Thursday, March 15, 2012

nb2 15/3/12


Cockroach
Breed
viper [countable]
1      a small poisonous snake
2      literary   someone who behaves in an unpleasant way and harms other people
Praying mantis
Jilguero sustantivo masculino goldfinch
Lynx
Wolf
Bear
Scorpions
Viper
Bull
Woodpecker
Cheetah
Leopard / ˈlepəd/ [countable]
1 a large animal of the cat family, with yellow fur and black spots, which lives in Africa and South Asia
2
 A leopard can't change its spots
Used to say that people cannot change their character
morena sustantivo femenino ( Zool ) moray (eel);
Prey
Dromedary
Donkey
Hen – chick – chicken ≠ rooster - cock
muscle  /ˈmʌsəl/ músculo
mussel / ˈmʌsəl/ sustantivo
mejillón m
Kilometers per hour
Sand
Go for / have a swim ≠ have a bath
I would flush it down the toilet.
I would swim near the shore.
Sand

Lie past tense lay past participle lain present participle lying, third person singular lies
1
Flat position
a) [Intransitive] to be in a position in which your body is flat on the floor, on a bed etc
Lie on/in etc
He was lying on the bed smoking a cigarette.
Don't lie in the sun for too long.
BUT
Lie past tense and past participle lied, present participle lying, third person singular lies [intransitive]
1 to deliberately tell someone something that is not true:
I could tell from her face that she was lying.
Lie to
I would never lie to you.




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