This document contains a list of vocabulary words and their definitions from 5 different units of study. It includes words like pirates, worry, meet, discovere, incredible. Expressions from each unit are also defined, such as "made a note", "take it easy", "gave a hand". The document serves to outline important terms and phrases from various language lessons.
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1. Cereth Moreno Juan Francisco
Tule Saavedra Adrian
Franco Cristian Osvaldo
10. glossary
• UNIT 1
• PIRATES :a person who sails in a ship and attacks other ships in order to steal from them.
• WORRY :to think about problems or unpleasant things that might happen in a way that
makes you feel unhappy and frightened.
• KEEP : to have or continue to have in your possession.
• MEET :to see and speak to someone for the first time.
• WATCH : to look at something for a period of time, especially something that
ischanging or moving.
• DISCOVERE :to find information, a place, or an object, especially for the first time.
• INCREDIBLE :impossible to believe; not credible.
• RESOLUTION :the act of resolving (a problem etc).
• PALPABLE :so obvious that it can easily be seen or known, or (of a feeling) so strong that it
seems as if it can be touched or physically felt.
• DILEMMA : a position or situation giving two choices, neither pleasant.
EXPRESSIONS
Made a note :wrote something down.
We make : we create.
Take it easy : relax.
Took care : was carefuly.
Stands out : is noticeable,distinctive.
Got his notion : understood.
11. • UNIT 2
• CONTROL: the right of directing or of giving orders; power or authority
• AVOID: to keep away from (a place, person or thing)
• FINISH: to bring or come to an end
• ENJOY to experience; to be in the habit of having (especially a benefit)
• QUIT to leave, stop, or resign from etc
• KEEP to have for a very long or indefinite period of time
• CONSIDER to think about (carefully)
• SOCIAL LIFE to spend time when you are not working with friends or with other people in
order to enjoy yourself:
• MODERN belonging to the present or to recent times; not old or ancient
• IMPORTANT(opposite unimportant) having great value, influence or effect
EXPRESSIONS
Dunderhead : stupid person.
Fair game : something easy to conquer.
Make up her mind :make a decision.
Hark : to listen attentively.
Set my mind a wandering : influenced me to think about many
things;to daydream.
Give a hand : help me.
12. • UNIT 3
• OBVIOUS easily seen or understood; evident
• BENEFICENT helping people and doing good acts
• CONCEPTION an idea or theory
• SOMBER serious, sad and without humour or entertainment
• IMPERIOUS proud, behaving as if expecting to be obeyed
• WILLOW a type of tree with long, slender branches.
• SPECTACLE a sight, especially one that is very impressive or wonderful
• STARTLED› to do something unexpected that surprises and sometimes worries a person or animal:
• PYRE pile of wood on which a dead body is ceremonially burned
• SCANNED to look at something carefully, with the eyes or with a machine, in order to
get information
EXPRESSIONS
I got lost: couldn´t find the way out.
Get away: Move away.
Let out: Allowed to go free.
In a flash: Quickly.
Like a pall: A gloomy effect.
Contained himself: Tried to be patient.
13. • UNIT 4
• SWAPPEDC1 to give something and be given something else instead
• RAISED UP to lift something to a higher position
• PROTECTto guard or defend from danger; to keep safe
• EXPLOREto search or travel through (a place) for the purpose of discovery
• PLANan idea of how to do something; a method of doing something
• RUN QUICKLY (of a person or animal) to move quickly, faster than walking
• HURRYto (cause to) move or act quickly, often too quickly
• TRY TO UNDERSTAND to know the meaning of something that someone says:
• SEE to have the power of sight
• KNOW to be aware of or to have been informed about
EXPRESSIONS
Go along: Join
Heading to: Going in a certain direction
Offhand way: Casually
I reckon: I guess
Plumb: Complotely
All fired: Enthusiastic
14. • UNIT 5
• LIABLE(with to) tending to have, get, suffer from etc
• VERITABLEused to describe something as another, more exciting, interesting, or unusual thing, as
a way of emphasizing its character:
• OBSESSIVELYto occupy (someone’s mind) too much
• ARRAY› things, people etc arranged in some order
• SELF-ASSUREDself-confidence
• INDISPOSITION (slightly) ill
• TOWERED to be very tall or large, usually in a way that makes people feel respect
• APPEASE(formal ) to calm or satisfy (a person, desire etc) usually by giving what was asked for or
is needed
• RETRIEVEto get back (something which was lost etc)
• UNYIELDING completely unwilling to change a decision, opinion, demand, etc.
EXPRESSIONS
GET TO GO : Have a opportunity to go
NEXT THING YOU KNOW : Soon, the result will be
GIVE US A HAND : Help
ON ACCOUNT OF : Because
BY RIGHTS : Correctly, as one should
A VACANT LOOK : An expression that indicates a person is not functionally normally