English Description in English

Spanish
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leader someone who is the most important líder, dirigente
2 person in a group, a government, a • Write down any other new words you
union, etc. discover in your Oxford Graded Reader.

The Death of manager someone who controls a business,

a factory, a bank, etc.
manager, director,
gerente


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Karen Silkwood medical

negatives
connected with medicine, doctors,
hospital, etc.
pieces of film from which we make
médico (adj)

negativos
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Joyce Hannam photographs
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Glossary
nuclear a kind of energy made by breaking the nuclear

3 official (n)
central part of an atom into two pieces
someone who does important work for
a union, a government, etc.
oficial /
funcionario
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ordinary not strange or special ordinario, normal

pretty nice-looking, lovely bonito, precioso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

English Description in English Spanish
proof anything which shows, or helps to show, prueba
that something is true . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
alarm a loud sound (often a bell) which tells alarma protect to keep someone or something safe proteger
people that there is danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
radioactive dust very, very small pieces of broken atoms polvo radioactivo
bar a room where people can buy and have bar which come from nuclear materials
drinks
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or explosions
beer an alcoholic drink cerveza sack (v) to make someone leave his/her job despedir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(a un trabajador)
believe to think that something is true creer
safe (adj) not in danger seguro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
brave (adj) not showing that you are afraid valiente
safety being safe seguridad
care (v) to feel interest in something or someone importar, tener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
interés por scanner a machine which can see very small escáner
things on or inside the body, which
check (v) to look at something carefully to see if it comprobar, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
the human eye cannot see
is right, good, safe, etc. examinar
shower a place where you can wash under water ducha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
committee a group of people chosen by others to comité, comissión
that falls from above
plan and organize for them
corridor a long narrow passage with doors into pasillo
suppose to think that something is true when you suponer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
are not sure
rooms
test (n) looking at something carefully to find test, prueba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
envelope a paper cover for a letter or other papers sobre
out more about it
fridge a kind of cupboard which keeps food cold congelador
union a group of workers who join together sindicato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(refrigerator) to talk to managers about their pay,
fuel rods metal tubes which contain uranium barras de uranio hours of work, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
gloves covers for the hands guantes uranium [U] a heavy grey metal that sends out uranio
radioactive waves, and is used to make . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
government the group of people who control gobierno nuclear energy
a country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
vote (v) to choose someone in an election votar
identity card a card with your photograph on it, which carné de identidad by marking a piece of paper
shows who you are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
worried (adj) afraid that something is, or will be, preocupado
bad or wrong
journalist a person who writes for newspapers periodista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
worry (v) to feel afraid and that something is, preocupar(se)
laboratory a building or room where scientists work laboratorio or will be, bad or wrong