Keywords to Make Our Writing Better

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IES LA ARBOLEDA KEY WORDS TO MAKE OUR ENGLISH WRITING BETTER VERBS: 1.- Take place: Tener lugar, ocurrir. 1.- 2.- Develop (reg): desarrollar. 3.- Succeed (in) (reg): tener éxito en. 4.- Agree (reg): estar de acuerdo. 5.- Cause (reg): causar 6.- Solve (reg): solucionar. 7.- Put an end to = fínish: poner fin a - 8.- Fail (in) (reg): fallar, fracasar, suspender 9.- Deserve (reg) merecer. 10. Lead -led- led: guiar, conducir a 11. Mean-meant-meant (+Ving): implicar,suponer 12. Result (in) (reg): Traer como consecuencia. 13. Make a good/bad use of: Hacer buen/mal uso. 14. Benefit (from): beneficiarse de. 15. Damage (reg): perjudicar. 16. Prevent somebody from + Ving. Impedir 17. Make sure + of7that + clause: asegurarse. 18. State (reg) : afirmar, exponer,declarar. 19. Stress (reg): recalcar, hacer hincapié. 20- Advise (reg): aconsejar. 21. Report (reg): informar, dar parte de 22. Come to a conclusión: Llegar a una conclusión 23. Be willing (+ To Infínitíve): Estar dispuesto a 24. Be unwilling: ser reacio a 25. Reject (reg) = Turn down: rechazar 26. Lie-lay-lain (in): Estar tumbado/estar situado 27. Be located: estar situado en (lugares) 28. Have nothing to do with: no tener nada que ver 29- Share (reg): compartir 30. SOME PREPOSITIONAL VERBS -Depend on (reg); - Insist on (reg) - Listen to (reg) - Talk to (reg) -Deal with (deal-dealt-dealt): tratar de; ir sobre -Worry about (reg) - Care about: importar -Be aware of (estar enterado de) - Remind someone of (reg) recordarle a alguier -Suffer from (reg): padecer de -Belong to (reg) pertenecer .- - Be responsible for: ser responsable de - Blame (someone) for: culpar por - Have influence on: Tener influencia en 31.- Have in common: tener en común 32.- Replace (reg) sustituir 33.- Wonder (reg): preguntarse 34.- Struggle (reg): luchar, hacer todo lo posible 35.- Do one's best: Hacer algo lo mejor posible LINGUISTIC FUNCTIONS: 1.- Listing points (enumerar) - First/ Firstly/First of all. - Second/ Secondly -Third/thirdly - Finally/ Lastly/ last but not least. 2.- Givíng examples - For example - For instance - such as (como, tales como) 3.- Giving personal opinions 3. -1 agree with (something or somebody) -1 agree that..... -1 agree strongly up to a point / to a certain extent -1 disagree = I don't agree - To my mind / In my opinion / In my view - From my point of view. 4.- Making generalizations - In general - Broadly speaking=Roughly speaking - Basically 5.- Expressing contrasts -But - However=Nevertheless (sin embargo) -Whereas=While (mientras) - On the one hand.....On the other hand - Although/ even though +-Clause - Despite = In spite of + Ving + noun. - Despite/ In spite of the fact + Clause. 6.- Giving conclusions - In short -To sum up -In conclusion 7.- Rephrasing ideas - In other words. -That is to say - To make a long story short (colloq) 8.- Saying obvious things - Obviously/ No doubt e -There is no need to say that..... ¡ -I needn't say that... -Everybody knows.....

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IES LA ARBOLEDA KEY WORDS TO MAKE OUR ENGLISH WRITING BETTER

VERBS: 1.- Take place: Tener lugar, ocurrir. 1.- 2.- Develop (reg): desarrollar. 3.- Succeed (in) (reg): tener éxito en. 4.- Agree (reg): estar de acuerdo. 5.- Cause (reg): causar 6.- Solve (reg): solucionar. 7.- Put an end to = fínish: poner fin a - 8.- Fail (in) (reg): fallar, fracasar, suspender 9.- Deserve (reg) merecer. 10. Lead -led- led: guiar, conducir a 11. Mean-meant-meant (+Ving): implicar,suponer 12. Result (in) (reg): Traer como consecuencia. 13. Make a good/bad use of: Hacer buen/mal uso. 14. Benefit (from): beneficiarse de. 15. Damage (reg): perjudicar. 16. Prevent somebody from + Ving. Impedir 17. Make sure + of7that + clause: asegurarse. 18. State (reg) : afirmar, exponer,declarar. 19. Stress (reg): recalcar, hacer hincapié. 20- Advise (reg): aconsejar. 21. Report (reg): informar, dar parte de 22. Come to a conclusión: Llegar a una conclusión 23. Be willing (+ To Infínitíve): Estar dispuesto a 24. Be unwilling: ser reacio a 25. Reject (reg) = Turn down: rechazar 26. Lie-lay-lain (in): Estar tumbado/estar situado 27. Be located: estar situado en (lugares) 28. Have nothing to do with: no tener nada que ver 29- Share (reg): compartir 30. SOME PREPOSITIONAL VERBS -Depend on (reg); - Insist on (reg) - Listen to (reg) - Talk to (reg) -Deal with (deal-dealt-dealt): tratar de; ir sobre -Worry about (reg) - Care about: importar -Be aware of (estar enterado de) - Remind someone of (reg) recordarle a alguier -Suffer from (reg): padecer de -Belong to (reg) pertenecer .- - Be responsible for: ser responsable de - Blame (someone) for: culpar por - Have influence on: Tener influencia en 31.- Have in common: tener en común 32.- Replace (reg) sustituir 33.- Wonder (reg): preguntarse 34.- Struggle (reg): luchar, hacer todo lo posible 35.- Do one's best: Hacer algo lo mejor posible

LINGUISTIC FUNCTIONS: 1.- Listing points (enumerar) - First/ Firstly/First of all. - Second/ Secondly -Third/thirdly - Finally/ Lastly/ last but not least. 2.- Givíng examples- For example - For instance - such as (como, tales como) 3.- Giving personal opinions3. -1 agree with (something or somebody) -1 agree that..... -1 agree strongly up to a point / to a certain extent -1 disagree = I don't agree - To my mind / In my opinion / In my view - From my point of view. 4.- Making generalizations- In general - Broadly speaking=Roughly speaking - Basically 5.- Expressing contrasts -But - However=Nevertheless (sin embargo) -Whereas=While (mientras) - On the one hand.....On the other hand - Although/ even though +-Clause - Despite = In spite of + Ving + noun. - Despite/ In spite of the fact + Clause. 6.- Giving conclusions- In short -To sum up -In conclusion 7.- Rephrasing ideas - In other words. -That is to say - To make a long story short (colloq) 8.- Saying obvious things- Obviously/ No doubt e -There is no need to say that..... ¡ -I needn't say that... -Everybody knows.....

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NOUNS: 1.- Feature: característica 2.- Behaviour: comportamiento 3.- Meaning: significado 4.- Human being: ser humano 5.- Individual: individuo 6.- Mankind: humanidad 7.- (to do) harm: ( hacer) daño, perjuicio 8.- Landscape: paisaje 9.- Resources: recursos (en el amplio sentido) 10- Event: acontecimiento 11- Amount: cantidad 12- Boundary= borden límite, frontera 13- Resemblance: semejanza 14- Development: desarrollo 15- (in a) Mess= chaos: desastre, caos 16.- a kind of= a sort of: un tipo de; una clase de 17.- a waste of: una perdida o desperdicio 18.- Knowledge (incontable): conocimiento(s) 19- Disease= Illness: enfermedad 20- A good humour A bad sense of responsibility A deep duty A wrong justice, freedom, 21.- Feeling: sentimiento 22.- Crowd: multitud, gentío 23.- Punishment: castigo 24.-Advantage # Disadvantage: ventaja# desvent 25.-Advantanges and disadvantages:pros & cons 26- Effect: efecto. 27- Danger: peligro 28- Issue: tema; 29- Problem 30- Solution 31- Life#death 32- Aim/ Target objetivo, blanco 33- (to play) the role: (desempeñar el) rol, papel ADJETIVOS. 1.- main= the most important 2.- relevant: 3.- essential 4.- meaningful # meaningless 5.- key= clave 6.- well-known : conocido 7.- harmful # harmless – prejudicial/inocuo 8.- proud of: orgulloso – 9.- sensitivo: sensible – 10. sensible: sensato – 11. old-fashioned # fashionable - In (to be in fashion # to be out of fashion) 12.- skillful (at, in): hábil

9.- Adding extra Information - Besides: además - Furthermore: Es más,... - What's more: Es más - In addition (to this),... 10.- Expressing cause - Because / as (conjunción)+ Clause - Because of + Noun -Due to (prep) - Owing to + Ving- - This is why + Clause - (have) a reason + Inf: una razón para 11. Expressing consequence or result- so + adj/adv + that............ - so much /so many + noun + that..... - such (a) + (adj) + noun + that - As a consequence ... - As a result , como consecuencia - Consequently - So: por lo tanto; por consiguiente - Therefore/ Thus: por lo tanto 12.- Expressing purpose (finalidad) - In order to - To +Infinitive (mismo sujeto) - So as (not) to - so that/ so + Clause (normalmente distinto Sujeto) 13.- Expressíng probability- probably: probablemente - To be likely to: ser probably - In all probability:con toda probabilidad - There's a good chance that: es muy probable 14.- Expressing a conditíon - If: si - Unless: a menos que - as long as/provided/providing: con tal que - Otherwise: de lo contrario. - On the condition that. Con la condición de que - In case: por si acaso

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MASS MEDIA:1.- Media: medios de comunicación 2.- Broadcast-Broadcast-Broadcast: transmitir 3.- Televisión television set: aparato de televisión programme (BrE) program (AmE): programa serial: serie series: serie chat-show: prog. de entrevistas informales documentary: documental soap opera: culebrón. Quiz-show: programa concurso The news: telediario 4.- Press newpaper (paper): periódico magazine: revista tabloid: periódico sensacionalista journalist: periodista reader: lector literate # illiterate: culto/ analfabeto - article: artículo - headlines: titulares. 5.- Radio radio station: emisora (to be) on the air: estar en el aire. >.- Advertising Advertising: publicidad Advertise: anunciar Advertisement/ advert/ ad: anuncio Commercial: anuncio (tele o radio) Market: mercado Marketing: comercialización. Billboard: valla publicitaria. Target: objetivo/blanco. Consumers: consumidores. Hidden persuaders: persuasores ocultos. Advertising aims: -sell -sold -sold -create needs: crear necesidades -inform -hide the negative aspects. -Persuade or convince: persuadir o convencer -Have influence on: tener influencia en -Put emphasis on (stress the attractive aspects)

15.- Expressing surprise -what (a) +(adj) + noun!; qué - such (a) + (adj) + noun!: tan - how + Adj/adverb: qué - so + adj/ adverb: tan - so much + uncountable noun - so many + plural noun. 16.- Telling storíes (linkers & phrases) - There was /were once: Había una vez - Once upon a time: Erase una vez - Used to: solía / imperfecto»indicativo - In the past - Nowadays/ currently/ at present - Suddenly: de repente - so far: por ahora (con present Perf) - at dawn/ at sunrise : al amanecer - at sunset/ at dusk: al atardecer - From now on: de ahora en adelante - From time to time: de vez en cuando - All night/day long: todo la noche/día - Every other day/: un día sí y otro no. - at first. Al principio - before : antes + 1: noun after: después + 2:clause(S+V+C) + 3: + Ving - afterwards/Next: a continuación - as soon as: tan pronto como - at the end : al final -at last!: por fin. Expressing frequency (How often?) recuerda su posición: I.- Entre sujeto y verbo II.- Si hay auxiliar, después de él.) - always: siempre; - usually/often - sometimes - hardly/seldom/rarely; - never - Once a day/year/week/month -Twice ; - Three /Fout times a 18.- Letter wríring -Dear Michael,.... - Give my regards to... (da recuerdos) -1 hope to hear from you soon - All the best - Dear Sir/ Madam - I'm writing in connection with.... - Thank you for your letter of (date) -1 look forward to your reply - In reply to your (advertisement,etc) - Please send me fiírther details. -1 endose a curriculum vitat* - Yours faithfully, Yoürs sincerely

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WAR AND PEACE:-( be) at war. -Declare war on: declare - Battle: batalla - Conflict The Navy: la marina The Army: ejercito (de tierra) The Air Forces: fuerzas aereas Join the army: alistarse al ejercito Troop: tropa Soldier: soldado Shoot-shot-shot: disparar (Take) revenge on Shelter: vb.-refugiarse n.- refugio, cobijo Threat: amenaza Threaten: amenazar Coward (noun): cobarde Cowardly (adj): cobarde Prisoner: prisionero Imprison (vt): apresar ; Prison Refugee: refugiado Battlefield: campo de batalla Torture: tortura Execution: ejecución. To defend: defender Defence: defensa Defenceless (adj): indefenso Victory: victoria Defeat (reg): derrotar (to suffer) a defeat: sufrir uan derrota To risk: arriesgar (to run) a risk: (correr) un riesgo (to be) at risk: estar en peligro. Guns: pistolas Weapons= arms: armas. Shell: (noun): proyectil. To shell: lanzar proyectiles Safe: (adj) :seguro (a salvo, fuera de peligro) Secure (adj): seguro (a nivel psicológico) (to be) sure: (adj): seguro, (tener la certeza) Courage: valentía Brave: valiente Hero: héroe To have guts: tener agallas. Enemy: enemigo Peaceful # peaceless Peace-keeping forces: fuerzas de paz. Concentration camp: campo de concentración. Reléase: liberar.

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