Unit 6. Effective Communication Flashcards
A thin wire that is stretched across a musical instrument and is used to produce a range of notes depending on its thickness, length, and tightness. (Cuerda)
String
(Exactitud, precisión)
Accuracy
Lazy and not willing to work.
Idle
A very small spot of something. (Puntito)
Pinpoint
(Idiom) Said when you want to give further details or be more exact about something.
That is (to say)
An over in cricket in which no runs are scored.
Maiden / Maiden over
A movement of the hands, arms, or head, etc. to express an idea or feeling. (Gesto)
Gesture
To say something officially or certainly. (Pronunciar, declarar)
Pronounce
Without any particular purpose.
Idle
The ability to use good judgement.
Senses
Clearly and intentionally stated. (Expreso)
Express + noun
To feel or experience something without being able to explain exactly how. (Detectar, sentir)
Sense
To make a public expression that you are not satisfied about something, especially by marching or having a meeting. (Protestar)
Demonstrate
- To show or make something clear. (Manifestar, expresar) - To show something and explain how it works. (Hacer una demostración, mostrar)
Demonstrate
Moving or being sent very fast. (Urgente)
Express + noun
A guess about something based on how it seems and not on proof. (Conjetura)
Conjecture
The ability to remember things. (Memoria, recuerdo)
Recall
To move a hand, another part of the body, or an object gently over something or someone, usually repeatedly and for pleasure. (Acariciar)
Stroke
(Idiom) Something that happens or succeeds suddenly because of luck, intelligence, etc. (Golpe de suerte, ser genial)
A stoke of luck, genius, etc.
A friend you know very well. (Amigo de confianza)
Intimate
(Lingüista, políglota)
Linguist
- To recognize how good someone or something is and to value them. (Apreciar, agredecer) - To understand a situation and realize that it is important. (Apreciar)
Appreciate
To show clearly the edge of something. (Delimitar, determinar)
Define
To refuse to stop believing or hoping for something. (Agarrarse, ser fiel a una idea)
Cling to something
(Phrasal verb) To put an object that you are holding onto the floor or onto another surface, or to stop carrying someone. (Dejar)
Put down something / somebody
To be a sign of something; to mean. (Significar)
Signify
A small amount of work.
Stroke
(Vagabundo, errante)
Wanderer
To repeat the main points of an explanation or description. (Recapitular, resumir)
Recap
To put new strings onto a racket used in sport.
String
To have as a plan or purpose. (Destinarse)
Intend for
An often unpleasant characteristic that is very different from other.
Streak
(Tartamudeante)
Stuttering
(Illustrar)
Illustrate
Conversation that is funny and not serious. (Cháchara, cotorreo)
Banter
A general feeling or understanding. (Sensación)
Sense
A girl or young woman. (Señorita)
Maiden
To tell a story, often by reading aloud from a text, or to describe event as they happen. (Narrar, relatar)
Narrate
To work or happen in a way that is not smooth or regular.
Stutter
Importance.
Significance
To match or be similar or equal. (Corresponder)
Correspond
To look at, or tell someone else to look at, a book or similar record in order to find information and help
Refer (somebody) to something
(Idiom) Said to mean that something has advantages.
There’s something/a lot to be said for
The person that you are going to marry. (Prometido)
Intended
(Expression) (A las (hora en punto)
On the stroke at _
To tell a story or describe a series of events. (Relatar, contar)
Relate
(Interactuar)
Interact
- To bring the memory of a past event into your mind, and often to give a description of what you remember. (Recordar, rememorar) - To cause you to think of a particular event, situation, or style. (Recordar)
Recall
(of babies) To make a happy sound with the back of the throat, or (of water, especially small streams) to flow quickly while making a low, pleasant sound. (Gorjear, gorgotear, gorgoteo)
Gurgle
- The area around a fireplace or the area or floor in front of it. (Chimenea) - (Literary) A home, especially when seen as a place of confort and love. (Hogar)
Hearth
A long thin mark that is easily noticed because it is very different from the area surrounding it. (Raya)
Streak
The opposite. (El contrario, el opuesto)
The converse
To put a string through a number of objects. (Conectar, ensartar)
String
A type of large monkey, found in Africa and Asia, with a long, pointed face like a dog and large teeth. (Babuino)
Baboon
To make something clear or easier to understand by giving more details or a simpler explanation. (Aclarar)
Clarify
A very small amount or number. (Pizca)
Smattering
To have as a plan or purpose. (Pensar, intender, planear)
Intend to
(Gruñido)
Grunt
Another count, especially of the number of votes in an election. (Recuento)
Recount
To become friends with a child, especially over the internet, with the intention of commiting a sexual offence.
Groom
(Idiom) Used to show that you completely agree with what someone has said.
You can say that again!
To prepare someone for a special job or activity. (Arreglar, acicalar)
Groom
(Distinguir)
Distinguish
(Insinuación)
Intimation
To count something again. (Recontar)
Recount
To say or write something, especially clearly and carefully. (Expresar, declarar, exponer)
State
(Idiom) Used to show that what you are describing is in fact much more serious or important that you have suggested.
To say the least
(Comunicar(se))
Communicate
- A group of countries, political parties, or people who have agreed to work together because of shared interests or aims. (Alianza, coalición) - An agreement to work with someone else to try to achieve the same thing. (Alianza, relación)
Alliance
A sudden change in the blood supply to a part of the brain, sometimes causing a loss of the ability to move particular parts of the body. (Derrame cerebral)
Stroke
An act of moving your hand, another part of the body, or an object gently over something or someone, usually repeatedly and for pleasure. (Caricia)
Stroke
(Idiom) To be completely different from something. (No tener nada que ver, no tener punto de comparación)
Be a far cry from something
(Tartamudo)
Stutterer
To make something necessary, or to involve something. (Conllevar, implicar)
Entail
To intend to do something. (Proponerse, tener la intención de)
Propose
To express or show that you have a particular feeling, quality, or ability. (Mostrar, demostrar)
Demonstrate
Unite and working together effectively. (Cohesivo, unido)
Cohesive
To become known, especially as a result of examining something or asking questions about it. (Resultar)
Emerge
(a particular movement that is usually repeated in) a method of swimming. (Brazada)
Stroke
To guess, based on the appearance of a situation and not on proof. (Conjeturar)
Conjecture
To express the most important facts or ideas about something or someone in a short and clear form. (Resumir, sintetizar)
Summarize (UK usually Summarise)
(Idiom) Thinking about something in one way, but not in every way.
In a sense / In one sense
- Not working or being used. (Parado, inactivo) - An _ moment or period of time is one in which there is no work or activity. - Without work. (Parado, desempleado)
Idle
To express ideas, opinions, or emotions in words. (Verbalizar)
Verbalise
(Idiom) Despite what has just been said
Having said that
To get out of bed. (Levantarse)
Arise
- An act of hitting a ball when playing a sport. - (old-fashioned) An act of hitting someone with a weapon.
Stroke
To move somewhere extremely quickly, usually in a straight line.
Streak
To stick onto or hold something or someone tightly, or to refuse to stop holding them. (Agarrarse, aferrarse)
Cling
To make clear what you think or want without saying it directly. (Insinuar)
Intimate
The group of instruments that have strings and are played with a bow or with the fingers, or the players in a musical group who play these instruments. (Instrumentos de cuerda)
Strings
(Expression) The ability to enjoy life and not be serious.
Sense of fun
To be connected to, or to be about someone or something. (Relacionarse)
Relate to somebody / something
An action that expresses your feelings or intentions, although it might have little practical effect. (Gesto)
Gesture
(Idiom) Not at all.
In no sense
To happen. (Surgir, presentarse una ocasión)
Arise
(Idiom) In every way or feature.
In every sense
One of the sounds the some clocks make at particular times, especially by ringing a bell once for each number or the hour. (Campanada)
Stroke
To increase in value. (Revalorizarse)
Appreciate
To judge or decide something after thinking carefully about it. (Decidir)
Conclude
Consisting of or relating to string instruments. (De cuerda)
String
Very exactly. (Preciso)
Pinpoint + noun
To communicate by writing a letter or sending an email. (Escribirse)
Correspond
An occasion when someone orders the return of a person who belongs to an organisation, or order the return of products made by a company.
Recall
To use a gesture to espress or emphasize something. (Gesticular)
Gesture
To direct someone or something to a different place or person for information, help, or action, often to a person or group with more knowledge or power. (Referir, remitir)
Refer somebody to something
(Comunicación)
Communication
- To find out or say the exact position in space or time of something. (Ubicar, localizar) - To discover or describe the exact facts about something. (Determinar, identificar)
Pinpoint
- To appear by coming out of something or out from behind something. (Aparecer, emerger) - To come to the end of a difficult period or experience. (Salir, resultar)
Emerge
(Expression) Your ability to understand funny things.
Sense of humour
The things that you do to make your appearance tidy and pleasant, for example brushing your hair, or the things that you do to keep an animal’s hair or fur clean and tidy. (Aseo, acicalamiento)
Grooming
(Expression) (UK) The feeling people have when there is a very important event or celebration.
Sense of occasion
One of the possible meanings of a word or phrase. (Significado, sentido)
Sense
- A train or bus that takes less time to do a journey that other trains or buses. - A service that does something faster that usual.
Express
To develop gradually, or to cause something or someone to develop gradually. (Desarrollar(se))
Evolve
A series of related things or events. (Cadena)
String
To have importance or to matter. (Importar)
Signify
(of knowledge or understanding) Detailed, and obtained from a lot of studying or experience. (Profundizado)
Intimate
- (of a pig) To make a low, rough noise. (Gruñir) - (of a person) To make a short, low sound instead of speaking, usually because of anger or pain. (Gruñir, refunfuñar)
Grunt
Using a service that does something faster that usual.
Express
(Idiom) To be involved in making a decision about something.
Have a, some, etc. say in something
To clean an animal, often by brushing its fur. (Cepillar)
Groom
To send something somewhere very quickly.
Express
(Hueso Hioides)
Hyoid
If an engine or machine _, it runs slowly but does not move or do any work.
Idle
- To talk or write about someone or something, especially in only a few words. (Referirse) - If writing or information refers to someone or something, it relates to that person or thing.
Refer to somebody / something
To hit a ball.
Stroke
To understand a situation or someone’s feelings because you have experienced a similar situation or similar feelings. (Identificarse, enterder)
Relate to something
A short period of good or bad luck.
(Winning, lucky, losing) Streak
To find or show the connection between to or more things. (Relacionar)
Relate
(Paseo sin dirección)
Wander
(Apellido de soltera)
Maiden name
(Phrasal verb) To make a record that someone has promised to pay a particular amount of money as part of a collection to help people in need. (Apuntar, inscriber)
Put somebody down for something
To describe how something happened, or to tell a story. (Relatar)
Recount
The characteristic of having good judgement, especially when it is based on practical ideas or understandings.
Sense
- (a line or mark made by) A movement of a pen or pencil when writing or a brush when painting. (Trazo de un boli, pincelada) - Used in spoken English to mean an oblique or slash symbol. (Barra oblícua, /)
Stroke
To walk around slowly in a relaxed way or without any clear purpose or direction. (Deambular, vagabundear)
Wander
To say a word or a letter in a particular way. (Pronunciar)
Pronounce
(Idiom) Used to show that the name, etc. of something tells you something about it.
As something implies
(Phrasal verb) To make someone feel silly or not important by criticizing them. (Menospreciar)
Put somebody down
(Idiom) Said when you are about to tell someone the most important fact they should remember in a situation.
When all is said and done
To show a feeling, opinion or fact. (Expresar)
Express
To put strings on musical instrument. (Encordar)
String
(Recapitulación)
Recap
(Expression) To have a long, thin noticeable line of a different colour.
Be streaked
To talk to someone in a friendly and humorous way. (Cotorrear)
Banter
Of or about the first of its type. (Inaugural)
Maiden
Having or being likely to cause, a very close friendship or personal or sexual relationship. (Íntimo)
Intimate
Opposite. (Contrario, opuesto)
Converse
(Linguistica)
Linguistics
A ship or vehicle that is built to carry liquid or gas. (Tanque, camion cisterna)
Tanker
A person whose job is to take care of and clean horses. (Mozo de cuadra)
Groom
(Phrasal verb) To think that someone is a particular type of person, especially when you do not know them very well.
Put somebody down as something
(Tartamudez)
Stutter / Stammer
- To start talking about a different subject from the one you are originally discussing. (Divagar, desviarse) - If your mind or your thought _, you stop thinking about the subject that you should be giving attention to and start thinking about other matters. (Divagar) - If you say that an old person’s mind is beginning to _, you mean that they are starting to get very confused because of their age.
Wander
To remove water and unwanted substances from fat, such as butter, by heating it. (Clarificar)
Clarify
To have a conversation with someone. (Conversar, charlar)
Converse
- To communicate an idea or feeling without saying it directly. (Insinuar) - (Formal) To involve something or make it necessary. (Implicar)
Imply
The criminal activity of becoming friends with a child, especially over the internet, in order to try to persuade the child to have a sexual relationship with you. (Acoso sexual a menores)
Grooming
(Idiom) As you would expect; added to, or used to introduce, a remark giving information that is expected and not surprising. (No hace falta decir)
Needless to say
To make something known; to show. (Indicar, mostrar)
Signify
To order the return of a person who belongs to an organization or of products made by a company.
Recall
To speak or say something, especially the first part of a word, with difficulty, for example pausing before it or repeating it several times. (Tartamudear)
Stutter / Stammer
(Phrasal verb) To spend a period of time relaxing and doing very little.
Idle something away / Tick over
- To offer or suggest a possible plan or action for other people to consider. (Proponer) - To suggest someone for a position or as a member of an organization. (Proponer) - To ask someone to marry you.
Propose (+noun / + that / +ing)
- To end a speech, meeting, or piece of writing. (Concluir, finalizar) - To complete an official agreement or task, or arrange a deal. (Llegar a un acuerdo, pactar)
Conclude
A feeling or idea that is suggested by a particular word although it need not be a part of the word’s meaning, or something suggested by an object or situation. (Connotación)
Connotation
To run naked through a public place in order to attract attention or to express strong disapproval of something.
Streak
Special meaning.
Significance
To unserstand someone and be able to have a friendly relationship with them. (Relacionarse)
Relate to somebody
An ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste and feel. (Sentido)
Sense
- To say what the meaning of something, especially a word is. (Definir) - To explain and describe the meaning and exact limits of something. (Explicar, determinar)
Define
- To stay close or near. (Aferrarse, pegarse) - (Disapproving) To stay close to someone who is taking care of you, because you need their support. (No separarse)
Cling
- (A piece of) strong, thin rope made by twisting very thin threads together, used for fastening and typing things. (Cuerda, cordel) - A set of objects joined together in a row on a single rope or thread. (Hilo, fila, ristra)
String
