UNIT 7: VOCABULARY

PHRASAL VERBS: TRAVEL

Come across: To find or see someone or something incidentally.
Get away: to move away.
Get off:To physically climb off of or disembark from something.
Get on: To place oneself on something that supports, holds, or carries.
See off: To accompany someone to the place where they will be departing and wish them farewell.
Take off: to physically remove something or someone from someone, oneself, or something else.

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Commuting: the person whos travel some distance to work every day by car, bus, or train.
Pedestrian: a person travelling on foot; walker.

Rush hour:a period at the beginning and end of the working day when large numbers of people are travelling to or from work.
Gap year: A year taken off from a person's education, especially between high school and college, often to travel or gain practical experience.

UNIT 6: VOCABULARY

VERBS: REPORTING

Add: to include.
Complain:a cause of such discontent,reason for complaining.
Deny:to state that (something) is not true.
Point out:to direct attention to,call attention to.
Reply:to respond by some action.
State:to declare or say, as in speech or writing.

UNIT 5: MANNERS

Appreciation: recognition and enjoyment of the good qualities of someone or something.
Diplomacy: the art of dealing with people in a sensitive and tactful way.
Etiquette: conventional requirements as to social behavior;proprieties of conduct as established in any classor community or for any occasion.
Interaction:reciprocal action or influence.

Netiquette: the rules of etiquette that apply when communicating over computer networks, especially the Internet.
Politeness: showing good manners toward others, as inbehavior, speech, etc.
Rank: a social or official position or standing.
Rudeness: discourteous or impolite.
Tradition: the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends,customs, information, etc. From generation togeneration, especially by word of mouth or bypractice.

MY BASKETBALL LESSON

SELF-ASSESSMENT:

This term I find the vocabulary part difficult beacause I don´t know how show that I know that word. In the others parts of english asignature I can improve if I make an effort but english is one of the subjects that I find difficult but still I work a lot even that is´t seen in my marks.

I will never lose hope with this subject and I will try to improve!

Now to enjoy and rest in Easter´s holidays!

UNIT 4: LIVE WELL

NEW VOCABULARY

Grumpy: unhappy and bad-tempered.
Cheerful: full of cheer; happy, in good spirits.
Dynamic: pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action.
Anxious: full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune.

Phrasal verbs:

Calm down: to begin to feel more relaxed and less emotional.

Cheer up: to become less sad, or to make someone feel less sad.
Chill out: to relax and stop being angry or nervous, or to spend time relaxing.
Cut down: to reduce an amount of something.
Face up tp: to accept that a bad situation exists and try to deal with it.
Open up: to create a new opportunity or possibility.
Slow down: you reduce the speed at which they move.
Work out: to find a satisfactory way of doing something.

THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM

VOCABULARY:

Blade: sharp edge used for cutting.

Choked: made difficult to breathe.

Craved: had strong desire.

Crawled out: come out slowly.

Gasped: caught one´s breath to show surprise or horror.

Glow: a steady light.

Razor: a metal instrument with a sharp edge, used for shaving.

Tore off: removed roughly.

Wirthed: twisted and tourned in pain.