ni2 18/4/13

Homework: vocabulary, p. 93 and reading, p. 94/95

nearby /nɪəˈbaɪ/ UK  US  adjetivo &  adverbio

 •  adjetivo

cercano -a

 •  adverbio

cerca

There were some children playing nearby.

Había unos niños jugando cerca de allí.

Climbing frame

swing

Run: organize/be in charge of 

[transitive] to organize or be in charge of an activity, business, organization, or country:

For a while, she ran a restaurant in Boston.

Many people don't care who runs the country.

Courses are currently being run in London and Edinburgh.

well/badly run

The hotel is well-run and extremely popular.

as far as somebody is concerned

spoken used to show what someone's opinion on a subject is or how it affects them:

As far as Americans are concerned, a lot of our hotels are below average.

As far as I'm concerned, you can forget about it.

 as far as something is concerned

also where something is concerned spoken used to show which subject or thing you are talking about:

As far as traffic is concerned there are no delays at the moment.

delay /dɪˈleɪ/ UK  US  sustantivo & verbo

 •  sustantivo

retraso, demora

 •  verbo

1  [transitivo] retrasar, aplazar

I decided to delay my trip.

Decidí retrasar el viaje.

2  [intransitivo] demorar, demorarse

to delay doing sth demorarse en hacer algo

3  [transitivo] retrasar, demorar

Our flight was delayed by fog.

Nos retrasaron el vuelo a causa de la niebla.

subsidize, -ise BrE /ˈsʌbsɪdaɪz/ UK  US  verbo [transitivo]

 subvencionar

sauna /ˈsɔːnə/ UK  US  sustantivo

sauna

to have a sauna tomar una sauna

A flat tyre: un pinchazo

aduana sustantivo

customs [singular]

 pasar por la aduana to go through customs

flee /fliː/ UK  US  verbo (pasado & participio fled)

1  [intransitivo] huir

2  [transitivo] huir de