viernes, 26 de junio de 2009
Good bye Michael ( prisilla)
Good bye Michael Jackson .
Your music is wonderful and your style unique.
We are always going to enjoy your songs.
miércoles, 24 de junio de 2009
lunes, 22 de junio de 2009
Vocabulary - Pablo Q.
Word/Phrase | Definition | Example |
chauffeur | A chauffeur is an individual who operates any self-propelled vehicle (automobile) for a profession. While the term may refer to anybody who drives for a living, it usually implies a driver of an elegant passenger vehicle such as a horse-drawn carriage, luxury sedan, motor coach, or especially a limousine; those who operate non-passenger vehicles are generally referred to as "drivers" (as in bus drivers and truck drivers). | The chauffeur alway comes late. I can't tolerated this! I'm paying for this limousine service. (From the point of view of rich people) |
commune | A commune is an intentional community of people living together, sharing common interests, property, possessions, resources, work and income. In addition to the communal economy, consensus decision-making, non-hierarchical structures and ecological living have become important core principles for many communes. | a communist commune |
crockery | Dishware is the general term for the dishes used in serving, and eating food, including plates and bowls. Dinnerware is a synonym, especially meaning a set of dishes, including serving pieces. | a stack of dirty crockery |
crook | A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal. | People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got. |
deep | # relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply; "a deep breath"; "a deep sigh"; "deep concentration"; "deep emotion"; "a deep trance"; "in a deep ... # marked by depth of thinking; "deep thoughts"; "a deep allegory" # very distant in time or space; "deep in the past"; "deep in enemy territory"; "deep in the woods"; "a deep space probe" # extreme; "in deep trouble"; "deep happiness" # bass: having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet" # strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red" # relatively thick from top to bottom; "deep carpets"; "deep snow" # extending relatively far inward; "a deep border" # thick: (of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night" # large in quantity or size; "deep cuts in the budget" # with head or back bent low; "a deep bow" # deeply: to a great depth;far down; "dived deeply"; "dug deep" # the central and most intense or profound part; "in the deep of night"; "in the deep of winter" # cryptic: of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors ... # to an advanced time; "deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening" | The swimming pool has a deep end and a shallow end for kids. |
do up | + Close or fasten clothes, etc. + Repair and renovate | +You must DO UP your safety belt in the back of cars and taxis now. +It took them six months to DO UP the house before they could actually move in. |
forgery | criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud | The painting was a very clever forgery. |
get-together | 1. A meeting. 2. A casual social gathering. | a family get-together |
glamorous | attractive or fascinating | On television, she looks so glamorous. |
glance | Noun a quick look Verb [glancing, glanced] 1. to look quickly at something 2. to be deflected off an object at an oblique angle: the ball glanced off a spectator [Middle English glacen to strike obliquely] glancing adj | He gave her a quick glance and smiled. |
handcuffs | n. A restraining device consisting of a pair of strong, connected hoops that can be tightened and locked about the wrists and used on one or both arms of a prisoner in custody; a manacle. Often used in the plural. tr.v. hand·cuffed, hand·cuff·ing, hand·cuffs 1. To restrain with or as if with handcuffs. 2. To render ineffective or impotent. See Synonyms at hamper1. | They put handcuffs on the two men and led them away. |
it's pouring rain | To rain hard or heavily. | It's pouring rain here tonight |
it's raining cats and dogs | Idiomatic expressions for heavy rain | It's raining cats and dogs |
jealousy | n. pl. jeal·ous·ies 1. A jealous attitude or disposition. 2. Close vigilance. | He quickly discovered the petty jealousies and gossip of village life. |
nap | n. A brief sleep, often during the day. intr.v. napped, nap·ping, naps 1. To sleep for a brief period, often during the day; doze. 2. To be unaware of imminent danger or trouble; be off guard: The civil unrest caught the police napping. | I usually take a nap after lunch. |
pop in | Visit for a short time | He POPPED IN for a coffee on his way home. |
puddle | n. 1. a. A small pool of water, especially rainwater. b. A small pool of a liquid. 2. A tempered paste of wet clay and sand that serves as waterproofing when dry. v. pud·dled, pud·dling, pud·dles v.tr. 1. To make muddy. 2. To work (clay or sand) into a thick watertight paste. 3. To process (impure metal) by puddling. v.intr. To splash or dabble in or as if in a pool of liquid. | He had fallen asleep, his head resting in a puddle of beer. |
rendezvous | n. pl. ren·dez·vous (-vz) 1. A meeting at a prearranged time and place. See Synonyms at engagement. 2. A prearranged meeting place, especially an assembly point for troops or ships. 3. A popular gathering place: The café is a favorite rendezvous for artists. 4. Aerospace The process of bringing two spacecraft together. tr. & intr.v. ren·dez·voused (-vd), ren·dez·vous·ing (-vng), ren·dez·vous (-vz) To bring or come together at a rendezvous. | He made a rendezvous with her in Times Square. |
shallow | adj. shal·low·er, shal·low·est 1. Measuring little from bottom to top or surface; lacking physical depth. 2. Lacking depth of intellect, emotion, or knowledge: "This is a shallow parody of America" Lloyd Rose. 3. Marked by insufficient inhalation of air; weak: shallow respirations. 4. In the part of a playing area that is closer to home plate: shallow left field. n. A part of a body of water of little depth; a shoal. Often used in the plural: abandoned the boat in the shallows. tr. & intr.v. shal·lowed, shal·low·ing, shal·lows To make or become shallow. | Place the meat in a shallow dish. |
slip your mind | if something slips your mind, you forget it | I meant to buy some milk, but it completely slipped my mind. |
snob | someone who thinks they are better than people from a lower social class - used to show disapproval | I don't want to sound like a snob, but I thought she was vulgar. |
tense | a tense situation is one in which you feel very anxious and worried because of something bad that might happen | Marion spoke, eager to break the tense silence. |
the heavens are opening | ||
theft | the crime of stealing | Car theft is on the increase. |
thief/thieves | someone who steals things from another person or place | Thieves broke into the offices and stole $150,000's worth of computer equipment. |
Time heals all woulds | Negative feelings eventually erode away. | |
to back out of st | Fail to keep an arrangement or promise | He BACKED OUT two days before the holiday so we gave the ticket to his sister |
to be through with sb/st | +to have finished doing something or using something +to no longer be having a relationship with someone | I'm not through just yet - I should be finished in an hour. Are you through with the computer yet? That's it! Simon and I are through. I'm through with you! |
to frame sb | to surround something with something else so that it looks attractive or can be seen clearly | Sarah's face was framed by her long dark hair. [Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM] She stood there, framed against the doorway. |
to nod off (to fall asleep) | to fall asleep usually unintentionally. | I often nod off in class. The speech was so boring that several people in the audience nodded off before it was finished. |
to pull an all-nighter | When you stay up all night for any purpose, to hang out, have sex, study, go online, drive, or any other activity | "We pulled an all-nighter in town last summer" |
to steal vs rob | (steal) to take something that belongs to someone else (rob) transitive verb1 a (1): to take something away from by force : steal from (2): to take personal property from by violence or threat b (1): to remove valuables without right from (a place) (2): to take the contents of (a receptacle) c: to take away as loot : steal | +Boys broke into a shop and stole £45 in cash. +They killed four policemen while robbing a bank. +A 77-year-old woman was robbed at knifepoint. |
wretched | if you feel wretched, you feel guilty and unhappy because of something bad that you have done | Guy felt wretched about it now. |
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