English Language Essentials: Vocabulary & Grammar Structures

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Essential English Vocabulary for Health & Fitness

Expand your English vocabulary with these key terms related to health, fitness, and everyday situations. Each word includes its Spanish translation and a clear English definition.

1. Avoid

Evitar
To stay away from something.

2. Break Up

Terminar (una relación)
To end a romantic relationship.

3. Catch a Cold

Resfriarse
To become sick with a cold.

4. Chase

Perseguir
To run after something or someone.

5. Come Down With

Caer enfermo de
To get an illness.

6. Cut Down On

Reducir
To use or do less of something.

7. Deal With

Lidiar con
To handle a problem or situation.

8. Disease

Enfermedad
An illness that affects the body.

9. Enable

Permitir
To make something possible.

10. Endurance

Resistencia
The ability to keep going without getting tired.

11. Exhausted

Agotado
Very tired.

12. Fed Up With

Harto de
Tired of something annoying.

13. Get Fit

Ponerse en forma
To become healthy and strong.

14. Get in Shape

Ponerse en forma
To improve your physical condition.

15. Get Out of Breath

Quedarse sin aliento
To breathe heavily after activity.

16. Get Over

Superar
To recover from something (like an illness or breakup).

17. Get Rid Of

Deshacerse de
To remove or throw something away.

18. Give Up

Rendirse / dejar de
To stop doing something.

19. Go for a Walk

Salir a caminar
To walk for exercise or relaxation.

20. Go on a Diet

Ponerse a dieta
To eat healthier to lose weight.

21. Improve

Mejorar
To get better.

22. Injure

Lesionar
To hurt your body.

23. Kick In

Empezar a hacer efecto
To start working or having an effect.

24. Last

Durar
To continue for a period of time.

25. Lift Weights

Levantar pesas
To exercise using heavy objects.

26. Miserable

Miserable / muy triste
Very unhappy.

27. Mood

Estado de ánimo
How you feel emotionally.

28. Nutritious

Nutritivo
Healthy and good for your body.

29. Out of Shape

Fuera de forma
Not physically fit.

30. Overdo It

Excederse
To do too much of something.

31. Overweight

Con sobrepeso
Weighing too much.

32. Pressure

Presión
Stress or force from something or someone.

33. Put On

Subir (de peso)
To gain weight.

34. Run Away

Huir
To escape from a place or situation.

35. Sane

Cuerdo
Mentally healthy or reasonable.

36. Self-Discipline

Autodisciplina
Control over your actions and habits.

37. Sense

Sentido
A feeling or understanding about something.

38. Set a Goal

Establecer una meta
To decide on something you want to achieve.

39. Sign

Señal
Something that shows something else is true or happening.

40. Strengthen

Fortalecer
To make something stronger.

41. Strenuous

Exigente / intenso
Requiring a lot of effort or energy.

42. Stressful

Estresante
Causing a lot of stress.

43. Take Up

Empezar (una actividad)
To begin doing something regularly.

44. Trainer

Entrenador
A person who helps you exercise or get fit.

45. Underweight

Por debajo del peso ideal
Weighing less than is healthy.

46. Warm Up

Calentar (antes de hacer ejercicio)
To prepare your body for exercise.

47. Work Out

Hacer ejercicio
To exercise to get fit.

Mastering English Grammar: Passive Voice

Understand and apply the passive voice effectively in English to shift focus from the doer to the action or result.

Structure

Subject + form of "to be" + past participle (V3) + (by + agent)

Use

Focus on the action or result, not who does it.
When the doer is unknown, obvious, or unimportant.

Examples

Active	Passive
The chef cooked the meal.	The meal was cooked by the chef.
They built the house.	The house was built.

Tenses

Present Simple: The car is washed.
Past Simple: The car was washed.
Future: The car will be washed.
Present Perfect: The car has been washed.

Understanding the Causative Form in English

Learn how to use the causative form to express when someone arranges for another person to perform an action.

Structure

Subject + have/get + object + past participle (V3)

Use

Someone causes another person to do something.
Shows that someone else does the action, not the subject.

Examples

Form	Example	Meaning
have + object + V3	I had my hair cut.	Someone cut my hair for me.
get + object + V3	She got her car repaired.	Someone repaired her car.

🔸 "Have" is more formal; "Get" is more informal or conversational.

🧠 Tip: Passive vs. Causative

Passive: Focus on the action/result.
Causative: Focus on someone arranging for the action.

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