Glossary of Common Terms
C
Coat
A garment.
Cookie
Unleavened bread, baked twice for longer preservation.
D
Doodle
An irregular feature drawn with a pen, pencil, etc.
Drawer
A sliding compartment in a desk used to store items.
G
Gabardine
A robust diagonal fabric.
Gabela
Levies, taxes, or contributions paid to the State.
Galbana
Laziness, apathy, or low desire to do something.
Gallicism
Use of French words or phrases in another language.
Gallardo
Unfettered, graceful, and gallant. Also, brave.
Gallego
A native of Galicia.
Gallo
A bird of the Galliformes
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PRESENTATION: Forensic Traumatology
Lesion: Any damage to the body, organ, or mental health of an individual, internally or externally caused by physical, chemical, biological, or psychological mechanisms, used by an attacker without causing the victim’s death.
DAMAGE TO THE BODY:
All changes that compromise anatomical integrity, whether internal or external.
HEALTH DAMAGE:
Infringement of any bodily or mental functions, clinical signs or symptoms, and detectable alterations in paraclinical tests.
DEFORMITY:
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Have a happy and rewarding life is easier with a healthy body and mind. The pain, discomfort, and fatigue are obstacles to our wellbeing. However, to maintain good health is not enough to trust in doctors. We must know ourselves what we can do to maintain and improve our health.
It can analyze the issue of health from several perspectives. First, we consider the diet. Spiritual practitioners usually abandon, or at least reduce, intake of animal protein such as meat because this kind of food involves
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Multi-Word Verbs
Multi-word verbs are divided into four classes:
Phrasal Verbs
Verbs followed by adverbial particles. Intransitive: Cheer up! Common in conversation and fiction. Most common intransitive phrasal verbs are activity ones used as commands. Declarative clauses: He just sat down and grumbled all the time. Common intransitive combination: come on (exclamation, pre-departure order, or to start). Go on is also very common. Transitive phrasal verbs can have the particle placed after the direct
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Vocabulary
Certainty and Doubt
- Certainly: sin duda
- Definitely: definitivamente
- Maybe: quizá
- Perhaps: quizá
- Possibly: posiblemente
- Probably: probablemente
- Surely: seguramente
Authenticity
- Authentic: auténtico
- Fake: falso
- Genuine: genuino
- Made-up: inventado
- Real: real
- True: verdadero
Common Prefixes
- Ex-boyfriend: ex-novio
- Ex-president: ex-presidente
- International: internacional
- Internet: internet
- Microgram: microgramo
- Microwave: microondas
- Non-fiction: que no es ficción
- Non-smoking: no fumadores
- Over-cook: cocinar demasiado
- Overreact:
Comprehensive English Verb Thesaurus
A
Accept
accept
Ache
pain
Add
add, adding
Admire
admire
Admit
admit
Advertise
notices
Advise
advise
Agree
agree, specify
Allow
allow, consent
Amuse
to entertain, distract
Answer
answer, reply
Apologize
apologize
Appear
to appear, resemble
Arrange
fix, order
Arrive
arrive, get
Ask
ask, inquire
Attack
attack
Attend
attend, participate
B
Bake
cook (oven)
Bath
bathing, washing
Believe
believe, understand
Belong
belong
Boil
boil
Breathe
breathe
Brush
brushing
C
Call
call, visit
Carry
carry
Change
change
Chat
chat
Clean
clean
Clear
clarify, clear
Climb
climbing, ascending
Complain
complain,
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