📘 Vocabulario
Vocabulario Grammar
| Inglés | Pronunciación (aprox. en español) | Significado | Ejemplo |
|---|---|---|---|
| By the time | bai de taim | Para cuando / En el momento en que | By the time you arrive, I'll be ready. |
| Gonna | gó-na | Ir a / Voy a (informal, contracción de "going to") | I'm gonna call you later. |
| Wanna | uó-na | Querer / Querer hacer (informal, contracción de "want to") | I wanna learn English. |
| Hardly ever | jáard-li é-ver | Casi nunca / Apenas | I hardly ever watch TV. |
Ronda Phrasal Verbs
| Inglés | Pronunciación (aprox. en español) | Significado | Ejemplo |
|---|---|---|---|
| sem 30 | |||
| Put up with | put ap uiz | Tolerar / Soportar | I can't put up with this noise anymore. |
| Look after | luk áf-ter | Cuidar de | She looks after her little brother every afternoon. |
| Look forward to | luk fór-uard tu | Esperar con ilusión / Tener ganas de | I'm looking forward to the summer holidays. |
| Get along with | get a-long uiz | Llevarse bien con | He gets along with all his classmates. |
| Run out of | ran aut ov | Quedarse sin / Agotársele a uno | We ran out of milk this morning. |
| sem 31 | |||
| Carry out | ká-ri aut | Llevar a cabo / Realizar | The technicians carried out the tests successfully. |
| Come up with | kam ap uiz | Inventar / Proponer / Ocurrirse (una idea) | She came up with a great idea for the project. |
| Deal with | diil uiz | Tratar con / Lidiar con / Resolver | I have to deal with this problem today. |
| Figure out | fí-giur aut | Descifrar / Entender / Averiguar | I can't figure out how this machine works. |
| Catch up on | kach ap on | Ponerse al día con | I need to catch up on my emails. |
| sem 32 | |||
| Bring up | bring ap | Sacar un tema / Mencionar (o criar a alguien) | Please don't bring up that subject again. |
| Get over | get ó-ver | Superar (una enfermedad, una ruptura, un problema) | It took him weeks to get over the flu. |
| Turn down | tern daun | Rechazar (una oferta) / Bajar (el volumen) | She turned down the job offer. |
| Point out | point aut | Señalar / Destacar / Hacer notar | The teacher pointed out my mistakes. |
| Go through | gou zru | Atravesar / Pasar por (una situación difícil o experiencia) | They went through a difficult time last year. |
| sem 33 | |||
| Check in | chek in | Facturar / Registrarse (aeropuerto, hotel) | We checked in at the hotel around 3 pm. |
| Set off | set of | Ponerse en marcha, salir de viaje | We set off early to avoid traffic. |
| Break down | breik daun | Averiarse (un coche, máquina) | Our car broke down on the motorway. |
| End up | end ap | Acabar (haciendo algo, en un sitio, sin planearlo) | We ended up staying an extra night. (end up + ing) |
| Come across | kam a-krós | Encontrarse con algo/alguien por casualidad | I came across an old photo of us. |
| sem 34 | |||
| Cheer up | chir ap | Animar(se) | She cheered up when she heard the good news. |
| Let down | let daun | Decepcionar, fallarle a alguien | He felt like he had let down his team. |
| Make up | meik ap | Reconciliarse / Inventarse algo | They had an argument, but they made up the next day. |
| Fall out (with) | fol aut | Pelearse, discutir con alguien (romper relación) | She fell out with her best friend last year. |
| Hold on | jould on | Esperar (un momento) / Aguantar, resistir | Hold on a second, I'll be right there. |
| sem 35 | |||
| Keep up with | kip ap uid | Mantener el ritmo, no quedarse atrás | It's hard to keep up with all the new technology. |
| Take on | teik on | Asumir (una responsabilidad, tarea) | She took on a lot of extra work this month. |
| Fill in | fil in | Rellenar (un formulario) / Sustituir | Please fill in this form before your appointment. |
| Cut down on | kat daun on | Reducir (gastos, hábitos, consumo) | I'm trying to cut down on sugar. |
| Work out | uerk aut | Hacer ejercicio / Resolver(se) bien | Things worked out fine in the end. |
| sem 36 | |||
| come across | kam a-krós | encontrarse algo por casualidad | I came across an old photo of us yesterday. — Ayer me encontré por casualidad con una foto antigua nuestra. |
| get away with | guet aguéi güid | salirse con la suya (sin castigo) | He cheated and got away with it. — Hizo trampas y se salió con la suya. |
| look forward to | luk fórgüard tu | tener ganas de algo (futuro) | I'm looking forward to the weekend. — Tengo muchas ganas de que llegue el fin de semana. |
| turn down | tern daun | rechazar (oferta, invitación, etc.) | She turned down the job offer. — Rechazó la oferta de trabajo. |
Vocabulario Temático
Trabajo y economía
- commute = desplazarse al trabajo (sinónimo: travel to work)
My commute takes 40 minutes.
- workload = carga de trabajo (sinónimo: amount of work)
I have a heavy workload this month.
- made redundant = despedido por reducción de plantilla (sinónimo: laid off)
Many workers were made redundant during the crisis.
- income = ingresos (sinónimo: earnings)
Her income has increased this year.
- afford = poder permitirse (económicamente)
I can't afford a new car right now.
Vocabulario idiomático
- "a blessing in disguise" = algo que parecía malo pero resultó ser bueno
Losing that job was a blessing in disguise — I found a much better one.
- "to be on the same page" = estar de acuerdo, tener el mismo entendimiento sobre algo
Before we start the project, let's make sure we're on the same page.
- "to hit the nail on the head" = dar en el clavo, acertar exactamente
You hit the nail on the head — that's exactly the problem.
- "under the weather" = sentirse ligeramente enfermo/pachucho.
Ronda de sinónimos
Agosto
- transform → change, reshape
- offer → provide, give
- suffer → be affected, be harmed
- adopt → introduce, start using
Vocabulary week 32
| Inglés | Pronunciación (aprox. en español) | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| season | SÍ-son | estación |
| eraser | i-RÉI-ser | goma |
| tape | TÉIP | cinta |
| want | UÓNT | querer |
| like | LÁIK | gustar |
| really like | RÍ-li LÁIK | me gusta mucho |
| fall off | FOL OF | caerse algo |
| feel sick | fiil sik | sentirse mal / tener náuseas |
| yum | iam | muy rico / delicioso |
| wool | wúl | lana |
| socks | soks | calcetines |
| rug | rag | alfombra |
| blanket | blán-ket | manta |
| abroad | a-bród | en el extranjero |
| improve | im-prúv | mejorar |
| furniture | fér-ni-cher | muebles |
| chose | chóus | eligió (pasado de "choose") |
| Partner | par-tner | Pareja / Socio |
| Awful | ó-ful | Horrible / Pesimo |
| Shocked | shokt | Impactado / Sorprendido |
| Break up | breik ap | Romper (una relación) |
| I am glad | ai am glad | Me alegro |
| Unfortunately | an-fór-chu-net-li | Desafortunadamente |
| Laughed | laft | Se rió / Reí (pasado) |
| Such a | sach a | Tal (un/una) / Tan |
| At all | at ol | Para nada / En absoluto |
| Purpose | pér-pas | Propósito / Objetivo / Intención |
| Phrase | freis | Frase / Expresión |
| Matter | má-ter | Asunto / Importar (verbo: it doesn't matter = no importa) |
| Accurate | á-kiu-ret | Preciso / Exacto / Correcto |
Vocabulary vario
- roommate/flatmate
- In the end / finally
- too low (bajo) o too high (alto)