Vocabulary: 2016

miércoles, 9 de noviembre de 2016

More words

stage fright(miedo escenico)
granzing (pastoreo)
setback(revés, contratiempo)
munch (comer ávidamente)
breakthrough (logro, avance) (abrtirse camino, demolish)
make a breakthrough (hacer un gran adelanto)
stick around (plantarse, quedarse) (stay)
stick in your mind( grabarse, memorizar)
stick to (apergarse, atenerse, permanercer leal)
stick with ( rermain loyal to)(permanecer con)
straightforward ( directo, feranco, honesto) (sinmple, uncomplicated)
let me have your attention again
array(errado, mal, torcido, chueco)
snare (atrapar, alcanzar, conseguir, lograr) (Redoblante, caja)
crack down (tomar medidas drásticas)
I don´t mind (No me importa)
step up (progreso, paso adelante, reforzar, incrementar)
driven (motivado, determinado, resuelto, i mpulsado, empujado)
and much more acceptations.
step up the pace (apretar el paso, dar un paso adelante, ofrecerse como voluntario)

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New words

willpower (Fuerza de voluntad)

expenses

specialized in

consist in (Her music consists in inspiring others).
consist of (His breakfast consists of noodles, eggs and bananas).

Meditation consists in attentive watchfulness (vigilancia)(vigilance).

The body consists of cells
to mean that cells make up the body.

Avoid obligations (reservations are simply attempts to avoid international legal obligations where they would be consequential).

to commit a crime

slaugh‧ter [transitive]

1 to kill an animal, especially for its meat

2 to kill a lot of people in a cruel or violent way [= butcher]:

Hundreds of innocent civilians had been slaughtered by government troops.

➔ see usage note kill1

3 informal to defeat an opponent in a sport or game by a large number of points [= hammer]:

We got slaughtered, 110 - 54.

WORD CHOICE:

kill, murder, execute, put to death, kill yourself, commit suicide, slaughter, massacre, assassinateThere are many different words meaning to kill someone. Kill is the most general • He says he did not mean to kill his wife. • Thousands of soldiers were killed in the war.Use murder to talk about deliberately killing someone, especially after planning to do it • He is charged with murdering a policeman.When you are talking about killing someone as a punishment for a crime, use execute or put someone to death • He was executed by a firing squad. • the first person to be put to death in San Quentin jailIf someone deliberately causes their own death, say that they commit suicide or that someone kills himself or herself Expenses

Carry on ( Continuar, proseguir)carry on a conversation. Carry out (llevar a cabo, realizar, hacer) (take away (food)

It's quite gross and beautiful, actually, at the same time.

En realidad, es bastante asqueroso y hermoso al mismo tiempo.

It's quite unusual to be summoned from my office by Lord Pirrie.

Es bastante inusual en mi oficina ser convocada por Lord Pirrie.

It's quite simple, Mrs Blackstone.

Es muy sencillo, Sra. Blackstone.

How far is it: between cities or countries.

How far is your house from the school?

How far is it to N.Y.?

About 240 kilometers

Howe far is it to airport?

It's just two miles.