Welcome to your English lesson 21/10/2020 Greetings / Intro Already / Yet / Just / since Practise, practise, practise Already/Yet “Already” generalmente va entre el verbo auxiliar y el verbo. The train has already arrived.(El tren ya ha llegado.) They have already finished their homework.(Ya han acabado sus deberes.) Jacob has already left work.(Jacob ya se ha ido del trabajo.) “Yet” utilizado generalmente al final. I am really hungry. I haven’t eaten yet. (Tengo mucha hambre. Todavía no he comido.) Has the train arrived yet?(¿Ya ha llegado el tren?) Have they finished their homework yet?(¿Ya han terminado sus deberes?) JUST STILL Acciones que todavía NO han ocurrido, Sobre todo cuando esperamos que ya hubieran pasado… STILL SIEMPRE VA ANTES DEL VERBO Phrasal verbs Break up: Terminar (un curso, una relación…). We break up the day of the party •Carry on: Continuar- Síguele… •Close up: Acercarse. His face closed up angrily •Dying for: Algo que deseas mucho. I´m dying for a cup of coffee •Get in touch: Estar en contacto. •Get back: Volver, recuperar. Give me a call when you get back •Go on: Continuar. The show must go on Go out: Que algo se apague, salir, pasar de moda. Please, close the door as you go out •Hold on: Espera. Hold on! I’m not ready Hurry up: Darse prisa. •Look at: Mirar. Look at me! Look for: Buscar. I still haven’t found what I’m looking for •Miss out: Perder la oportunidad. Don´t miss out on this chance / No te pierdas esta oportunidad. •Put on: Ponerse o vestir una prenda. If it’s winter, put on a thick pullover / Si es invierno, ponte un jersey grueso. •Run away (from): Alejarse, escapar. You can’t run away from me… / No puedes huir de mí •Stand by: Quedarse cerca. Stand by me / Quédate conmigo. •Work out: Hacer ejercicio, entrenar. Progresar. We’re going to the gym to work out / Vamos al gimnasio a entrenar. Phrasal verbs 1.Back up: apoyar. The rest of the team backed her up when she told Management about her plans. «dar marcha atrás» o «hacer una copia de seguridad». 2.Bring up: mencionar algo. Don’t bring up the budget during the meeting, please. 3.Carry out: llevar a cabo. The company is carrying out a plan to increase salaries by 20% next year. 4.Come across: encontrarse a alguien por casualidad. I went to the park and came across your brother – he is looking so grown up now! 5.Come up with: ocurrirse (una idea, solución…). Remember our IT problem? Well, Carlos has come up with a great solution! 6.Drop off: dejar a alguien en un sitio. Marcos is dropping me off at the airport today. 7.Find out: averiguar. María got promoted when they found out she has excellent business skills. 8.Get along: llevarse bien. Do you get along with your English teacher? I think she’s really cool. 9.Get back to: responder más tarde. Let me check out some numbers and I will get back to you with an answer this afternoon. 10.Get over: superar. He has gotten over his breakup quite well, don’t you think? Phrasal verbs 1.Give up: dejar un hábito. I gave up smoking last May. También puede significar «rendirse». 2.Hurry up: darse prisa. Hurry up or we will never make it in time! 3.Look after: cuidar de alguien. I’m looking after the children while my sister is at work. 4.Make up: recuperar. Making up for lost time. Otros posibles significados: hacer las paces, maquillarse, inventar… 5.Pick up: recoger. Can you pick me up at the train station? También puede significar «aprender por casualidad»: I picked up some French while I was living in Paris. 6.Point out: señalar. Thanks for pointing this out, John -otherwise we could have made a big mistake. 7.Set up: fundar, establecer. I have always wanted to set up my own freelance business. 8.Turn on/off: encender/apagar. Can you turn the lights off when you leave, please? 9.Turn out: ocurrir de manera diferente a lo esperado. As it turns out, John didn’t get the job in Advertising -he is going to Australia for a gap year instead. 10.Turn up: llegar o aparecer. Mike hasn’t turned up yet. Do any of you know where is he? Everyone you will ever meet will knows something you don´t Accommodation: Affect / effect: Business: Committed: Desert / dessert: Dilemma. Embarrassed: Immediate: Liaison: Misspelled Pronunciation Questionnaire Queue Recommend Their / they're / there Rhythm Whether / Weather Actually -Come on! Schedule a next meeting 1.I'd like to set up a meeting with you at your earliest convenience. When are you free? I'd like to schedule a meeting with you as soon as possible. (ASAP) When is it available? 2.Next time, we are going to meet up with our colleagues from NYC 3.I'm sorry but I can't make it on Monday. How about we reschedule for next week? 4.That sounds good to me, I look forward to seeing you then TIPS Practise your vocab´ Making up sentences & have fun! I really hope you learnt something useful during our class. Practise your english as often as possible in order to become fluent- whether you like it or not. ☺
