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November 16, 2006 / 16 de noviembre, 2006

Posted inWord of the Day | Updated: 6:00 am, Nov 16, 2006 byMr. Herren
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ADVANCED VOCABULARY - NO TRANSLATION:

ultraje (1. ultra, más allá de) m. Injuria grave de obra o de palabra.

BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE WITH TRANSLATION:

clavel s.m. 1 carnation.

Mercedes usa claveles en su boda.
Mercedes wears carnations at her wedding.
cla BEL

BASIC VOCABULARY - Thematic approach- Outside the home terms

el césped - lawn
el patio - yard
el jardín - garden
podar - to prune

IDIOM

Sacudir la mosca
Spanish: to shake off the fly.
English: to cough up the money.

Poca cosa - Not much
Poco a poco - little by little or gradually
Poner la mira - to aim at, focus or to fix one’s eyes on
La rutina diaria = the daily grind - same old, same old

BONUS WORD - TODAY SYNONYMS ARE PRESENTED.

vacuo - trivial - frivolous, superficial.

MODISMO

(Venezuela)- prenda - jewelry

PROVERB

Más vale prevenir que ser prevenidos.
Prevent rather than repent.

SPANISH COGNATES - http://www.spanishstudies.com/spanish_cognates.htm

digestive - digestivo
endocrine - endocrino
lymphatic - linfático
respiratory - respiratorio

Business Vocabulary

querella - lawsuit
quincena - two weeks
quiosco - kiosk
queja - complaint

Verb of the Day

abatir v.t. y v. pron. 1 to demolish, to pull down. 2 to humiliate. 3 to discourage, to lose heart. / v.t. 4 to take down. / vi. 5 MAR. to change course. / v. pron. 6 to swoop, to dive (aves).

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