Lesson 10 ɔɪ/ /aʊ/ Flashcards
Though sometimes
Aungue a veces
One of my foibles is that I’m a hoyden
Una de mis debilidades es que soy un hoyden
Don’t soil your clothes
No ensucies tu ropa
The food was lousy.
La comida era pésima.
soiled couch.
sofá sucio.
Straighten your back - try not to slouch.
slaʊtʃ
Endereza tu espalda, trata de no encorvarte.
unwise choice
elección imprudente.
una elección poco inteligente.
set out from his house
salió de su casa
to start an activity with a particular aim
fond old friends
viejos amigos queridos
so to speak
I am a writer, so to speak.
worst of all
lo peor de todo
daydreaming
Soñar despierto
He had roused them
raʊzd
Los había despertado
WAKE UP formal
CAUSE FEELING
Getting things mixe d up
Mezclar cosas
the lawyer’s adroit rejoinder.
la replica hábil del abogado.
tumble down on the ground,
Caerse al suelo
boundaries
Limite
These are my boundaries
we can rejoice
podemos alegrarnos
The Reuters reporter reconnoitred
El reportero de Reuters reconoció
ˌrek.əˈnɔɪ.tər
buoyant spirits.
…bebiendo alcohol
Loitering boisterous boys adorned the corner with their buoyant spirits.
ˈlɔɪ·t̬ər·ɪŋ ˈbɔɪ.stər.əs
Vagabundeando ruidosamente
Los chicos vagabundos adornaban el rincón con sus espíritus optimista
The cloying sweetness
La dulzura empalagosa
Mixed up in sth
Involved bad o ilegal
Mixed up with sb
Bad influence, wrong friends
flamboyant
/flæmˈbɔɪənt/
a flamboyant pop star
extravagante, vistoso, llamativo…
A flamboyant person is loud, stylish, and confident:
Flamboyant clothes or colours are very bright and noticeable.
Arouse
Feel aroused ( excitado) Aroused a lot of interest
Roused
raʊz
Woke up sb
Make sb active
moisturizer
ˈmɔɪstʃəraɪzər
Foible
a small fault or foolish habit:
We all have our little foibles.
Ploys
Truco, tarea
a marketing ploy
He pounded at the door (Pound)
My heart ponds
He pounded at the door
Hit
Pound
place where pets that are lost or not wanted are kept:
We got this mutt at the pound.
buoyant
Float
Feeling that are happy and confident
To foil sth
Make it fail
merodeo con intenciones criminales
Loitering
No loitering!
They were arrested for loitering (= moving around or waiting suspiciously in a public place)
boisterous
adj
ˈbɔɪ.stər.əs
bullicioso, alborotador…
noisy, energetic, and rough:
boisterous children
a boisterous game
noisy and not controlled:
The audience burst into boisterous laughter.
