- scowl= fruncir el ceño desaprobando
viernes, 30 de junio de 2017
ANGER
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-4/session-5
ASKING POLITE QUESTIONS
- DO YOU KNOW where the bus stop is?
- WOULD you mind if
- COULD you tell me....
- IS THERE ANY CHANCE you...?
- I WAS wondering if your report WAS already ready
- Instead of saying "Have you done my laundry already?", it's preferable to omit the word "YOU" and use the passive form:" Has my laundry been done already?"
FIRE
To light a fire
to catch fire
A firefighter
A blaze = a large fire
to put out
The chimney
the matelpiece
to catch fire
A firefighter
A blaze = a large fire
to put out
The chimney
the matelpiece
jueves, 29 de junio de 2017
WHETHER / IF
- Whether
- more formal
- Afeter a preposition
- two choices
- I don't know whether you like coffee or tea (only two possibilities)
- I don't know if you like coffee or tea (this, that or anytihing else)
- To know more http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-3/session-1
miércoles, 28 de junio de 2017
SAY- TELL- TO BE LIKE
SAY:................... I said I was tired
TELL................... I told HER to go to hell
TO BE LIKE....... He told ME that I wasn't working and I was like "More than you"
To know nore http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-2/session-4
TELL................... I told HER to go to hell
TO BE LIKE....... He told ME that I wasn't working and I was like "More than you"
To know nore http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-2/session-4
WAR
- Problems
- disagreements
- dissension
- a conflict
- Allies
- Elements
- troops
- the navy
- headquarters
- a recruit
- Fighting
- To fight / to hit / to strike
- Violence flared up
- combat
- a civil war breaks out
- to launch a missile
- a blast
- Some bombs went off
- shelling
- There is shelling of the buildings (firing guns)
- a withdrawal
- a town liberated from the...
- retaliation
- People
- a fierce fighter
- a hero
- a guerilla (gorile)
- the rebels
- consequences
- supplies
- aid agencies
- casualties
- badly injured
- many wounded
- To be hit in a leg
- missing people
- Devastation
- Peace
- ceasefire
- a truce
- a treaty
- peace talks
- peace settlement
- Terrorism
- Hijacking hostages, bargain and release them
- Expressions
- to fight a lost battle
- To be caught in cross fire
- to be in the firing line all the time
- to have a shot / a go / a try at it
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