sábado, 9 de noviembre de 2013

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INTRODUCE THE NEW VOCABULARY YOU HAVE LEARNT.

DO NOT REPEAT YOURSELVES!!!!


REMEMBER:

NEW WORD
WORD IN CONTEXT
YOUR DEFINITION
DEFINITION FROM DICTIONARY
NEW EXAMPLE:


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  1. Lockbox

    You can tell it's for a lockbox by it's build
    Place where you put tools
    A lockable container,a safe
    I saved my money in a lockbox

    Forefinger

    I touched her forefingers to the middle
    The big finger in your hand
    Finger next to the thumb
    I pointed to the board with my forefinger

    Lobby

    So I started crying on the lobby
    Entrance of a building
    Room in the entrance of a building
    I was waiting for her in the lobby

    Tuck

    When dad was tucking me in that night
    To put the bed's clothes into someone to cover him
    Make someone confortable in bed by putting in the bedclothes
    My dad tucked me in that night

    Buddy

    You know that,buddy
    A friend of yours
    A working companion whose cooperation is needed
    Hey buddy,can you help me

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  2. -WEIRD
    -"I didnt understood it, that was so weird"
    -Strenge or bizarre
    -Strange
    -The 5 of July was a rainny day, that was weird


    -BUZZER
    -"I rang the buzzer"
    -Device that produces a buzzing sound, esp one similar to an electric bell without a hammer or gong
    -Bell
    -The buzzer was broken so I had to knock at the door


    -RUG
    -"He looked at the rug in the room"
    -A floor covering, smaller than a carpet
    -Carpet
    -When I get up instead of step on the cold foor I step on my rug


    -WAGE
    -"Recieved the wage for the work"
    -Payment in return for work or services
    -Payment
    -He recieved a wage of 2000 $ for his monthly work


    -SNOOP
    -"I snooped around the apartment"
    -Informal, to pry into the private business of others, investigate
    -To search for information
    -He snooped in the headmaster's files

    Christian

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  3. TO SWEEP UP
    -"Stan was sweeping up in front of the building"
    -To clean the floor with a broom
    -To clean an area of ground using a brush with a handle
    -I always sweep up my bedroom in the evenings

    BREED
    -"People like you are a dying breed"
    -Species
    -A lineage or race
    -There are a lot of dog breeds

    PASTEL
    -He had colored pencils and chalk and pastels
    -A type of crayon or pencil
    -A crayon of this
    -I always use pastels in art class

    TO SHUFFLE
    -I shuffled halfway into the filled book"
    -To walk
    -To walk and move the feet with a small dragging motion
    -I hate the noise produced when people shuffle

    TO BEEP
    -"Every time the beeps would get close together, I´d tell Grandma to shine the flashlight on the spot"
    -A kind of fly
    -A short high-pitched sound
    -My car is always beeping

    TO POKE
    -"I poked the driver´s shoulder until he gave me some attentiom
    -Touch someone again and again
    -To jar or prod
    -She doesn´t like people who poke others

    TO SWALLOW
    -"What if everyone swallowed them?"
    -To throw something
    -To pass through the mouth to the stomach
    -Before swallowing the food, you have to chew it

    PUSSY
    -"I pushed my pussy off the table with the tray of evidence
    -A pet
    -Informal way of saying cat
    -Yesterday, I went to a shop where a lot of pussies were being donated

    TO KNIT
    -"Grandma knitted me white sweeters"
    -To give a present
    -To make by looping and entwining by hand by means of long eyeless needles or by machine
    -Knitting must be really hard

    RETAIL
    -"I was too smart for retail"
    -The action of buying and selling
    -The sale of goods individually or in small quantities to consumers
    -I don´t know anyone who works in retail

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  4. 1. WORD: Weird.
    WORD IN CONTEXT: “That would be so weird, except that the piece in the hospital where babies are born would sound like a crystal chandelier in a houseboat…”
    DICTIONARY DEFINITION: Something rare or strange.
    MY SENTENCE: It was so weird that we couldn’t believe it.

    2. WORD: Bummer.
    WORD IN CONTEXT: “Bummer.” “What’s ‘bummer’?” “It’s a bad thing.”
    DICTIONARY DEFINITION: Something bad.
    MY SENTENCE: To murder someone is a bummer thing.

    3. WORD: Seeped.
    WORD IN THE CONTEXT: Tears seeped between her fingers.
    DICTIONARY DEFINITION: To leak (out).
    MY SENTENCE: The spies leak out in search of information.

    4. WORD: Fistfuls.
    WORD IN CONTEXT: We pulled fistfuls of grass.
    DICTIONARY DEFINITION: Something that can fit in a fist
    MY SENTENCE: I have fistfuls of marble.

    5. WORD: Nightmares.
    WORD IN CONTEXT: I have domesticated animal, nightmares, Microsoft Windows, old people who sit around all day …
    DICTIONARY DEFINITION: Something that it is not “normal” that can occur in your dreams or the real life. Fright or scare.
    MY SENTENCE: Yesterday night I had a nightmare so I wake up quickly and I told to my parents.

    Patricia Ampuero.

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  5. 1- Word: Pouches
    Word in context: which could be in the pouches of our overalls
    Guess of meaning: In our limits
    Dictionary definition: A small flexible baglike container
    My sentence: He was carrying a tobacco pouch

    2- Word: Neat
    Word in context: We all had neat white robes
    Guess of meaning: Ugly, awful
    Dictionary Definition: Clean, tidy
    My sentence: We wore neat clothes for our presentation

    3- Word: Cymbals
    Word in context: But I asked if it would have Zildjian cymbals
    Guess of meaning: Symbol
    Dictionary Definition: A percussion instrument of indefinite pitch consisting of a
    thin circular piece of brass, which vibrates when clashed
    together with another cymbal or struck with a stick
    My sentence: Angela's singing was accompanied by the cymbals that Peter was
    playing

    4- Word: Birdseed
    Word in context: Even if you left your birdseed shirt at home that day
    Guess of meaning: A type of cloth
    Dictionary definition: A mixture of various kinds of seeds for feeding cagebirds
    My sentence: We fed the birds with the birdseeds that we bought last week

    5- Word: Tambourine
    Word in context: I wish I had my tambourine with me now
    Guess of meaning: Drums, an instrument
    Dictionary definition: A percussion instrument consisting of a single drumhead of
    skin stretched over a circular wooden frame hung with pairs
    of metal discs that jingle when it is struck or shaken
    My sentence: While the whole class was singing the song, Greta was playing
    the tambourine

    ELISA SHAN CHENG

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  6. Curse
    in context: scream curse wprds at everybody
    Guess of meaning: bad words
    dictionary:a profane or odscene expression of anger,disgust,surprise,etc..
    Sentence:she said many curse words because she was tired of all

    Bruise
    Context: give myself bruises
    Guess: to hit yourself
    Dictionary: to injure(tissues)without breaking the skin,usually with discoloration,or(of tissues)to be injured in this way
    Sentence: In some bands you have to bruise yourself to be in


    Rattling(adv)
    Windows rattling
    Guess:to move
    Dictipnary: intensifier qualifying something good ,fine pleasant , etc
    A rattling good night

    Gurgle
    Context: I was willing to be annoying
    Guess: almost
    Dictionary:favourable disposed or inclined
    Sentence: She was willing to be the delegate

    Kooke
    Context: I am hooked up to all sorts of machines
    Guess: that he is "connected" to some machines
    Dictionary: to fasten or be fastened with or as if with a hook or hooked

    wimpy
    Context: of it would be overly wimpy
    Guess: weird
    Dictionary: a feeble ineffective person
    Sentence: You are a wimpy person

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  7. -TO SWAT:
    'The way she swatted her left hand at somethinf funny...'
    GUESS OF MEANING: like to react to do something
    DEFINITION: to hit swiftly a fly
    MY SENTENCE: Yesterday I killed a fly with te fly swatter.

    -CREVASSE
    'You fudging crevase-hole dipshiitake!'
    GUESS OF MEANING: I don't know
    DEFINITION: A deep crack or fissure, esp in the ice of a glacier.
    MY SENTENCE: A man was trapped in a crevasse in a mountain of the Andes.

    -GIBE
    'Where are your gibes now, your gambols, your song?'
    GUESS OF MEANING: I don't know
    DEFINITION: to make taunting, heckling or jeering remarks.
    MY SENTENCE: You are making gibes of your classmates.

    -THUMBTACK
    'I didn't know what the thumbtack, the bent spoon...'
    GUESS OF MEANING: I don't know
    DEFINITION: a short tack with a broad smooth head for fastening papers to a drawing board.
    MY SENTENCE: There were no thumbtacks in the cork of my class.

    -KNOB
    'The knob that connected them was neither Something o Nothing.'
    GUESS OF MEANING: I don't know
    DEFINITION: a handle of a door, drawer....
    MY SENTENCE: The knob from the bath has broken down.

    ALVARO TEMPRANO. :)

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  8. -Desperately
    Guess: Something that is very quickly...
    Dictionary: Trying very Hard.
    I desperately wish. . . ( On context)
    White Blazer
    Gues: An object
    Dictionary:Jacket
    She also gave me a white blazer ( On context)
    Cracked up
    Guess: To crack something ...
    Dictionary: Action
    Gerald shook his head and cracked up ... ( On context)
    Patted
    Guess: Any action
    Dictionary: Action of applaud
    I patted his shoulder (On context)
    Knitting
    Guess: Make something
    Dictionary: To make something by Hand
    Grandma was knitting... (On context)

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  9. To tiptoe
    I tiptoed so I wouldn´t be noticed
    Andar de puntillas
    To walk using the front part of your feet
    When my parents are sleeping I try to tiptoe so that they don´t wake up
    Sopping
    I weight 76pounds, 78 pounds when I am sopping wet
    Sudar a chorros
    Soaking very wet
    after running 10km everybody is sopping

    Nightmares
    I had enough of my own nightmares
    pesadillas
    A dream that is very frightening or unpleasant
    when I have nightmares I don´t sleep for the entire night

    Slang
    She wanted more, more slang
    jerga
    very informal words and expressions that are common in spoken lenguaje
    The slang he uses are not very polite

    Knapsack
    I started bringing a knapsack
    mochilla, alforja
    A small ruck sack
    A knapsack was needed for the trip

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  10. BOWING

    1.to lower (one's head) or bend (one's knee or body) as a sign of respect, greeting, assent, or shame

    SQUEEZING

    1.to grip or press firmly, esp so as to crush or distort; compress
    2.to crush or press (something) so as to extract (a liquid): to squeeze the juice from an orange, to squeeze an orange
    3.to apply gentle pressure to, as in affection or reassurance: he squeezed her hand
    4.to push or force in a confined space: to squeeze six lettuces into one box, to squeeze through a crowd
    5.to hug closely
    6.to oppress with exacting demands, such as excessive taxes
    7.to exert pressure on (someone) in order to extort (something): to squeeze money out of a victim by blackmail
    8.to lead a card that forces (opponents) to discard potentially winning cards

    TUCKING

    1.(transitive) to push or fold into a small confined space or concealed place or between two surfaces
    2.(transitive) to thrust the loose ends or sides of (something) into a confining space, so as to make neat and secure
    3.to make a tuck or tucks in (a garment)
    (usually tr) to draw together, contract, or pucker

    PETTED

    1.(transitive) to treat (a person, animal, etc) as a pet; pamper
    2.(transitive) to pat or fondle (an animal, child, etc)
    3.(intransitive) informal (of two people) to caress each other in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking (often in the phrase heavy petting)

    LORENA

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