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all year round
Throughout the year, continuously
Durante todo el año

Idiom
Unit 1
Many of these plants are evergreen, so you can enjoy them all year round
Alleyway
A narrow road or path between buildings
Callejón

Noun
Unit 1
We sneaked out of the club and down a dark alleyway
Anything goes
There are no boundaries or limits to behaviour
Vale todo

Idiom
Unit 1
In the 90s, almost anything goes
Aspect
One part of a situation, problem, subject
Aspecto

Noun
Unit 1
Climate and weather affect every aspect of our lives
Automatic pilot
If you are on automatic pilot, you are doing smth without thinking about it.
En piloto automático

Noun
Unit 1
I can drive this stretch of road on automatic pilot, I know it so well
bizarre
Very strange and unusual
Raro

Adjective
Unit 1
The game was also notable for the bizarre behaviour of the team's manager
You know, that book you lent me is really bizarre.
Break Down
For machines or vehicles means stopping working.
Averiarse

For persons means start crying
Romper a llorar
<br />
For walls, means knock down<br />
Tirar abajo<br />
<br />
For processes means analyse<br />
Desglosar<br />
<br />
Phrasal Verb<br />
Unit 1
The car broke down on the way home

Stella broke down when the police told her about her husband accident own the door when they raided the house
<br />
We can break down the process into a number of separate stages.
Bustling >
(báslin)
Full of people and activity
Animado

Adjective
Unit 1
The sidewalks are bustling with people.

The main attraction was the bustling market.
Catch sight of
See for a moment. Glimpse, notice.
Avistar

Phrase
Unit 1
Mark likes to go to the nost popular clubs in the hope that he will catch sight of someone famous.

When I caught sight of my unsatisfactory appearance in the mirror, I immediately rushed back to my closet to change.
Check out
To go to a place in order to see what it is like. Investigate / Verify
Echarle un ojo, comprobar

Slang
Fijarse en

Borrow from a library
Sacar

Phrasal Verb
Unit 1
The inspector checked out the suspect's alibi by questioning his friends.

Check out that guy in the top hat!
I checked out two books from library last week and I have lost one of them
Competent
Able to do smth well
Competente

Adjective
Unit 1
She is a very competent teacher and popular with her students
Courageous (curēixous)
Having or showing courage
Valiente

Adjective
Unit 1
It was courageous of you to stay and help everyone

Running into the burning building to save the dog was a courageous thing to do
Crude (Crūt)
Rude and offensive
Crudo / Tosco

Adjective
Unit 1
The pipeline will carry crude oil to the refinery
This is just a crude sketch of what I plan to do.
Decisive (disāisif)
Able to make decisions quickly and confidently or showing this quality.
decisivo / decidido

Adjective
Unit 1
The weather will play a decisive role in today's activities.<br />
He is never very decisive in his personal relationships
Delight (dilāit)
Smth or someone that gives great pleasure, satisfaction or hapiness
Delicia

Noun
Unit 1
Sarah s delight at seeing her old friend was obvious fron the big smile on her face
Disbelief (dīsbælif)
The feeling of not being able to believe that smth is true or real
Incredulidad / Escepticismo

Noun
Unit 1
Claims that the car had exploded were met with disbelief
There is some disbelief at the drug's reported effects.
Do's and Don'ts
Rules about what you must do and must not do in a particular situation
A hacer y a evitar

Phrase
Unit 1
I want to know the do's and don'ts of my trip to India
Down-to-earth
Practical and realistic
Sensato / Centrado / Con los pies en la tierra

Adjective
Unit 1
Marilyn is a very down-to-earth person: she would be a great asset in the coming crisis.
End up
Finally be in a particular place or situation.
Acabar en

Phrase
Unit 1
I hoped by taking the metro I would end up in central Paris
Face a challenge
Deal with smth needing great mental or physical effort in order to be done successfully.
Enfrentar un desafio

Phrase
Unit 1
Mr Schulz cannot deny that we face a challenge in the Union with the number of people illegaly present
Gain
To get something that is useful, that gives you an advantage, or that is in some way positive, especially over a period of time
Ganar / Obtener

Verb
Unit 1
The citizens gained the right to send their kids to a different school.

This will further open up the closed structure and enable all players to share experience and gain confidence.
Gain insight into smth / someone
To get a clear understanding of a complicated problem or situation
Ganar perspectiva

Phrase
Unit 1
You can often gain a lot of insight into a person by what the statements they choose to say.
1. gain insight into smh/someone
2. gain confidence
3. gain experience
1. gain ......... ........... ........
2. gain .........
3. gain ..........

Collocations with "gain"
Get the wrong impression
To get the wrong idea or opinion about what something or someone is like.
Tener una impresión equivocada

Phrase
Unit 1
This phrase could give the wrong impression.This phrase could give the wrong impression.
Get to know smth / smb
To spend time with someone or something so that you gradually learn more about them.
Conocer

Phrase
Unit 1
I need to get to know you before we start a business together. I would like to get to know you better.
Getaway
A short holiday
Escapada

Noun
Unit 1
Kate won an island getaway.
Go Through smth
To experience a situation
Seguir adelante con / Llevar algo a cabo

Phrasal Verb
Unit 1
The city council is going through with its plans to widen the road.
Graze
To injure your skin by rubbing it against something rough.
Hacerse un rasguño

Verb
Unit 1
The fall had left a slight graze on his knee, nothing more.
Iceberg
A very large piece of ice that floats in the sea
Iceberg

Noun
Unit 1
Big boats are in danger of hitting icebergs.
Incredibly

We say also incredibly exciting
incredibly
or interesting?
completely

Choose the adjective.
Incredible
Extremely good
Increible

Adjective
Unit 1
Karen thought that her new boyfriend was incredible.
Irritable
Annoyed
Molesto / Irritado

Adjective
Unit 1
My irritable uncle is rude to everyone.
Keep in touch
To continue to communicate with someone by using a phone or writing to them
Mantenerse en contacto

Idiom
Unit 1
Cousin Andrea kept in touch by sending packages from South America.
Knowledgeable (nOlexable)
Knowing a lot
Culto / Informado sobre

Adjective
Unit 1
The graduate student was very knowledgeable.

The researcher is very knowledgeable about the life cycle of E.Coli bacteria.
Make up your mind
To make a decision about something
Decidirse

Phrase
Unit 1
Are you coming with me or not? Make up your mind!
Mark (an anniversary)
To show respect for or commemorate.
Para commemorar

Verb
Unit 1
To mark this anniversary, in September we organised an exhibition in Düsseldorf on seventy years of the Samuel Foundation.
Maze (meiz)
A complicated system of paths or passages that people try to find their way through for entertainment
Laberinto

Noun
Unit 1
Ben tried to solve the maze in the paper while he waited for his appointment.
Narrow-minded
Not willing to accept ideas or ways of behaving that are different from your own
Cerrado / De mente estrecha

Adjective
Unit 1
I'm not so narrow-minded as to impose my personal taste on others.
Outgoing
(of a person) friendly and energetic and finding it easy and enjoyable to be with others.
Extrovertido

Adjective
Unit 1
Glenn is outgoing; he loves going to parties and isn't worried about talking to strangers.
Perceive
To come to an opinion about something, or have a belief about something
Percibir

Verb
Unit 1
Jane perceived Martin's unwillingness to change his mind.
Persuasive (Persuëisiv)
Making you want to do or believe a particular thing.
Persuasivo

Adjetivo
Unit 1
We didn't mean to buy it, but the saleslady was very persuasive.
Pop over
(informal) to go to a particular place
Pasarse / Darse una vuelta

Phrasal verb
Unit 1
I'll be in in this afternoon if you want to pop over for a quick chat. I think I'll pop over to my neighbor's house and borrow a cup of sugar.
Proof
A fact or piece of information that shows that something exists or is true.
Prueba

Noun
Unit 1
He was holding a smoking gun, that's all the proof I need.
Queue
A group of people standing one behind the other who are waiting for something.
Cola

Noun
Unit 1
There were long queues at the supermarket checkout.
Rancid
Rancid fat smells and tastes bad because it is not fresh.
Rancio

Adjective
Unit 1
Patrick detected a rancid smell coming from the garbage.

The rancid butter
Stale
(of food) no longer fresh and pleasant to eat; hard, musty, or dry.
Duro / Reseco

Adjective
Unit 1
Migas are a pastoral speciality made from sheep's tallow, garlic, water, salt and stale bread.
Sour (sauer)
having a sharp, sometimes unpleasant, taste or smell, like a lemon, and not sweet
Agrio / Ácido

Adjective
Unit 1
There was sour milk on the fridge
Read between the lines
To try to understand someone's real feelings or intentions from what they say or write.
Leer entre líneas

Idiom
Unit 1
His speech sounded positive, but if you read between the lines it was actually quite pessimistic.
Rotten
Rotten vegetable or animal substances are decaying.
Podrida

Adjective
Unit 1
Henry threw the rotten apples on the compost heap.
Sarcastic
using sarcasm
Sarcastico

Adjective
Unit 1
Your sarcasm hurt them deeply because they'd tried so hard.
Scrub
To clean something by rubbing it hard with a brush
Fregar / Restregar

Verb
Unit 1
Marc scrubbed his face with a flannel to remove the dirt.
Self-deprecating
Trying to make yourself, your abilities or your achievements seem less important.
Automenosprecio / autodespectivo

Adjective
Unit 1
Many voters found his candor, self-deprecating humor, and straightforward style attractive qualities.
Sense of humour
Your ability to understand funny things.
Sentido del humor

Noun
Unit 1
Wally has a strange sense of humor: he's always making jokes that no-one else understands.
Set smth up
To formally establish a new company, organisation, system, way of working, etc.
Instalar / Establecer / Poner

Phrasal Verb
Unit 1
They set the new store up on Maple Street.
Set smbdy up
Incriminate Falsely
Tender una trampa

Phrasal verb
Unit 1
He's really paranoid and always thinks people are trying to set him up.
Skim
To move quickly, and almost or just touch the surface of something.
Quitar la nata

Verb
Unit 1
The dairymaid skimmed the milk.
Social glue
Something which brings people together in a society.
Pegamento social

Phrase
Unit 1
For instance, the structured non-governmental organisations of citizens act as social bridges; the citizens themselves act as the social glue.
Social-networking
The use of websites and other internet services to communicate with otherpeople and make friends

Noun
Unit 1
With email, IM, text messages, and social networking sites, it feels like there are just too many places to check
Strengthen
To make something stronger or more effective.
Fortalecer

Verb
Unit 1
Tim added struts to strengthen the table.
Tip of the iceberg
A small noticeable part of a problem, the total size of which is really much greater
La punta del iceberg

Idiom
Unit 1
It is the tip of the iceberg in the total marketing equation, but it is the only part that shoppers ever see.
To my mind
In my opinion
A mi parecer

Phrase
Unit 1
Well, that was a deliberate slight and could not be anything else to my mind
Try smth out
To use or do something to discover if it works or if you like it.
Probar

Phrasal Verb
Unit 1
Don't say you don't like it if you haven't even tried it out.
Way
The manner in which something happens.
Forma, manera

Noun
Unit 1
There is more than one way to make a cup of tea.
1. in a natural way
2. way of life
2. ways of thinking, behaving and expressing themselves
1. ....................... way
2. way ..................
3. ways ....................

Collocations
2. The manner in which a  person lives. Estilo de vida
"For a lot of people the use of mobile computing devices has become a way of life."
1. self-deprecating humour
(auto despreciativo)

2. sense of humour
1. ....................... humour
2. ............ ....... humour


Collocations
culture shock
culture ................



Complete the collocation
make a decision
................ a decision



Complete the collocation
make friends
............... friends



Complete the collocation
acceptable behavior
.................. behaviour



Complete the collocation
totally new experience
truly
or new experience ?
totally

Collocation
deeply held values and beliefs

held: retenidos, sostenidos
........ ........... values and ..........



Complete the collocation
It will take a long time to understand those deeply held values and beliefs, because you have to notice them slowly and work them out
Barely
something is only just true or only just the case. only just, just, hardly
Apenas

Adverb
His voice was barely audible.
Merely
to emphasize that something is only what you say and not better, more important, or more exciting. Only, but, just, simply.
Simplemente

Adverb
Merely because you believe a thing is right, it isn't automatically so.
Solely
it involves only this thing and no others.only, completely
solamente, unicamente

Adverb
This program is a production of NPR, which is solely responsible for its content
Uniquely
the only one of its kind. distinct, special, exclusive
Excepcionalmente

Adverb
Because of the extreme cold, the Antarctic is a uniquely fragile environment.
Otherwise
Or else



Adverb. Connector