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Essential English Vocabulary and Modal Verb Usage

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Essential Vocabulary: Professions and Occupations

  • Administrator (Administrador/a)
  • Architect (Arquitecto/a)
  • Builder (Albañil/Obrero de construcción)
  • Chef (Cocinero/a)
  • Dentist (Dentista)
  • Doctor (Doctor/a)
  • Engineer (Ingeniero/a)
  • Factory Worker (Trabajador/a de fábrica)
  • Flight Attendant (Azafata/Auxiliar de vuelo)
  • Footballer (Jugador/a de fútbol)
  • Hairdresser (Peluquero/a)
  • Journalist (Periodista)
  • Lawyer (Abogado/a)
  • Bank Manager (Director/a de banco)
  • Model (Modelo)
  • Musician (Músico/a)
  • Nurse (Enfermero/a)
  • Pilot (Piloto de avión)
  • Policeman / Police Officer (Policía / Oficial de policía)
  • Receptionist (Recepcionista)
  • Shop Assistant (Dependiente/a)
  • Soldier (Soldado/a)
  • Teacher (Profesor/a)
  • Vet (Veterinario/a)
  • Waiter (Camarero/a)
  • Businessman / Businesswoman (Hombre/Mujer
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Essential Spanish–English Vocabulary for Learners

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Spanish-English Vocabulary: Set 1

  • 1) Tener, poseer: to own, to possess.
  • Humanidad: humanity, mankind.
  • Dejar de: to give up, to stop.
  • Junto con: along with, together with.
  • Accurate: precise.
  • Pasarlo bien: to have a good time; to enjoy oneself.
  • Travieso: naughty, mischievous.
  • También: as well, too.
  • Range: variety.
  • Estar parado: to be unemployed; to be out of work.
  • Reconfortante: comforting, reassuring.
  • Anticuado: out of date, unfashionable.
  • Como si: as if, as though.
  • Increíble: incredible.
  • To be upset: annoyed, angry.
  • Fijarse en: to spot, to notice.
  • Resultar ser: to prove; to turn out to be.
  • Wealthy: well off, rich.
  • 2FILA: Whether: characteristic.
  • Actually: in fact, really.
  • To worship: to adore.
  • Sobresaliente: remarkable, outstanding.
  • Últimamente: recently, lately.
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English Spanish Vocabulary: Body, Relationships, Home

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English Spanish Vocabulary Reference

Body Parts and Anatomy

  • Brain - Cerebro
  • Head - Cabeza
  • Index Finger - Dedo índice
  • Tongue - Lengua
  • Neck - Cuello
  • Middle Finger - Dedo medio
  • Throat - Garganta
  • Arm - Brazo
  • Ring Finger - Dedo anular
  • Bone - Hueso
  • Thigh - Muslo
  • Little Finger - Meñique
  • Lungs - Pulmones
  • Knee - Rodilla
  • Back - Espalda
  • Stomach - Estómago
  • Leg - Pierna
  • Butt - Culo
  • Hip - Cadera
  • Elbow - Codo
  • Buttocks - Cachete
  • Ankle - Tobillo
  • Nipple - Pezón
  • Calf - Gemelo
  • Blood - Sangre
  • Wrist - Muñeca
  • Foot - Pie
  • Nerves - Nervios
  • Knuckle - Nudillo
  • Toes - Dedos del pie
  • Skin - Piel
  • Thumb - Pulgar
  • Heel - Planta del pie
  • Big Toe - Dedo del pie
  • Arch - Empeine

Relationship Verbs and Phrases

  • Ask somebody out - Invitar a salir (a alguien)
  • Break up (with somebody) - Romper (con alguien)
  • Chat somebody
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Renovadors de la Novel·la Contemporània i Avantguarda

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Els grans renovadors: literatura anglosaxona

  • Incorporació de descobertes presents en alguns precursors.
  • Assimilació de postulats avantguardistes.

James Joyce

  • Responsables de les noves dimensions en la novel·la contemporània.
  • L’escenari: Ciutat de Dublín.
  • Transició d’escenaris i episodis de l’Odissea.
  • Gran tractament del temps.
  • Obres: Dublinesos o Retrat de l’artista adolescent.

Virginia Woolf

  • Intensitat lírica.
  • El que queda no és la trama sinó l’"halo lluminós".
  • Les experiències sensorials s’acumulen i determinen una percepció diferent, àmbit oníric.
  • Barreja: present, passat i futur.
  • Monòleg interior.
  • Ús de corrents de consciència.
  • Obres: Al far, Les ones o Entre els actes.

Marcel Proust

  • Novel·lista acabalat, capritxós, malaltís
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Manual de Consultas XPath para Películas

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Consultas XPath para Películas

Filtrado por Atributos

  • Películas con review 5: //movie[@review='5']
  • Películas con review 5 del año 1992: //movie[@review='5' and @year='1992']
  • Películas cuyo año sea par: //movie[@year mod 2=0]

Selección y Actores

  • Segunda película: //movie[2]
  • Películas con el actor Nicolas Cage: //movie[actor='Nicolas Cage']
  • Título de películas con Nicolas Cage: //movie[actor='Nicolas Cage']/title
  • Actores que han trabajado con Nicolas Cage (incluido él): //movie[actor='Nicolas Cage']/actor
  • Actores que han trabajado con Nicolas Cage (excluido él): //movie[actor='Nicolas Cage']/actor[text()!='Nicolas Cage']

Productores y Géneros

  • Productores de películas de 1992: //movie[@year='1992']/producer
  • Título de comedias con Nicolas Cage:
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Mastering English: Money, Personality, and Conditionals

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Money and Finance Vocabulary

  • Afford: permitirse (pagar algo)
  • Allowance: paga
  • Cashpoint: cajero automático
  • Bank charge/fee: comisión bancaria
  • Bargain: chollo
  • Budget: presupuesto
  • Get into debt: endeudarse
  • Banknote: billete
  • Purchase: compra
  • Receipt: recibo
  • Refund: reembolso
  • Sale: rebajas
  • Save: ahorrar
  • Spend on: gastar en
  • Spending habits: hábitos de gasto
  • Swipe: pasar (tarjeta)
  • Tax: impuesto
  • Value for money: relación calidad-precio

Money Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

  • Cost an arm and a leg: costar un ojo de la cara
  • Snap up a bargain: pillar una ganga
  • Spend a fortune (on): gastarse una fortuna (en)
  • Tighten your belt: apretarse el cinturón
  • Throw money down the drain: tirar el dinero
  • Get by: ir tirando
  • Come to: llegar a (coste total)
  • Chip in: poner dinero entre varios
  • Cut down
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Essential English-Spanish Vocabulary and Grammar Reference

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English-Spanish Vocabulary Glossary

  • Campaign → Campaña
  • Accompany → Acompañar
  • Contribute → Contribuir
  • Boundary → Límite
  • Donate → Donar
  • Busker → Toca en la calle
  • Donation → Donación
  • Edit → Editar
  • Fundraising → Recaudación
  • Tuition → Cuota
  • Persuade → Persuadir
  • Viral → Viral
  • Petition → Petición
  • Flee → Huir
  • Protest → Protestar
  • Immigrants → Inmigrantes
  • Publicize → Publicar
  • Import → Importar
  • Raise money → Recaudar dinero
  • Originate → Originar
  • Sponsor → Patrocinador
  • Persecution → Persecución
  • Volunteer → Voluntario
  • Refugee → Refugiado

Descriptive Adjectives

  • Casual → Casual
  • Delicate → Delicado
  • Fashionable → A la moda
  • Full-length → De cuerpo entero
  • Loose → Suelto
  • Old-fashioned → Anticuado
  • Patterned → Estampado
  • Soft →
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Essential English Grammar Structures and Verb Patterns

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Narrative Tenses

  • Past Simple

    I did (yo hice)

    Used with specific past time markers: last summer, three years ago, in 1998, when I was twelve.

  • Present Perfect Simple

    I have done (he hecho)

    Used with: for five years, since March, since 1998, how long?, yet, just, already, ever, never.

  • Present Perfect Continuous

    I have been doing (he estado haciendo / llevo haciendo)

  • Past Perfect Simple

    I had done (había hecho)

  • Past Perfect Continuous

    I had been doing (había estado haciendo)

Gerunds

The Gerund (Verb + -ing) is used:

  1. After Prepositions

    Examples: think of, interested in, tired of, talk about.

  2. As a Subject

    Example: Working is necessary.

  3. After Certain Verbs and Expressions

    Verbs: appreciate, like, imagine, postpone, resent, delay, enjoy, keep, practise, risk, discuss,

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Essential English Grammar: Conditionals and Passive Voice

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English Conditional Sentences

  • 1st Conditional (Realidad): If/Unless + Subject + Present Simple + Complement, Subject + Future Will + Complement.
  • 2nd Conditional (Imaginación): If + Subject + Past Simple + Complement, Subject + Conditional (Would) + Complement.
  • 3rd Conditional (Imposible): If + Subject + Past Perfect + Complement, Subject + Perfect Conditional (Would Have) + Complement.

Reported Speech (Estilo Indirecto)

Sentence Types

  • Enunciativas: Subject + said + that...
  • Commands (Tell/Mandar): Subject + told + pronoun + (not) + to + infinitive + Complement.
  • Requests: Same as commands, but replace told with asked.

Reporting Verbs

  • Ordered (mandar), Invited (invitar), Convinced (convencer): Verb + pronoun + to + infinitive + Complement.
  • Refused (rechazar/
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Lower Limb Muscles: Origins, Insertions and Actions

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Hip Muscles

Psoas Major

  • Origin: Lumbar vertebrae (0.d12.5l)
  • Insertion: Lesser trochanter
  • Action: Hip flexion

Iliacus

  • Origin: Iliac fossa
  • Insertion: Lesser trochanter
  • Action: Hip flexion

Gluteus Minimus

  • Origin: External iliac fossa
  • Insertion: Greater trochanter
  • Action: Hip flexion, abduction, internal rotation

Gluteus Medius

  • Origin: External iliac fossa
  • Insertion: Greater trochanter
  • Action: Hip flexion, abduction, extension

Gluteus Maximus

  • Origin: Sacrum and coccyx, external iliac fossa (superficial plane); fascia lata and gluteal aponeurosis (deep plane)
  • Insertion: Greater trochanter, gluteal tuberosity (linea aspera)
  • Action: Hip extension, external rotation

Tensor Fasciae Latae

  • Origin: Anterior superior iliac spine
  • Insertion: Iliotibial tract (Gerdy's tubercle,
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