Vocbulary Units 5 & 6 (Language)

Material Prepered By Macarena Alonso

VOCABULARY UNITS 5 AND 6

· foreigner: extranjero
· strange: someone you don’t know
· fast food = junk food (comida chatarra)
· fork: tenedor
· knife: cuchillo
· spoon: cuchara
· disposable: descartable
· crockery: plate
· cutlery: spoon
· pollution
· traffic jam
· to be/ get stuck: you can’t move because of the traffic jam
· sound the horn: tocar la bocina
· rush/ peak hour
· to advertise
· notices/ hoarding
· mixture: globalización
· eastern/ western people
· ride a bicycle rickshaw
· dyed/ shaved hair
· to broaden one’s mind
· to advertise à media
à notices (los de la calle)
à hoardings (carteles de la cancha)
· similar + to
· responsable for + ing
· bring in: introduce
· no sooner + had + subject + 3ºcol + than (e.g. No sooner had he got into the car tan the bomb exploded)
· custom: aduana – customs staff – go through customs
· indulgence: give the person sth he wants
· self-indulgence: give sth to yourself
· a deep breathe
· oyster: ostra
· wanderà roam = ramble (walk without destination)
à think about sht
· lounge of the airport /hotel /school
· jolt: shock, strong feeling
· stripes: rayas
· strangle: estrangular
· sob: to cry not strongly (less than cry) = sollozar, lloriquear
· wobbly: not confident, not strong (respuesta)
· usher: to guide, to show somebody the way
· usher (masculine) usherette (femenino)
· haste = quickly
· smugness: arrogant
· hoist: pull up
· ease: comfort à feel at your ease (like home)
· unease: uncomfortable
· nag: persuade sb to do sth in a bothering/uncomfortable way
· awareness = consciousness
· towering skyscrapers: very big skyscrapers (rascacielos)
· lurch: make a slow movement
· dawn on (me) =realize
· hinder: prevent, stop ≠ unhindered
· check in (when you arrive) >< check out (when you leave)
· luggage (equipaje)
· trolley: carrito del aeropuerto o supermercado
· internacional flight >< domestic (nacional) flight
· scale: balanza
· boarding card: tarjeta de embarque
· aisle: corredor, pasillo
· borrad the plane: abordar
· etiquette: the correct way of behaving
· unwise: unintelligent because of age and experience
· praise: say nice things, alagar = to say compliment ON somebody
· ill-mannered = bad-mannered ≠ well-mannered
· ashtrays (cenicero) à ash: cenizas
à tray: bandeja
· downwards: ir para abajo
· regarded as: considered as
· dome-shaped: round
· bend down: incline
· wrap up: put on worm clothes
· to overlook: tiene vista a la calle/ contrafrente = look out on
· appliance = device = machine
· to eat out: eat in a restaurant
· host/hostess (anfitrión) = guest (invitado)
· bug: bicho
· cockroach: cucaracha
· worm: gusano
· beetle: escarabajo
· snail: caracol
· landscape: paisaje
· wildlife: vida salvaje
· get a suntan
· au pair: “baby sitter” (take care of children and go to university)
· crewà flight attendant à air-hostess (woman)
à air-steward (man)
à pilot (cockpit: cabina)
· excess luggage: exceso de equipaje
· runway: pista de aterrizaje
· scheduled flight: vuelo regular
· charter flight: special flight
· breakfast + lunch = brunch
· tea: merienda
· supperà dinner à when family eat together
à when you eat more
· take-away food: delivery
· sink: pileta en la cocina
· washbasin: pileta en el baño
· bath tube: bañadera
· bland (sin gusto) >< savory (salado)
· cooker (machine) à hot-plates: hornallas
à oven (horno)
· tiny ≠ huge
· amazed =astounded = flabbergasted = astonished
· go/do sightseeing
· find an archeological dig: excavación
· bones à skeleton
· to dig: to make a hole
· backpack = rucksack
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Backpacking (person)
· hitch-hide: hacer dedo
· hitchhiker (persona)
· hammock: hamaca paraguaya
· to light a fire: encender
· yawn: bostezar
· clumsy: torpe
· count sheeps: contar ovejas
· toss: rodar en la cama porque no podes dormir
· pray: rezar
· sweat: transpire
· take a nap: siesta
· take pills: tomar pastillas
· suffer from insomnia
· to play the truant: ratearse
· mattress: colchón
· sheets: sabanas
· blanket: acolchado
· snore: roncar
· sleepwalker: sonámbulo
· sleepwalk: caminar dormido
· to waste time: perder el tiempo
· injure: hurt
· wound: make a cut / hurt while working
· to bleed: sangrar à blood: sangre
· spend: do sth
· pass: no to get bored
· to find + it + adj + to inf (e.g. I found/find it interesting to see Lost)
· mod cons: comodidades
· noodles: spaghetti
· chopsticks: palitos chinos
· joyful = joyous : very happy
· marvelous = wonderful
· stirring: conmovedor
· glittering: shiny
· plentiful: a lot
· sparklingà water (shiny)
à kitchen (very clean)
· recipe: receta
· receipt: ticket
· fast: ayunar
· water: - bottled: en botella
- tap: de la canilla
- running: corriente
- fizzy: con gas
- flat: se quedó sin gas
- still: sin gas
· cook: cocinero
· take some time off
· sharp: filoso
· rush: move quickly
· chase: perseguir
· twig: small branch
· poisonous: venenoso
· deception: engaño
· apes: simios
· liars: mentirosos
· chimp: chimpanzee
· trick: to cheat
· creep up: arrastrarse
· walk on tiptoe: en puntas de pie
· maintenance: repair
· to some extent: to some degree
· drop/doze off: fall asleep
· asleep ≠ awake
· twitch: move quickly
· beat: thump
· label: classify
· proof: prueba
· traffic signal
· damageà things
· hurtà people
· groom = bridegroom >< bride (novio/a en un casamiento)
· sensible: make correct decisions
· sensitive: easily hurt
· outing: visita con el colegio
· cruiser: crucero
· rocket: cohete
· gig: gira
· safari (go on)
· expedition (Explorer)
· flight: by plane
· on ride: horse/bike
· package (paquete) ≠ self-catering holiday (organizadas por uno)
· guided tour
· luxurious: lujoso
· camp-site (place)
· camping (activity)
· board ≠ get off
· pitch: put up (a tent) hacer, montar
· harbours (commercial purposes)
· lanes: roads, carril
· hand-carved: tallado
· spare tyre: rueda de auxilio
· puncture: pinchadura = flat tyre
· spare parts: repuestos
· spare cash: monedas de 10 o 5 centavos
· accomplished: successful
· naughty: bad ≠ well-behaved
· coal: carbon
· scatter: spread
· showers: chaparrones
· life imprisonment: cadena perpetua
· run a car/company: maintain
· 1 fish – 2 fish (water)
1 fish ­– 2 fishes (out of water)

PHRASAL VERBS

· Bring in: introduce
· Pull up: hoist, raise
· Look out on: tiene vista a…
· Build up: increase
· TRAVEL:
o Pick up: collect
o Check in: register as a passenger at an airport
o Set off: start, begin a journey
o Take off: leave the ground
o Drop off ≠ pick up
o See off: despedir
o Stop over: hacer una parada
· Go off à become in bad condition (rotten) – food
à explode –bomb
à shoot accidentally – gun
· Hold up: delay
· LOOK:
o Look after: care for someone
o Look sth up: search for information
o Look up to: respect
o Look over: examine or check carefully
o Look onto: have a view of
o Look forward to: anticipate with enthusiasm
o Look round: visit a place