Tuesday, November 21, 2017

NI1 21/11/17

never /ˈnevə/ UK  US  adverbio
1 nunca
She's never been to Russia.
Nunca ha estado en Rusia.

ever /ˈevə/ UK  US  adverbio
1 (en preguntas y oraciones condicionales) alguna vez
Have you ever been to China?
¿Has estado alguna vez en China?
if you're ever in London
si alguna vez vas por Londres

2 (con comparativos y superlativos) better/worse etc than ever mejor/peor etc que nunca
the best meal I've ever had/the biggest mistake he's ever made etc la mejor comida que haya comido en mi vida/el error más grave que haya cometido en su vida etc

3 (con negativos) nunca
I don't think I've ever had oysters.
Creo que nunca he comido ostras.
I think I've never had oysters.


already /ɔːlˈredi/ UK  US  adverbio
ya
He had already left by the time I got there.
Ya se había ido cuando llegué.
I think we've already met.
Creo que ya nos conocemos.
Is it 5 o'clock already?
¿Ya son las 5?

yet /jet/ UK  US  adverbio & conjunción
 •  adverbio
1 (en preguntas) ya
Are you ready yet?
¿Ya estás listo?

2 (en frases negativas) todavía, aún
I haven't finished yet.
Todavía no he terminado.
"Should I tell her?" "Not yet."
–¿Se lo digo? –Todavía no.

Homework: grammar bank p. 134

scam /skæm/ noun [countable] informal 
a clever but dishonest way to get money
 He got involved in a credit card scam.

charge ●●● S1 W2 verb 
1 MONEY
a) [intransitive, transitive] to ask someone for a particular amount of money for something you are selling
 The hotel charges $125 a night.
charge somebody £10/$50 etc (for something)
 The restaurant charged us £40 for the wine.
charge something at something
 Calls will be charged at 44p per minute.
charge for
 We won’t charge for delivery if you pay now.

save
NOT WASTE [transitive] (also save on something) to use less money, time, energy, etc so that you do not waste any OPP waste
 We’ll save a lot of time if we go by car.
 Everyone is being encouraged to save energy.
 ways to save money on heating bills
energy-saving/time-saving etc
 money-saving ideas

-ED
/t/
Worked, published, asked,
/d/
Arrived, saved, used, charged, discovered, changed, earned, opened, seemed, believed, happened, called, ashamed, cried, employed, loved
/ID/
Needed, completed, wasted, awarded, decided,  wanted, calculated
Successful /səkˈsesfəl/, secret /ˈsiːkrɪt/, poor /pɔː $ pʊr/, knew  /njuː $ nuː/, experience  /ɪkˈspɪəriəns $ -ˈspɪr-/, instinctively  /ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvlɪ/, owned /əʊnd $ oʊnd/, leather  /ˈleðə $ -ər/, gamble  /ˈɡæmbəl/, loved  /lʌvd/, millionaire  /ˌmɪljəˈneə $ -ˈner/, recession /rɪˈseʃən/, soon /suːn/, realize  /ˈrɪəlaɪz/, asked /ɑːskt $ æskt/, cried /kraɪd/, ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/, cheque  /tʃek/, clothes  /kləʊðz/, truth /truːθ/, employed /ɪmˈplɔɪd/, private  /ˈpraɪvət/, published /ˈpʌblɪʃ/, burst /bɜːst $ bɜːrst/.

gamble /ˈgæmbəl/ UK  US  verbo & sustantivo
 •  verbo [transitivo/intransitivo]
jugar [por dinero, a juegos de azar]
to gamble sth on sth jugar algo a algo, apostar algo a algo

figure /ˈfɪgə, AmE ˈfɪgjər/ UK  US  sustantivo & verbo
 •  sustantivo
1 cifra, número
The exact figure is not known.
Se desconoce la cifra exacta.
the unemployment figures
la tasa de desempleo
2 (del 0 al 9) cifra, dígito
a six-figure number

un número de seis cifras

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