Tuesday, April 09, 2013

ni2 9/4/13


Homework: p.83, developing conversations.

I’m a silence person. I prefer quiet places to noisy ones.
I’m a travel person. I’d rather go on a trip than stay home.

lie-in [singular]
British English an occasion when you stay in bed longer than usual in the morning:
I always have a lie-in on a Sunday.

struggle /ˈstrʌgəl/ UK  US  verbo & sustantivo
 •  verbo [intransitivo]
1 luchar
I/we etc struggle to do sth me/nos etc cuesta hacer algo
2 forcejear
She  struggled  desperately  with  her attacker.
Forcejeó desesperadamente con su agresor.
3 to struggle towards/into etc avanzar con dificultad hacia/entrar con dificultad en etc
struggle on phrasal verb
 seguir luchando
 •  sustantivo
1 lucha
the struggle for independence
la lucha por la independencia
2 forcejeo

hectare /ˈhekteə/ UK  US  sustantivo
hectárea

count them all

dropout /ˈdrɒp-aʊt/ UK  US  sustantivo
 persona que rechaza las convenciones sociales, adoptando un modo de vida alternativo

intense /ɪnˈtens/ UK  US  adjetivo
1 intenso -a [dolor, calor]
with intense interest con sumo interés
2 intenso -a, fuerte [emoción]
3 vehemente [persona]




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