PART 2 - PART 4

Insist on – Insistir en
Don’t insist on me going to watch the race horse, I already have plans for today.
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Invest in – Invertir en
I’ve thought of getting rich by investing in your company.
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Laugh at – Reirse de
What are you laughing at?
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Lead to – Guiar a
I was just wondering where this way would lead us to.
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Listen to – Escuchar a
Listen to me and stop messing around!
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Object to – Objetar a
Stop objecting to all I’m saying!
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Opt for – Optar for
I don’t like those jeans. I will opt for buying the ones I tried before.
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Participate in – Participar en
Are you going to participate in the lifting competition next month?
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Pay for – Pagar por
I had to pay for the damage I caused to that building.
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Prepare for – Prepararse para
Winter is coming. We need to prepare ourselves for it.
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Prevent/protect from – Prevenir, proteger de
This liquid prevents you from being bitten by insects.
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Provide with – Proveer con
She was provided with a few souvenirs at the party.
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Punish for – Castigar por
Mel was punished for her bad behaviour yesterday.
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Remind of – Recordar
Remind me of throwing away the old cutlery later. Otherwise I will forget it again!
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Rely on – Depender de
I rely on you to finish this work, please, help me out!
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Spend on – Gastar en
I don’t want to spend my money on that stupid device.
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Succeed in – Tener éxito en
I finally succeeded in creating my English blog!
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Thank for – Dar las gracias por
I would like to thank you for saving the last piece of chicken. It is my favourite food!
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Wait for – Esperar
What are you waiting for?
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Warn about – Advertir sobre
I’ve got to warn you about the dangers of cycling during the night.
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Worry about – Preocuparse por
Don’t worry about sorting the washing out, I’ll do it later.

EXPRESSIONS
As far as I know – Por lo que yo se
As far as I know, the kick off is at 3:30pm.
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As long as – Siempre y cuando
I’m allowed to watch TV tonight as long as I finish my homework first.
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As well as – Además de
We’ll go to the mountain as well as the beach this summer.
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Better/Worse than I expected – Mejor/Peor de lo que me esperaba
The film was much better than I expected.
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Break down in tears – Romper en lágrimas.
Sarah broke down in tears when she realised she’d failed her driving test.
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By the time - Para cuando
I’ll be gone by the time you get up in the morning.
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Carry on – Continuar
I will carry on getting up at 07:00 next month even though I will go on holidays
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Dreams come true – Los sueños se hacen realidad
If you work hard, dreams always come true.
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Feel like + ing – Apetecer
I feel like eating an ice cream but I can’t because I’m going on a diet.
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Give consideration – Pensar sobre algo
I will give consideration to the plan you proposed me last night.
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Have little/no difficulty in – No tener dificultad en
Paula had no difficulty in passing her English test.

Have/keep/get something under control – Tener algo bajo control

I find quite hard having my skis under control.

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I’d rather – Preferiría
Would you like to have a drink? No, thanks. I’d rather eat!
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I regret not + ing – Lamento no
I regret not studying more when I was at college.
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In order to – Con el fin de
I want to study English in order to become an English teacher in the future.
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In terms of – En términos de
It will be difficult to go ahead with the project in terms of money.
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It is worth + ing – Merece la pena
After all we got through, it was worth going to Brazil, wasn’t it?
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Just in case – Por si acaso
I’m going to pick up my clothes just in case it rains this afternoon.
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Keep in touch – Estar en contacto
Don’t forget to keep in touch for our meeting next week!
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Likely to result in – Probable que resulte en
Failing this exam is likely to result in me giving up my degree because I won’t be able to
pay the fee next year.
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Make an impression on – Causar una impresión en
Did I make a good impression on you when we first met?
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Make sense – Tener sentido
What are you talking about? That doesn’t make sense!
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Make up your mind – Aclararse, decidirse
If you can’t make up your mind about what hat you want, just pick up the red one!
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On the point of – En el momento de, a punto de
I was on the point of leaving the restaurant when it started snowing.
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On your own – Por tu cuenta
I’m not allowed to go abroad own my on because I’m too young.
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Pay attention to – Prestar atención a
Nobody is paying attention to what the teacher is saying.
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See no point in – No verle la razón a
I see no point in going to the mountain instead of the beach in summer.
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Take by surprise – Tomar por sorpresa
I took my girlfriend by surprise with an incredible birthday present.

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Take ages – Tardar años
It’s going to take me ages to tidy my room because it is a mess right now.
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Take care – Cuidar
I love taking care of my sister, she is so lovely!
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There is no comparison – No hay comparación
There is no comparison between you and your brother. You are definitely smarter.
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To be allowed – Estar permitido
Reading aloud is not allowed in the library.
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To be keen on – Estar aficionado a
I’m very keen on cycling lately.
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To be on good terms with – Llevarse bien con
I’m starting to be on really good terms with you!
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To be praised – Ser alabado
Julian was praised for scoring a hat-trick.
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To be willing – Estar dispuesto
I was wondering if you would be willing to climb that tree and get me that ball.
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BASE PALABRA DERIVADA MEANING

Delight Delightful Encantador

Descend Descent Empeoramiento

Describe Description Descripción

Different Difference Diferencia

Direct Director Director

Doubt Doubtful Dudoso

Earn Earning Poder adquisitivo

Easy Ease Facilidad

Easily Facilmente
Economy Economic Económico

Efficiency Efficient Eficiente

Employ Employee Empleado

Employment Empleo
Unemployment Desempleo
Energy Energetic Energético

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Enjoy Enjoyable Agradable

Enthusiasm Enthusiastic Entusiasta

Entire Entirety Totalidad

Equal Equally Igualmente

Equip Equipment Equipamiento

Evenly Unevenly Desigualmente

Exhaust Exhausting Agotador

Exist Existence Existencia

Expand Expansion Expansión

Explore Exploration Exploración

Extent Extensive Amplio

Extreme Extremely Extremadamente

Fashion Fashionable Novedoso

Fit Fitness Forma física

Fly Flight Vuelo

Food Feeding Alimentación

Fortunate Unfortunately Desafortunadamente

Fortunately Afortunadamente
Freeze Freezing Congelado
Frozen Congelado
Frequent Frequently Frecuentemente

Friend Friendliness Amistad

Friendship Amistad
Friendly Amistoso
Grow Growth Crecimiento

Harm Harmful Dañino

Health Healthy Saludable

Unhealthy Insaludable
High Height Altura
Highly Altamente
History Historian Historiador

Home Homeless Vagabundo

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Hope Hopeful Prometedor

Hot Heat Calor

Identity Identified Idenfiticado

Ill Illness Enfermedad

Important Importance Importancia

Impress Impressive Impresionante

Improve Improvement Mejora

Increase Increasingly Cada vez más

Incredible Incredibly Increíblemente

Industry Industrial Industrial

Inhabit Inhabitant Habitante

Know Knowledge Conocimiento

Unknown Desconocido
Labour Labourer Peón

Like Unlike A diferencia de

Likely / Unlikely Improbable
Limit Limiting Limitante

Live Living Viviente

Locate Location Localización

Lonely Loneliness Soledad

Lose Loss Pérdida

Mad Madness Locura

Marry Marriage Matrimonio

Marvel Marvelous Maravilloso

Meet Meeting Reunión

Member Membership Membresía

Minimum Minimise Minimizar

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Mystery Mysterious Misterioso

Motion Motionless Quieto

BASE DERIVADA MEANING

Nerve Nervous Nervioso

Noise Noisy Ruidoso

Object Objective Objetivo

Occupy Occupation Ocupación

Ordinary Extraordinary Extraordinario

Original Originality Originalidad

Originally Originalmente
Particular Particularly Particularmente

Peace Peaceful Pacífico

Perform Performer Artista

Performance Actuación
Person Personality Personalidad

Pleasant Unpleasant Desagradable

Please Pleasure Placer

Poison Poisonous Venenoso

Popular Popularity Popular

Possible Impossible Imposible

Possibility Posibilidad
Power Powerful Poderoso

Practise Practical Práctico

Press Pressure Presión

Proof Prove Probar

Disprove Desmentir
Punctual Punctuality Puntualidad
Punctually Puntualmente
Rain Rainfall Cascada

Reason Reasonable Razonable

Recognise Recognition Reconocimiento

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Recommend Recommendation Recomendación

Refer Reference Referencia

Regular Regularly Regularmente

Relative Relatively Relativamente

Relief Relieve Aliviar

Rely Reliable Fiable

Remark Remarkable Impresionante

Remind Reminder Recordatorio

Repeat Repeatedly Repetidamente

Respond Response Respuesta

Rough Roughly Aproximadamente

Safe Safety Seguridad

Science Scientific Científico (método)

Scientist Científico (persona)
Sense Sensitive Sensible

Sleep Asleep Dormido

Solve Solution Solución

Storm Stormy Tempestuoso

Succeed Success Éxito

Suffer Suffering Dolorido

Suitable Unsuitable Inadecuado

Surprise Surprising Sorprendentemente

Surround Surrounding Envolvente

Temporary Temporarily Temporalmente

Tour Tourist Turista

Tourism Turismo
Tradition Traditional Tradicional

Tropic Tropical Tropical

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Usual Unusual Inusual

Vary Variety Variedad

Visit Visitor Visitante

Warm Warmth Calor

Wealth Wealthy Rico

Weigh Weight Peso

Wind Windy Ventoso

OPEN CLOZE
A, Able, About, After, Against, Ago, All, Along, Although, Among, Amount, An, And,
Another, Any, Anything, Apart, As, At.

Back, Because, Become, Before, Best, Better, Between, Big, But, By.

Call, Can, Case, Come, Could.

Despite, Do, Down, Due, During.

Each, Either, Enough, Even, Every, Everyone.

Fail, Far, Few, For, Forward, From.

Get, Give, Great.

Have, Her, Herself, Himself, His, How.

If, In, Into, It, Its, Itself.

Just.

Keep.

Last, Less, Like, Little, Long.

Make, Many, May, Might, Mind, Mine, More, Most, Much, Must, Myself

Neither, No, Nobody, Nor, Not, Nothing, Number.

Of, Off, On, One, Only, Or, Other, Our, Ourselves, Out, Over.

Rather.

Same, Set, Should, Since, So, Some, Such.

Take, Than, That, The, Their, Them, Themselves, Then, There, These, This, Though,

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Time, To, To be, Too.
Up.

Well, What, When, Where, Whether, Which, Who, Whom, Whose, Why, With, Without,
Would, wear.

Yet, Your, Yourself, Yourselves.

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