2. AMAZING
• adjetivo
– asombroso
– maravilloso
– espantoso

3. ANKLE
• Tobillo

4. APPLY
• to ~ for sth ‹for loan/permission›
• solicitar or pedir(conj.⇒) algo;

5. APPROACH
• v. acercarse, aproximarse, arrimarse,
avecinarse; acercarse a,
• ir hasta, llegar más cerca a; abordar; estar
cercano a; acometer
•
• s. acercamiento, advenimiento,
aproximación, arrimadura;

6. ATTACHMENT
• Accesorio

7. ATTEND
• Asistir
• I hope to attend the opening night.

8. AWARE
• I want you to be aware of the rules of our
organization.
• I am not aware of any other doctors in the
area besides him.

9. BACHELOR
• Soltero

10. BILL
• v. facturar, cargar, cargar a la cuenta,
cargar en cuenta; enviar la factura a,
cobrar, pasar la cuenta a; poner en
cartelera, anunciar, anunciar en cartelera
• May I have the bill?

11. BLAME
• nombre
– culpa
– censura
• verbo
– culpar
– censurar

12. BOTHER
molestar, causar molestia,
dar jaqueca, dar molestia,
dar murga, desazonar, disturbar,
estorbar, fastidiar, importunar,
incomodar, incordiar, irritar,
jorobar, meterse con, mosconear

14. CARROT
• Zanahoria

15. CARRY OUT
• verbo transitivo
1 (un proyecto) llevar a cabo, realizar
2 (el deber) cumplir
•
II (crímenes) perpetrar:
• vicious attacks were carried out against the
immigrants,
• los inmigrantes fueron víctimas de
salvajes agresiones

16. CARRY OUT
• Examples:
• In my new job, I have to perform many
challenging tasks
• In my new job, I have to CARRY OUT
many challenging tasks

17. CATCH ON
• ganar popularidad:
• the idea didn't catch on,
• la idea no cuajó
• Do you think this style will become popular
next season?
• Do you think this style will CATCH ON
next season?
•

18. CATERING COMPANY
• Restaurant empresa

19. CHASE
• nombre • verbo
– persecución – perseguir
– caza – cazar
– carrera – correr
– alcance – seguir
– ahuyentar
– cincelar

20. CHEAP
• adv. barato
• adj. barato, de bajo precio; de mala
calidad; de mal gusto; tacaño, mezquino
 Not expensive , or costing less than usual

21. cheerful
– alegre
– jovial
– animado

22. COME UP WITH
• verbo transitivo (una idea, solución)
proponer:
• have you come up with any new
ideas?, ¿se te ha ocurrido alguna idea
nueva?

23. COSTUME
• Traje

24. COUPLE
• pareja
• Two or a few.
• “ I went to New York with a couple of friends”
• Two people who are married or having a
romantic relationship

25. CUSTOMER
• Cliente
• He's a really good customer, and has
been coming here for years.

26. CUT BACK
• 1 (gastos) reducir
2 (la producción) disminuir
3 (una planta) podar
• Now that I am unemployed we are going
to have to cut back on our spending.

28. DEVELOPMENT
• DESARROLLO
• When someone or something grows or
changes and becomes more advanced.

29. DIZZY
• adj. mareado
•
• v. marear;
• dejar perplejo

30. DRAG
– Obstáculo rastra
• verbo
– resistencia al avance
– arrastrar
– Calada lata
– dragar
– draga
– Chupada estorbo – rastrear
– fumada – encampanarse
– travestí – llevar arrastrado
– Barredera – arrastrarse por el
– cosa pesada
suelo
– moverse muy
despacio
– hacerse interminable
– pasar lentamente

31. ENCOURAGE
• Animar
• To make someone more likely to happen.
“My parents encouraged me to try new things”

32. ENGAGED
• adj. comprometido, ocupado
•
• v. contratar, dar empleo a, dar ocupación
a, emplear; empeñar; embragar, engarzar,
engranar, enlazar, interconectar;
involucrar; ser simpático

34. FAINT
adj. débil, desfallecido, desfalleciente,
desvanecido, exánime, lánguido, pálido;
apenas perceptible, apenas visible
v. desfallecer, desmayarse,
desvanecerse, esmorecerse, perder el
sentido

35. FAREWELL
• adj. adiós, despedida
•
• interj. vaya Ud. con Dios!; adiós
(interjección)

36. FINGER FOODS
• Bocaditos

37. FLU
• s. gripe, dengue, influenza

38. GET AHEAD
• Tener éxito
• In order to get ahead in business you
need to be assertive.

39. GIFT
• Regalo

40. GOOSE
• Ganso

41. GROUNDHOG
• Marmota

42. HAND IN
vtr (un billete, un trabajo) entregar
(una solicitud, la dimisión) presentar
• The students handed in their assignments
to the teacher.

43. HANDSOME
• adj. bien parecido, agraciado, apuesto,
buen mozo, de buen aspecto, elegante,
galán, gallardo, guapetón, guapo,
hermoso, muy mozo

44. HANG ON
• STOP, wait for a moment.
• Hang on! Are you trying to make a
monkey out of me?
• Hang on please, I'm just putting you
through.
• Hang on please and I'll be with you in a
couple of minutes.

45. HAUSWARMING
• Estreno de una casa

46. HIKING
• s. excursionismo
•
• v. dar largas caminatas, dar largos
paseos, excursionar; incrementar,
aumentar

47. HOLD
• v. sujetar, agarrar, mantener, mantener a
la fuerza, contener, guardar, poseer; creer
que, aseverar, mantener la opinión que;
sostener, creer en; cumplir; soportar,
aguantar
•
• s. agarre, apoyo, asimiento,

48. HOLD
• To have something in your hand or arms.
 He was holding a glass of wine.
 She held the baby in her arms.
• To keep something in a particular position
• To organize an event

49. HOP
• Saltar

50. ITCH
• v. picar, hormiguear; causar comezón,
arder
• s. picazón, comezón, escozor,
hormiguillo, picor, prurito; sarna

52. IMPOLITE
• adj. mal educado, chabacán,
descomedido, desconsiderado, descortés,
grosero, impolítico, incivil, ineducado,
inurbano

53. IMPROVE

54. IMPROVEMENT
• There was a steady improvement in the
pupil's results.
• The doctor saw no improvement in the
patient.
• The repairs to the car brought about an
improvement in its speed

55. ISSUE
• TEMA

56. JUNK FOOD

57. KEEPSAKE
• Recuerdo

58. LAWN

59. LOZENGES
• s. pastilla, gragea

61. MAID
criada
doncella
sirvienta
camarera
ayudanta

62. MESSY
• adj. desordenado, desaliñado,
desarreglado, descuidado, heteróclito;
muy sucio, confuso

63. MUSHROOM
• adj. como hongo o
seta
v. crecer como
hongos, multiplicarse
como hongos,
proliferarse como
hongos
• s. hongo, champiñón,
seta

64. NOSY
• Curioso
• Fisgón
• Preguntón

65. OUTAGE
• Corte

66. PASS OVER
• pasar por alto, olvidar
• Even though Mary had worked as a
manager in that department she was
passed over for promotion.

67. PAWS
• Patas

68. PEA

69. pool
• piscina

70. pour
– derramar
– echar
– colar
– correr

71. POWDER
• Polvo

72. PROFIT
• Beneficios

73. PROPOSAL

74. PUT OFF
• POSTERGAR
• I'm busy this afternoon; can we put our
meeting off until tomorrow?
• He was too busy in the morning, so he
put his appointment off until the afternoon.

77. regret
– pesar
– remordimiento
– sentimiento

78. REJECT
• RECHAZAR
• To refuse to accept or agree with
something.
• To refuse to accept someone for a job,
course.

79. RESUME
• currículum

80. ROUGHLY
• (approximately) aproximadamente adv
• Roughly speaking, we will have your
phone service restored in 24 hours.
• The cost to construct your house will be
about $100,000, roughly speaking.

81. scrapbook
• Álbum de recortes.

82. SPARKLING WATER

83. SET UP
• Establecer
• Set something up
To get all the necessary equipment ready
for an activity
• I need one or two people to help me set up the display.

84. SHIVER
• v. temblar, tiritar, titiritar; hacer añicos,
hacer astillas
•
• s. temblor, escalofrío, repeluco, repelús,
repeluzno, tiritón

85. SLUMBER PARTY
• Pijamada

86. SPRING
• PRIMAVERA

87. STARE
• v. clavar los ojos, fijarse, mirar, mirar de
hito en hito, mirar fijamente, quedar
mirando
•
• s. mirada, mirada fija

88. STUFFY
• adj. mal ventilado, viciado; congestionado,
taponado; tedioso

89. SUPPORT
• apoyar

90. SUE
• Demandar

91. SWEAT
• v. sudar, transpirar, traspirar; hacer sudar
•
• s. sudor

92. SWITCH
• Cambiar

93. TEAR
• nombre
– lágrima
– rasgón
– desgarrón
– rajo
– rajón
• verbo
– rasgar
– arrancar
– desgarrar
– rasgarse
– despedazar
– partir

94. THEN
• adjetivo
– de entonces
• adverbio
– entonces
– luego
– después
– pues
– en ese momento
– además
– en aquella época
• conjunción
– pues
– por tanto
– en ese caso

95. THROUGHOUT
• A LO LARGO

96. UPGRADE
• Mejorar

97. UPSET
• adj. alterado, amoscado, molesto, turbado
•
• v. molestar, contrariar; descomponer,
desordenar; alterar, desarreglar,
desazonar, desbarajustar, descalabrar,
desestabilizar, desquiciar,

98. Vanish
• desaparecer

99. waiter
– camarero
– mesero
– mozo
– garzón

100. WAVE
• The ocean waves rocked the boat.

101. weird
• Extraño

102. WHEAT
• s. trigo, maíz

103. YAWN
• BOSTEZAR