Showing posts with label VOCABULARY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label VOCABULARY. Show all posts

Sunday, 17 June 2018

VOCABULARY UNIT 7


Come across: to find something you not were expecting to find at the moment
Get away: escape but to like a vacation and such
Get off: You get off the train, off the plain, etc.
Get on: go into a vehicle and that kind of stuff
See off: say goodbye to something or someone
Speed up: to accelerate
Stop over: stop for a moment while you are in a journey.
Take off: you take off your clothes or a plane takes off
Turn back: return from a journey, trip, etc.
Pedestrian: a person that walks on pavement.
Rush-hour: peak traffic times.

Saturday, 19 May 2018

ALLAN POE - THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE

Resultado de imagen de the murders in the rue morgue
Blow hard hit.
Bolted locked with a metal bar.
Bruised has got purple marks on the skin from an injury.
Fingerprints marks from a person's fingers.
Frame the wood or metal part surrounding a window.
Lean over stretch over to reach something.
Lightning-rod a piece of metal attached to a building to prevent lightning damage.
Released let out.
Ribbon a long narrow piece of cloth.
Shutters wooden or metal covers on the outside of windows.
Slid down moved smoothly down something.
Whip a long piece of leather or rope used to hit animals or people.

Tuesday, 15 May 2018

VOCABULARY UNIT 5 & 6

Appreciation gratitude.
Consideration something that is or is to be kept in mind in making a decision, evaluating facts, etc.
Diplomacy skill in managing negotiations, handling people, etc.
Etiquette conventional requirements as to social behavior.
Interaction reciprocal action, effect, or influence.
Netiquette the rules of etiquette that apply when communicating over computer networks, especially the Internet.
Politeness showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.
Rank a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
Rudeness discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way.
Tradition the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice
Add to unite or join so as to increase the number, quantity, size, or importance.
Admit to allow to enter.
Agree to have the same views, emotions, etc.
Boast to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
Complain to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief.
Confirm to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of.
Deny to state that (something declared or believed to be true) is not true.
Insist to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.
Mention to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of.
Point out to show someone who a person is or where something is
Recommend to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.
Reply answer.
Reveal to make known.

Monday, 19 March 2018

ALLAN POE - THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM



Autos-da-fe Ceremony of burning people
Blade Sharp edge used for cutting
Imagen relacionadaChoked Made difficult to breathe
Craved Had a strong desire
Crawled out Came out slowly
Damp A bit wet
Dungeon Dark prison underground
Faint Lose consciousness
Fungus Plant that feeds on decaying produce
Gasped Caught one's breath to show surprise or horror
Glow A steady light
Groped Moved hands to feel for something that can't see
Outstretched Extended
Razor A metal instrument with a sharp edge, used for shaving
Rub Spread something over a surface
Shrink away Move away
Slippery Smooth and difficult to walk on
Spiced Containing a lot of spices
Strap A narrow piece of leather
Tore off Removed roughly
Writhed Twisted and turned in pain

Friday, 16 March 2018

VOCABULARY UNIT 4


Cheer up: something that gives comfort or joy
Face up to: to accept that a difficult situation exists.
Work out: to do exercise.
Chill out: to relax completely.
Cut down: to do or use less of something.
Calm down: to stop feeling angry.
Open up: to talk to someone about your feelings.
Slow down: to be less active.
Grumpy: bad-tempered.
Cheerful: happy and optimistic.
Dynamic: characterized by constant change, activity or progress.
Anxious: worried and tense.

Sleepy: needing or ready for sleep.

Saturday, 24 February 2018

ALLAN POE - THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH

Bizarre strange
Carefree without any problems or worries.
Chimes ringing of a clock to mark the hour.
Dared to had the courage to do something.
Decay no longer fresh.
Resultado de imagen de the mask of the red deathDizziness a feeling of head turning round, and loss of balance.
Dripping falling in small drops.
Grabbed took roughly.
Pour cause liquid to flow.
Stained glass different colored pieces of glass making a pattern.
Streaming light shining strongly.
Swung moved from side to side.
Took hold of took control of.
Turn move in a circular movement.

Was held took place.
Gambled play poker to get money.
Sealed shut cerrado a cal y canto.
Gates of iron puertas de metal.
Masked ball baile de máscaras.
Velvet terciopelo. 

VOCABULARY UNIT 3

Wireless having no wire
Alternative something that is different from the usual or traditional way
Rush hour a time of day in which large numbers of people are traveling to or from work.
Mad search when you want to find something very quickly
To be greener to be environmentally friendly
       
           Cogs                                                     Tiles                                                 Wind farm                                          
Resultado de imagen de WIND FARM GIFResultado de imagen de COGS GIF    Resultado de imagen de TILES

Saturday, 16 December 2017

VOCABULARY UNIT 2

Bid offer (a certain price) for something, especially at an auction.
To appeal is to be attractive or interesting to people.
To broadcast is to send out information on the radio or TV.
To advertise is to tell people the benefits of a service or products so they will buy it.
Appear perform or speak where you are seen by a lot of people.
Claim say something is true although you might not to be able to prove it.
Let’s face it! used to convey that one must be realistic about an unwelcome fact or situation.
Check up a thorough examination, especially a medical or dental one, to detect any problems.
Play truant stay away from school without leave or explanation.
Soap operas a series of television or radio programs about the lives and problems of a particular group of characters. The series continues over a long period and is broadcast (several times) every week. It is her proud boast that she has never missed a single episode of the soap opera.




Saturday, 4 November 2017

VOCABULARY UNIT 1

Relatives a member of one's family
Relief the ending or lessening of pain, distress, worry, fear, etc.
Childish immature
Fall out break up
Face to face within each other's sight or presence
Feel down feel sad and depressed
Supportive providing sympathy or encouragement
Lean on rely on or derive support from.
I can’t help it! Used for saying that someone cannot stop themselves doing something
White lies a lie told to avoid making someone upset, not for your own advantage or in order to harm someone else
Whenever I have a problem, I know I can talk with them
Picky eater a person that is very special eating because he/she don’t like any food
Knitting 
knitting GIF

Thursday, 19 October 2017

STARTER UNIT VOCABULARY

Punishment a penalty assigned to or imposed for an offense or fault
Unlike different
Look forward to to anticipate with eagerness or pleasure
When I am old think you will be old in the future
Available easy to use
Live (of a radio or television program) at the moment of its happening or being performed
Spot a short period between regular television or radio programs that is used for advertising
Tasks a piece of work assigned to a person
It hasn’t rained for ages
When did you last…?
Have you ever…?
I’m crazy about… you’re thinking about something all time
Drown to (cause to) die from being put under water
Bare foot without shoes or shocks
Do I have to think about everything around here?
Honestly! expression when you are angry
                Moped                                                                Fill the tank with petrol
Resultado de imagen de moped                          Resultado de imagen de gasolina