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soaking /ˈsəʊkɪŋ/,
también soaking wet UK US adjetivo
empapado
-a, calado -a hasta los huesos
El
Diluvio Universal: the Flood
It started to pour down half way to Niño de Mula, I
was absolutely soaking by the time I got there.
consequence /ˈkɒnsɪkwəns/ UK US sustantivo
1
consecuencia
to
take/suffer the consequences of sth pagar/sufrir las
consecuencias de algo
2
to be of little/no consequence (formal) tener poca/no tener
ninguna importancia
calm /kɑːm/ UK US adjetivo, verbo & sustantivo
• adjetivo
1
(referido a una persona) tranquilo -a,
sereno -a
to
keep/stay calm mantener la calma
2
(referido a
un lugar) tranquilo -a
3
(referido al mar, el tiempo) en calma,
sereno -a
• verbo [transitivo]
calmar, tranquilizar
calm
down
phrasal verb
calmarse,
tranquilizarse
Just calm down and tell me what
happened.
Cálmate
y cuéntame lo que pasó.
calm sb down phrasal verb
calmar/tranquilizar a alguien
• sustantivo
calma,
tranquilidad
feel at ease: sientete/ponte comodo
ease a pain ≠ he’s a pain.
You’ll m iss the train unless you set off at.
I picked up all my clothes
- I picked all my clothes up - I picked them up.
I’m under a lot of pressure today, I’d better calm
down.
Up and down the aisle of the plane.
aisle /aɪl/ UK US sustantivo
pasillo [en un avión, un teatro]
corridor /ˈkɒrɪdɔː/ UK US sustantivo
pasillo, corredor
teach somebody (how) to do something
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me to swim.Different methods
of teaching children how to read
weren't /wɜːnt/
UK US
contracción de were not
At ten-thirty/2 o'clock etc sharp
at exactly 10.30, 2.00 etc:
We're meeting at
one-thirty sharp.
famine /ˈfæmɪn/ UK US sustantivo
hambruna,
hambre
up‧lift‧ing
making you feel happier and more hopeful:
an uplifting experience
bribe /braɪb/ UK US sustantivo & verbo
• sustantivo
soborno
•
verbo
[transitivo]
sobornar
They bribed him to keep quiet about it.
Le
sobornaron para que no dijera nada.
be‧friend [transitive]
to behave in a friendly way towards someone,
especially someone who is younger or needs help:
They befriended me
when I first arrived in London as a student.
barrier /ˈbæriə/ UK US sustantivo
1
barrera, valla (de contención)
2
a barrier to sth una barrera para algo
hustle and bustle
busy and noisy activity (usually + of ) He
wanted a little cottage far away from the hustle and bustle of city life.
wealth /welθ/ UK US sustantivo
1
riqueza
2
a wealth of information/material etc gran abundancia de
información/material etc
a wealth of experience una amplia experiencia
welfare state
1
the welfare state
a system in which the government provides money, free
medical care etc for people who are unemployed, ill, or too old to work [↪ social
security]
2 [countable]
a country with such a system
be/go on the
dole (=be unemployed and receiving money from the
government)
from scratch
if you start something from scratch, you begin it
without using anything that existed or was prepared before:
We had to start
again from scratch.He had built
the business up from scratch.
living standard [countable usually plural]
the level of comfort and the amount of money that
people have[= standard of living]:
Living standards
have improved over the last century.
rising living
standardsThere's been a
decline in the living standards of old people.
filth‧y comparative filthier, superlative filthiest
1
very dirty:
The house was
filthy, with clothes and newspapers strewn everywhere.
starve
1 [intransitive]
to suffer or die because you do not have enough to eat:
Thousands of
people will starve if food doesn't reach the city.pictures of
starving childrenThey'll either die
from the cold or starve to death (=die from lack of food).
3
be starving
also be
starved American English to
be very hungry:
You must be starving!