English Vocabulary and Grammar: Fame, Media, Environment and Modal Verbs

English Vocabulary: Fame, Media and Everyday Life

Trend: moda, tendència.
Willing: disposat.
Straight: directament.
Passer-by: vianant.
Crew: equip, colla.
Pursued: perseguit.
Crowd: multitud, gentada.
Fiancée: promesa.
Fool: enganyar.
Overwhelmed: escandalitzat.
Surrounded: envoltat.
Infatuation: fascinació.
Pressure: pressió.
In the spotlight: centre d'atenció (mirades).
Heiress: hereva.

Lavish: luxós.
Role models: models de conducta.
Worship: adorar.
Wealthy: adinerat.
Gossip: cotilleig.
Talent scout: caçatalents.
Spoilt: consentit.
Notorious: tenir fama.
Controversial: polèmic.
Tabloids: premsa sensacionalista, diaris.
Drive: empenta.

Common Collocations

Catch: sight of, a bus, a cold, someone's eye, fire, one's breath.
Take: a photo, for granted, one's time, pride in, in charge.
Go: wild, mad (loco), abroad (extranjero), strong, blind, bald.

Confidence (confiança), political, delightful (deliciós), amazement (asombro), promotion, musician, performers (artistes), luxurious, disgraceful (vergonyós), offensive, aggressive, entertainment (entreteniment), policemen.

Verb Tenses: Present Perfect

Present Perfect Simple (PPS): passat ja acabat. Structure: She + has/have + past participle (3rd column).

Present Perfect Continuous (PPC): passat i continua (o no) ara. Structure: She + has/have + been + verb-ing.

Modal Verbs

May / Could: possibilitat, més probable.
Might: possibilitat menys probable (present/passat).
Will / Shall: oferir.
Ought to: deure moral (I ought to... never!).
Must: estar molt segur.
Mustn't / Have to: obligació, prohibició.
Would: expressar preferència, preguntar de manera formal.

Vocabulary: Body, Travel and Environment

Belly: ventre.
Short cut: drecera.
Debris: restes, residus.
Trash: escombraries.
Wiped out: exterminar.
Voyage: viatge per mar.
Devote: dedicar-se.
Cut down: reduir.
Ingest: ingerir.
Nightmare: malson.
Made their way: obrir-se camí.
Lack: manca.
Halfway: a mig camí.
Amount: quantitat.
Avoid: evitar.
Fuel: combustible.
Harmful: perjudicial.
Used up: esgotat.
Crops: conreu, collita.
Banned: prohibit.
Logging: explotació forestal.
Landfill: abocador.
Litter: escombraries.

Idioms and Expressions

A breath of fresh air: un soplo d'aire fresc.
A drop in the ocean: una gota en el mar.
Make waves: causar commoció.
The tip of the iceberg: la punta de l'iceberg.
The sky's the limit: no hi ha límits.
Down to earth: els peus a terra, realista.
Making a mountain out of a molehill: fer-ne una muntanya d'un gra de sorra.
Vanish into thin air: desvanir-se en l'aire.