Homework: Reading p. 70, ex., 1, 2, 3 and 4
p.69 and 72
rage /reɪdʒ/
noun
1 [ C ,
U ] strong anger that you cannot
control
a jealous rage
He flew into a rage (= suddenly became angry) over the smallest mistake.
2 be all the rage informal old-fashioned
to be very popular
See also: road rage
Pilates
/ˌpɪˈlɑːtiːz/ noun [ U ]
[ SPORT ] a system of physical
exercise involving controlled movements, stretching and breathing
weights /weɪts/ noun [ plural
]
[ SPORT ] heavy pieces of metal that
you lift up and down to make your muscles stronger
strenuous /ˈstrenjuəs/ adjective
using or needing a lot of
effort
strenuous
exercise
uphill /ʌpˈhɪl/ adverb
towards the top of a hill
We'd walked half a mile uphill.
So much contradictory information
out there
I was reading the journal
just this morning
You are in pretty good shape
I’ve never been a fan of the
gym
exercise 1 /ˈeksəsaɪz/ noun
Word partners for exercise
do / get / take exercise
• daily / gentle / regular / strenuous exercise • a
form of exercise
1 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY [
HEALTH ] [ C , U ] physical activity that you do to make your body strong
and healthy
Swimming is my favourite form of exercise.
Let's do some stretching exercises to start with.
See picture exercise
2 TEST [ EDUCATION ] [
C ] a piece of written work that helps you learn something
For your homework, please do exercise 3 on page 24.
3 ACTIVITY WITH PURPOSE [
C ] an activity which is intended to achieve a particular thing
The whole point of the exercise was to get people to share their
ideas.
a team-building exercise.
4 MILITARY [ C ] a
set of actions that a group of soldiers do to practise their skills
The cadets are out on military exercises.
5 USE [ U ] formal
the use of something such as a power or right
picky /ˈpɪki/ adjective
informal Someone who is
picky does not like many things.
a picky eater
He's very picky about his clothes.
fussy /ˈfʌsi/ adjective
1 NOT LIKING only
liking particular things and very difficult to please
She's a very fussy eater .
2 CAREFUL too careful
about unimportant details
3 TOO COMPLICATED If
something is fussy, it is too complicated in design and has too many details.
beverage /ˈbev ə rɪdʒ/ noun [
C ] formal
[ FOOD ] a drink
booze /buːz/
noun [ U ] informal
alcoholic drinks
de‧hy‧drate
1 [transitive] to remove the
liquid from a substance such as food or a chemical [↪ rehydrate, hydrate]:
The substance is dehydrated
and stored as powder.
2 [intransitive and
transitive] to lose too much water from your body, or to make this happen:
Alcohol dehydrates the body.
—dehydrated adjective
—dehydration noun [uncountable] /ˌdiːhaɪˈdreɪʃən/
exhaustion /ɪgˈzɔːstʃən/
sunstroke
strain injure
[transitive] to injure a
muscle or part of your body by using it too much or making it work too hard:
I've strained a muscle in my
leg
You'll strain your eyes
trying to read in this light.
contractura muscular loc nom f (espasmo) muscle
contraction n
(abnormal) muscle spasm n
Altitude sickness
acclimatize ( also UK
to start to feel happy with
the weather, the way of life, etc in a new place, or to make someone do this
acclimatization /əˌklaɪmətaɪˈzeɪʃ ə n/ noun
[ U ]
scrape /skreɪp/ verb [ T ]
1 DAMAGE to damage
the surface of something by rubbing it against something rough
Jamie fell over and scraped his knee .
graze /greɪz/ verb
2 INJURE [ T ] UK
I fell and grazed my knee.
chip 1 /tʃɪp/ noun [ C ]
SMALL PIECE a small piece that has
broken off something
wood chips
Pull muscle
cramp n (muscle
contraction) (músculo) calambre nm (músculo) tirón
nm
Don got a cramp and had to
stop swimming. Julie got cramp in her calf muscles while she was running.
Nausea noun [U] uk /ˈnɔː.zi.ə//-ʒə/
us /ˈnɑː-/
Bruise noun [C] uk us
/bruːz/
an injury or mark where the skin has not been broken but is darker in colour, often as a result of being hit by something: His arms and back were covered in bruises. She had
a few cuts and bruises but nothing
serious.
chip verb [I or T] (BREAK)
to break a small piece off something by accident: I wish my nail polish wouldn't keep chipping. He's chipped
a bone in his wrist.
Graze verb uk us /ɡreɪz/
› [T] to break the surface of the skin by rubbing against something rough: He fell down and grazed his knee. He was lucky, the bullet just grazed his leg.
Twinge
noun [C] uk us
/twɪndʒ/
› a sudden short feeling of physical or mental pain: I felt a twinge in my knee. He was feeling twinges from a calf injury after 20 minutes of the game. I admit I felt a twinge of guilt as we left.
Bootcamp
Stitch - flato
Stiff muscles - agujetas
Squat
Lunges
Numb
Flippers – aletas
Free running - parkour
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