Unit12. The living world Flashcards
Overcast
nublado
It’s overcast today; I hope it doesn’t rain.
jape
/dʒeɪp/
broma
Suspect
progress
As verb both has the stress on the second syllable
As noun on the fisrt
To assume
Assumption (suposición, asunción, supuesto,… )
Asumir, consejurar
Behaviour
To behave
Comportamiento//comportarse, …
VERBS
Apologise
Communicate
Conclude
Convince
Describe
Perform
Propose
Prosper
Response
NOUNS
¿?
NOUNS
Assumption
Behaviour
Combination
Evolution
Explanation
Progress
Response
VERBS
¿?
VERBS/NOUNS
Contest
Convict
Increase
Insult
Export
Present
Produce
Progress
Protest
Rebel
Refuse
Reject
Pronunciation
firm=business=company=enterprice
empresa
make=manufacture=produce = fabricate= construct=
Fabricar
To what extend are …?
hasta qué punto …?
relevant
relevante, pertinente
literally
literalmente, seguro
All over Australia
en toda Australia
Climate change
Global warming
the ice caps continue melting at th current rate
to poors harvests
ca be ruined
heat wave
that’s really worrying
preocupante, angustiante …
breathing problems
If the price of oil goes on rising
consumption
drought
drought
sequía
flood
inundación
insurance costs
farmland =
tierra de cultivo, labranza …
cash crops =
cultivos comerciales
exhaust fumes =
gases de escape
vehicle emissions
river banks
orillas, riberas
oil rig =
plataforma petrolifer
fuel shortage
falta de fuel
breathing difficulties
water shortage
pose =
aparanter, pose, … plantear (ask a question)
Whereas
mientras que …
(formal al principio de un doc…)
Considerando que
Whereas the defendant is now dead, there is little reason to proceed with the case.
Millions of people can starve to death
starve =
pasar hambre ( morir de hambre )
long-term =
a largo plazo, en el largo plazo, …
Friend
Befriend (hacerse amigo)
friendship
Friendliness
Unfriendliness
friendly (amable, amigable)
unfriendly (arisco, antipático, frío)
Friendship//friendliness
amistad
unfriendliness
Hostilidad
befriend
hacerse amigo
friendly
unfriendly
amable, amigable
antiático, arisco
helper
helpful//unhelpful
helpfulness//helplessness
helpless
helpfully/unhelpfully
helplessly
Ayudante
Útil//inútil
Utilidad, buena voluntad//impotencia, incapacidad
Impotente, desamparado
Amablemente, útilmente//sin dar ayuda
con impotencia
(impotentemente, desamparadamente)
Knowledge
knowledgeable
Knowing//unknowing
Knowingly//unknowingly
unknown//unknowable
Knowledgeably
knowable
Conocimiento
Culto, concedor
cómplice, astuto// ignorante, inconsciente
astutamente, a sabiendas//inconscientemente
desconocido//misterioso
Con conocimiento de causa
conocible
assignment
encargo, trabajo, deberes
strict
estricto, preciso …
immediately
inmediatamente, de inmediato
consumption
consumo, utilización
tuberculosis
receive
recibir, conseguir, lograr
consciousness-raising
concienciación
Provide
Provide for
proveer, aportar, producir, proporcionar
Mantener (ej: familia)
supply
suministrar, abastecer de, proveer de …
instantly
al instante, inmediatamente, en el acto
measure
medida (cantidad, ley, aspecto, sopesar)
(como en castellano, todas las acepciones de medida)
range
variedad, gama, rango
- They have a nice range of cheeses at the store.
oscilar
- The possible values range from five to fifty.
cordillera, cadena (montañosa)
- There is a pass through the mountain range a few kilometres north of here.
immigrants
inmigrantes
process
proceso, procedimiento
due
programado, pagadero, previsto /// debido
exponentially
/ˌekspəʊˈnenʃlɪ/
exponencialmente, potencialmente
This year’s report is exponentially better than last year’s.
neighbourhood
barrio, colonio, vecindad, local
- This neighborhood has several good restaurants.
household=
domestico, familiar, de la casa
get around
viajar con frecuancia
- I certainly get around in my job.
moverse bastante
certainly
Desde luego, definitivamente, verdaderamente
At rest
En resposo, descansado, inmóvil, quieto
Edible =
comestible
spate
avalancha , aluvión …
finding =
hallazgo , descubrimiento
slow down =
frenar