ni2 15/11/12

Homework: p.143 grammar (duration) + p.31 reading.

kind of Informal

Rather; somewhat: I'm kind of hungry.

kind of

kinda American English spoken slightly but not exactly, or in some ways [= sort of]:

I'm kind of glad I didn't win.

He's kinda dumb, isn't he?

dumb /dʌm/ UK  US  adjetivo

1 mudo -a

deaf and dumb sordomudo -a

 ▶ Algunas personas consideran que este adjetivo es ofensivo y prefieren usar  mute

2  (informal) tonto -a

HEALTH:

bump [countable]

1 an area of skin that is raised because you have hit it on something[↪ lump]:

She has a bump on the back of her head.

He had a few injuries, mostly bumps and bruises.

          

Tight muscles.

Muscle spasm

cramp

1 [uncountable and countable] a severe pain that you get in part of your body when a muscle becomes too tight, making it difficult for you to move that part of your body:

Several players were suffering from cramp.

muscle cramps

have/get (a) cramp

One of the swimmers got cramp and had to drop out of the race.

➔ writer's cramp

2

 (stomach) cramps

 [plural] severe pains in the stomach, especially the ones that women get when they menstruate

injured /ˈɪndʒəd/ UK  US  adjetivo

1  lesionado -a, herido -a [persona, brazo, etc.]

2  herido -a [orgullo]

3  dolido -a, ofendido -a [tono]

faint [intransitive]

1 to suddenly become unconscious for a short time [= pass out]:

Several fans fainted in the blazing heat.

2

 I nearly/almost fainted

spoken used to say that you were very surprised by something:

I nearly fainted when they told me the price.

WORD CHOICE: 

since, for, during, overUse since to say that something started at a point in time in the past, and is still continuing

• He has been living in Leeds since 1998.

• We've known about it since May.

Since is usually followed by a time expression ('last year', 'this morning', '4 o'clock' etc) or by the simple past tense. Use the present perfect or the past perfect in the other clause

• I have loved movies since I first went to the cinema.

• He had been seriously ill since Christmas.!!

Speakers of British English usually say it is a long time/two weeks etc since..., and speakers of American English it has been a long time/two weeks etc since..., but both uses are correct• It's weeks (BrE)/It's been weeks (AmE) since I saw Grandma.

Use for when you state the length of time that something has been happening

• We have known each other for ten years (NOT since ten years).

• I had been waiting for hours (NOT since hours).

• I haven't seen him for ages (NOT since ages).

During and over are used when you state the period of time in which something happens or changes

• During her first year at college, she had several boyfriends.

• Over the last six months, crime has doubled.

stuff [uncountable]

1

things

informal used when you are talking about things such as substances, materials, or groups of objects when you do not know what they are called, or it is not important to say exactly what they are:

I've got some sticky stuff on my shoe.

How do you think you're going to fit all that stuff into the car?

I felt sorry for the ones who had to eat the awful stuff.

Where's all the camping stuff?

2

 somebody's stuff

informal the things that belong to someone:

Did you get the rest of your stuff?

3

activities/ideas

informal used when talking about different activities, subjects, or ideas, when you do not say exactly what these are:

What kind of stuff do you like to read?

I've got so much stuff to do this weekend.

There's a lot of interesting stuff in this book.

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He does mountain biking and skiing and stuff like that.

rhythm /ˈrɪðəm/ UK  US   sustantivo

ritmo

rhyth‧m [uncountable and countable]

1 a regular repeated pattern of sounds or movements

beat

1 [countable] one of a series of regular movements or hitting actions:

a heart rate of 80 beats a minute

the steady beat of the drum

2 [singular] a regular repeated noise [= rhythm]