16 March 2017

VOCABULARY UNITS 3-4

Shopping online: to make purchases online.
Saving up: to save money with some purpose.
Brand: make or version of a product, as indicated by a trademark; kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like; a particular product or a characteristic that serves to identify a particular product.
Be worth:   Do something that makes up for it.
Sale: a special offering of goods at reduced prices.
Discount: an amount deducted from the usual list price.
Bargain: a purchase to one's advantage, esp. at less than the usual cost.
Cost: to require the payment of (money or something else of value) in an exchange;  to be obtained or obtainable in exchange for (money or something equivalent); the price paid or required for acquiring, producing, or maintaining something, usually measured in money, time, or energy; expense or expenditure; outlay.
Afford: to be able to do or spare something, esp. without incurring financial difficulties or without risk of undesirable consequences.
Borrow: to obtain (something) with a promise to return it; to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent.
Lend: to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned; to give (money) on condition that it is returned and that interest is paid for its temporary use.
Waste: to use up or spend to no profit; squander.
EXPESSIONS
I’ve got my eye on…: I've noticed in something that it likes me. Me he fijado en alguna cosa.
We’re after…: Being looking for something, or behind something.
Customer: a person who purchases goods or services from another; buyer.
Department store: a large store that sells a variety of goods organized by departments. A large retail store carrying a wide variety of merchandise and organized into various departments for sales and administrative purposes. A large shop divided into departments selling a great many kinds of goods.
Fraction: a number usually expressed in the form a/b. A part of a whole; portion. A very small amount, a little bit.
Gloves: a covering for the hand made with a separate part for each finger and for the thumb.
Half-price: when the price of a thing is reduced to half.
Shop owner: The person who owns a business or store.
Souvenirs:  a small, inexpensive article given or kept as a reminder of a place one has visited; memento.
Sport gear: A group of athletes who form a professional team.
Archery: the practice of shooting with a bow and arrow at a target.
Athletics: sports or exercises engaged in by athletes. People who play a sport.
Kayaking: to go or travel by kayak.
Rock climbing: It is a sport in which you climb on the rock or the mountain.
Trail biking: is biking practiced by roads or dirt tracks
Wakeboarding: the sport of riding over water on a short surfboard and performing stunts while holding a rope towed by a speedboat.
Hockey: (field hockey) game played on a field by two opposing teams of 11 players each, who try to hit a ball into their opponent’s goal using long sticks curved at the end.
Judo: a sport or martial art based on jujitsu but different from it in banning dangerous throws and blows and stressing the athletic or sport element.
Surfing: the act or sport of riding the crest of a breaking wave toward the shore; esp. on a surfboard.
Trampolining: the sport of using a trampoline to jump.
Music composition: activity consisting of composing music.
Drama: a presentation in dialogue and action of a story involving conflict of characters, to be performed on the stage.
Street art: art that is done in the street.
Street dance: dancing done in the street.
Fashion design: the art, study or business of designing clothing or appearance.
Creative writing: is the writing, fiction or not, that goes beyond the limits of professional, journalistic, academic and technical.
Survival skills: These are the skills needed to survive, esp. under adverse or unusual circumstances.
Sailing: the activity of a person that sails; is an activity that consists of sail.
Join in: take part, participate in something, join someone.
Catch up: reach someone who is in front of you.
Try out: test something to see how good it is.
Pick up: learn a new skill by chance.
Take up: start a new hobby.
Miss out: lose an opportunity to do something enjoyable.
Delicious: very amusing, pleasing to the senses, esp. taste or smell.
Sweet: having the taste or flavor of the sugar or the like.
Sour: having an acid taste resembling that of vinegar; made into an acid or acidlike substance by fermentation.
Spicy: having or containing spice; seasoned with spices.
Mild: gentle or soft in feeling, manner; amiably gentle or temperate in feeling or behavior toward others.
Set up: make arrangements for something; stablish somewhere.
Queue up: wait in a row to access somewhere.
Turn up: present in a place; to appear; to fold up to alter a garment.
Fill up: to become full to the top; to take up completely.
Nutritious: providing nourishment, esp. to a high degree.
Wash up: to wash one´s face and hands; to clean or clear away by washing.
Afterwards: after an earlier event or time; subsequently.
Being part of a team:  Join or belong to a group or team.
Getting lost: get distracted and not find an address or a place
Learning a language: studying a language.
Losing a pet: missing a domestic animal.
Missing the bus: arriving late to take the bus.
Sunbathing: to expose one´s body deliberately to the direct rays of the sun or a sunlamp.
Amusing: pleasantly, entertaining or diverting; causing laughter or mirth.
Annoying: causing annoyance; bothersome; irritating.
Confusing: hard to understand; unclear; causing or tending to cause confusion.
Embarrasing: to become ashamed, uncomfortable, or ill at ease; to cause confusing and shame to; make uncomfortably self-conscious; disconcert.
Fascinating: of great interest or attraction; enchanting or alluring; arousing great interest.
Frightening: causing fear or anxiety.
Inspiring: causing inspiration.
Irritating: causing irritation; causing a feeling of annoyance, anger or impatient; causing an irritation to the skin or other part of the body.
Motivating: to provide (someone) with a motive or motives.
Relaxing: causing or bringing about a feeling of relaxation.
Upsetting: tending to disturb or upset.
Worrying: to cause to feel or to be uneasy or anxious; to subject to persistent attention or scrutiny.
Misunderstanding: a failure to understand correctly; a disagreement or quarrel.
Gesture: a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that expresses an idea, opinion, emotion, etc; any action, communication, etc, performed or intended for effect or as a formality.
Shake your head: move your head sideways to deny something.
Nod your head: move your head up and down to say or state something.
Gap: a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, etc.
Burst out laughing: when it gives you laughter.
Browse: to search for and read hypertext, esp. on the internet.
Charge: to put electrical energy into.
Plug in: to connect to an electrical power source.
Press: to click on something, the image, or a file, for example.
Scroll: (on a computer display) to move a cursor smoothly, causing new data to replace old on the monitor.
Stream: listen to sound or view images on a computer without having to download the material previously.
Swipe: to slide (a magnetic card) quickly through an electronic device that reads data.
Switch off: to cause (a device) to stop operating by or as if by moving a switch, knob, or lever; turn off.
Switch on: to cause (a device) to operate by or as if by moving a switch, knob, or lever; turn on.
Tap: to enter information or produce copy by tapping on a keyboard.
Text: to send a text message from a mobile phone.
Unplug: to disconnect (an appliance, a telephone, etc.) by removing a plug;  to disconnect by removing a plug from an electrical connection.
Update: to incorporate new or more accurate information in (a database, program, procedure, etc.).
Excited: full of emotions or feelings that have been stirred up or aroused.
Exciting: producing or causing excitement.
Frightened: thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified.
Irritated: annoyed; angered; made impatient; inflamed or made raw, as a part of the body.







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