NI2 23/1/18

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guess /ges/ UK  US  verbo & sustantivo

 •  verbo [transitivo/intransitivo] (3ª persona singular del presente -sses)

1 adivinar

You have to guess the weight of the cake.

Tienes que adivinar el peso del pastel.

I'd guess that he's about 50.

Diría que tiene alrededor de 50.

You'll never guess who I've just seen.

A que no te imaginas a quién acabo de ver.

guess what! ¿sabes qué?

Guess what! Jane's getting married!

¿Sabes una cosa? ¡Jane se casa!

to guess right adivinar, acertar

to guess wrong equivocarse

I guess so/not supongo que sí/no, me imagino que sí/no

to take/make a guess tratar de adivinar

penknife /ˈpen-naɪf/ UK  US  sustantivo (plural -knives)

navaja

harbour BrE, harbor AmE /ˈhɑːbə/ UK  US  sustantivo & verbo

 •  sustantivo

puerto [o bahía resguardada que sirve de fondeadero]

deck /dek/ UK  US  sustantivo

1 cubierta [de un barco]

bend /bend/ UK  US

 •  sustantivo

Curva

platform /ˈplætfɔːm/ UK  US  sustantivo

1 (en una estación de trenes) andén

land ●●● S2 W3 verb 

1 PLANE/BIRD/INSECT

a) [intransitive] if a plane, bird, or insect lands, it moves safely down onto the ground

OPP take off

- Flight 846 landed five minutes ago.

- The bird landed gracefully on the water.

a flat tyre (=one which the air has come out of)

I had a flat tyre and had to walk home.

come over phrasal verb

1

a) if someone comes over, they visit you at your house

 Do you want to come over on Friday evening?

b) if someone comes over, they come to the country where you are

to/from

- When did your family first come over to America?

crossing /ˈkrɒsɪŋ/ UK  US  sustantivo

1 (lugar para cruzar) cruce

 ▶  ver también pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing

2 (intersección) cruce

3 (viaje por mar) travesía

overtake /ˌəʊvəˈteɪk/ UK  US  verbo (pasado -took, participio -taken)

1  [transitivo/intransitivo] adelantar [un vehículo a otro]

Past perfect:

I found the keys that I had lost the previous week.

The house was dirty because there had been a party the night before.

Ex. 5

1) plane

Almost missed the flight

Long queue at checking desk and security

Storm

2) car

Dark and pour down

Lost driving in circles

Someone drove straight accross me

Ex. 6

Thanks for picking us up

It’s a relief (alivio) to finally be here

Everything that could go wrong did

We only just caught the flight

We hit a storm

I don’t want to go through that again

I’m starting to worry

How come? = why?

Took the wrong turning

I couldn’t work out where I was (hacerme una idea de donde estaba)

I had to brake to avoid hitting him

dreadful /ˈdredfəl/ UK  US  adjetivo

1  espantoso -a, horroroso -a

She looks dreadful in that dress.

Está espantosa con ese vestido.

sweat /swet/ UK  US  verbo & sustantivo

 •  verbo

1  [intransitivo] sudar, transpirar

set off phrasal verb

1 to start to go somewhere

- I’ll set off early to avoid the traffic.

for

- Jerry and I set off on foot for the beach.

p.117

how come

Homework: ex. 8