TECHNOLOGY

1. Smartphone 8. Ebook

2. Mobile phone 9. Piracy /pairasi/

3. Tablet /tablit/ 10. Hackers

4. Device = gadget = aparato electrónico 11. Download /daunloud/

5. Be hooked on sth = be addicted to sth = 12. Upload /upload/

estar enganchado a algo, ser adicto a algo
13. Wi-fi /uai-fai/
6. Be keen on sth = like = gustar, estar
entusiasmado con algo 14. Surf the Internet = navegar por internet

7. Social networks = social networking sites

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

1. Minor crimes = offences = delito menor 18. Hackers

2. Lengthy jail terms = pena de largo tiempo 19. Internet piracy

3. Re-educated = reeducado 20. Corruption – noun /corapshon/

4. Rehabituated= rehabituado 21. Corrupted – adj

5. Before being reintroduce to society 22. Vandalism

6. Offender = infractor 23. Vandal

7. Pickpocket = carterista 24. Community service

8. Speeding – verb = exceder el límite de 25. Commit a crime

velocidad
26. Bribery /braibery/ = soborno
9. Juicio = lawsuit
27. Blackmail = chantaje
10. Fine sb = multar a alguien. Ejemplo: I was
fined = fui multado (me multaron) 28. Commit fraud /froood/ = cometer fraude

11. Rape = violación 29. Drug dealer = traficante de drogas

12. Rapist = violador 30. Drug dealing = tráfico de drogas

13. Murder =asesino 31. Charge sb with sth = acusar a alguien por
algo
14. Kidnapping = rapto, secuestro
32. Be accused of
15. Sentence – verb = sentenciar. Ejemplo: I
was sentenced to 5-year imprisonment 33. Law decre = decreto de ley

16. Release – verb = dejar en libertad 34. Law= ley

17. probation = libertad condicional 35. Domestic violence

 36. Tax haven /heivn/ = paraíso fiscal

SHOP / CONSUMERISM

1. Retail /ritail/ = venta al por menor 14. Back up = respaldar (local business)

2. Retailer = vendedor al por menor, tienda al 15. Globalisation

por menor
16. Brand name = marca
3. Wholesale trade = comercio al por mayor
17. Flea market = mercadillo
4. Wholesaler = vendedor al por mayor
18. Shopping habits
5. Purchase -noun and verb = compra /
comprar 19. Shopaholic = adicto a las compras

6. Discount /discaunt/ 20. Be on a tight-budget = ir ajustado de

dinero tener un presupuesto ajustado
7. Sales
21. Shop online
8. Items /aitems/
22. Shop assistant
9. Bargain /baaagin/
23. Loyalty
10. Online shopping
24. Excessive consumerism
11. Window shopping
25. Responsible consumption
12. Local shops
26. Shop around = comparar precios
13. Shopping centre
27. Best deals = ganga

WORK

1. Work timetable = horario laboral 11. Previous apointment= cita previa

2. Shifts = turnos de trabajo 12. Enrolment= inscripción

3. Take holidays = cogerse vacaciones 13. Social security= seguridad social

14. Cuotation= cotización
4. Take a day off = cogerse un día libre
15. Legal permition= permiso legal
5. Be under pressure = tener mucha presión
16. Working conditions
6. Pay rise = subida salarial
17. Be on sick leave / be on maternity leave =
7. Wages = sueldo estar de baja por enfermedad / de
maternidad
8. Salary = salario
18. Be on the dole = estar cobrando prestación
por desempleo
9. Offer sb a pay rise = ofrecerle a alguien una
subida salarial
19. Discipline= disciplina
10. Be registered= estar registrado
20. Open day= día puertas abiertas
 21. Be in charge of sth / sb = estar a cargo de 22. Be promoted = ser ascendido / get a
algo/alguien, ser responsable de promotion = ser ascendido
algo/alguien

INVENTIONS / MEDICINE / SCIENCE

1. Hybrid cars /haibrid/ 24. Mainstream medicine = medicina

tradicional
2. Laser eye surgery /leisa/
25. Public healthcare = sanidad pública
3. GPS = Satnav
26. Placebo
4. Human cloning
27. NHS = National Health Service = Sistema
5. Flying cars Nacional de Salud (la Seguridad Social)

6. Video casette recorder 28. Ethical / unethical /ezikal/ /anezikal/

7. Vaccines = vaccinations = vacunas 29. Moral issues = cuestiones morales

8. AIDS /EIDS/ = SIDA 30. Development = desarollo

9. Diabetes /daiabiiitis/ 31. Genetic modification /ginetic/

10. Cholesterol 32. Viruses /vairusis/

11. Eating disorders = trastornos alimenticios 33. Bacteria

12. Cancer 34. Dilemma

13. GP = General Practitioner = médico de 35. Genome /ginoum/ = genoma

familia / cabecera
36. 3D printers = impresoras 3D
14. Alternative Medicine
37. Eradicate
15. Acupuncture
38. Diseases = illnesses
16. Needles = agujas
39. Manipulation of genome
17. Homeopathy
40. Gene /giiin/ = gen
18. Osteopathy
41. Genetics /ginetics/ = genética (como
19. Have an operation = operarse. Ejemplo: ciencia)
She had an operation = la operaron
42. Genetically modified food = GMO
20. Discover /discava/
43. Organisms
21. Discovery /discavery/
44. Alteration
22. Have sth done. Ejemplo: I have a massage
done 45. Prescription =receta médica

23. Cure 46. Metabolism

RELATIONSHIPS
 1. Social media /midia/ 19. Common-law partner = pareja de hecho

2. Keep in touch with sb = mantener el 20. Cohabit = vivir juntos (sin casar)
contacto con alguien
21. Be aware of fake profiles = ser consciente
3. Lose touch with sb = perder el contacto de perfiles falsos
con alguien
22. Speed dating
4. Share interests
23. Blind dates = citas a ciegas
5. Loneliness = soledad
24. Swinging = intercambio de parejas
6. Unsocial vs social
25. Single-parent family = familia
7. False sense of connection monoparental

8. Share posts 26. Fly the nest = volar del nido

(independizarse y dejar la casa de los
9. Read posts padres)

10. Google – verb = buscar en Google
11. Disconnect
12. Be hooked on = be addicted to
27. Devote my time/ my life to sth / sb =
dedicar mi tiempo/ mi vida a algo / alguien
28. Ups and downs = altibajos (en una relación
sentimental o de amistad)

29. Love at first sight = amor a primera vista

13. Anxiety /ansaieti/

30. Be just good friends

14. Online dating

31. Have a lot in common

15. Marriage

32. Get to know sth / sb= tener la oportunidad

16. Divorce
de conocer algo/ a alguien

17. Get divorced

33. Get on well with stb = llevarse bien con
alguien
18. Get married

EDUCATION

1. Kinds of learning: blend learning (online + 6. Cognitive abilities = habilidades cognitivas

tradicional learning al mismo tiempo) / e-
learning / traditional learning / online 7. Mental exercise
learning
8. State education vs private education
2. Qualifications = títulos académicos
9. Boarding school = colegio internado
3. Skills = destrezas, habilidades
10. A school run by nuns / priests = un colegio
4. Have a way with sth/ sb = tener buena dirigido por monjas / curas
mano con algo/ alguien, darse bien
11. Mixed school
5. Subjects = asignaturas
12. Single-sex school
 13. Language learning 18. Grant = beca de estudios. Ejemplo:
Erasmus grant
14. Career vs degree
19. College vs university
15. Vocational training = formación profesional
20. Discipline
16. Internship = periodo de prácticas, prácticas
preprofesionales 21. Behaviour = comportamiento

17. Intern = becario 22. Behave = comportarse (bien o mal)

23. Scholarships = becas

MONEY

1. Wealthy – adj = rico 13. Bank statement = extracto bancario

2. Earnings = ingresos = Incomes – ingresos 14. Pocket money – paga (para los niños)

3. Expenses = gastos 15. Tip – noun = propina

4. Overdraft = descubierto bancario 16. Tip sb – dar una propina alguien

5. Be in the red = estar en números rojos 17. Mortgage = hipoteca. Ejemplo: a 30-year
mortgage
6. Be in the black = tener saldo a favor
18. Loan /loun/ = préstamo
7. Fare = tarifa de billete (train, bus, etc.)
19. Be in debt – tener una deuda
8. Fees – tasas (university) / honorarios
(lawyers...) 20. Be on a tight budget = tener un
presupuesto ajustado
9. Pay by credit card
21. Tighten your belt – apretarse el cinturón
10. Pay in cash = pagar en metálico
22. Live beyond your means – vivir por encima
11. Current account de tus posibilidades

12. Withdraw money = retirar dinero 23. Currency – moneda (euro, pound, dollar...)

ENVIRONMENT

1. Natural world 8. Solar energy

2. The Earth 9. Wind farm = parque eólico

3. Habitat 10. Hybrid cars /haibrid/

4. Biodiversity /baiou- dai- ver- si- ti/ 11. Ozone layer /leia/ = capa de ozono

5. Reforestation 12. Recycling = reciclaje

6. Fossil fuel = combustible fósil 13. Alternative energy

7. Rain forest = bosque tropical 14. Renewable energy

 15. Ultraviolet radition 25. Global warming = calentamiento global

16. Earthquake = terremoto 26. Environmetally-friendly – adj. = respetuoso

con el medio ambiente
17. Tornado /toooneidou/
27. Eco-friendly – adj. = ecológico
18. Hurricane /harriken/
28. Bags
19. Hail /heil/ – noun and verb = granizo y
granizar 29. Waste = desechos, residuos, desperdicios

20. Storm 30. The 3 Rs: reuse, reduce, recycle

21. Tsunami 31. Containers /konteiners/

22. Drought /draut/ = sequía 32. Landfill = vertedero

23. Blizzard = tormenta de nieve, ventisca 33. Threat /zret/ = amenaza – noun

24. Carbon footprint = impacto ecológico 34. Threatening /zretening/ = amenazador –

adj.

(Nota: sth = something / sb = somebody)