24-04-2013

 "I'm embarrassed" se utiliza para el tipo de verguenza que pasas en una situación embarazosa. Es decir, si se te cae la falda en medio de la calle, estás embarrassed :P Ashamed es más para una verguenza más negativa, como de arrepentimiento. Osea, si le has hecho daño a alguien y luego te arrepientes, dices "I'm ashamed (x ejemplo) of my behaviour".

I am ashamed of yourself for thinking that.

she's always trying to publicly embarrass him.

I can't afford a trip to London.

My budget is limitated. 

Low-budget films. Try to down your budget.

I am upset with my husband

I get on well with my neighbour

17-04-2013

Be grateful to SMBDY for SOMETHING

             I am grateful to Carmen for the kindness she showed me last year

Listen to SMB/SMTH

            listen to pop music_listen to me

             

Talk to SMB

             talk to me

Look like

1. He looks good.        (look-verb, goo-adj)

2. He is looking good. (look-verb, good-adj)

3. He is good-looking. (adjective)

4. He looks like a prince / he looked like a prince (look-verb)

Sentence 3 refers mainly to the facial features of the man, and means that you think he is physically handsome and attractive. The other sentences could be used to mean the same thing but have wider meanings, such as that is looking very healthy, that he is smartly dressed, etc.

So, He used to be good-looking, but nowadays is is not anymore...

He looked like a pig in a wig_Como cerdo con peluca

SMOKING

The dangers of passive smoking

Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association 

Every Year Over 200,000 Kids In The UK Start Smoking

Give up (stop) an adiction _ 

cut out_eliminar

cut down_reducir

less chocolate

feed up_to give food

Have you ever needed someone so bad?

ADJECTIVES IN ABLE

enjoy (verb) >> enjoyable (adj)

acceptable

advisable

agreeable

available

believable

capable

comfortable

despicable (despreciable)

eligible

fashionable

forgettable

honorable

horrible

profitable

punishable

reliable (confiable)

suitable (conveniente)

valuable (valioso)

Algunos adjetivos agrupados por terminaciones

able acceptable, available, capable, comfortable, desirable, …

al abnormal, central, digital, conventional, personal, rational, …

an authoritarian, bohemian, republican, urban, veteran, …

ant arrogant, constant, distant, dominant, pleasant, relevant, …

ar familiar, particular, popular, similar, regular, spectacular, …

ary arbitrary, contrary, elementary, involuntary, revolutionary, …

ate accurate, adequate, considerate, delicate, desperate, …

ed complicated, connected, expected, related, sacred, united, …

en barren, drunken, heartbroken, open, swollen, wooden, …

ent absent, efficient, different, frequent, impatient, insolent, …

etic diabetic, energetic, genetic, magnetic, pathetic, synthetic, …

ful beautiful, careful, colorful, harmful, painful, successful, …

ible audible, compatible, convertible, credible, impossible, …

ic atomic, alcoholic, alergic, analytic, electronic, pacific, …

ical alphabetical, asymetrical, biblical, biological, chemical, …

id arid, avid, candid, frigid, humid, hybrid, rapid, rigid, …

ile agile, docile, fertile, fragile, hostile, sterile, versatile, …

ine alkaline, bovine, divine, feminine, masculine, genuine, …

ish amateurish, childish, feverish, foolish, lavish, selfish, …

less aimless, careless, fearless, flawless, friendless, harmless, …

like alike, childlike, ladylike, lifelike, manlike, warlike, …

ly brotherly. chilly, costly, deadly, ghostly, holy, kindly, …

ory circulatory, compensatory, conciliatory, contradictory, …

ous ambiguous, anonymous, dangerous, famous, nervous, …

sive aggresive, adhesive, compulsive, evasive, impulsive, …

some awesome, bothersome, tiresome, lonesome, gruesome, …

tive addictive, attractive, constructive, corrective, defective, …

10-04-2013

At the end of (the day) / At the beginning of (the year) _ Al final del día, al princio del año

In the end, in the beginning _ Al final, al principio

I am good at playing tennis

I can play tennis

I am able to play tennis

I am concerned about your health

He said that you were here / He said TO ME that you were here

He told me that you were here

I can remember

to remember: recordar, acordarse de _ I remembered the way my grandmather used to bake bread

to remind SMB of SMTH (noun): recordarle ( a alguien) _ I remind my grandmother of going to the bank

                                                                                _ I reminded my son of his mother's birthday

                                                                                _Remind me that I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow

                                                                                _I reminded my son of his mother's birthday

to remind SMB to VERB_ I reminded her to go to the bank

study languages abroad

want to improve

studying without effort

abroad (adverbio). She Studies abroad in a foreign country

boarding school

schedule

slang

budget (money to spend) / can't afford / affordable, more affordable, the most aff... /

waste money/time

foreign (adj), more foreign, the most foreign

foreigner (n) = foreign(adj) person(n)_ At the beginning of the year, many foreigners came to Spain.

Spaniards (n) = spanish(adj) people(n)

Britons (n)   = british(adj) people(n)

social gathering, party 

If you prepare a party

you "throw" a party 

You "host" a party

You "give" a party

you "celebrate" a party

you make a party

If you are invited to a party

you go to a party

you have a party

you "attend" a party

attend school / a conference / a party : asistir

I am planning to attend my twentieth high school reunion next week,

Doubts

think of = pensar de imaginar

think about =pensar de reflexionar

I am remembering CAN'T BE SAID because is an STATIC VERB.= I remember some doubts we had last day.

I am thinking about some doubts we had last day.

STATIVE LIST VERBS

This picture (=this pictrure here)  sings. 

These flowers (=these flowers here) pl.
       
That picture (=that picture there) sings.

Those people (=those people there) pl.

Obligar = to obligate , mandatory, compulsory, have to,

The use of glasses or lenses (=lentillas) 

Carmen you can say ......................You will have to study more.....

                                                     Are you going to study more? >>Present continuous for arranged future

cut down/ reduce consumption 

 

cut downvi	(reduce consumption)	bajar⇒ vtr
	Tenemos que bajar el consumo de agua.

cut up, cut-up vtr

literal (chop, cut into pieces)

cortar en pedazos vtr

Worried, concerned, concious, aware

TO BE WORRIED      ABOUT                      I am worried about Environment.

TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT                      I am concerned about Education

TO BE CONCIOUS OF                                I am concious of how important Education is

TO BE AWARE     OF                                 I am aware of how important Education is.

PEOPLE's BEHAVIOUR                              The behaviour of People (with aphostrophe).

HUMAN     BEHAVIOUR                              The behaviour of Human Being (without aphostrophe)

REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE

to/than in comparatives

I prefer going to the cinema TO going to the theatre.

Going to the cinema is better THAN going to the theatre

I prefer going to the cinema RATHER THAN go (without ing) to the theatre.

Some, Any

Some = a little, a few or a small number or amount

Any = one, some or all

Usually, we use some in positive (+) sentences and any in negative (-) and question (?) sentences.

We use any in a positive sentence when the real sense is negative.

• I refused to give them any money. (I did not give them any money)
• She finished the test without any difficulty. (she did not have any difficulty)

Sometimes we use some in a question, when we expect a positive YES answer. (We could say that it is not a real question, because we think we know the answer already.)

• Would you like some more tea?
• Could I have some sugar, please?

FEWER/LESS

Use fewer if you're referring to people or things in the plural (e.g. houses, newspapers, dogs, students, children). For example:

 

People these days are buying fewer newspapers.

Fewer students are opting to study science-related subjects.

Fewer than thirty children each year develop the disease.

 

 Use less when you're referring to something that can't be counted or doesn't have a plural (e.g. money, air, time, music, rain). For example:

 It's a better job but they pay you less money.

 People want to spend less time in traffic jams.

 Ironically, when I'm on tour, I listen to less music.

 

  

Less is also used with numbers when they are on their own and with expressions of measurement or time, e.g.:

 His weight fell from 18 stone to less than 12.

 Their marriage lasted less than two years.

 Heath Square is less than four miles away from Dublin city centre

Remind me OF something

remind sb of sth

My mother reminded me of my father's birthday

These foolish things remind me of you

remind sb that + (Subject+verb+object)

Remind me that tomorrow is my father's birthday

Peter: "Go to the cinema"

Peter reminded me to go to the cinema

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On time = at the planned time; neither late nor early:

Peter wants the meeting to start exactly on time.

In time = with enough time to spare; before the last moment:

He would have died if they hadn't got him to the hospital in time.

In the end = finally, after a long time:

In the end, I got a visa for Russia.

At the end = at the point where something stops:

I think the film's a bit weak at the end.

"Miss the train" = "Miss the opportunity"

Quotation

To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the earth.

It's futile to gaze at the world through a car window.

                                  Albert Einstein

PROMOTING EDUCATION

Obama PROMOTES education BY doing something

Education is promoted BY doing something 

Obama should PROMOTE education BY doing something

Education should be promoted (by Obama) BY doing something

To PROMOTE education, Obama should do something.

In order to PROMOTE education, Obama should do something.

Promote = Encourage = Support