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Homework: grammarbank p. 152.

soaking /ˈsəʊkɪŋ/, también soaking wet UK  US  adjetivo

empapado -a, calado -a hasta los huesos

El Diluvio Universal: the Flood

It started to pour down half way to Niño de Mula, I was absolutely soaking by the time I got there.

consequence /ˈkɒnsɪkwəns/ UK  US  sustantivo

1 consecuencia

to take/suffer the consequences of sth pagar/sufrir las consecuencias de algo

2 to be of little/no consequence (formal) tener poca/no tener ninguna importancia

calm /kɑːm/ UK  US  adjetivo, verbo & sustantivo

 •  adjetivo

1  (referido a una persona) tranquilo -a, sereno -a

to keep/stay calm mantener la calma

2 (referido a un lugar) tranquilo -a

3  (referido al mar, el tiempo) en calma, sereno -a

 •  verbo [transitivo]

 calmar, tranquilizar

calm down phrasal verb

 calmarse, tranquilizarse

Just calm down and tell me what happened.

Cálmate y cuéntame lo que pasó.

 calm sb down phrasal verb

  calmar/tranquilizar a alguien

 •  sustantivo

calma, tranquilidad

feel at ease: sientete/ponte comodo

ease a pain ≠ he’s a pain.

You’ll m iss the train unless you set off at.

I picked up all my clothes - I picked all my clothes up - I picked them up.

I’m under a lot of pressure today, I’d better calm down.

Up and down the aisle of the plane.

aisle /aɪl/ UK  US  sustantivo

pasillo [en un avión, un teatro]

corridor /ˈkɒrɪdɔː/ UK  US  sustantivo

pasillo, corredor

teach somebody (how) to do something

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Different methods of teaching children how to read

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

At ten-thirty/2 o'clock etc sharp

at exactly 10.30, 2.00 etc:

We're meeting at one-thirty sharp.

famine /ˈfæmɪn/ UK  US  sustantivo

hambruna, hambre

up‧lift‧ing

making you feel happier and more hopeful:

an uplifting experience

bribe /braɪb/ UK  US  sustantivo & verbo

 •  sustantivo

soborno

 •  verbo [transitivo]

sobornar

They  bribed  him  to  keep quiet about it.

Le sobornaron para que no dijera nada.

be‧friend [transitive]

to behave in a friendly way towards someone, especially someone who is younger or needs help:

They befriended me when I first arrived in London as a student.

barrier /ˈbæriə/ UK  US  sustantivo

1 barrera, valla (de contención)

2 a barrier to sth una barrera para algo

hustle and bustle

busy and noisy activity (usually + of ) He wanted a little cottage far away from the hustle and bustle of city life.

wealth /welθ/ UK  US  sustantivo

1 riqueza

2 a wealth of information/material etc gran abundancia de información/material etc

a wealth of experience una amplia experiencia

welfare state

1

 the welfare state

a system in which the government provides money, free medical care etc for people who are unemployed, ill, or too old to work [↪ social security]

2 [countable] a country with such a system

be/go on the dole (=be unemployed and receiving money from the government)

from scratch

if you start something from scratch, you begin it without using anything that existed or was prepared before:

We had to start again from scratch.

He had built the business up from scratch.

living standard [countable usually plural]

the level of comfort and the amount of money that people have[= standard of living]:

Living standards have improved over the last century.

rising living standards

There's been a decline in the living standards of old people.

filth‧y comparative filthier, superlative filthiest

1 very dirty:

The house was filthy, with clothes and newspapers strewn everywhere.

starve

1 [intransitive] to suffer or die because you do not have enough to eat:

Thousands of people will starve if food doesn't reach the city.

pictures of starving children

They'll either die from the cold or starve to death (=die from lack of food).

3

 be starving

also be starved American English to be very hungry:

You must be starving!