Thursday, November 16, 2017

NI2 16/11/17

ˌtime ˈoff noun [uncountable] 
time when you are officially allowed not to be at work or studying
take/have/get etc time off
 Have you ever had to take time off for health reasons?

spare time/moment/hour etctime when you are not working What do you do in your spare time? Eric spent every spare moment he had in the library.

ˈquality ˌtime noun [uncountable] 
the time that you spend giving someone your full attention, especially time that you spend with your children when you are not busy
 Do you spend enough quality time with your children?


skyscraper /ˈskaɪskreɪpə/ UK  US  sustantivo
rascacielos


trip /trɪp/ UK  US  sustantivo & verbo
  sustantivo
viaje
a business/road trip un viaje de negocios/por carretera
to go on a trip irse de viaje

whenever I’ve been abroad, it’s been England.

dull /dʌl/ ●●○ S3 adjective (comparative duller, superlative dullest) 
1 BORING not interesting or exciting
 Life is never dull when Elizabeth is here.
 a dull movie
 It sounded pretty dull to me.
 The weekly meeting tends to be deadly dull (=very dull).
 Last week we had a hurricane. Never a dull moment running a hotel in the Caribbean (=it’s always interesting or exciting).
2 COLOUR/LIGHT not bright or shiny
 The bird is dull brown and gray in colour.
 Her eyes were dull with dark shadows beneath them.
 the dull afternoon light

I’ve been TO London / Paris / Moscow...

crowd /kraʊd/ UK  US  sustantivo & verbo
 •  sustantivo
1 muchedumbre, multitud
I lost him in the crowd.
Lo perdí entre la muchedumbre.

crowded /ˈkraʊdɪd/ UK  US  adjetivo
 atestado -a, abarrotado -a
The train was very crowded.
El tren iba atestado de gente.
to be crowded with people/tourists etc estar abarrotado -a de gente/turistas etc

the views from/on the top of the mountain

ride
7MACHINE AT A FAIR a large machine that people ride on for fun at a fair
 We went on loads of rides.

anywhere /ˈeniweə $ -wer/ ●●● S1 W3 (also anyplace American English) adverb 
1 in or to any place
 Sit anywhere you like.
 You can buy clothes like these anywhere.
 I don’t want to live in London, but I’d be happy living anywhere else.
2 used in questions to mean ‘somewhere’
 Do you need anywhere to stay for the night?
 Did you go anywhere exotic on vacation this year?
 Have you been anywhere else in Spain?

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palace /ˈpælɪs/
ru‧in /ˈruːɪn/
mosque /mɒsk $ mɑːsk/

stall /stɔːl/ UK  US  sustantivo, sustantivo plural & verbo
 •  sustantivo
puesto, tenderete


after being restored

theme /θiːm/ 

Jew‧ish /ˈdʒuːɪʃ/

lively /ˈlaɪvli/ UK  US  adjetivo (-lier, -liest)
1  alegre y vital, animado -a


jewel /ˈdʒuːəl/ UK  US  sustantivo &  sustantivo plural
  sustantivo
piedra preciosa, gema
 • jewels sustantivo plural
joyas

antique /ænˈtiːk/ UK  US  
 •  sustantivo
1 antigüedad [objeto antiguo]
2  antique dealer anticuario -a
 antique shop anticuario, tienda de antigüedades

medieval, también mediaeval BrE /ˌmediˈiːvəl, AmE mɪˈdiːvəl/ UK  US  adjetivo
 medieval, de la Edad Media


kilometre BrE, kilometer AmE /kɪˈlɒmɪtə, ˈkɪləmiːtə/ UK  US  sustantivo
kilómetro

tour /tʊə/
an‧cient /ˈeɪnʃənt/ 
1 belonging to a time long ago in history, especially thousands of years ago OPP modern
 the ancient civilizations of Asia
ancient Greece/Egypt/Rome
 the religion of ancient Egypt

ˈgoose ˌpimples especially British English, goosebumps /ˈɡuːsbʌmps/ especially American English noun [plural] (also gooseflesh /ˈɡuːsfleʃ/ especially British English [uncountable]) 
small raised spots on your skin that you get when you are cold or frightened
• I got goose pimples when the trumpets sounded and you all marched in.
• Some one screamed, a high shrill piercing noise that caused her to break out in goose pimples.

• I was six years old - it gave me goose pimples.

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