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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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Textos Instructius, Argumentatius i Autors Catalans Clau

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Els Textos Instructius i Argumentatius

Els textos instructius informen sobre el procediment que cal seguir per a assolir un objectiu desitjat. Pressuposen l’existència d’un emissor expert i un receptor llec en la matèria.

Gèneres instructius

  • Llei
  • Manual d’instruccions
  • Prospecte de medicaments
  • Anunci publicitari
  • Recepta de cuina
  • Tutorial

La finalitat dels textos de tipus argumentatiu és orientar l’opinió i la conducta del receptor; és a dir, a través de l’argumentació, l’emissor tracta de persuadir l’interlocutor.

Característiques principals

  • La presència d’un tema controvertit, dubtós o problemàtic. També que hi haja una tesi, és a dir, una idea subjectiva. La tesi constitueix l’element al voltant del qual es basteix l’estructura
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Vocabular Spaniol Român: Expresii și Traduceri Utile

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Vocabular Spaniol Român

mandar = a trimite

la caja = cutie

la cesta = coș

al que = pe care

ganas = (contextual) avânt

cabalgata = defilare, paradă

cuyo nombre = al cărui nume

más cuidado = cu mai multă grijă

al que = (contextual) cel căruia

con más esmero = cu mai multă smerenie

vasito (diminutivo de vaso) = pahar de dimensiune mai mică

con galletas = cu fursecuri

al que colocábamos primero = pe care îl așezam primul

el belén = iesle (decorațiune cu reprezentarea nașterii pruncului Iisus)

aunque = cu toate că, chiar dacă

a quien = pe care

defender = a apăra frente

a los otros dos = în fața celorlalți doi

como si fueran = ca și cum ar fi

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Diccionari de Mitjans de Comunicació i Periodisme

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Glossari de Comunicació i Mitjans

  1. Linotípia: màquina utilitzada per a la composició tipogràfica que es caracteritza pel fet que es fonen tots els caràcters d’una mateixa línia en un sol bloc. La primera línia tipogràfica fou dissenyada per Ottmar Mergenthaler i posada a punt el 1886 pel New York Times.

  2. Llibre: obra escrita o d'imatges impresa o manuscrita no periòdica. Pot tractar qualsevol tema.

  3. Magazine: format que sol ocupar àmplies franges horàries, que sovint incorporen seccions.

  4. Manuscrit / Còdex: llibre antic escrit a mà, bàsicament produït a l'edat mitjana.

  5. Màquina d’escriure: aparell mecànic, electromecànic o electrònic amb un conjunt de tecles que en ser pressionades imprimeixen caràcters en un paper. A finals

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Hotel Booking Confirmation and Multilingual Food Vocabulary

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Email Confirmation

From: Hotel Reservation Department

Subject: Booking Confirmation - Ms. Navarro

Dear Ms. Navarro,

Thank you for your email of September 2nd. We are delighted to confirm the booking for you and your party of five guests. We have reserved three double rooms with en suite baths for October 15-18.

I can confirm the room rates will be €180 per person per night. This is inclusive of the 10 percent group discount.

We look forward to welcoming you on October 15th.

Best Regards,

Prices: Plus - Less 10% (ten percent), payable by credit card, with Visa, or in cash.

Vocabulary

  • First-aid kit / Botiquín de primeros auxilios
  • Hazards / Peligros
  • Rapport / Compenetración
  • Tone / Tono
  • Central heating / Calefacción
  • Cupboard / Armario
  • Safe / Caja fuerte
  • Crib
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Key Events and Themes in 'The Outsiders' by S.E. Hinton

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Key Events and Themes in 'The Outsiders'

1. Dally raises his weapon, leading the police to perceive a threat and fatally shoot him.

2. Dally wanted to die because Johnny was dead, and he couldn’t live without him.

3. Ponyboy was bothered by his school friends seeing his house because most of them came from "good homes."

4. He was worried that he and Soda would go to an all-boys home.

5. Ponyboy is acquitted, and the Curtis brothers get to stay together.

6. By the end of the novel, after the deaths of Bob and Johnny, Ponyboy has completely lost his innocence; his grades drop, and his attitude changes.

7. His grades suffer because he became detached, developed a bad attitude, and became depressed.

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Función de Relación e Receptores Sensoriais en Animais

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Función de Relación nos Animais

A función de relación é o conxunto de procesos mediante os que un ser vivo establece contacto co exterior e interacciona con el. A relación pode ser con outros seres vivos ou co medio. A relación en animais é un proceso que ten estes tres pasos:

  • Recepción de estímulos externos: órganos dos sentidos.
  • Análise e resposta: sistemas nervioso e hormonal.
  • Execución da resposta: aparello locomotor e secreción.

Receptores Sensoriais

Son as estruturas encargadas de recibir estímulos externos. Poden clasificarse segundo a orixe do estímulo:

  • Exterorreceptores: Captan información do medio externo.
  • Interorreceptores: Captan información do interior do animal. Estes divídense en:
    • Propiorreceptores: Informan sobre postura,
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Jules Verne & Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: French Literary Legends

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Culture française : élections de 2017

François Hollande a été président de la Cinquième République française pendant 5 ans.

6e République française : 4 candidats au premier tour. Au second tour :

  • Le Front national : Marine Le Pen (35 %).
  • En Marche (mouvement politique) : Emmanuel Macron (65 %), dont 25 % de votes blancs.

8 mai : fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale (libération de Paris).

Littérature : Jules Verne (XIXe siècle)

Jules Verne, écrivain du XIXe siècle (et non du XIVe), est un pionnier du roman de science-fiction. Il est né à Nantes en 1828 et mort en 1905. Ses livres ont marqué le genre et la littérature française en général. Verne a vécu à une époque de grand progrès (électricité, téléphone, chemin de fer,... Continue reading "Jules Verne & Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: French Literary Legends" »

Geografia Țărilor Vecine României: Caracteristici

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Bulgaria

  • Vecinii: Grecia, Turcia, România, Serbia, Macedonia
  • Relieful: Munții Balcani, Munții Rila, Munții Rodopi, Câmpia Traciei Superioare
  • Clima: Temperat-continentală în nord și mediteraneană în sud
  • Hidrografia: Dunărea, Struma și Maritsa
  • Vegetația: Păduri de foioase și conifere, vegetație mediteraneană în sud
  • Soluri: Argiluvisoluri, terra rossa în sud
  • Orașele: Sofia, Burgas, Varna
  • Resurse: Cărbune, gaze naturale
  • Industria: Chimică, metalurgică, constructoare de mașini
  • Agricultura: Cereale, legume; se cresc bovine, ovine
  • Regiune turistică: Varna, Burgas

Ungaria

  • Vecinii: Slovenia, Ucraina, România, Serbia, Austria, Croația
  • Relieful: Câmpia Panonică, Munții Mátra, Munții Bükk, Munții Bakony
  • Clima: Temperat-continentală
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Mastering English Modal Verbs and Functions

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English Grammar: Understanding Modal Verbs

I. Core Modal Verbs and Their Functions

A. Single Concept Modals

  • WILL: Future (Futuro)
  • MIGHT: Small Probability (Pequeña probabilidad)
  • SHOULD: Recommendation (Recomendación)
  • OUGHT TO: Formal Recommendation (Recomendación formal)
  • HAD BETTER: Warning (Advertencia)

B. Double Concept Modals

  • MAY: Permission (Dar permiso)
  • MAY: High Probability (Buena probabilidad de que pase algo)
  • MUST: Responsibility (Responsabilidad)
  • MUST: Assumption/Logical Deduction (Una suposición)
  • WOULD: Past Habit (Used to) (Pasado acostumbrado)
  • WOULD: Present Unreal Condition (Presente irreal)
  • SHALL: Polite Offer/Suggestion (Oferta de expresión educada)
  • SHALL: Contractual Obligation (Obligación contractual)
  • COULD: Unreal Ability (Habilidad
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