Key English Expressions, Verbs, and Grammar Points

Idiomatic Expressions

• Be fond of - tener cariño a
• Be in the doghouse - estar castigado
• Be over the moon - estar encantado
• Be sick of - estar harto de
• Be down in the dumps - estar depre
• Have something/nothing in common - tener algo/nada en común
• Me time - tiempo para mí
• Keep your cool - mantener la calma
• Lose your head - perder la cabeza
• Love at first sight - amor a primera vista
• Through thick and thin - en lo bueno y en lo malo
• (Feel) Under the weather - no encontrarse bien

Relationship Verbs

• Ask someone out - invitar a salir
• Be in a relationship - tener una relación con
• Break up with - romper con
• Flirt - tontear con alguien
• Get married to - casarse con
• Get on well with - llevarse bien con
• Get over - superar (e.g., con el tiempo la olvidó)
• Get to know - llegar a conocer a
• Go out with - salir con
• Have children - tener hijos
• Have something in common - tener algo en común
• Have problems - tener problemas
• Make a commitment - comprometerse
• Meet someone - conocerse

Phrasal Verbs

• Ask someone out - invitar a salir
• Break up with someone - romper con
• Chill out with - relajarse, calmarse, juntarse
• Come up with - inventarse, elaborar, conseguir
• End up + -ing / with + noun
• Find out about something
• Go out with someone - salir con
• Go over - darle vueltas a algo, cruzar, pasarse de
• Meet up with - reunirse, juntarse
• Put up with someone / something - soportar
• Stand up for someone / something

Values and Character Traits Vocabulary

• Dignity / Indignity (n) - dignidad / indignidad
• Dignified / Undignified (adj) - digno / indigno, sin dignidad
• Discrimination (n) - discriminación
• Equality / Inequality (n) - igualdad / desigualdad; Equal / Unequal (adj) - igual / desigual; Equally / Unequally (adv) - igual de / desigualmente
• Grateful / Ungrateful (adj) - agradecido / desagradecido
• Gratefully / Ungratefully (adv) - agradecidamente / de forma desagradecida
• Honesty / Dishonesty (n) - honestidad / deshonestidad; Honest / Dishonest (adj) - honesto, sincero / deshonesto; Honestly / Dishonestly (adv) - honestamente / deshonestamente
• Humanity / Inhumanity (n) - humanidad / falta de humanidad; Humane / Inhumane (adj) - humano / inhumano
• Humanely / Inhumanely (adv) - humanamente / inhumanamente
• Kindness / Unkindness (n) - amabilidad / falta de amabilidad; Kind / Unkind (adj) - amable / desagradable; Kindly / Unkindly (adv) - amablemente / de forma antipática
• Loyalty / Disloyalty (n) - lealtad / deslealtad; Loyal / Disloyal (adj) - leal / desleal
• Prejudice (n) - prejuicio
• Racism (n) - racismo
• Respect / Disrespect (n) - respeto / falta de respeto; Respectful / Disrespectful (adj) - respetuoso / irrespetuoso
• Respectfully / Disrespectfully (adv) - de forma respetuosa / irrespetuosa
• Trust / Mistrust (n, v) - confianza / desconfianza, confiar / desconfiar

Reported Speech Grammar Rules

• Now → Then / At the moment
• Today / Tonight → That day / That night
• Last (week) → The (week) before / The previous (week)
• Tomorrow → The next day / The following day
• This (week) → That (week)
• Yesterday → The day before / The previous day
• Two... ago → Two... earlier / Two... before
• Next (week) → The next (week) / The following (week)
• This → That; Here → There; These → Those
• Said that / Said to someone that → Told someone (that)
• Present Simple → Past Simple
• Past Simple → Past Perfect
• Present Continuous → Past Continuous
• Past Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous
• Present Perfect → Past Perfect
• Will → Would
• Can → Could
• Be going to → Was/Were going to