English Vocabulary Units 4 & 5

Posted on May 7, 2024 in English

VOCABULARY UNIT 4

Phrasal Verbs

  • Hold somebody back – Stop somebody from doing something / Impedir a algú fer alguna cosa, retenir algú
  • Chase – Run after / perseguir
  • Keep track of – Continue to be informed about something or somebody /Seguir a primera línia, controlar
  • Let somebody down – Disappoint somebody by failing to do what you agreed to do or were expected to do/ decebre, fallar
  • Catch up with – Succeed in reaching a person who is ahead of you / Atrapar, agafar, posar-se al dia
  • Sit out – Not to be involved in something/ Not to participate / no participar
  • Enhance – Improve the quality, amount or strength of something / Millorar
  • Try out for – To compete for a position in a sports team or a part in a play / Intentar passar unes proves
  • Go in for – Enter a competition, take part in a competition / participar en una competició

Other Vocabulary

Unit 4

  • Be on the ball – Be attentive / estar atent, parar atenció / estar a l’aguait (estar al lloro)
  • Be in your corner – Give support to somebody / Recolzar, estar al costat d’algu
  • Don’t jump the gun – Don’t start doing something too soon / precipitar-se
  • Stunning – Fantastic / Increïble, impressionant
  • Track – Path specially designed for athletes and sports events / Pista
  • Glide – Move without effort / Lliscar
  • Accomplishment – Achieve your goals / exit, assoliment
  • Background – Family history / origen, procedència
  • Flee – Run away from a dangerous situation / Fugida,fugir
  • War-torn – Severely damaged by a long war / desgarrat per la guerra
  • Extended (family) – A family nucleus and various relatives / parents llunyans
  • Gift – A natural ability or talent / do
  • Guidance – Act or process of guiding or providing advice /orientació, consell
  • Excel at something – Be exceptionally good at something / destacar
  • Draw – At the end of a match the 2 teams have the same score / empat
  • Self-esteem – Pride and respect to oneself / autoestima, amor propi
  • Defeat – Win against someone in a fight, war, competition…
  • Willpower – Energetic determination to do something and restrain impulses / força de voluntat
  • Achievement – Something done successfully with effort, skill or courage / assoliment
  • Seek – Go in search of something / buscar
  • Referee – The official who controls a sports event such as football, arbitre
  • Excel – Be superior to others in some area, do extremely well / sobresortir
  • Can’t help – Not to be able to control or stop something / no poder evitar

VOCABULARY UNIT 5

Phrasal Verbs

  • Turn up – a) arrive somewhere / aparèixer, presentar-se a un lloc / b) increase the volume / pujar el volum
  • Bring up – a) Raise children / criar
    b) mention / mencionar
  • Turn in – a) Tell the police about something, hand over to the police / Denunciar a la policia
    b) Go to bed / Anar a dormir
  • Give Away – a) Reveal a secret or identity / Delatar
    b) Give as a gift, for free / Regalar, donar
  • Put Down – a) Write / apuntar
    b) Criticise and tease / Criticar i burlar-se
  • Back up – a) Move in reverse / Tirar enrere
    b) Support / recolzar
  • Take out – a) Remove / treure
    b) Go on a date / sortir de cita amb algú
  • Watch out – Be careful / Anar amb compte
  • Break into – Enter a private property illegally using force in order to steal something / Entrar a robar
  • Let off– Let someone leave / deixar marxar

Other Vocabulary

Unit 5

  • Crime doesn’t pay – committing a crime is not worth the risk of being caught and punished / No val la pena cometre delictes
  • Barely – almost not / quasi no, amb prou feines / apenas
  • Chilly – unpleasantly cold / fred
  • Lean – in a sloping position, inclined / recolzat en un lloc
  • Reassure – say or do something to remove the doubts and fears of (someone)/ tranquilitzar
  • Strike (a match) – produce a flame from a match by rubbing it hard across a rough surface / encendre un llumí
  • Jaw – the lower part of your face that moves when you open your mouth / mandibula
  • Lose track – no longer know where someone or something / perdre el rastre d’algú o d’alguna cosa
  • Drizzle – rain in a very light way/ Plovisquejar
  • Gaze – look at someone or something for a long time / contemplar
  • Release – Stop holding something / Deixar anar
  • Unfold – open something that was folded / desplegar
  • Steady – Not shaking or moving / ferm/a, estable
  • Hand (verb) – give / donar
  • Mugger – A person who confronts his/her victim with violence / atracador
  • Con artist – A person who tricks people into giving them money / Triler
  • Pickpocket – A person who steals people’s things in large and crowded places / Carterista
  • Shoplifter – A person who takes things that are for sale / lladre de botigues
  • Burglar – A person who illegally enters buildings and steals things / Lladre
  • Get caught – You are found committing a crime / Ser enxampat, “pillat”
  • Fine – A sum of money that must be paid as a punishment of breaking the law / multa
  • Get away with – Escape punishment / Lliurar-se d’un càstig
  • Guilty – Convicted of a crime, responsible for a wrong action / culpable
  • Trial – A formal meeting in a court where the judge and jury listen to evidence and decide if a person is guilty of a crime / Judici
  • Valuables – Things that you own that are worth a lot of money / objectes de valor
  • Fake – Not genuine, imitation / còpia, no real o de marca
  • Grab – Take hold of something suddenly and roughly / agafar ràpidament
  • Robber – Someone who steals money or property from a bank, shop or a vehicle, often by using force / Lladre
  • Hesitation – Act of pausing before doing something because you are nervous or not certain / el fet de tenir dubtes, vacil·lació
  • Wig – A covering for the head made of real or artificial hair / Perruca
  • Thwart – Stop something from happening / Frustrar
  • Likelihood – The chance that something will happen / Probabilitat