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G. Vocabulary. Vol. VI PDF
G. Vocabulary. Vol. VI PDF
G. Vocabulary. Vol. VI PDF
Source: Test A11 #1 and Reading IMDB, Sing Street and movie Dont Breathe
Source: Test A11 #2 and movie The Infiltrator and movie Swiss Army Man
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el apoyo de
The children found the circus show
Captivating,
Enthralling enthralling and were speechless as they
cautivador
watched.
Administrative
Clerical worker assistant, There are five clerical workers working.
administrative
To Be refused entry
Negar la entrada We were refused entry that night.
(to someplace)
We're making our yearly visit to the
Yearly Annualy
grandchildren next week.
Comida sobrante,
Leftover food Would you finish up that leftover chicken?
uneaten
Outstanding, without
Beyond comparison The beautiful scenery is beyond comparison.
equal, sin igual
Informal, spaceship,
Flying saucer Ive never seen a flying saucer.
platillo volante
Implausible,
Conrad's story was too far-fetched to be
inverosmil,
Far-fetched believable. I find some of the characters he
disparatado,
writes about a little far-fetched.
rebuscado
To be on good terms In a friendly way,
I am on good terms with my boss.
with [sb] amistosamente
Source: Movie Certain Women and Movie George Harrison. Living in the Material World
Rociar (perfume,
Spray [sb] with [sth] Patrick sprayed the table with polish.
colonia)
Plazos, cuotas para The loan will be repaid in four equal
(in) Instalment(s)
pagar algo installments.
To look down on Menospreciar, mirar
It is wrong to look down on people less
[sb] To talk down por encima del
fortunate than yourself.
to [sb] hombro
Marcy had toast and a small bunch of grapes
A bunch of [sth] Un racimo de
for breakfast.
Espectador de un
The crime scene was surrounded by police,
Onlooker accidente, testigo
journalists, and onlookers.
casual
To Start studying Empezar a estudiar I should start studying tomorrow morning.
To keep an eye on Echarle un ojo a algo, When cooking soufles, you need to keep an
[sth] vigilar eye on them so they don't fall.
To be cut out (for Estar hecho para algo,
She was never cut out to be a doctor.
[sth]) / (to do [sth]) suitable
Its high time [sb] Ya es hora de que It's high time I went to the doctor; I've
did [sth] hagas algo postponed it four times.
So as to, Hacer algo en
To do [sth] with a I worked hard with a view to applying to a
vistas de algo, con un
view to [sth] good university.
objetivo
To have a chance to Tener la oportunidad Will I ever have a chance to meet him in
do [sth] de hacer algo person?
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To improve the overall quality of our milk, we
To do away with Eliminar, abolish,
wanted to do away with the use of antibiotics
[sth] abolir, quitar (do .)
on our cows.
Encontrar tiempo
To get round to I never get round to surfing the Internet at
para hacer algo
(doing) [sth] night.
(get )
I should drop a line to my brother because I
To drop [sb] a line Send a message
haven't written him in a long time.
When I told my boss what had happened he
To hit the roof Get angry
hit the roof.
Call off [sth] Suspender algo The town's annual picnic was called off (put
(put off [sth]) (posponer algo) off) due to rain.
I would sooner do
Prefiero hacer algo
[sth] than do [sth] I would sooner watch football than play it.
( sooner )
else
To make (take) To head, ir a algn
I made my way to the exit.
[sb]s way sitio ( way)
To take the place of I took the place of the chairman the last
Replace
[sb] meeting.
To pay notice to Estar atento de algo I never pay notice to the signs when I am
[sth] ( notice) driving.
Malestar, The doctor gave the patient some painkillers
Discomfort
incomodidad to help ease the discomfort.
Height (heigth) Altura No, measure the width, not the height.
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Date: January 18th 2017
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Date: January 22th 2017
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Shout/Scream Farther/further Hard/Hardly
Ache/Pain/Hurt
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Una perspectiva de Its giving historians fresh insights into trade
An insight into [sth]
algo and diet in the ancient world.
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