Common English Idioms and Expressions: A Comprehensive List

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Common English Idioms and Expressions

Actions and Challenges:

• Chew – masticar
• Bites – picadura
• Needle – aguja
• Stride – zancada
• Crack – cascar
• Pie – pastel
• Haystack – paja
• Baptism – bautizo
• Tough – dura
• Nut – tuerca
• Depth – profundidad
• Deep – profundo
• Uphill – cuesta arriba
• Heavy – duro
• Bed – camino
• Clues – pista
• Ropes – cuerda
• Rusty – oxidado
• Brains – sesos
• Screwed – roscado
• Nature – natural
• Pick – recoger
• Slip – deslizarse
• Blank – en blanco
• Tip – punta
• Sieve – tamiz
• Jog – escabuyirse
• Dim – oscuro
• Barking – ladrido
• Slip – traspie
• Goose

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Spanish Verb Conjugations and Sentence Construction

Posted by admin on Dec 27, 2024 in Spanish | 0 comments

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Present Indicative

1. tener (yo) → Tengo muchos libros en mi habitación.
2. buscar (yo) → Busco las llaves que perdí ayer.

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Present Subjunctive

3. caber (ella) → Es posible que ella quepa en ese pequeño asiento.
4. disminuir (ustedes) → Espero que ustedes disminuyan el uso de plástico.
5. averiguar (usted) → Es necesario que usted averigüe qué sucedió en la reunión.
6. reconocer (nosotros) → Es importante que reconozcamos nuestros errores.
7. organizar (tú) → Te sugiero que organices tu agenda antes

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Spanish Vocabulary List: Essential Words and Phrases

Posted by admin on Dec 6, 2024 in Spanish | 0 comments

Spanish Vocabulary: Essential Words and Phrases

Common Words

Ligeramente + adj: slightly + adj.

Los viejos, los mayores: the elderly

Llenar: to fill

Llevar un rato: to take a while

La dirección: the management

Litoral espectacular: dramatic coastline

La plantilla: the staff

Llegar a (town/decision): to arrive at

Llegar a (country/city/island): to arrive in

Llevar una vida feliz/triste: to lead a happy/sad life

Lloviznar: to drizzle

Librase de: to get rid of

Métete en tus asuntos: Mind your own business.

Mientras

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Edgar Allan Poe: Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Posted by admin on Dec 5, 2024 in Spanish | 0 comments

The Gold Bug

William Legrand, after suffering financial difficulties, moved to Sullivan’s Island. He dedicated his time to hunting and fishing, often venturing out with his African-American servant, Jupiter.

The unnamed narrator of the story befriended Legrand. One afternoon, he visited Legrand and learned about the discovery of a gold bug. The narrator had no reference for this bug (except for a drawing) because Legrand had given it to a lieutenant. That afternoon, the two friends had some misunderstandings,

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Spanish Future Tense and Mexican-American History

Posted by admin on Dec 3, 2024 in Spanish | 0 comments

I. Forming the Future Tense

Infinitive	Yo	Tú	Él/Ella/Ud.	Nosotros	Ellos/Ellas/Uds.
haber	habré	habrás	habrá	habremos	habrán
venir	vendré	vendrás	vendrá	vendremos	vendrán
poder	podré	podrás	podrá	podremos	podrán
tener	tendré	tendrás	tendrá	tendremos	tendrán
poner	pondré	pondrás	pondrá	pondremos	pondrán
perder	perderé	perderás	perderá	perderemos	perderán
querer	querré	querrás	querrá	querremos	querrán
hacer	haré	harás	hará	haremos	harán
salir	saldré	saldrás	saldrá	saldremos	saldrán
saber	sabré	sabrás	sabrá	sabremos	sabrán
decir	diré	dirás	dirá	diremos	dirán
expulsar	expulsaré	expulsarás	expulsará	expulsaremos	expulsarán
ser	seré	serás	será	seremos	serán
vivir	viviré	vivirás	vivirá	viviremos	vivirán

II.

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Essential English Phrases and Vocabulary for Work and Time Management

Posted by admin on Dec 3, 2024 in Spanish | 0 comments

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