Vocabulario Ingles
A nap is a short period of sleep, usually in the day time.
A slap is a broad stroke made with the open hand.
Put (your) foot down.- To refuse to do or accept to do something.
Tar.- A thick black sticky liquid that becomes hard when cold. Tar is obtained from coal and is used especially in makingroads.
Dermatologist.- Doctor that specializes in the study of the skin and its diseases.
Nip (nipped).- To take small bites with the front teeth. /To squeeze sth hard. /To pinch sb/sth.
Nibble.- To take small bites of sth.
Adverbs and useful expressions:
Actually
Eventually
Basically,
Anyway,
In fact,
To be honest,
In the end,
Come to think of it,
Do you know what I mean?
Vocabulary from: Every poscard tells a story (p. 74)
A long-winded speech
A time-concious person
A ribtickler
A bookish person
To be well-informed
Humorless
A happy-go-lucky person
A thoughtful person
To be image-conscious
Snobbish
Tasteful
Tacky
Vulture
Soak up
Prefixes and suffixes:
Prefixes to make the adjectives negative:
un- uninteresting
in- incomplete
ir- r irregular
im-p / m impossible / immodest
il - l illicit
Suffixes:
-less = without endless
-ful = complete, full of tearful
-ish = in the way of foolish
Vocabulary Unit 9
Inside Out Upper-Intermediate
The perfect face
hair | face | eyes | nose | mouth | skin |
fair | angelic | blue | big | big | fair |
blond | beautiful | green | long | large | white |
brown | handsome | amber | prominent | wide | pale |
red | lovely | brown | little | small | bronzed |
ginger | pretty | black | small | well-shaped | dark |
dark | plain | dark | straight | firm | black |
black | ugly | golden | aquiline | full-lipped | tanned |
white | pale | grey| pointed | lipless | sunburnt |
grey | white | hazel | sharp | thin | olive |
long | flush | big | flat | | wrinkled |
short | pink | huge | narrow | | freckled |
shoulder-lenght | red | large | turned-up | | smooth |
medium-lenght | tanned | wide | | | perfect |
straight | dark | small | | teeth: | good |
wavy | heart-shaped | narrow | | perfect | |
curly | oval | close-set | | sparkling | bone structure: |
spiky | square | wide-apart | | | perfect |
bald | round | deep-set | | lips: | good |
parting | bearded | sunken | | full | |
with plaits/braids | freckled | protuberant | | | cheekbones: |
with a pony tail | wrinkled | sparkling | | | good |
with pigtails | plump | | | jaw: | |
in a bun | thin | | | square | |
moustache | long | | | | |
stubble | fat | | | | |
Do you remember these words?
-Dimples, pimples, wrinkes, freakles, moles, scars, and tatoos.
Personality:
absorved with oneself, self-centred, selfish
bubbly
lively
down-to-earth, unpretentious
dizzy
stand-offish, unfriendly
straight, conventionalcool
laid-back, relaxed, easy-going
laddish
enigmatic, mysterious
sensitive, caring
sensible, level-headed
trustworthy, dependable
open-minded, tolerant
mature, experienced and grown-up
big-headed, arrogant
absent-minded, forgetful
quick-witted, intelligent
self-assured, confident
hypocritical, two-faced
warm-hearted, kind
stuck-up, snobbish
flexible
generous
weak
sexyfriendlyVocabulary Unit 10
Inside Out Upper-Intermediate
The genius of the Guggenheim
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Vocabulary from “The genius of the Guggenheim”
metalic semi-derelict
post-modern eccentric...
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