VOCABULARY - UNIT 3

a word of warning = una advertencia acceptable = aceptable appeal = atraer benefit = beneficio boast = presumir, alardear, fanfarronear by word of mouth = de boca en boca celebrity = (persona) famoso complain = queja, quejarse everywhere = por todos sitios / lados feeling = sentimiento gossip = cotilleo, cotilla, cotillear gossip columns = seccin de cotilleo (prensa) hardly ever = casi nunca in fact = de hecho intimate = ntimo invention = invento juicy = jugoso latest = ltimo, ms reciente like it or not = (te) guste o no likely = probable link = relacionar major = principal marriage = matrimonio mass media = medios de comunicacin modest = modesto most = la mayora de need for = necesidad de neighbour = vecino pass on = transmitir, pasar plastic surgery = ciruga esttica profitable = rentable proof = prueba rely = contra con, depender de rush = precipitarse, darse mucha prisa sensational = sensacional, sensacionalista sensible = sensato, prudente spread = extender, difundir, propagar strangely enough = aunque parezca extrao talk show = programa de entrevistas (TV) trust = confiar truth = verdad view (v.) = considerar well-liked = bien considerado embarrassed = avergonzado proud = orgulloso

shy = tmido frightened = asustado excited = emocionado nervous = nervioso confident = seguro de s mismo uncomfortable = incmodo serious = formal focused = centrado, concentrado

VERBS + PREPOSITIONS

accuse of = acusar de agree with = estar de acuerdo con apologise for = pedir disculpas por arrive at = llegar a + nombre comn de un lugar arrive in = llegar a + nombre propio de un lugar believe in = creer en belong to = pertenecer a concentrate on = concentrarse en depend on = depender de hear of = or sobre insist on = insistir en remind of = recordar a succeed in = tener xito en wait for = esperar a (algo o alguien)

EXPRESSIONS WITH USED

USED TO + infinitivo = soler + infinitivo (slo utilizado en pasado). Tambin se traduce expresando la accin verbal en Pretrito Imperfecto (cantaba, rea). BE USED TO + gerundio (-ing) = estar acostumbrado a + infinitivo GET USED TO + gerundio (-ing) = acostumbrarse a + infinitivo