Homework: writing a review p. 134 +
reading p.114 (Tb mande el report (ver unidades de writing al final del libro,
pero parece ser que no lo puse en el blog. Si se os pasó, nunca es tarde si…).
exam /ɪgˈzæm/ UK US sustantivo
1
examen
a
chemistry exam
un
examen de química
to take/sit an exam presentarse a un examen, hacer un examen
He'll be taking his final exams in May.
Tendrá
los exámenes finales en mayo.
wouldn't want to do something (=used to say something would not be a good idea)
deny /dɪˈnaɪ/ UK US verbo [transitivo] (-nies, -nied)
1
negar, rechazar
to
deny doing sth negar que se ha hecho algo
2
no conceder [permiso]
3
denegar [un visado]
4
negar [un derecho ]
suggest /səˈdʒest/
UK US verbo [transitivo]
1 sugerir
She suggested that we write to the
manager.
Sugirió
que escribiéramos al director.
to
suggest doing sth sugerir que se haga algo
Tim suggested going together in one car.
Tim
sugirió que fuéramos todos en un solo coche.
2
recomendar
3
indicar
All the evidence seems to suggest that
he is guilty.
Todas
las pruebas parecen indicar que es culpable.
4 insinuar
advise /ədˈvaɪz/
UK US verbo
1
[transitivo/intransitivo] aconsejar
to
advise sb to do sth aconsejarle/recomendarle a alguien que haga algo
to
advise sb against doing sth aconsejarle a alguien que
no haga algo
I wanted to buy it but he advised me
against it.
Yo
quería comprarlo pero él me aconsejó que no lo hiciera.
to advise against doing sth desaconsejar hacer algo
you would be well/ill advised to do sth sería/no sería aconsejable que hiciera(s) algo
2
to advise (sb) on sth asesorar (a alguien) en/sobre algo
based
1 [not
before noun] if you are based somewhere, that is the place where you work or
where your main business is:
It is a
professional service based at our offices in Oxford.
London-based/New York-based etc
a London-based firm of accountants
let/blow
off steam
to get rid of your anger, excitement, or energy in a
way that does not harm anyone by doing something active
premiere /ˈpremieə,
AmE prɪˈmɪr/ UK US sustantivo
estreno
stab past
tense and past participle stabbed, present participle stabbing
1 [transitive]
to push a knife into someone or something [↪ stabbing]:
He was stabbed
to death in a fight.
stab somebody in the heart/arm etc
She had been
stabbed in the chest repeatedly.
kick
the bucket
old-fashioned to die - used humorously
be
pushing up (the) daisies
to
be dead - used humorously
re‧dun‧dant
1
British English if you are redundant, your employer no
longer has a job for you:
Seventy factory
workers were made redundant in the resulting cuts.
make a job/position etc redundant
As the economy
weakens, more and more jobs will be made redundant.
2 not
necessary because something else means or does the same thing:
the removal of redundant information
close down
phrasal verb
1
close something ↔ down
if a company, shop etc closes down or is closed down,
it stops operating permanently:
Paramount closed
down its London office in 1968.
2
British English to stop broadcasting radio or
television programmes at the end of the day:
BBC 2 closes down
at 12:45 tonight.
make a spectacle of yourself
to behave in an embarrassing way that is likely to
make other people notice you and laugh at you
make a fool of yourself
to do something stupid that you feel embarrassed about
afterwards and that makes you seem silly:
Sorry I made such
a fool of myself last night. I must have been drunk.
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