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 2 a: to deprive of something due, expected, or desired b: to withhold unjustly or injuriouslyintransitive verb: to commit robbery	+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.

Vocabulary by Milena

1)to beat around the bush: it's when you're avoiding the point, when you don't want to say or don't know how to say what you have to say.
Ex: Stop beating around the bush and tell me the truth.
2)to row: it's the act of rowing as a sport, it's use for boats.
Ex: We must row to the other side of the lake.
3)Scooter:
4)to make/keep/break a promise: to promise something to somebody, to keep it or break it.
Ex: You make me a promise, and you have to keep it, if you break your promise, I'll stop talking with you.
5)to faint: a spontaneous loss of consciousness.
Ex: he fainted when he saw the high of the cliff.
6)Hard working: a person who works a lot and do the best she/he can.
Ex: she is really hard working, she'll find a good job.
7)to ban: to prohibit something at all.
Ex: Smoking is banned in this building.
8)Relationship: a state of connectedness with other people for some reason.
Ex: they've had a long relationship, since they were kids.
9)tumble dryer: it's a machine used to dry clothes.
Ex: You should take your wet dress off and put it in the tumble dryer.
10)free loader: It's a person who takes advantage of somebody generosity.
Ex: He's always asking you for money, and you shouldn't give him any, he's a free loader.
11)up front: to be completely honest.
Ex: It's always better to be an up front person than a liar.
12)to take after somebody: look like something or somebody.
Ex: He takes after his father.
13)hymn: it's a song which a group of people know, because it has a meaning.
Ex: The tree hymn is very nice.
14)Lactose intolerance: it's when you can eat or drink lactose, because it's bad for you.
Ex: she's been in the loo all day long, I didn't know she was lactose intolerant.
15)by chance: a person who trusts in his/her luck.
Ex:he never studies, he take his/her exams by chance.
16)choir: a group of people singing in the church.
Ex: the choir was lovely, it sounds like an angel choir.
17)hanger: something where you put your clothes.
Ex: Can you put your pants in the hanger and then to hang them up in the wardrobe.
18)blanket: something to keeps a person warm in bed.
Ex: It's too cold, I'll sleep with two blankets.
19)swing: it's something to play, you can find it in parks and kinder gardens. You can change your position by moving back and front.
Ex: We were in the swing in the park, when the rain started.
20)bottle bank: it's where you put things, it's a container.
Ex: I'll put this glass in the bottle bank.

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Vocab by Fabiola

Aesthetician: cosmetician, someone who works in a beauty parlor/aesthetic clinic

I went to see my aesthetician in order to receive a facial treatment


Dairy products: products made from milk, like cheese, yogurt o butter

It's very important to eat at least tree portions of dairy products daily.


Insulation: the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity/the state of being isolated or detached

Pacients who suffer from swine flu must be in insulation for one week at least


Merciful: used conventionally for royalty and high nobility/characterized by mercy and compassion

Our merciful queen/ He has been merciful to them

Cleanse: clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing/purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins

Meditation is supposed to cleanse you from your bad thoughts


Crisps (chips in AE): a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

We ate crisps with onion dip


Hair removal: to remove hair from someone using special lotions or objects

She applies a chemical hair removal lotion on her legs once a week


Legacy: a gift of personal property by will

Her legacy was huge.


To leave a legacy to sb

She left her house as legacy to her son


Disgusting: highly offensive, something that produces aversion or disgust

That food has a disgusting smell


Start-up costs: the money you need to set up a company or to start running a company

The start-up costs of our restaurant weren't very high


Bargain: an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each/an advantageous purchase

She made a bargain with the devil/I got a bargain at the auction


To make up: apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face/to put in order/conciliate, come to terms/make up something artificial or untrue/create or compose/compensate, do or give something to somebody in return/catch up with, make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point/ comprise, be form or compose

I make my face up everyday/She made up her room today/They finally made up after a long discussion/He made up a story/She makes up fashion clothes/Are they making you up for the extra work?/Ale is going to make up the final exam when she comes back/We make up class 5B

VOCABULARY 5C by Alvaro

To get on: to make progress; proceed; advance.
It’s impossible to get on with the same old methodology.

To light (lit): to set burning, as a candle, lamp, fire, match, or cigarette; kindle; ignite.
Would you light my cigarette please?

To add:
1. To unite or join so as to increase the number, quantity, size, or importance
2. To find the sum of (often fol. by up). To perform the arithmetic operation of addition
3. To include (usually fol. by in)
You need to add some water to get the right consistency.

Extinction (n): The fact or condition of being extinguished or extinct.
The destruction of our forests causes has caused the extinction of a lot of animal species.

Extinct (adj): No longer in existence; that has ended or died out.
The golden frog is an extinct species in Monteverde.

Disreputable: not reputable; having a bad reputation.
He is known as a disreputable person on public charges.

Subsidy: A sum paid, often in accordance with a treaty, by one government to another to secure some service in return. A grant or contribution of money.
The public employees have got a subsidy from the government.

To subsidise: To furnish or aid with a subsidy.
Private employees would love to be subsidised by the government.

Reluctantly: describe disinclination toward something. Reluctant implies some sort of mental struggle, as between disinclination and sense of duty.
He’s usually reluctant to accept his mistakes.

To graze: to feed on growing grass and pasturage, as do cattle, sheep, etc
Some people said that dogs use to graze when they have stomachache.

To boil down to sth: to be simplifiable or summarizable as; lead to the conclusion that; point.
You need to boil down the document to a more understandable one.

Leaning: inclination, tendency.
I’m looking forward to see the Leaning Tower of Piza.

Night-duty: an action or task required by a person's position or occupation; function at night.
The night-duty of doctors in hospitals is very exhausting.

Materialistic: A person who is markedly more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
Materialistic people are slaves of money.

Mugger: one who assaults a person in order to rob him or her.
The mugger was caught by the police two weeks after the mugging

Perjury: the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
He was accused of committing perjury.

Oath: the form of words in which such a statement or promise is made.
The defendant swore an oath before beginning the judgment.

Bribery: the act or practice of giving or accepting a bribe
The politician was accused of bribery to get the planning permission

To bribe: money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person
Some investors try to bribe architects and engineers to develop projects without permissions.

To be guilty of doing sth:
1. Responsible for a reprehensible act; culpable
2. Having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, esp. against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable.
The gang was found guilty of stealing cars.

Obsolete: no longer in general use; fallen into disuse
Laptops get usually obsolete in technology after a year of use.

Arsonist: a person who commits arson
The police haven’t found the arsonist who burned the deserted factory.

Arson: The crime of maliciously, voluntarily, and willfully setting fire to the building, buildings, or other property of another or of burning one's own property for an improper purpose, as to collect insurance.
I hope that man goes to jail for all the arson that he has committed.

To pour: to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something.
You have to pour the milk into the pot with boiling water.

Border:
1. The part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
2. The line that separates one country, state, province, etc., from another; frontier line
The army wasn’t allowed to cross the border of the country.

Chatty: Characterized by friendly and informal talk or writing, often about minor or personal matters. Inclined to chat friendly and talkative.
If you have a lot of work to do and suddenly appears a chatty person it would be annoying.

Edible: fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent
You can find around the UCR small restaurants that serve edible food paying a low price.

Studious: disposed or given to diligent study
If you want to be successful in your life you have to be a studious person.

All expenses: all the amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
I got a new job in which I have to travel around the world all expenses paid.

Self employed: earning one's living directly from one's own profession or business, as a freelance writer or artist, rather than as an employee earning salary or commission from another
One of the benefits of being self employed is that you can manage your time as you want.

To draw up a budget: to compose, to create a budget
I need to draw up a new budget for planning the investments of the next year.

An accountant: a person whose profession is inspecting and auditing personal or commercial accounts
You should find an accountant to put in order all your bills.

At the moment: a definite period or stage, as in a course of events; juncture
She’s busy at the moment but if you wish you can leave a message.

Seconds: usually when a person finishes eating and wants an additional helping of food.
My mother says that having seconds is a lack of education.

To have hiccups: a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
Trying to speak when you have hiccups is an annoying situation.

Vocabulary 5C by Prisilla Lopez

Vocabulary 5C

To tell the truth: opposite of lying.

My neighbor never tells the truth.

Bouncers: people who is taking care of others

My best friend ex-boyfriend is a bouncer

Innonce is bliss:

Wrinkles: marks in your skin when you get older.

Babies don’t have wrinkles, for these reason many women dream havin a baby skin


Closet / ward robe: where you put your cloths

I would like to have a wardrop full of beautiful clothes

Sensitive: when somebody is affected for everything

My friend Laura is extremely sensitive, she always cries with romantic movies

Handicapped: a person who is has a incapacity such as blind people, people who use wheel chairs.

When I was in high school, there was a handicapped student

To stick (stuck)

To defeat

To anchor: what boats or ship use to ankle in the land.

The Titanic anchor was big.


To look something over

Beg: when people who live in the streets ask you for money they beg

In Costa Rica has increased the number of people that beg in streets


Weather : climate

In Costa Rica is so difficult to guess the weather.


To come about

Tin (food): recipient made of metal used to put food in , you can buy them in supermarkets

A tin of tuna , a tin of beer

Anxious: person who is nervous or worry about everything.

Anxious people usually are depressive

Errands: obligations

I need to do a lot of errands such as go to the bank, go to the supermarket, go to the drugstore etc

Rent collector: the person that collect payments in apartments.

My father used to be a rent collector.


Sneaky: intelligent

Sneaky people usually get everything they want, it doesn’t matter how

To count on: when you know that somebody will be there to help you

I always count on my mother, for everything I need.

To mix business with: start doing business with another company.
Hewlett Packard had mixed business with ADS

Do massage

Give massage: give a massage to somebody

People go give massages earn a lot of money

High rise apartment block

Bottle banks

We wouldn’t have called to Asia

A picture paints a thousand words.

new words by prisilla

Glancing : move your ayes rapidly

Enrage : make somebody angry



Restrain : to be stopped

New words... at least, for me (Ale)

Cheery (adjective)Gay, sunny, bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer; "a cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile"

cabby (noun)taxidriver, taximan, cabdriver, cabman, cabby, hack driver, hack-driver, livery driver someone who drives a taxi for a living

trolley (noun) streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity; "`tram' and `tramcar' are British terms"

worthless (adjective) worthless lacking in excellence or value; "a worthless idler"

clonk (verb) to make a dull hollow thumping sound or to cause to clonk

BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE

BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE

Alvaro

First of all is important to say that communication is between a transmitter, who needs to send a message and a receiver, who the message is sent to.
It is always important to do a research or to analyze something located into the context to get a more objective approach.
This presentation wasn’t done with the idea of talking about technical and professional definitions of the different ways of communication. It was done thinking about how the ways to communicate has been developed throughout history with the idea of sending a message in a more direct and fast way.
Smoke signals: Made with smoke columns that gave different messages depending on the color, intensity and shape. It was used to sending fast messages across long distance. We still use smoke signals to make public that a new Pope has been chosen.
Sound from drums and horns were used with the same proposal in past times, sending messages about someone was arriving or warning about an event.
Carrier pigeons: were used to send messages to cover long distance. It probably was one of the first moments that human beings tried to use the sky for their necessities.
Drawings: Drawings were used to let messages and to tale stories through generations and time.

Even though the printing had already been invented in China in 1041, it was until 1450 that printing was improved by Gutenberg who was able to create letters with different and specific sizes to print on sheets. This advance allowed replacing handwriting books by printed books.

In 1854 Antonio Meucci invented the telephone such as we know it today, but it was patented by Alejandro Graham Bell.

Between 1850 and 1900; Popov, Tesla and Marconi made improvements contributing to the development of the radio. Probably the highest success of the radio is the possibility to reach a bigger market with fewer budgets.
In 1900 Constantin Perski introduced the first concept of television talking about transmission and reception of images in motion.

In 1936 the first computer was being built, using an area of 167m2 and with a weight of 27 Ton. Usually that computer needed about one week to process some information. With the invention of the computer, there were needed to connect computers to each other with the idea of sharing information and in the 1980s that technology started expanding around the world.
In the 1990s the World Wide Web was introduced and it allowed the access to more information and supporting the fast development of the global economy.

Nowadays there are a lot of great inventions that try to combine the different kind of ways to communicate. Gadgets with tv, radio, internet access, messenger that make easier the communication.

We need to understand those gadgets and inventions as ways to communicate in a world of globalization, of technology, of consumerism. But probably something unimportant for us is the best way of communication for others.

And we need to understand that probably the most important gadget to communicate something would be a gadget that translates what the Earth, the Nature and the Environment need to say to the mankind.

WORD FROM BODY LANGUAGE

Alvaro

Assail: asediar / assailed by: assediado por
A tug: tirón
Earlobe: lóbulo de la oreja
Rotten: podrido
Sponge: esponja
Sponger: Someone who takes too much without doing anything in return
Sneaky: chismoso, soplón
Pansy: mariquita
Hang around:esperar

DULL

Class Vocabulary to check out - please google and extend this whenever a new word comes up in class

orondo,-a :
fat, fatty
self-confident

anchorage :
the condition of being secured to a base; "the plant needs a firm anchorage"; "the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family"
a fee for anchoring
a city in south central Alaska; "Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska"
place for vessels to anchor
the act of anchoring

groan:
a low sound associated with extended suffering, sorrow and complaint