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ˌfed ˈup UK US adjetivo (informal)
harto -a
I'm fed up with being treated like a servant.
Estoy
harta de que me traten como a una sirvienta.
to get fed up with sth hartarse/aburrirse de algo
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nightmare /ˈnaɪtmeə/ UK
US sustantivo
pesadilla
like1 /laɪk/ ●●● S1 W1 preposition
1 SIMILAR similar to something else, or happening in the
same way
Her hair is dark brown like mine.
A club should be like a big family.
He eats like a pig!
look/sound/feel/taste/seem like
The garden looked like a jungle.
At last he felt like a real soldier.
My experience is very much like that
described in the book.
He’s very like his brother.
Sometimes you sound just like (=exactly
like) my mum!
He’s growing more like his father
every day.
He looked nothing like (=not at all
like) the man in the police photograph.
2 → what is somebody/something like?
Linking verbs
Look + adj
Seem + adj
Sound + as if + clause
Sound + a noun
Look + like + clause
- She grew some vegetables in her garden.
- She grew stronger every day after the break up.
En
la primera frase, "grew some veggies" expresa una acción, mientras
que la segunda "grew stronger" da información sobre el sujeto.
-
I smell the flowers.
- The flowers smell lovely.
En
la primera yo realizo la acción de oler las flores, y en la segunda, se indica
una cualidad de las flores.
linking verbs show a relationship between the subject
of the sentence and a noun or adjective being linked to it.
To check if these are being used as linking verbs, try
replacing them with the correct form of to be. If they make
sense and have almost the same meaning, they are linking verbs.
Laurie appears tired.
Laurie is tired.
Laurie is tired.
how come?
used to ask someone why or how something happened
How come you’ve ended up here?
‘Last I heard, she was teaching in Mexico.’ ‘How come?’
How come Mrs Wall-Eye know my name? (=why does Mrs
Wall know my name?)
How come the sky is blue? (Why is the sky blue?)
Slave
I work as a slave
I work like a slave
(very hard)
He eats like a pig
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run over phrasal verb
1 run somebody/something ↔ over to hit someone or
something with a vehicle, and drive over them
He was run over
and killed by a bus.
She got run
over outside the school.
split up phrasal verb
1 if people split up, or if someone splits them up,
they end a marriage or relationship with each other
Steve’s parents
split up when he was four.
with
I thought she’d
split up with her boyfriend
influenza /ˌɪnfluˈenzə/ noun [uncountable] medical
an infectious disease that is like a very bad cold
SYN flu
shame /ʆeɪm/ UK US sustantivo & verbo
• sustantivo
1
what a shame! ¡qué lástima!
it's
a shame (that) es una lástima que
2 vergüenza
I thought I would die of shame.
Creí
que me moría de vergüenza.
3
shame on you! ¡debería darte vergüenza!
relief /rɪˈliːf/ UK
US sustantivo
1
alivio
to
my/our etc great relief
por suerte, para mi/nuestro etc gran alivio
be a pain (in the neck)
(also be a pain in the ass/arse/backside/butt not
polite) spoken
to be very annoying
There were
times when Joe could be a real pain in the neck.
It’s a pain,
having to go upstairs to make the coffee every time.
due /djuː $ duː/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective
1 EXPECTED [not before noun] expected to happen or
arrive at a particular time
due to do something
The team are
due to fly to Italy next month.
His new book is
due to be published next year.
due in/on/at
She’s pregnant
and the baby’s due in April.
The final
results of the experiment are due on December 9.
I’ve sold that house at a very low price.
