halt ●○○ verb
1 [transitive] to prevent someone or something from
continuing – used especially in news reports SYN stop
- The government has failed to halt economic decline.
either ... or
a) used to begin a list of two or more possibilities
- You add either one or two cloves of garlic.
- She’s the kind of person that you either love or
hate.
neither ... nor ...
used when mentioning two things that are not true or
possible
- Neither Oleg’s mother nor his father spoke English.
- The equipment is neither accurate nor safe.
GRAMMAR: Negatives
After neither, use nor:
Neither he nor his wife enjoyed the vacation.
Most of them neither
know nor care how it works.
✗Don’t say: Neither he or his wife... ✗Most of them neither
know or care ...
p. 47
ex. 7
to catch someone red-handed
cabestrillo
nm (inmovilizador del brazo) sling n
-
Para inmovilizarle el brazo le pusieron un cabestrillo.
- They put his arm in a sling to immobilize it.
Remedial exam (de recuperación)
Cheat sheet / paper
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