English Vocabulary Builder: From Addiction to Travel
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Addiction and Recovery
Addicted to, dependent on, fed up with: harto de, open to, sick of, hooked on, proud of, keen on: lamentar en, obsessed with, helpful to: útil para.
Dopamine, To quit a substance or a behavior: para dejar una sustancia o un comportamiento, withdrawal symptoms: síntomas de abstinencia, a life-threatening condition: una infección potencialmente mortal, nicotine patches, to have counseling: asesoramiento, to have a relapse: recaída.
Time
Arrived with, behind (junto a/ atrasado en), stay here for the time: quedarse aquí por el momento, by the time: por el momento, on time, at the time: en ese momento. It’s about time: ya es hora.
Travel
Beaten: alejado, we set at: partimos a: hit: ir: de tiendas, touristy: turístico, cancel, recharge, breath taking: vistas impresionantes, sample the local: probar la comida local.
- Overrated: sobrevalorado
- Dull: aburrido
- Touristy
- Spoilt: estropeado
- Lively: animada
- Right off the beaten track: justo al otro lado de la via abierta
- Overcrowded: abarrotada
- View breath taking: impresionante vistas
- Picturesque: pintoresco
- Tracky stuff: cheap, badly made
- Remote, unspoilt: (playa) virgen
Commonly Confused Words
- Suit vs. Suite
- Beside vs. Besides
- Lay vs. Lie
- Actually: realmente
- Currently: actualmente
- Announce vs. Advertise
- Affect vs. Effect
- Ashamed vs. Embarrassed
- Deny vs. Refuse
- Compromiso vs. Commitment
- Economic vs. Economical
Word Forms
- Strong, strength, strengthen
- Long, length, lengthen
- Deep (profundo), depth, deepen
- Short, height, shorten
- (Amplio) wide, width, widen
- High, high, heighten
- Weak (débiles), weakness, weaken
- Thick (grueso), thickness, thicken
- Flat (plano), flatness, flatten
Technology and Phones
Charge my phone, give a call, landline, engaged/busy, missed calls, tone, reception/ coverage, signal.
- Hang up: colgar
- Cut off: fuera de linea
- Top up: recargar
- Run out: apunto de agotarse
- Get through: no pude comunicarme
- Speak up: hablar más fuerte
- I’ll put you through: le pondré en contacto con
- Log in
- Free up: liberar
- Scroll down: desplaza hacia abajo
Phrasal Verbs
- Set off: partir de
- Extend: alargar, extender
- Go, go on
- Cancel, postpone
- Wonder round: maravillarte
- Chill out
- Soak up: sumerjerse
- Sample the local cuisine: probar la cocina local
- Hit the shops: ir de compras
- Set away: mantente alejado
- Recharge