ENGLISH PROJECT

GOTHIC LITERATURE

PHRASAL VERBS AND EXTRA VOCABULARUY

Cheer up: If someone cheers up, or something cheers someone up, they startto feel happier. She was sick so I sent her some flowers to cheer her up.

Work out: to exercise in order to improve the strength or appearance of your body. Huw works out in the gym two or three times a week.

Cut down: to do or use less of something. I'm trying to cut down on caffeine.

Chill out: To completely relx. The club has three rooms, a chill room, and two dance floors.

Face up: to accept that a difficult situation exists. She's going to have to face up to the fact that he's not going to marry her.

Calm down: to stop feeling upset, angry, or excited, or to stop someone feeling this way. She sat down and took a few deep breaths to calm herself down.

Slow down: to be less active and relax more. The doctor has told him to slow down or he'll have a heart attack.

Open up: to start to talk more about yourself and your feelings. I've never opened up to anyone like I do to you.

Anxious: worried and nervous. My mother always gets a bit anxious if we don't arrive when we say we will.

Cheerful: happy and positive. You're in a cheerful mood this morning.

Dynamic: having a lot of ideas and enthusiasm. She's young and dynamic and will be a great addition to the team.

Grumpy: easily annoyed and complaining. I hadn't had enough sleep and was feeling kind of grumpy.

Sleepy: A sleepy place is quiet and without much activity or excitement. They retired to a sleepy little town in the south of Italy.

VOCABULARY -THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM-

THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM

Autos-da-fé (autos de fe): ceremony of burning people.

Blade (hoja, filo): sharp edge used for cutting.

Choked (ahogaba, asfixiaba, paralizaba): made difficult to breathe; to stop the breath of (someone) by squeezing or blocking the windpipe; to hinder or stop the breathing of (a person or animal) esp. by constricting the windpipe or by asphyxiation.

Craved (anhelaba, ansiaba): had a strong desire or need.

Crawled out (salían, surgían de): came out slowly.

Damp (húmedo, mojado): a bit wet; slightly; moist.

Dungeon (calabozo, mazmorra): dark prison underground; a strong, dark prision or cell, usually underground, such as in a medieval castle.

Faint (desmayarme): lose consciousness temporarily.

Fungus (hongo, moho): plant that feeds on decaying produce.

Gasped (respire con dificultad, jadeé): caught one´s breath to show surprise or horror

Glow (brillo, resplandor): a steady light; a light emitted by or as if by a substance heated to luminosity.

Groped (fui a tientas, tanteé: moved hands to feel for something that cant´t see.

Outstretched (extendida): extended, stretched forth.

Razor (navaja de afeitar, cuchilla de afeitar): a metal instrument with a sharp edge, used for shaving the face or the hair.

Rub (frotar, restregar, raspar) : spread something over a surface; move, spread or apply with friction over something;  move (two things) with pressure and friction over each other.

Shrink away (evitar, escaparme, alejarme): move away

Slippery (resbaladizo): smooth and difficult to walk on; tending or liable to cause slipping or sliding, as ice, oil, a wet surface.

Spiced (especiada, condimentada): containing a lot of spices; a strong-smelling or sweet vegetable substance, such as pepper or cinnamon, used to season food.

Strap (correa): a narrow piece of leather; a narrow strip of flexible material, esp. leather, used for fastening or holding things together.

Tore off (quite, arranqué): removed roughly.

Writhed (se retorcía): twisted and turned in pain.

VOCABULARY -THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH-

THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH

Bizarre (extraño, estrafalario): unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often-involving incongruous or unexpected elements; odd.

Carefree (despreocupado, desenfadado): being without worry; without anxiety or worry; requiring little care; without any problems or worries.

Chimes (campanadas): ringing of a clock to mark the hour; a set of bells producing musical tones when struck.

Dared to (se atrevió a hacer algo): had the courage to do something; to challenge or persuade (a person) into a demonstration of courage or to do something.

Decay (descomposición, deterioro, decadencia): no longer fresh; a gradual and continuing decline; to cause to become decomposed, o decline in health or prosperity; the act or process of decomposing; the state of being decomposed.

Dizziness (mareo, vahído):a feeling of head turning round, and loss of balance;  having a sensation of things going round and round; giddy; causing giddiness or confusion; having a sensation of sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall.

Dripping (goteando): falling in small drops; the act of something that drips.

Grabbed (cogieron, agarraron): took roughly; to seize suddenly eagerly, or roughly.

Pour(salir, brotar, manar): cause liquid to flow; to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles)flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something.

Stained glass (vidrieras policromadas): different coloured pieces of glass making a pattern; glass that has been colored, enameled, painted, or stained, esp. by having pigments baked onto its surface or by having various metallic oxides fused into it, as used in church windows, decorative lampshades.

Streaming (deslumbrando): light shining strongly; to extend in a beam or in rays, as light.

Swung (se balanceó, se movió, osciló): moved from side to side; to move or sway to and fro, as a pendulum or other suspended object; to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above.

Took hold of (tomó las riendas de, se hizo con, se apoderó de): take control of; if something gains complete control or influence over a person or thing.

Turn (giro, vuelta, curva): move in a circular movement;  an act of changing or reversing position or posture;, as by a rotary movement, or as by a movement around something.

Was held (tuvo lugar, sucedió, se celebró): took place.

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UNIT 3 -VOCABULARY-

ADJECTIVES: TECHNOLOGY

Adaptable: capable of being adapted; able to adjust oneself readily to different conditions

Aternative: allowing for a choice between two or more things, propositions or courses of action; being different from the usual; employing of following nontraditional or unconventional ideas, methods, etc.

Chemical: a substance produced by or used in chemistry;  of, used in, or produced by, or concerned with chemistry or chemicals.

Computer-generated: something that is created or made with a computer.

Electronic: of or relating to electronics or to devices, circuits and systems developed through electronics;  of pertaining to, or controlled by computers, or computer products and services.

Energy-saving: It is the system or way of doing things to achieve the consumption of energy.

High-tech: a style of design for the interior of a hose, apartment, office, etc, using or resembling materials or designs found in industry; of, pertaining to, or suggesting high-tech or high technology.

Innovative: tending to innovate or characterized by innovation.

Mechanical: of or relaying to machinery or tools; operated of produced by machinery; lacking freshness; dull or done by habit.

Solar-powered: if refers to everything that works with solar energy.

Sustainable: especially in ecology and economics, which can be maintained for a long time without exhausting resources or causing serious damage to the environment.

Wireless: having no wire; nothing or pertaining to any of various devices that are operated with or actuared by electromagnetic waves.

VERBS: FUNCTIONS

Absorb: to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up; to get the full attention of; to take in without echo or bouncing; to swallow up the identity or individuality of; to engross or engage wholly; to take up or receive by chemical or molecular action.

Boost: to lift or raise by pushing from below; to help (someone), or to advance or aid by speaking well of; promote.

Burn: to (cause to) be on fire; to (cause to) use up or consume fuel and give off energy; to (cause to) be damaged or destroyed by fire, heat or acid.

Crash: to make a loud, clattering noise; to (cause to) break or fall to pieces with noise; to cause (a moving vehicle) to collide with another object violently; to collapse or fail suddenly, such as a financial enterprise.

Perform: to carry out in the proper manner; to carry into effect; execute; to go through or execute in the proper, customary, or established manner; to play or sing a piece of music.

Process: to treat or prepare (raw materials or the like) by some process, as in manufacturing; to accept, handle, and organize (data), esp. electronically.

Release: to free from jail, burden, debt, pain, etc; to let go; to allow to be hnown, issued, published, broadcast or exhibited; to allow or cause (something) to fall, escape.

Repair: to restore to a good or sound condition after damage or decay; fix; to go ta a place; to make up for.

Rest: to refresh oneself, as by sleeping, lying, or being at ease; to be dead; to stop moving; to remain without further notice.

Transport: to carry or convey from one place to another; to carry away by strong emotion or dreams; enrapture; to send into a faraway land especially to a penal colony, as punishment.

EXTRA VOCABULARY

Convert: to change into something of different form or properties;  to (cause to) adopt a different belief, etc; transform; to obtain an equivalent value for in an exchange or calculation, such as money or units of measurement; to turn to nother or a particular use or purpose.

Generate: to bring into existence; to ceate by a natural or chemical process; to create and distribute vitallt and profusely; originate; produce.

Run: to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk; to perform by or as if by running; to go or cross (a distance) in running; to pass something (over or through) quickly; to make a quick trip or visit to (cause to) be a  candidate for election.

Store: to supply or stock with something; to put away for future use; to deposit in a place for keeping; to put or retain (data) in a computer memory unit.

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