English - 2016 -2015 Flashcards
sympathy
Understanding and care for someone else’s suffering
Ex: The president has sent a message of sympathy to the relatives of the dead soldiers.
I don’t have much sympathy for her. I think she’s brought her troubles on herself
Empathy
The ability to share someone else’s feelings or experiences by imaging what it would be like to be in their situation
Huge
Rio janeiro (pronunciation)
Christmas eve
Christmas evening
Pick
Choose - Pick a card from a pack
Remove - Machines pick the fruit ( from/off the trees)
Chato
Latest
Most recenty
Naturally
Naturalmente
Unless
A menos que
Make a fus
Fazer confusão
To withdraw
Sacar
Sorrow
To feel a great sadness
Teem
- To be full of things; abound or swarm:
A drop of water teems with microorganisms.
Putsch
Golpe
Takeover
Ex: A sudden attempt by a group to overthrow a government.
Scrooge
A mean-spirited miserly person; a skinflint.
Ex;The old scrooge was married to his money, and spending a penny was, to him, as traumatic as divorce.
Lifelike
Free from artificiality
Synonyms: natural
Usage: The mannequin’s appearance is so lifelike that customers often mistake it for a salesperson.