Thursday, February 08, 2018

NI2 8/2/18





p. 154
ex. 4
said, seemed, was beating, was thinking, screamed, was really flying, opened, had landed.




We were just about to leave when…
I was just about to give up… when I saw…
I was just about to go… when the doorbell rang.
Just as we were walking… , a police…
Just as we were starting to think…, at that moment…

Homework: reading activities (1 – 7), p. 118 – 119

p. 120


fault /fɔːlt/ UK  US  sustantivo & verbo
  sustantivo
1 to be sb's fault ser culpa de alguien
It's all Martin's fault.
Todo es culpa de Martín.

blame /bleɪm/ UK  US  verbo & sustantivo
 •  verbo [transitivo]
1 echarle la culpa a, culpar
They tried to  blame everything  on  Joey.
Quisieron echarle la culpa de todo a Joey.
You shouldn't  blame yourself  for what happened.
No deberías culparte por lo que pasó.
to be to blame (for sth) ser responsable (de algo), tener la culpa (de algo)
2 I don't blame you/him etc te/le etc entiendo perfectamente, no te/le etc culpo

Put the blame on sth / someone

go wrong
a) to stop working properly
 Something’s gone wrong with my watch.
b) to make a mistake during a process so that you do not get the right result
 Follow these instructions and you can’t go wrong (=you are sure to succeed).
c) to do something that makes a plan, relationship etc fail
 Thinking back on the marriage, I just don’t know where we went wrong.

sort itself out British English if something sorts itself out, it stops being a problem without you having to do anything
- Our financial problems should sort themselves out in a week or two.

pan‧ic /ˈpænɪk/ ●●○ S3 noun  
1 [countable usually singular, uncountable
a suddenstrong feeling of fear or nervousness that makes you unableto think clearly or behave sensibly
in (a) panic 
The children fled in panic. a feeling of sheer panic (=complete panic) 
She got into a panic when she couldn’t find the tickets. 
The whole nation is in a state of panic following the attacks. 
She suffers from terrible panic attacks.


knowledge /ˈnɒlɪdʒ/ UK  US  sustantivo
1 conocimiento(s)
knowledge of/about sth conocimiento(s) de/sobre algo
2 without my knowledge sin mi conocimiento
3 to my knowledge que yo sepa
4 it's common knowledge (that) todo el mundo sabe (que)

I’m blocked

rash /ræʆ/ UK  US  adjetivo & sustantivo
 •  sustantivo
(plural -shes) sarpullido , erupción
to come out/break out in a rash salirle a alguien un sarpullido

p. 120
ex. 2

1e-It was freezing, 1 thin jacket, didn’t check the weather forecast.
2d- the room was infected with

cockroach /ˈkɒk-rəʊtʆ/ UK  US  sustantivo (plural -ches)
cucaracha

filthy /ˈfɪlθi/ UK  US  adjetivo (-thier, -thiest)
1 mugriento -a, asqueroso -a

3b- hot, sunbathing

boiling /ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/ UK  US  adjetivo
hirviendo
boiling water
agua hirviendo
I'm boiling!
¡Me estoy asando!
It’s boiling (hot)

Her skin went purple
Sun cream

4c- excess baggage, the maximum for anyone bag is 15 kg

ˈrip-off UK  US  sustantivo (informal)
timo

tiny /ˈtaɪni/ UK  US  adjetivo (-nier, -niest)
1  diminuto -a

come across phrasal verb
1 come across somebody/something to meet, find, or discover someone or something by chance
- I came across an old diary in her desk.
- I’ve never come across anyone quite like her before.

A dirty old man

p. 120

ex. 3

weigh /weɪ/ UK  US  verbo
1  [intransitivo] pesar
How much do you weigh?
¿Cuánto pesas?
I weigh 10 stone 3 pounds.
Peso 65 kilos.

weight /weɪt/ UK  US  sustantivo & verbo
 •  sustantivo
1 peso
The fruit is sold by weight.

La fruta se vende a peso.




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