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Conditionals
- 0: If + present → present (always true)
- 1: If + present → future (will) (possibilidades / consecuencias / promesas)
- 2: If + past simple → would + infinitive (casos hipotéticos)
- 3: If + past perfect → would have + past participle (pasado)
Prefixes
- anti- contra: antiwar, anti-learning
- co- juntos: cooperation, coeducation
- mis- mal / malamente: misprint, misbehave
- out- mejor que: outplayed, outperformed (mejor hecho)
- over- demasiado: overwork, overconfident
- re- volver a: retake, rewrite
- under- no es suficiente: underestimate, underachieving
Prepositions / Adjectives
- To: married, similar
- From: different
- In: interested, involved
- On: keen, dependent
- For: famous, remembered
- With: crowded, bored, satisfied, fed up, angry, furious, involved, pleased, obsessed
- At: bad, good, excellent
- Of: full, responsible, fond, afraid, aware, jealous, short, proud
- About: excited, angry, serious
- By: surprise (+), astonished, shocked
False friends
- career → trayectoria profesional
- advised → aconsejar
- attend → asistir
- lectures → clases de universidad
- college → como ciclos formativos
- library → biblioteca
- realize → darse cuenta
Connectors
Contrast
- although + sujeto + verbo (aunque)
- despite + sustantivo (a pesar de)
- however (sin embargo)
- in contrast to + sustantivo (a diferencia de)
Reason
- because + S + V (porque)
- due to + sustantivo (debido a)
Purpose
- in order to + verbo en infinitivo (para)
Result and consequence
- so + S + V (por tanto)
- consequently (en consecuencia)
Addition and example
- besides (además)
- like (como)
- for example (por ejemplo)
- too (también)
Time and sequence
- when / while (cuando / mientras)
- whenever (siempre que)
- first of all (en primer lugar)
- finally (finalmente)
- in conclusion (en conclusión)