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,