Tuesday, May 21, 2013

ni2 21/5/13


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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