Shopping Vocabulary and Phrases
Common Shopping Terms
Getting a Discount: conseguir un descuento / discount: descuento
Returning Purchases: devolver las compras / to return: devolver
Purchase: compra / to purchase = to buy: comprar
Using a Credit Card: utilizar tarjeta de crédito
Buying Second-Hand Items: comprar artículos de segunda mano
Item: artículo / object / thing / stuff
Goods: bienes, mercancía / possessions / property
Paying in Installments: pagar a plazos
Bargaining Over the Price: regatear por el precio / bargain: ganga,
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How Can We Prevent Climate Change?
The Urgent Need for Action
Climate change is a pressing global issue affecting citizens worldwide. Temperatures are steadily rising, sea levels are increasing, and sun-related illnesses are becoming more prevalent. We are in a dangerous situation and must take action to prevent further damage.
Practical Tips for Individuals
There are simple steps we can all take to make a difference:
- Separate our rubbish: By separating paper, plastic, and glass from other waste, we
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Adrian Mole’s Summer Adventures
April 4th – 14th, 1982
Adrian Mole was building a model airplane when he decided to conduct an experiment: sniffing glue. The airplane stuck to his nose, and his father had to take him to the hospital. His nose was swollen because he discovered he was allergic to the glue. His classmate, Barry Kent, learned about the accident because his aunt worked as a cleaner at the hospital and spread the news at school.
Pandora, Adrian’s girlfriend, and he always kissed when they
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Numbers
Cardinal Numbers
Spanish: 1.350
English: 1,350 or 1350
Spanish: 1.258.321
English: 1,258,321 or 1258321
Teens
- 13: thirteen
- 14: fourteen
- 15: fifteen
- 16: sixteen
- 17: seventeen
Tens
- 20: twenty
- 30: thirty
- 40: forty
- 50: fifty
- 60: sixty
Compound Numbers
- 21: twenty-one
- 33: thirty-three
- 97: ninety-seven
Hundreds and Thousands
- 100: one hundred
- 200: two hundred
- 1,000: one thousand
- 3,000: three thousand
- 10,000: ten thousand
- 1,000,000: one million
- 4,000,000: four million
Example:
153: one hundred fifty-three
857,112: eight hundred
Essential English Vocabulary and Phrases
Common Words and Expressions
A
- aburrimiento: boredom
- acceder a hacer algo: agree to do something
- aconsejar: to advise
- adosado: terraced house
- almirante: Admiral
- angloparlante: English-speaking
- anteriormente: previously
- anunciante: advertiser
- anuncio de vaqueros: one jeans ad
- anuncio: announce/advert
- apagar: to put out
- apuntas alto: aims high
- arriesgarse: risk
- atracar, llegar: to land
- autopista: motorway
- ayudar a parir: to deliver babies
- a través (de): through
- actualizer: update
- advertencia: warning
- Ajustes de seguridad:
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Neoclassicism
The term Neoclassicism, emerging in the 18th century as a pejorative, describes the aesthetic movement reflecting the Enlightenment’s intellectual principles. These principles, developing since the mid-18th century in philosophy, permeated all areas of culture.
Characteristics of Neoclassicism
- Probability: All depicted events should be possible, omitting the unusual, abnormal, and even the everyday.
- Imitation of Human Nature: Only the good aspects of human nature were portrayed, reflecting