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Homework: p.137 Grammarbank 7B (a + b), p.56 ex. 1, reading and ex. 2, grammar.

however /haʊˈevə/ UK  US  adverbio

1 sin embargo

pain /peɪn/ UK  US  sustantivo

1 dolor

I've got a pain in my foot.

Me duele el pie

to be in pain

Are you in pain?

¿Te duele?

2 to be a pain (in the neck) (informal)

 (a)  ser un pesado/una pesada

distribución

Si es entre dos personas, se usa  between/bɪˈtwiːn/. Si es entre más,  among /əˈmʌŋ/

Repartíos la pizza entre los dos.

Share the pizza between you two.

Reparte las golosinas entre los niños.

Share the sweets among the children.

To be good/bad at sth

Ronaldo is good at football.

I’m bad at maths.

type /taɪp/ UK  US  sustantivo & verbo

 •  verbo [transitivo/intransitivo]

escribir a máquina, mecanografiar

stadium /ˈsteɪdiəm/ UK  US  sustantivo (plural stadiums o stadia)

estadio

Lucky/ˈlʌki/ UK  US  adjetivo (-ckier, -ckiest)

afortunado -a

to be lucky tener suerte

We are very lucky with the weather.

Tenemos mucha suerte con el tiempo.

THE PAST WITH REGULAR VERBS

They called a taxi.

They didn’t (did not) talk_ to the taxi driver.

Did they go_ by taxi?

Where did you want_ to go?

PRONOUNCIATION OF THE PAST (-ED)

Needed – started /id/

-ed /t/

looked, cooked, worked, asked, liked...

relaxed

stopped, typed...

finished, crashed...

missed, kissed...
danced...

watched

surfed, laughed...

WORDS DIFFICULT TO PRONOUNCE.

they're /ðeə/ UK  US   contracción de they are

aren't /ɑːnt/ UK  US

 •   contracción de are not

were /wə, acentuado wɜː/ UK  US   pasado de be

weren't /wɜːnt/ UK  US   contracción de were not

FOR OR DURING

durante

Se traduce por  during cuando significa en el transcurso de algo:

durante las vacaciones

 during the holidays

No tengo tiempo durante la semana.

 I don't have time during the week.

Se traduce por  for cuando se refiere a una cantidad de tiempo:

Le esperé durante horas.

 I waited for him for hours.

Vivimos allí durante tres años.

 We lived there for three years.

He was a good sportsman, musician and poet.

He was good at sports, music and poetry.

poetry /ˈpəʊɪtri/

UK  US  sustantivo

poesía [el arte, el género]

poet /ˈpəʊɪt/

I have no clue.

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