Essential Vocabulary and Grammar for English Learners

Essential Vocabulary: Unit 3

  • A needle in a haystack: Una agulla en un pallar
  • Accommodation: Allotjament
  • All the way: Tot el camí
  • Atmosphere: Ambient
  • Awesome: Increïble
  • Back and forth: D’un costat a un altre
  • Check in: Facturar/Registrar
  • Cliff: Precipici
  • College: Universitat
  • Come across: Trobar per casualitat
  • Drop: Deixar (anar)
  • End up: Acabar
  • Eventually: Finalment
  • Experience: Experiència
  • Fall asleep: Adormir-se
  • Far and wide: De tot arreu
  • Fare: Tarifa
  • Find one’s way: Orientar-se
  • Fixed price: Preu fix
  • For the time
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Compound Adjectives & Past Passive in Music

Unit 11: Music Terminology and Grammar

Compound Adjectives

  • Award-winning video (vídeo premiado)
  • Best-selling artist (artista mais vendido)
  • Nice-sounding voice (voz agradável)
  • Record-breaking hit (hit que quebra recordes)
  • High-priced ticket (bilhete de alto preço)
  • Oddly-named group (grupo com nome estranho)
  • Often-downloaded performer (artista frequentemente baixado)
  • Well-known singer (cantor conhecido)

Grammar: Past Passive Voice

The passive voice places the focus of a sentence on the receiver of an action

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Neelima Kumari, Balwant Singh, Mr. Shantaram: Key Moments

Chapter 4

1) What Did Neelima Kumari Have in Her Flat?

Neelima Kumari had been a very famous film actress. She had a big TV, a DVD player, a video recorder, film magazines that had her picture on the front, video cassettes of all her films, and all her acting awards in her flat to remind her of that.

2) What Changed After Neelima’s Mother Died?

Neelima asked Ram to live in her flat. She also went out more often and sometimes stayed out all night.

3) How Did Ram Find Out That Neelima Had a Lover?

Sometimes

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Jack the Ripper: Murders in Whitechapel

Jack the Ripper: The Whitechapel Murders

The five victims of Jack the Ripper were prostitutes who lived in lodgings in London’s Whitechapel district. They had drinking habits, and they used to spend their money on alcohol and paying for a bed wherever they could sleep. Collecting all the testimony about his crimes, we can conclude that Jack the Ripper was a serial murderer of stately appearance, about 30 years old, who used a similar modus operandi. He committed the crimes in a period of three months.

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Key English Vocabulary and Phrases: A Comprehensive List

Essential English Vocabulary and Phrases

This document provides a comprehensive list of essential English vocabulary, phrases, and expressions, along with their corrected spellings and definitions. It’s designed to help learners improve their understanding and usage of the English language.

Common Expressions and Idioms

  • To be worthwhile: To feel valuable.
  • Current news: Recent news.
  • Stock market: Bolsa (Spanish for stock market).
  • Stocks: Inventory of a product.
  • Shares: Stocks in a company.
  • I reckon that:
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Mastering English Grammar: Word Order, Tenses, and More

Word Order

Examples of correct word order in questions:

  • Why did they do that?
  • How much will they pay you?
  • When are you leaving?
  • Are you happy in your new job?
  • Have you ever eaten snails?
  • What do you want?
  • Where did you get the computer from?
  • Is she a teacher?
  • Can you play the guitar?
  • Will you marry me?

Correct Word Order in Sentences

Examples of sentences with correct word order:

  • Do you enjoy studying English?
  • Does she prefer weekdays or weekends?
  • My sister and her boyfriend have just got married.
  • My best friend
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