English Vocabulary Units 1-7: Environment, Crime, and More
Unit 1: Memory & Feelings
Memory
- Appointment: cita
- Calendar:
- Diary:
- Forget:
- Learn by heart: aprender de memoria
- Memorize:
- Memory:
- Mind: mente
- Recall:
- Record:
- Remember:
- Remind:
Feelings
- Amazed:
- Angry:
- Astonished: asombrado
- Cross: cruzar
- Delighted: encantado
- Devastated: devastado
- Frightened:
- Furious:
- Glad: alegre
- Heartbroken: desconsolado
- Pleased: satisfecho
- Scared:
- Surprised:
- Terrified:
- Thrilled: emocionado
- Upset: trastornado
Unit 2: Environment
- Bottle bank:
- Carbon footprint:
- Dump: vertedero
- Environment:
- Get rid of: deshacerse de
- Green:
- Packaging: embalaje
- Pollution:
- Recycle:
- Recycling bin:
- Reuse:
- Rubbish:
- Rubbish bin:
- Throw something away: lanzar algo
- Waste: residuos
- Carbon offsetting: compensación carbon
- Climate change:
- Congestion charge: carga congestion
- Energy-saving:
- Environmentally friendly:
- Exhaust fumes: gases de escape
- Fossil fuels: combustibles fosiles
- Global warming:
- Greenhouse gases: gases invernadero
- Polar ice caps:
- Renewable energy:
- Sea level:
- Solar panel: panel solar
- Unleaded petrol: gasoline sin plomo
- Wind farm: granja eólica
Unit 3: Achievements & Work
Achievements
- Achieve: lograr
- Achievement: logro
- Challenging: desafiante
- Fail: fallar
- Fulfil: cumplir
- Get sth right: hacerlo bien
- Get sth wrong:
- Goal: objetivo
- Motivated:
- Overcome: superar
- Pass:
- Put pressure on: ejercer presión sobre
- Satisfying: satisfactorio
- Strength: fuerza
- Under pressure: bajo presión
- Weakness:
Work
- Ad, advert: anuncio
- Applicant: solicitante
- Application form: formulario solicitante
- Apply:
- Boss: jefe
- Employer: empresario
- Experience:
- Fill sth: llenar algo
- Full-time:
- Interview:
- Job centre:
- Part-time:
- Position:
- Post: enviar
- Reference:
- Vacancy:
- Wages: salario
Unit 4: Travel & Culture
- Abroad: en el extranjero
- Border: frontera
- Culture shock: choque cultural
- Currency: moneda
- Custom: personalizado
- Expatriate:
- Foreign: exterior
- Foreigner: extranjero
- Homesick: nostálgico
- Hometown: ciudad natal
- Inhabitant: habitante
- Mother tongue:
- Official language:
- Crossing: cruce
- Flight: vuelo
- Journey:
- Travel:
- Trip:
- Voyage:
- Arrivals hall: sala llegadas
- Baggage reclaim: reclamo equipaje
- Boarding gate: puerta embarque
- Check-in desk: registrarse oficina
- Customs: aduana
- Departure lounge: sala de espera
- Passport control:
Unit 5: Relationships & Idioms
Relationships
- Acquaintance: conocido
- Advice: consejo
- Classmate:
- Close: cercano
- Discuss: discutir
- Fall out: caer
- Get on: congeniar
- Gossip: cotilleo, chisme
- Habit: hábito
- Make up with sb: hacer las paces con
- Pick on sb: criticar
- Relative:
- Stand up for sb: defender
- Trust: confianza
- Ask sb out:
- Break up with: romper con alguien
- Chat sb up: chatear
- Couple: pareja
- Date: cita
- Dump: deshacerse de
- Ex: ex
- Fall for sb: caer en
- Flirt with: ligar con
- Get back together: volver juntos
- Go out with sb:
- Row: escándalo
- Stand sb up:
- Hit it off: llevarse bien con
- Break someone’s heart:
- Love at first sight: amor a primera vista
- Pop the question: proponer matrimonio
- The love of your life:
- Tie the knot: dar el sí
Idioms
- Get it straight from the horse’s mouth:
- Have butterflies in your stomach:
- Let the cat out of the bag: irse de la lengua
- Take the bull by the horns: tomar al toro por los cuernos
- Wouldn’t hurt a fly:
- Bring on: provocar
- Look after: cuidar
- Take up: comenzar
- Pick up: recoger
- Come across: encontrarse
- Go over: dar vueltas
- Look into: revisar
- Turn up: aparecer
Unit 6: Animals
- Breed: Raza
- Cage: Jaula
- Endangered species: Especies en peligro de extinción
- Ethical: Ético
- Experiment: Experimentar
- Extinct:
- Factory farm: Granja industrial
- Free-range: Rango libre
- Human guinea:
- Hunt: Cazar
- In captivity: En cautividad
- Laboratory:
- Mistreat: Maltratar
- Research: Investigar, investigación
- Species:
- Tame: Domar
- Vegetarian:
- Wildlife:
- Carnivore:
- Feed: Alimentar
- Food chain: Cadena de comida
- Give birth to: Dar a luz a
- Herbivore:
- Hibernate:
- Invertebrate:
- Lay eggs: Poner huevos
- Mammal: Mamífero
- Nocturnal:
- Offspring: Descendencia
- Omnivore:
- Predator: Depredador
- Prey: Presa
- Primate:
- Reptile:
- Vertebrate:
- Young:
Unit 7: Crime & Justice
- Burgle: Robar
- Fare-dodge: Esquivar una tarifa
- Graffiti:
- Drop litter: Tirar basura
- Mug: Jarra
- Pickpocket: Carterista
- Pirate:
- Push: Empujar
- Rob: Robar
- Shoplift: Hurtar en tiendas
- Smuggle: Contrabando
- Speed: Velocidad
- Steal: Robar
- Tout: Revendedor
- Vandalize: destrozar
- Accuse sb of: Acusar de
- Acquit sb of: Absolver a alguien
- Arrest sb for: Arrestar a alguien
- Charge sb with: Acusarla con
- Convict sb of: Condenar a alguien
- Court: Corte
- Defendant: Acusado
- Evidence: Prueba
- Fine: Multa
- Fine sb for: Multar a alguien por
- Judge: Juez
- Jury: Jurado
- Lawyer: Abogado
- Sentence sb to: Sentenciar a alguien
- Suspect sb of: Sospechar de alguien
- Trial: Juicio
- Verdict: Veredicto
- Witness: Testigo