Tengo que empezar a saber cómo administrar mejor el tiempo, o voy a tener problemas en un futuro no muy lejano.
Mientras me pongo a ello, os dejo con lo visto durante los últimos días por los rincones de Twitter:
Vocabulario:
- Mimar a alguien mucho.
- Mordaz.
- Irritante, fastidioso.
- Algo que te causa un/a malestar/pesadilla.
Expresiones:
- Lo tengo en la punta de la lengua.
- Se me ha trabado la lengua.
- Culo veo, culo quiero.
- Una causa perdida.
Phrasal verbs:
- Dos formas de describir que pierdes la concentración, no prestas atención, o se te va el santo al cielo.
- Holgazanear cuando deberías hacer una tarea.
- Mantener a alguien al corriente de algo.
- Una lista de Phrasal verbs muy utilizados en los níveles B1 y B2
Otros:
- Ejemplos con palabras cuya raíz es “chro”
- Sinónimos para decir que alguien habla mucho.
- Diferencias entre “no tiene precio” y “no tiene valor”.
- Acrónimo que se utiliza para describir una relación a larga distancia.
- Diferencias entre “useless”, “pointless” y “worthless”.
to SPACE OUT
-not pay attention & lose all focus“She spaces out in class b/c the teacher’s boring!”#LearnEnglishhttps://t.co/4NX0QHHlTF pic.twitter.com/HeJZwKNcLo
— EnglishExpressions (@EnglishExpYes) October 10, 2017
CHRON (time) ???
Example words:
• chronology
• chronic
• synchronize
• chronicle
• anachronism#vocabulary pic.twitter.com/IvY3IHLd7B— The YUNiversity (@The_YUNiversity) October 10, 2017
to SLACK OFF
-to be lazy when you should be working“I’m firing her b/c she is always slacking off!”#learnenglishhttps://t.co/4NX0QHHlTF pic.twitter.com/xxsHDS7md8
— EnglishExpressions (@EnglishExpYes) October 10, 2017
“It’s On the Tip Of My Tongue”
= I know the word/name etc., but I can’t remember it right now
Learn more here: https://t.co/TsZ2rM7Vlo pic.twitter.com/6UJnF5p5YR
— Evil English (@RealEvilEnglish) October 9, 2017
TONGUE-TIED = unable to speak; don’t know what to say: “He gets tongue-tied around pretty girls.”
— English Explained (@EnglishExplaind) October 11, 2017
keep sb posted = mantener a alguien al corriente
I’m not sure exactly when I’m leaving but I’ll keep you posted.
— Kerry (@EnglishBug7) October 11, 2017
People who speak a lot ?
wordy
chatty
gabby
mouthy
gossipy
yakking
verbose
talkative
babbling
rambling
garrulous
loquacious
long-winded— English121 (@learnenglish121) October 12, 2017
“Priceless vs Worthless”
Priceless = so precious value can’t be known
Worthless = no value
Learn more here: https://t.co/hMuzvv3OVv pic.twitter.com/apVDYTliLb
— Evil English (@RealEvilEnglish) October 13, 2017
?To pamper
?To treat with excessive indulgence?He pampered his child, and allowed her to do anything she wanted.#ESL #LearnEnglish #TEFL pic.twitter.com/2g5hkb65Pq
— EOI Teacher (@Herminio_EOI) October 13, 2017
Sabes lo que significan las siglas ‘LDR’: describe una relación sentimental a distancia (“long distance relationship”) Vive en #inglés
— Global Link Idiomas (@GlobalLink_ES) October 13, 2017
Vitriolic /?v?tr???l?k/ – Mordaz
EX: He launched a vitriolic attack on the senator, accusing him of shielding corrupt friends#FelizSabado
— Estudios Ingleses (@Eingleses) October 14, 2017
Irksome /???ks?m/ – Irritante, fastidioso.
EX: The vibration can become irksome after a while.#Cambridge #Wordreference
— Estudios Ingleses (@Eingleses) October 14, 2017
Bane /be?n/ of your life/existence – Algo que te causa un/a malestar/pesadilla.
EX: That cat is the bane of my life!
— Estudios Ingleses (@Eingleses) October 14, 2017
monkey see, monkey do – culo veo, culo quiero
— termbank.com (@TurengSpanish) October 15, 2017
A LOST CAUSE = something impossible, something that will never happen:
“Stop asking for her phone number. She is a lost cause.”
— English Explained (@EnglishExplaind) October 16, 2017
“Zone Out”
= lose concentration, have nothing on your mind, daydream
Learn more here: https://t.co/aXKUJPeQvR pic.twitter.com/wSxsuMb74E
— Evil English (@RealEvilEnglish) October 16, 2017
?It’s useless
?It’s unhelpful, not useful?It’s pointless
?It doesn’t make sense?It’s worthless
?It has no real value#ESL #LearnEnglish pic.twitter.com/UdoLDFhZww— EOI Teacher (@Herminio_EOI) October 16, 2017
Some phrasal verbs you can learn at #B1 or #B2 levels #ESL #LearnEnglish pic.twitter.com/cM2srmvoyO
— Academia Results (@ResultsCabra) October 16, 2017