Wednesday, May 02, 2018

NB2 2/5/18

guest /gest/ UK  US  sustantivo
1 (a una casa) invitado -a
2 (en un hotel) huésped
3 (en un programa) invitado -a

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
2 suponer, imaginarse
I guess she didn't feel like coming.
Supongo que no tendría ganas de venir.
I guess so/not supongo que sí/no, me imagino que sí/no
to take/make a guess tratar de adivinar

p. 121
ex. 9
have you had, have you been, have they been, have they known, have you lived, has she worked

age /eɪdʒ/ UK  US  sustantivo & verbo
 •  sustantivo
1 edad
What age is she?
¿Qué edad tiene?
ages (informal) siglos, años
It's been ages since I bought a new dress.
Hace siglos que no me compro un vestido.
I haven't seen him for ages.
Hace años que no le veo.

notario, -a  sustantivo
notary (public)  (plural notaries (public))
 ▶ Hay muy pocos  notaries. Son los abogados ( lawyers , también llamados solicitors en Gran Bretaña), quienes se ocupan de las tareas que llevan a cabo los notarios españoles.

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

ex. 14
I love living in the countryside.
I don’t take public transport because of the crime.
The streets in the centre are always crowded.
I need to drive a friend to the station.
It’s always dry in April.
I agree it was a very strange article.
He lives 3 streets from here.
There’re a lot of problems with transport.


advertisement /ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt, AmE ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt/ UK  US  sustantivo
anuncio [publicitario]
an advertisement for sth un anuncio de algo

advert /ˈædvɜːt/ BrE UK  US
 ▶  ver advertisement

ad /æd/ UK  US  sustantivo
 (informal)
 ▶  ver advertisement

border /ˈbɔrdər/ UK  US  sustantivo & verbo
  sustantivo
1 frontera
on the border between Bolivia and Peru
en la frontera entre Bolivia y Perú

get on phrasal verb
1 LIKE SOMEBODY especially British English if people get on, they like each other and have a friendly relationship with each other
with
- I’ve always got on well with Henry.
- The two boys get on well most of the time.

wage /weɪdʒ/ UK  US  sustantivo & verbo
 •  sustantivo
 (también wages) salario, sueldo
¿wage o salary?
a wage se paga por hora, día o semana, normalmente a cambio de trabajos manuales, mientras que  a salary, se paga mensualmente por el ejercicio de profesiones liberales y de tipo administrativo.

obsessive compulsive disorder

p. 125
ex. 2
funny, sad, violent, scary, predictable, brilliant, terrible, strange, depressing, entertaining


ex. 4
not my kind of film

we don’t share the same taste.

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