English Vocabulary Notes and Workbook Exercise Keys

English Vocabulary and Definitions

Politics, Society, and General Terms

• Chamber: cámara (de los lores)
• Civil servant: empleado público / funcionario
• Constituency: distrito electoral
• Ballot: votación
• Left-wing: de izquierdas
• Policy: política, plan de acción
• Poll: encuesta, votación
• Contestant: competidor
• Facilities: instalaciones
• Anthem: himno
• Injured: lesionado
• (To) cheat: hacer trampa, copiar

Common Verbs

• To break out: surgir
• To cough: toser
• To deceive: engañar
• To dive: bucear
• To earn: ganar dinero
• To ease: aliviar, facilitar, tranquilizar
• To enlarge: ampliar
• To evict: desahuciar, echar
• To face, tackle: afrontar
• To furnish: amueblar
• To glance: echar un vistazo
• To groan: gemir
• To hire: contratar
• To issue: emitir
• To lack: carecer
• To regret: arrepentirse
• To reward: premiar
• To shift: transferir, cambiar
• To tease: tomar el pelo
• To vanish: esfumarse

Adjectives and Idiomatic Expressions

• Dirty: sucio
• Filthy: sucísimo, asqueroso
• Play safe: ir sobre seguro
• Crave: tener muchas ganas de
• Spring up (sprang-sprung): surgir, brotar
• Safe and sound: sano y salvo
• Soaking wet: calado hasta los huesos
• Pitch black: completamente oscuro
• Self-centred: egocéntrico

Phrasal Verbs in English

• Break out: start suddenly (for a war, fire)
• Bring on: cause (an illness)
• Give up: stop doing something you do regularly
• Look after: take care of
• Pull through: survive (a serious illness)
• Put on: gain (weight)

Workbook Answer Keys

Unit 16

Exercise E

1. on
2. of
3. between
4. and
5. as
6. with
7. about / with
8. of
9. in

Exercise F

1. to cook
2. going
3. to buy
4. to help
5. getting
6. to lend

Unit 18

Exercise F

1. for
2. to
3. on
4. for
5. of
6. for
7. for
8. in

Exercise G

1. to
2. that
3. about / of
4. in
5. about
6. to
7. of
8. for

Unit 19

Exercise B

1. Were you washing your hair when I rang?
2. Did Julie give you her email address yesterday?
3. Do you always have lunch this late?
4. Are Jack and Tom coming to the party tonight?
5. Can you give me a hand later?
6. How do you spell your name?
7. Why can't the government do something about the situation?
8. Where did you go for your honeymoon last year?
9. What will your house look like when it is finished?
10. Which flavour of ice cream is your favourite?

Exercise G

1. will
2. shall
3. is
4. won't
5. do
6. am
7. isn't
8. will
9. shouldn't
10. aren't
11. didn't
12. do

Exercise I

1. you know when Tina gets
2. what time the film starts
3. know if service is included
4. let me know that
5. wonder if you have been
6. if Gail passed
7. did Mary go
8. are we given

Unit 20

Exercise F

1. with / by
2. for
3. to
4. with
5. of
6. from
7. at
8. with / in
9. about / of
10. to / will
11. of / on
12. for