Vocabulario y gramática en inglés: verbos, idiomas, departamentos hospitalarios y descripción física

Verbos regulares en pasado simple

Voiceless: helped, looked, washed, watched, laughed, breathed, kissed, danced, kissed.

Voiced: called, cleaned, offered, damaged, loved, used, followed, enjoyed, amazed.

Uso del auxiliar en preguntas y negaciones

When we use the auxiliary verb (did) or (didn't), the main verb is in the infinitive.

We write did/didn't in front of the subject; the main verb is in the infinitive.

Forma afirmativa y negativa

Affirmative form: The verb that comes after is in the infinitive, in its form WITHOUT "to".

Negative form: Add "NOT" after "can" to form one word: cannot.

Phrasal verbs e idioms

Take after (phrasal verb): to look or behave like a relative.

Like chalk and cheese (idiom): two people are completely different from each other.

Síntomas

Dizzy, nauseous, weak, short of breath, vomiting, coughing, sneezing, wheezing, stomach.

Modales: can y could

Can: ask permission, request something, offer to help someone.

Could: ask for permission (more polite), request something (more polite), suggestion (when asking what to do).

Idioms del tiempo y la situación

The shape of things to come: likely to become popular in the future.

Out of date: old.

Making up for lost time: doing now what she did not have the opportunity to do before.

For the time being: temporarily.

On the threshold of: about to happen very soon.

Only a matter of time: it will happen, but we don't know when.

In the long run: a long time from now.

Departamentos del hospital

Pathology, Physiotherapy, Renal Unit, Pharmacy, Orthopaedic, Neurology, Paediatrics, Dermatology, Haematology, Obstetrics, Surgery.

Descripción física

Edad

Old, middle-aged, younger, in his/her early (twenties, thirties, etc.).

Estatura y complexión

Height: tall, of average height, short.

Body: fat, thin, skinny, lean, sturdy.

Rostro

Long, oval, round, freckled.

Boca

Thin, full lips, crooked.

Ojos

Dark, large, almond-shaped, thick eyelids.

Idioms de emociones y conducta

Go as red as a beetroot: blush, embarrassed.

Give the game away: reveal something that is intended to be a secret.

Have something on your conscience: feel guilty because you did or didn't do something.

1. Arguing in a very angry way: At each other's throats.

2. Telling the truth about what he had done so that he feels guilty: Make a clean breast of it.

3. Paying close attention to what someone is doing: Breathing down his neck.

4. Really annoying: Pain in the neck.

5. Telling him what he should feel guilty about: Ramming it down his throat.

6. Ignoring him in a deliberate way: Giving him the cold shoulder.