4. APATHETIC
• “My brother is completely apathetic about
world events.
• He doesn´t even read the newspaper.”
5. APPLY
• to ~ for sth ‹for loan/permission›
• solicitar or pedir(conj.⇒) algo;
6. APPROACH
• v. acercarse, aproximarse,acercarse a,
• ir hasta, llegar más cerca a;
• abordar;
• estar cercano a;
• acometer
• s. acercamiento, advenimiento,
aproximación
12. BILL
• v. facturar, cargar, cargar a la cuenta,
cargar en cuenta;
• enviar la factura a, cobrar,
• pasar la cuenta a; poner en cartelera,
anunciar
• May I have the bill?
13. BLAME
– culpa
– Censura
• verbo
culpar
censurar
14. BOTHER
Molestar,
causar molestia,
dar jaqueca,
dar molestia,
disturbar,
estorbar, fastidiar, importunar,
incomodar, incordiar, irritar,
meterse con.
17. CARRY OUT
• verbo transitivo
1 (un proyecto) llevar a cabo, realizar
2 (el deber) cumplir
•
II (crímenes) perpetrar:
• “Vicious attacks were carried out against the
immigrants” ( los inmigrantes fueron víctimas de
salvajes agresiones)
18. CARRY OUT
• Examples:
• In my new job, I have to perform many
challenging tasks
• In my new job, I have to CARRY OUT
many challenging tasks
19. CATCH ON
• ganar popularidad:
• “the idea didn't catch on”
la idea no cuajó
• Do you think this style will become popular
next season?
• Do you think this style will CATCH ON
next season?
28. CUT BACK
1 (gastos) reducir
2 (la producción) disminuir
3 (una planta) podar
• “Now that I am unemployed we are going
to have to cut back on our spending.”
32. DRAG
– Obstáculo
• verbo
– arrastrar
– rastra
– rastrear
– resistencia al avance
– llevar arrastrado
– arrastrarse por el
suelo
– moverse muy
despacio
– hacerse interminable
– pasar lentamente
33. ENCOURAGE
• Animar
• To make someone more likely to happen.
“My parents encouraged me to try new things”
34. ENGAGED
• adj. comprometido, ocupado
•
• v. contratar, dar empleo a, dar ocupación
a, emplear; empeñar; embragar, engarzar,
engranar, enlazar, interconectar;
involucrar; ser simpático
35.
36. FAINT
adj. débil, desfallecido, desfalleciente,
desvanecido, exánime, lánguido, pálido;
apenas perceptible, apenas visible
v. desfallecer, desmayarse,
desvanecerse, esmorecerse, perder el
sentido
49. HAND IN
vtr (un billete, un trabajo) entregar
(una solicitud, la dimisión) presentar
• The students handed in their assignments
to the teacher.
50. HANDSOME
• adj. bien parecido, agraciado, apuesto,
buen mozo, de buen aspecto, elegante,
galán, gallardo, guapetón, guapo,
hermoso, muy mozo
51. HANG ON
• STOP, wait for a moment.
• Hang on! Are you trying to make a
monkey out of me?
• Hang on please, I'm just putting you
through.
• Hang on please and I'll be with you in a
couple of minutes.
54. HOLD
• v. sujetar, agarrar, mantener, mantener a
la fuerza, contener, guardar, poseer; creer
que, aseverar, mantener la opinión que;
sostener, creer en; cumplir; soportar,
aguantar
•
• s. agarre, apoyo, asimiento,
55. HOLD
• To have something in your hand or arms.
He was holding a glass of wine.
She held the baby in her arms.
• To keep something in a particular position
• To organize an event
62. IMPROVEMENT
• There was a steady improvement in the
pupil's results.
• The doctor saw no improvement in the
patient.
• The repairs to the car brought about an
improvement in its speed
76. PASS OVER
• pasar por alto, olvidar
• Not notice
• Ignore
“Even though Mary had worked as a manager in
that department she was passed over for
promotion.”
84. PUT OFF
• POSTERGAR
• “I'm busy this afternoon; can we put our
meeting off until tomorrow?”
• “He was too busy in the morning, so he
put his appointment off until the
afternoon.”
91. ROUGHLY
• (approximately) aproximadamente adv
• Roughly speaking, we will have your
phone service restored in 24 hours.
• The cost to construct your house will be
about $100,000, roughly speaking.
95. SET UP
• Establecer
• Set something up
To get all the necessary equipment ready
for an activity
• I need one or two people to help me set up the display.
96. SHIVER
• v. temblar, tiritar, titiritar; hacer añicos
•
• s. temblor, escalofrío,
110. TEAR
• nombre
– lágrima
– rasgón
– desgarrón
– rajo
– rajón
• verbo
– rasgar
– arrancar
– desgarrar
– rasgarse
– despedazar
– partir
111. THEN
• adjetivo
– de entonces
• adverbio
– entonces
– luego
– después
– pues
– en ese momento
– además
– en aquella época
• conjunción
– pues
– por tanto
– en ese caso
