Vocabulary Related to Sports and Shopping
Sports
General Terms
- Be disqualified: Ser descalificado
- Be knocked out: Ser eliminado
- Boo off: Abuchear
- Carry on: Seguir adelante
- Champion/Championship: Campeón/Campeonato
- Cheer on: Animar
- Competition/Competitor: Competición/Competidor
- Crowd: Multitud
- Diver: Buzo
- Drop out: Abandonar
- Endurance: Resistencia
- Event/Final: Evento/Final
- Get through: Llegar al final
- Give up: Rendirse
- League title: Título de liga
- Participant: Participante
- Qualify: Calificar
- Race/Rider: Carrera/Ciclista
- Sign up: Registrarse
- Spectator/Stadium:
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Marcel is a French mouse. He’s a detective and he lives in Paris. But Marcel doesn’t live in Paris all year. Every November he visits London. His old friend – Henry – has a small flat there.
Marcel loves London: the beautiful buildings, the big, black taxis, the museums and shops. He loves Paris, but he loves London, too.
This story is about one of Marcel’s November holidays. It starts at three o’clock on a Tuesday afternoon. Marcel is walking from Knightsbridge to Henry’s flat.
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English Grammar and Vocabulary Guide
Reported Speech
Present Simple to Past Simple:
Example: He said (that) he studied from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Present Continuous to Past Continuous:
Example: She said she was waiting to buy a ticket.
Present Perfect Simple to Past Perfect Simple:
Example: They said they had just eaten.
Other Tense Changes in Reported Speech:
- Past Simple to Past Perfect
- Can to Could
- Will to Would
- Must/Have to to Had to
- May to Might
Changes in Time and Place Expressions:
- This to That
- Here to There
- Today
The Picture of Dorian Gray: A Summary and Analysis
Chapter 1
Basil Hallward, a talented painter, is visited by his friend Lord Henry Wotton. They discuss Basil’s new portrait of a strikingly beautiful young man, Dorian Gray. Lord Henry urges Basil to exhibit the portrait, but Basil refuses, believing it reveals too much of his own emotions and artistic soul.
Chapter 2
In Basil’s garden, Lord Henry continues to persuade Basil to exhibit the portrait. Basil, however, fears that the painting exposes his hidden feelings for Dorian, feelings he is unwilling
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