Vocabulary

VOCABULARY FOUND IN THE WEBSITES
PHRASAL VERBS
Come in for sth – ser culpado de algo
Turn up – aparecer
Fall through – fallar un plan
(Her plans to open a shop have fallen through due to a lackof funds)
Wrap up – ponerse ropa abrigada
(don´t forget to wrap up warm when you go out. It’s freezing today.)
Put off – posponer
Call off – cancelar
Pull apart – severely criticizePut in – install
Tell off – reprimand
Own up – confess
To be beaten up – to be assaulted
Tired out – exhausted
File away – encarpetar
Answer back – respond rudely
(He got in trouble at schoolfor answering the teacher back)
Mill about/around – arremolinarse
(people were milling around the booking office)
Shop around – comparar precios
Follow sth through – seguir con algo hasta elfinal
Get sth across to sb – hacer entender
(What are you trying to get across the consumer?)
Come across sth/smone – encontrarse algo/alguien de casualidad
Draw up – preparar algo y escribirlo,como un documento o plano
Run up – endeudarse
(I ran up a lot of debts during my time as a student)
Stir up – causar problemas
(She is always criticizing people and trying to stir uptrouble amongst people in your office)
WORD FORMATION
Necessary – necessities – unnecessary
Trouble – Troublesome(problematic) – Troublemaker
Represent – representation – unrepresentative –representative(representante)
Adapt – adaptability
Will – willingness
Motivate – motive – motivation – motivated
Face – facing – faceless – facial
Time – timeless – timing – timer
COLLOCATIONS
Break thelaw – violar la ley
Drop a hint – soltar una indirect
(I’ve dropped so many hints about the money he owes me)
Get into hot water – Meterse en un lío
Let yourself go – dejarte llevar
Fall intothe trap – caer en la trampa
Catch sight of sth/smone – divisor
Do sth with panache – hacer algo con garbo
Pluck up one’s courage – armarse de valor
Break down in tears – romper a llorar...