, or piece of art done in paints
- Kites: Cometas. A light frame of wood or plastic, covered with some thin material, as paper, cloth, or plastic, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- Hell: Tacón. The part of a shoe that make you taller.
- Straps: Tira, correa. A strip of leather, cloth, or other flexible material, often with a buckle, used to fasten, secure, or carry something or to hold onto something.
VOCABULARY IV
- Hoovering: antigua manera de nombrar a las aspiradoras.
- Heat: calentar. The condition or quality of being hot.
- Treadmill: máquina de correr. A mill powered by walking on a series of moving steps that form a continuous path.
- To get in shape: To be fit. To be healthy.
- Look up to: Admirar a alguien. To regard with admiration or respect.
- Unknown: Desconocido. Not known, unfamiliar.
- State: Estado. The condition of a person or thing with respect to circumstances or experiences; the way something is.
- Real estate: Inmobiliaria. The plaze were are sold furnitures.
- To borrow: Tomar prestado. To obtain (something) with a promise to return it.
- To let: Dejar. To allow or permit.
- Bury: Enterrar. To put (a dead body) in the ground or a vault, or into the sea, often with ceremony.
- To locate: Find a location.
- Remote control: Control remoto. Out of the way, secluded.
- Plug: Enchufe. An attachment at the end of an electrical cord, inserted into a socket for electric power.
- Scrub: Fregar. To rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., in washing.
VOCABULARY III
- Wrinkels: arrugas. A small crease in the skin, as from aging.
- Cells: celdas. A small room, such as in a convent or a prison.
- Bald: calvo. Having little or no hair on the head.
- Lonely: solitario. Having or suffering from a depressing feeling caused by being alone, lonesome
- Alone: solo. Separate, apart.
- Device: dispositivo. A thing made for a particular purpose.
- Selfestime: autoestima.
- Isolation: aislamiento. To set or place apart.
- Glistening: fugaz. Somethin quickly.
- Insane: insano. Of or characteristic of the mentally deranged. Uterly senseless.
- Skipping: saltar a la comba.
- Hopscotch: rayuela.
- Steeple: campanario. A tower having an ornamental top in the shape of a spire, built on a church, public building.
- Seldom: raramente. Rarely.
- Sole: único. Being the only one.
- Sole: suela. The undersurface of a foot.
- Tender: oferta. Something that is cheaper.
- Tender: tierno. Soft or delicate in substance.
- I´m the master of my brain: Soy el amo de mi cerebro
- I´m the captain of my solul: Soy el capitán de mi alma.
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
VOCABULARY: UNIT 3
·
Murder: the unlawful killing of a person, when done
deliberately
·
Thief: a person who steals, esp. secretly or without
open force
·
Hooligans: a young hoodlum.
·
Hijacker: the person who
steal from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop
· Kidnapper: to carry off (a person) by force or trickery, esp. for use as a hostage or to get money.
· Kidnapper: to carry off (a person) by force or trickery, esp. for use as a hostage or to get money.
VOCABULARY: UNIT 2
·
Tectonic plates: referring to the forces or conditions within the
earth that cause movements of the crust.
·
Rub against each other: rozar con otras
·
crack: injuries
·
Ripple: referring to the forces or
conditions within the earth that cause movements of the crust.
·
Flashlight: also
called torch
·
Warning: Run!
·
Pretended: look like something
·
Broke out: something that happened
·
As:
while
·
Firstaid kit: the persons that go to the dissaster.
·
Ash
cloud: when a day is misty
·
ground for dead people
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
GLOSSARY: THRILLER
- Manwolf: thriller
symbol that it´s that the men are wolves too.
- Door slam: to shut a door with force and
noise
- Evil: profoundly immoral and
malevolent
- Underworld: the mythical abode of the
dead, imagined as being under the earth
- Darkness: the partial or total
absence of light
- Zombie: the body of a dead person that is magically filled with what seems to
be life and set to perform tasks as a mute slave without free will.
- Full moon: the moon when the whole of
its disk is showing
- Cementery: a burial ground for dead
people
- Grave: a place in the ground in
which to bury a dead body
- Copses: a small group of trees
- Mummis: (especially in ancient
Egypt) a body of a human being or animal that has been ceremonially
preserved by removal of the internal organs, treatment with natron and
resin, and wrapping in bandages.
- Black cats: thriller symbol
- Ghost: an apparition of a dead
person that is believed to appear or become manifest to the living,
typically as a nebulous image
- Witches: a woman thought to have
evil magic powers. Witches are popularly depicted as wearing a black cloak
and pointed hat, and flying on a broomstick.
- Bat: a flying nocturnal
mammal,often the size of a mouse.
- Haunted house: inhabited or frequented by
ghosts
- Manwolf: thriller
symbol that it´s that the men are wolves too.
Monday, 7 December 2015
VOCABULARY II
- Sitcom: a situation comedy.
- Au-pair: a young foreign person, typically a woman, who helps with housework or child care in exchange for room and board.
- Unemployed: (of a person) without a paid job but available to work.
- Beau: a boyfriend or male admirer
- Bough: a main branch of a tree
- Homonyms: each of two or more words having the same spelling but different meanings and origins
- Homophones:each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling.
- Fabric: cloth, typically produced by weaving or knitting textile fibers
- Rotten: suffering from decay
- Orange: it's the color of the dawn
VOCABULARY: UNIT 1
- Van: a covered vehicle, usually a large truck or trailer, used for moving goods or animals.
- Suitcase: a piece of luggage, for carrying clothes while traveling.
- Claim: to demand by or as if by a right.
- Rascals: things that doesn't have importance for a person
- Turf: a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- Sprained an ankle: to overstrain or twist (the ligaments around a joint) so as to injure without a fracture or break
- Crutch: a staff or support to assist a person in walking, usually having a crosspiece at one end to fit under the armpit
- Scredule: a plan for carrying out a process or procedure, giving lists of intended events and times.
- On your own: live alone, independent
- Host: a person who receives or entertains other people as guests.
- Slang: a type of language that consists of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people
- Risk: a situation involving exposure to danger.
- Misty: full of, covered with, or accompanied by mist.
GLOSSARY: INTRODUCTION. UNIT 0
- Flip-flops: Clothing flat rubber sandal with a thong fitting between the first two toes.
- Knot: a tying tightly together of the two ends of a cord, rope.
- Stir: move a spoon or other implement around in (a liquid or other substance) in order to mix it thoroughly.
- Drop: to (cause to) fall.
- Everglades: a swampy and partly forested region in S Florida, mostly S of Lake Okeechobee.
- Valey girl: a fashionable and affluent teenage girl from the Valley in southern California.
- Brackish: (of water) slightly salty, as is the mixture of river water and seawater in estuaries
Sunday, 4 October 2015
Introduction: Glossary
- Coach: a bus for long distances
- Abroad: travel to a foreing country
- Landmark: a building or other place of great importance that help people to recognize a city
- Hazelnut: the nut of the hazel
- Typewriter: a machine for writing. Years ago was very important until the invention of the computer
Tuesday, 22 September 2015
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