VOCABULARY

DESCRIBING PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Age Elderly, twenties, middle-age
Build In good shape, overweight, slim, well-built
Facial features Clean-shaven (bien afeitado), double chin, large forehead, long
eyelashes, moustache, large jaw, round face, stubble (poca barba), thick
eyebrows (cejas gruesas)
hair Blond(e), curly, dyed, fringe (cerquillo), going bald (quedandose calvo),
grey, shoulder-length, spiky (goku hair)
DESCRIBING PAINTHINGS
Old- Soft Straight Tells a
colourful traditional mysterious
fashioned colours lines story
bright curves detailed looks modern seems historical warm
Part of painting
In the top left-hand corner In the top right-hand corner
At the top/ At the bottom
on the top left-hand side on the top right-hand side
The background/ The
In the bottom left-hand In the bottom right-hand
foreground
corner corner
PHARASAL VERB
Take up (start
Go on Give up Took off (despegó)
hobby)
Look forward to Get on (good Came round (invite Put off (move an
(eager/ansioso) relationship) somebody) event)
Looked up (buscar) Looked after (cuidar) Thinking out (consider)
Came across (find by chance) Put up (fix and display) Making out (manage to see)
Take after (have similar characteristics) Come up with (find an answer)
UNIT 9

LANGUAGE FOR SPEAKING

Introducing the complaint
Sorry to bother you, but… Can I have a word? It’s a bit awkward, but…
I’m afraid there’s a problem with… There’s something I’m not happy about
Explaining the problem
To be honest, … They keep … -ing … I think it’s unfair that
The problem’s been going on for ... We’re getting a bit fed up with it.
Proposing a solution Do you think you could …?
Apologizing
I’m sorry about that. I didn’t mean to … I’ll make sure
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BUSINESS
Raise money Share the risk Set up a business Present an idea
Back a project Become an investor Give a guarantee Get funding
Take out a bank loan Increase in value Find yourself short of Make a profit
cash (falta efectivo) (obtener ganancias)
COMPETITIVE SPORT
Verb Break, compete, lose, win Preposition against
Adjectiv
Competitive, final, part Noun Final, part, race, team, tournaments
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PHRASES WITH TAKE AND HAVE
Difficulty in doing something
A go at doing something (tener la oportunidad de hacer algo/try)
have A feeling that…
A responsibility to do something
Nothing to do with something/someone (no tener nada que ver con)
Something seriously
Advantage of (used)
(no) notice of … (no hacer caso/notar)
take
Something for granted (dar algo por sentado)
Risk
A decision

LANGUAGE FOR SPEAKING

Ask for a recommendation Could you recommend (a) …?
Recommend something
I’d definitely recommend … it might be a good idea to … Don’t miss
Respond to a recommendation
Thank you, that’s a great suggestion, but… That’s a good idea, (but) …