Friday, September 18, 2009

ESL 5 Summary of Vocabulary and Idioms Sept 14 – Sept 18, 2009

1. appalling
2. Booo!
3. burst into tears
4. come across something
5. Constitution day
6. criollos / mestiizos / indios
7. dive
8. El Grito
9. fast
10. feel at home
11. Fill me in.
12. get over something/someone
13. gulp down something
14. hammer out / iron out differences (details)
15. hand over
16. humungous
17. in no time
18. jet lag
19. La Nuevo Espana
20. leave a trail <> follow the trail
21. Los Insurgentes
22. Mexican Independence Day
23. Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla
24. Napoleon Bonaparte
25. on the bright side
26. pin someone up against the wall
27. Pot luck
28. President Benito Juarez
29. put something behind someone
30. quill
31. Ramadan
32. safe and sound
33. settle down
34. strangled
35. stretch one’s legs
36. the Amendments
37. the Bill of Rights
38. the Preamble
39. the Seven Articles of the Constitution
40. VIVA!

Sleep
Coma
Hibernate
Siesta
Snooze
Doze
Nap
Cat-nap
40 winks

Steal
Burglar
Burglarize
Burglary
Mug / mugger
Pick pocket
Purse snatcher
Rob
Thief / theft

Hygiene
“Excuse me!”
B.O.
Bad breath
Bald
Belch
Dandruff
Drool
Earwax
Fart
Fly is open <>XYZ
Hangover
Hiccup
Picks his nose
Reek
Receding hairline
Snores
Toe-jam
Wrinkled clothes
Zits

He was bombed. (adjective; slang)

He bombed the village. (past tense verb ; active voice)

The village was bombed by him. (past tense verb ; passive voice)