Boost Your English Vocabulary: Essential Words & Phrases

Essential English Vocabulary and Phrases

Here's a collection of useful English words and phrases, categorized for easy learning:

Common Verbs and Actions

• Audience: Public
• Eye-opener: Revelation
• Performance: Actuación
• Rehearsal: Ensayo
• Face: Afrontar
• Focus on: Centrarse en
• Give up: Rendirse
• Hold: Celebrar
• Manage: Arreglarse
• Point out: Indicar
• Share: Compartir
• Struggle: Esforzarse
• Survive: Sobrevivir

Descriptive Adjectives

• Alive: Vivo
• Awesome: Increíble
• Daft: Tonto
• Daily: Diario
• Dreadful: Pésimo
• Dull: Aburrido
• First-rate: Excelente
• Live: En vivo
• Offensive: Ofensivo
• Outstanding: Extraordinario
• Overrated: Sobrevalorado
• Smashing: Estupendo

Nouns and Concepts

• Live show: Concierto
• Deadline: Fecha límite
• Effort: Esfuerzo
• Employee: Empleado
• Pastime: Pasatiempo
• Right: Derecho
• Threat: Amenaza

More Verbs and Actions

• Blame: Culpar
• Challenge: Desafiar
• Conceal: Ocultar
• Disrupt: Alterar
• Lead to: Llevar a
• Require: Requerir
• Reveal: Revelar
• Succeed: Lograr
• Trust: Fiarse de

Adjectives Describing States and Situations

• Warm: Advertir
• Cautious: Prudente
• Hazardous: Peligroso
• Infamous: Infame
• Risky: Arriesgar
• Sneaky: Ruin
• Suited to: Apropiado para
• Suspicious: Sospechoso

Phrases and Idioms

• Ahead of time: Con antelación
• Crack the code: Descifrar el código

Health-Related Vocabulary

• Disease: Enfermedad
• Endurance: Resistencia
• Sign: Síntoma

Action Verbs and Phrasal Verbs

• Avoid: Evitar
• Break up: Romper una relación
• Chase: Perseguir
• Come down with: Coger una enfermedad
• Cut down on: Reducir el consumo
• Deal with: Lidiar con
• Enable: Permitir
• Get over: Recuperarse de
• Give up: Rendirse
• Improve: Mejorar
• Injure: Lesionar
• Kick in: Surtir
• Last: Durar
• Put on: Ganar peso
• Run away: Huir
• Sense: Sentir
• Strengthen: Fortalecer

Feelings and Conditions

• Be fed up with: Harto
• Overweight: Gordo

Sentence Transformations

Examples of sentence transformations and paraphrasing:

I'm not sure there's an easier way to do this. There can't be an easier way to do this.

Someone is washing our windows tomorrow. We will have our windows washed tomorrow.

I didn't read your diary. My brother said. My brother denied reading my diary.

They were talking about that man in the office today. That's the man about whom they were talking in the office.

No one's sent me an invitation: I haven't been sent an invitation.

When we saw what the children were wearing, we had to laugh. We couldn't help laughing at the children.

They sold all the best stuff before I got there. By the time I arrived, they had sold all the best stuff.

I wouldn't go there tonight. Amy advised me (to). Amy advised me to go there that night.

Let's go to the new French restaurant. Jill said (suggest). Jill suggested going to the new French restaurant.

I advise you to hand in your research paper on time (better). You had better hand in your research paper on time.

This chair is broken. You are sitting on it (which). The chair on which you are sitting is broken.

I regret buying this very expensive watch (bought). I shouldn't have bought this very expensive watch.

I won't speak to anyone here. Said Mark (refused). Mark refused to speak to anyone there.

Thomas is a friend. I can always rely on him (whom). Thomas is a friend whom I can always rely on.