VOCABULARY UNIT 6-8

CREATIVITY

Busy recyclable rubbish: The rubbish that can be recycled is put underground.

Destroy forest: It is the action that is carried out to end the forests, either when works are done, roads or forest burns.

Dump recyclable waste: When throwing scrap or recycled material somewhere.

Poison fish: Is the consequence of throwing some type of poison in the rivers.

Pollute rivers: Action that consists in throwing to a river any product that has as consequence the pollution of the same.

Preserve trees:  Take any action to keep the trees and to protect them.

Protect fields: Action necessary to shield fields to be productive.

Recycle electronic gadgets: Reclaim electronic devices to give it a different use.

Reduce waste: Action to decrease the production of scraps.

Reuse plastic bags: use several times the plastic bags.

Save water: Do everything you need to avoid wasting water.

Throw away newspapers: Do not reuse or recycle newspapers.

Accessory: an extra part that improves or completes the basic part.

Belt: a band of flexible material that encircles the waist.

Earring: an ornament worn or hanging from the lobe of the ear.

Handbag: a bag or box of leather, fabric, plastic, or the like, held in the band on carried by means of a handle or strap, commonly used by women for holding money, toilet articles, small purchases, etc.

Necklace: a piece of jewelry worn around the neck, as a string of pearls.

Ring: a usually thin, circular band of strong material, such as gold, worn on the finger as an ornament, etc.

Automatic: having the capability of operating independently without human aid;

Convenient: suitable or agreeable to the purpose; useful; helpful.

Efficient:  performing or functioning effectively with the least waste of time and effort; competent. Satisfactory and economical to use.

Fixed: Fixed computer that is not portable.

Heavy: of great weight; hard to lift or carry.

High-quality: Product or high quality material.

Impractical: Not practical or useful.

Inconvenient: not easily reachable or close at hand; not suiting one’s needs or purposes.

Inefficient: not efficient; unable to effect or achieve the desired result with reasonable economy of means.

Light: Something of little weight; not heavy.

Low-quality: Product or material of poor quality.

Manual: operated by hand rather than mechanically; a book giving instructions on how something works or on how to do something.

Portable: that can be transported; easily carried by hand; (of data, software) able to be used on different computer systems.

Reliable: capable of being relied on; always or often dependable in character, judgment or result.

Time-consuming: (of an action) requiring or wasting much time.

Useful: Being of use of service; serving some purpose; of practical use; as for doing work; producing material results.

Useless:  without useful qualities; of no practical good; not serving the purpose or any purpose.

Bury:  to put (a dead body) in the ground or a vault, or into the sea, often with ceremony; to put in the ground and cover with earth.

Destroy:  to ruin (a thing) by demolishing; injure beyond repair; to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving.

Dump: to throw away or discard (garbage, etc)

Poison: to kill or injure with or as if with poison.

Pollute: to make foul or unclean, esp. with harmful chemical or waste products; contaminate.

Preserve: to keep (something) alive or in existence; make (something) lasting.

Protect: to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, insult, etc; cover; shield.

Recycle: to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse.

Reduce: to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.

Reuse: to use again.

Save: to avoid the using up of (some resource).

Throw away:  to dispose of; get rid of; discard.

Functional language                                                         Lenguaje funcional

Talking about food                                                  Hablando sobre comida

How is it cooked?                                                      ¿Cómo se cocina?

It’s cooked on the grill/ in the oven/ in a pan.           Está cocinado en la parrilla/ en el horno/  en una cacerola

What’s that made with?                                             ¿Con qué está hecho?

What does it come with?/ What is it served with?    ¿Cómo  se hace esto? ¿Con qué se sirve?

It comes with…./ It’s served with                             Viene con… . Se sirve con….      

What has it got on? In it?                                          ¿Qué tiene encima?/ dentro?

It’s got ….on/ in it.                                                    Tiene encima/dentro

That smells/ looks/ sounds/ tastes…                         Eso huele/ parece/ suena/ sabe..

I don’t like the smell/ look/ sound/ taste of that!      No me gusta el olor/ el aspecto/ el sonido/ el sabor de eso!

I’m fond/ not very fond of ….                                  Me gusta mucho(me encanta)/ no me gusta mucho

I’m keen/ not very keen on                                       Estoy interesado/ no estoy interesado en         

..are favourites/ is a favourite of mine.                     Son mis favoritos/ es mi favorito.

I can’t resist..                                                             No lo puedo resistir…

LIVING TOGETHER

Charming: pleasing; delightful; a person who has a lot of charm.

Clever: mentally bright;  having sharp or quick intelligence; showing inventiveness or originally; ingenious.

Competitive: overly interested in competing; able to match or exceed one’s competitors.

Confident: sure of oneself; having strong belief or full assurance.

Generous: free in giving or sharing; unselfish.

Jealous: full of a feeling of resentment or anger about someone’s success, achievements, advantages, etc; envious. Feeling resentment against someone because of that person’s rivalry, success, or advantages.

Lazy: unwilling to work or perform effort, activity, or exertion; indolent. Averse or disinclined to work or activity.

Loyal: faithful to a person or thing thought to deserve it; faithful to any leader, party, or cause, or to any person or thing conceived as deserving fidelity.

Proud: feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something thought of as bringing credit or honor to oneself.

Upset: distressed; disturbed.

Sad: feeling unhappiness or grief.

Selfish: caring only chiefly for oneself; characterized by or manifesting concern or care only for oneself.

Sensible: having, using, or showing good sense or sound judgment.

Sensitive: readily or easily affected by stimuli; readily or excessively affected by external agencies or influences; aware of and responsive to the feelings of others.

Sociable: friendly or agreeable in company or companionable; inclined to associate with or be in the company of others

Strong: having, showing, or involving great power in the body or muscles; physically vigorous.

Stubborn: unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving.

Talkative: willing or ready to talk a great deal.

Thoughtful: showing consideration or care for others; considerate.

Unpredictable: not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold.

Vain: overly proud of or concerned about one’s own appearance, qualities, achievements; ineffectual or unsuccessful; useful; futile.

Fall out: stop being friends with someone because of an argument.

Get on with: have a friendly relationship with someone.

Look up to: respect someone.

Make up: make friends with someone after an argument.

Pick on: treat someone unfairly.

Put up with: accept something that is annoying.

Tell off: speak angrily to someone for doing something wrong.

Turn off: go to someone for help or advice.

Abandoned: left behind or deserted.

Cub: the young of certain animals; esp. the bear, wolf, or lion; a young and inexperienced person.

Endangered: threatened with a danger or extinction.

Furry: made up of, resembling, or covered with fur or something furlike.

Handler: a person who trains a boxer or who trains dogs and exhibits them in dog shows; a person who exhibits a dog in a bench show or field trial.

Rescue: to liberate or take by forcible or illegal means from lawful custody; to bring (someone or something) out of danger, attack, harm, etc; deliver or save.

They won’t hang around: they will not wait (without doing anything), they will not waste time.