inculpable [ɪnˈkʌlpəbəl]
adj
incapable of being blamed or accused; guiltless
duvet [ˈduːveɪ] Edredón nórdico
slam: To shut with force and loud noise: slammed the door.
Pulsate: to make strong regular movements or sounds:
pulsating rhythms. a pulsating headache. Lights were pulsating in the sky.
Beam: a line of light:
narrow beams of light / sunlight
Socket: a device in a wall that you put a plug into in order to connect electrical equipment to the power supply of a building:
a wall socket
Glow: to produce a dull, steady light. Brillar, resplandecer.
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Ready for CAE p 109. Future Perfect and Continuous. Extra Speaking.
Ready for CAE Ss p 109. Future Perfect and Continuous. Extra Speaking
Useful vocabulary:
Trimmings: the extra things that it is traditional to have for a special meal or occasion:
a splendid feast of turkey with all the trimmings
Useful vocabulary:
Trimmings: the extra things that it is traditional to have for a special meal or occasion:
a splendid feast of turkey with all the trimmings
Ready for CAE p 106. Historical Moments You Can Relive on Youtube. Extra Listening
In this clip George Washington takes the Oath of Office (Inauguration). Notice the use of will to make a promise(idea of willingness). He says:
"I, George Washington, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and I will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
This clip comes from a larger collection called 101 Historical Moments You Can Relive on YouTube
Ready for CAE p 106. Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Overrule somebody/something: to change a decision or reject an idea from a position of greater power. Denegar, invalidar, anular. E.g. to overrule a decision/an objection. The verdict was overruled by the Supreme Court.
Uphold something: 1. to support something that you think is right and make sure that it continues to exist. mantener, sostener, confirmar, hacer cumplir. E.g. We have a duty to uphold the law. The regime has been criticized for failing to uphold human rights. 2. (especially of a court of law) to agree that a previous decision was correct or that a request is reasonable. E.g. to uphold a conviction/an appeal/a complaint.
Overrule somebody/something: to change a decision or reject an idea from a position of greater power. Denegar, invalidar, anular. E.g. to overrule a decision/an objection. The verdict was overruled by the Supreme Court.
Uphold something: 1. to support something that you think is right and make sure that it continues to exist. mantener, sostener, confirmar, hacer cumplir. E.g. We have a duty to uphold the law. The regime has been criticized for failing to uphold human rights. 2. (especially of a court of law) to agree that a previous decision was correct or that a request is reasonable. E.g. to uphold a conviction/an appeal/a complaint.
Ready for CAE p 104. Unplugged. Vocabulary
Unplugged: performed or performing with acoustic rather than electric instruments.
To shun: to avoid.
Devotee: a person who admires and is very enthusiastic about sby/sthg.
To overtake: [often passive] if sthg unpleasant overtakes a person, it unexpectedly starts to happen and to affect them.
To set up: to create sthg or start it.
Slash: the symbol (/) used to show alternatives, as in lunch and/or dinner and 4/5 people and to write fractions, as in ¾.
Dot: (computing) a symbol like a full stop / period used to separate parts of a domain name, a URL or an email address.
To update: to give sby the most recent information about sthg; to add the most recent information to sthg.
To upgrade: to make a piece of machinery, computer system, etc. more powerful and efficient.
To look upon sby: to consider sby/sthg in a particular way.
Oddity: a person or thing that is strange or unusual.
Snail mail: (informal, humorous) used especially by people who use email on computers to describe the system of sending letters by ordinary mail.
To go astray: to become lost; to be stolen.
To swallow: to make food, drink, etc. go down your throat into your stomach.
Fairly: to some extent but not very.
To download: (computing) to move data to a smaller computer system from a larger one.
Bulky: (of a thing) large and difficult to move or carry.
Laptop: a small computer that can work with a battery and be easily carried.
To put away: to put sthg in the place where it is kept because you have finished using it.
Dreadful: very bad or unpleasant.
Junk: things that are considered useless or of little value.
Fork-lift: a vehicle with special equipment on the front for moving and lifting heavy objects.
To figure out: to think about sby/sthg until you understand them / it. To work out.
Bar: one of the small equal parts into which a piece of music is divided, containing a fixed number of beats.
To strike: to come into sby’s mind suddenly.
To spread: to cover, or to make sthg cover, a larger and larger area.
Quaint: attractive in an unusual or old-fashioned way.
To miss out on sthg: to fail to benefit from sthg useful or enjoyable by not taking part in it.
To undercut: to make sthg weaker or less likely to be effective.
The whole kit and caboodle: (informal) everything.
Outcast: a person who is not accepted by other people and who sometimes has to leave their home and friends.
Stuff: used to refer in a general way to things that people do, say, think, etc.
Reassuring: making you feel less worried or uncertain about sthg.
Stern: serious and often disapproving; expecting sby to obey you.
To plonk: to put sthg down on sthg, especially noisily or carelessly.
Pool: a game for two people played with 16 coloured balls on a table, often in pubs and bars. Players use cues (= long sticks) to try to hit the balls into pockets at the edge of the table.
Outside chance: a very small possibility of sthg happening, especially sthg that you want.
To force upon: to make sby accept sthg that they do not want.
Quid: (pl. quid) (BrE, informal) one pound in money.
State-of-the-art: using the most modern or advanced techniques or methods; as good as it can be at the present time.
To broadcast: to send out programmes on television or radio.
Costly: costing a lot of money, especially more than you want to pay.
VDU: a machine with a screen like a television that displays information from a computer (abbreviation for ‘visual display unit / video display terminal’).
Keyboard: the set of keys for operating a computer or typewriter.
Printer: a machine for printing text on paper, especially one connected to a computer.
To glue: to join two things together using glue.
Anguish: severe pain, mental suffering or unhappiness.
To plead with: to ask sby for sthg in a very strong and serious way. To beg.
To shun: to avoid.
Devotee: a person who admires and is very enthusiastic about sby/sthg.
To overtake: [often passive] if sthg unpleasant overtakes a person, it unexpectedly starts to happen and to affect them.
To set up: to create sthg or start it.
Slash: the symbol (/) used to show alternatives, as in lunch and/or dinner and 4/5 people and to write fractions, as in ¾.
Dot: (computing) a symbol like a full stop / period used to separate parts of a domain name, a URL or an email address.
To update: to give sby the most recent information about sthg; to add the most recent information to sthg.
To upgrade: to make a piece of machinery, computer system, etc. more powerful and efficient.
To look upon sby: to consider sby/sthg in a particular way.
Oddity: a person or thing that is strange or unusual.
Snail mail: (informal, humorous) used especially by people who use email on computers to describe the system of sending letters by ordinary mail.
To go astray: to become lost; to be stolen.
To swallow: to make food, drink, etc. go down your throat into your stomach.
Fairly: to some extent but not very.
To download: (computing) to move data to a smaller computer system from a larger one.
Bulky: (of a thing) large and difficult to move or carry.
Laptop: a small computer that can work with a battery and be easily carried.
To put away: to put sthg in the place where it is kept because you have finished using it.
Dreadful: very bad or unpleasant.
Junk: things that are considered useless or of little value.
Fork-lift: a vehicle with special equipment on the front for moving and lifting heavy objects.
To figure out: to think about sby/sthg until you understand them / it. To work out.
Bar: one of the small equal parts into which a piece of music is divided, containing a fixed number of beats.
To strike: to come into sby’s mind suddenly.
To spread: to cover, or to make sthg cover, a larger and larger area.
Quaint: attractive in an unusual or old-fashioned way.
To miss out on sthg: to fail to benefit from sthg useful or enjoyable by not taking part in it.
To undercut: to make sthg weaker or less likely to be effective.
The whole kit and caboodle: (informal) everything.
Outcast: a person who is not accepted by other people and who sometimes has to leave their home and friends.
Stuff: used to refer in a general way to things that people do, say, think, etc.
Reassuring: making you feel less worried or uncertain about sthg.
Stern: serious and often disapproving; expecting sby to obey you.
To plonk: to put sthg down on sthg, especially noisily or carelessly.
Pool: a game for two people played with 16 coloured balls on a table, often in pubs and bars. Players use cues (= long sticks) to try to hit the balls into pockets at the edge of the table.
Outside chance: a very small possibility of sthg happening, especially sthg that you want.
To force upon: to make sby accept sthg that they do not want.
Quid: (pl. quid) (BrE, informal) one pound in money.
State-of-the-art: using the most modern or advanced techniques or methods; as good as it can be at the present time.
To broadcast: to send out programmes on television or radio.
Costly: costing a lot of money, especially more than you want to pay.
VDU: a machine with a screen like a television that displays information from a computer (abbreviation for ‘visual display unit / video display terminal’).
Keyboard: the set of keys for operating a computer or typewriter.
Printer: a machine for printing text on paper, especially one connected to a computer.
To glue: to join two things together using glue.
Anguish: severe pain, mental suffering or unhappiness.
To plead with: to ask sby for sthg in a very strong and serious way. To beg.
Ready for CAE p 103. Vocabulary
Gapped sentences
- Deal cards: to give cards to each player in a game of cards. E.g. Whose turn is it to deal? Start by dealing out ten cards to each player. He dealt me two aces.
- All time high: the highest level or number. E.g. Profits reached an all-time high last year.
- Spirits: a person's feelings or state of mind. E.g. to be in high/low spirits.
Ready for CAE p 100. Sentence Completion. Listening. Vocabulary
- Hedonist: a person who believes that pleasure is the most important thing in life
- Handset: 1. Mobile phone; 2. The part of a desktop telephone that contains the speaker and the microphone.
- Replacement cover: tapa de recambio
- Speaks volumes: To provide a lot of information
- Yellow is a bold colour (bright, clear, strong)
- Marshmallow: nube (Children's candy)
- Stir up memories: Think about it
- scratch card: a card that you need to scratch to uncover a code or a prize.
- Handset: 1. Mobile phone; 2. The part of a desktop telephone that contains the speaker and the microphone.
- Replacement cover: tapa de recambio
- Speaks volumes: To provide a lot of information
- Yellow is a bold colour (bright, clear, strong)
- Marshmallow: nube (Children's candy)
- Stir up memories: Think about it
- scratch card: a card that you need to scratch to uncover a code or a prize.
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