Storytelling Flashcards
Nobody knows how the rumour started.
rumour UK ( rumor USA.)
an unofficial interesting story or piece of news that might be true or invented
The little boy is very spoiled.
Spoiled - A spoiled child is allowed to do or have anything that they want.
The man was a total spoilsport.
spoilsport : a person who stops other people from enjoying themselves
desmancha-prazeres
It’s doubtful that he’ll pass the job interview. He doesn’t have much experience.
It’s doubtful that - If a situation is doubtful, it is unlikely to happen or to be successful
It’s probable that we’ll have a vaccine for the coronavirus in a year’s time.
It’s probable that - a large possibility
aka
It’s likely that
Sometimes I am angry when I am hungry,
angry - /ang·gree/
hungry - /huhng·gree/
World War II
World War II
were+old war two
The story was about two brothers on opposite sides of the war.
The story was about two brothers on opposite sides of the war.
Some people believe that he was a hero because he gave money to the poor. Heros don’t murder innocent people.
Murder - matar
Innocent - /in.o.sent/
Your cellphone can be cloned.
Cloned = /Kl-oh-nd/
It’s risky.
It’s risky = the risk is high
It’s difficult to trust the information that is available to us.
Available to us: we have access
He is always trying to fool the people around him.
To fool: trick or deceive (someone)
It’s very easy to rob this type of currency.
currency = is a medium of exchange for goods and services. In short, it’s money.
I watched a TV show that said that the majority of hackers are autistic.
autistic = affected by or relating to the condition of autism, in which people typically show repeated behaviour and narrow interests, with limited development of social and communication skills:
Scientists in Florida will release 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes into the wild.
release /ri-lees/ : to give freedom or free movement to someone or something
modified /mod-ee-fide/ : changed slightly, usually to improve something or make it more acceptable
They carry a protein that will kill off any female offspring before they reach biting age.
Kill off someone/something: to destroy or remove someone or something completely.
Offspring: You can refer to a person’s children or to an animal’s young as their offspring.
Biting age: The age that the mosquito starts to bite
In the beginning, nobody understood me.
understood - uhn·dr·stud
In Colombia using your credit card can be risky. Colombian fraudsters are experts at card cloning.
Risky - high risk
Fraudsters - people who commit fraud
Cloning - making identical copies
I remember my first big bike. I couldn’t sit on the bike. It was too big for me. My parents knew I would grow, and wanted the bike to last.
To last = to continue being good or suitable
Another example:
When I was a child, my mother would buy clothes that were too big for me because **I would grow into them.
To grow into:**
(BEGIN TO FIT)
to become tall enough or big enough to wear or use something.
My first job was as a welder.
Meu primeiro trabalho foi como soldador.
I was childlike/innocent.
estava muito infantil
I love Germany. Berlin is my favourite city.
Germany = country
German = language/nationality
