Phrasal Verbs, Idioms y Gramática en Inglés: Vocabulario Práctico para Viajes y Vida Diaria
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Phrasal Verbs
Run out of money: no tener más
Put money by: guardar
Take out a loan: coger dinero del banco
Live on: tener dinero para mantenerte
Cut down on luxuries: reducir
Fill out an application: completar
Check in: registrarse
Get on the plane: subirse al avión
Set off: salir
Pick up: recoger
Take off: quitarse
Stop off: pararse
Idioms
Be a pain in the neck 🡪 persona aburrida
Have a heart of gold 🡪 ser buena persona
Be as hard as nails 🡪 ser muy duro/a
Be behind the times 🡪 estar pasado de moda
Be a couch potato 🡪 vago que no hace ejercicio
Drive a hard bargain 🡪 saber negociar
Have itchy legs 🡪 alguien que viaja mucho
Hit the road 🡪 ponerse en marcha
Travel light 🡪 viajar con pocas cosas
Live out of a suitcase 🡪 llevar una vida nómada
Listening
Duncan uses the word "funny"
Duncan explains that puffins create underground burrows
Duncan was surprised... puffins are driven by hunger
In town, gardens
Injured puffins are cared for in a museum
Questions
1. What noise do newborn puffins make? → They sound like a duck.
2. What do puffins use to guide them at night? → They use the stars.
3. What do they usually use...? → Shoeboxes.
4. What did Duncan buy as a souvenir? → Pictures.
Vocabulary
Occupation, mysterious, possibility, unforgettable, perfectionist, embarrassed, sensible, location, colourful, temptation, magical, fascinating, accommodation, financial, tourism, crossing, beginning, attraction, unfortunately, reservation, height, irregular, impressive, trendy, expensive, unemployment
Prepositions
Congratulate ON, retire FROM, apply FOR, specialise IN, have experience IN, qualified FOR, responsible FOR, work UNDER, be patient WITH, try the jacket ON, t-shirts are FOR, IN a season, ON board, places OFF, place IN, be IN, ON sale, remains OF, IN the window, pick her UP, set OFF, surrounded BY.
Grammar
I am not used to travelling abroad.
By the time Rebecca gets to the resort, she will have been driving for two hours.
Chris didn't use to travel...
By the time we arrived at the port, the ferry had left.
It was such very heavy luggage that she couldn't lift it.
They have been living in France since six years ago.
Mary called so as to ask for a favour.
Lenny, whose father the company...
She checks the day's schedule as soon as she gets into the office.
This is the most intelligent student I have ever met.