English Vocabulary.docx

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Run out of time: to have no time left

Eg: I have run our of time before my father left without me. 

Run out of something: to use it all up (to consume or use all of something)

Eg: Yesterday we ran out of sugar, so I had to go to the supermarket to buy it. 

Use someone up: to use all the effort or talent a person has.

Eg: I hate when people want to use me up thinking that I am not going to know. 

Use something up: to consume or use all of something.

Eg.: When we buy Nutella, my family always use it up quickly. 

Dial: is the round part of a clock. But more generally, it refers to a round instrument that shows you the amount of something, for example, heat, pressure or speed.

Eg:The dial is important to measure anything. Phones used to have dials that you turned to make a phone call. Here's the verb: 'I dialled his number but he didn't answer.' 

Straitjacket: limiting what somebody can do in a way that is damaging / a jacket with long arms that are tied behind a person to stop them from behaving violently.

Eg.: When someone restrict me to laugh and be happy is a straitjacket. In the past, doctors in psychotic hospitals used to oblifgate their crazy patients to use straitjackets. 

Yawn: is that typical reaction of someone who is bored. It's when you open your mouth wide and take some air in and slowly out.

Eg.: I yawn when I feel tired. 

Indeed: actually, in fact.

Eg.: Indeed, she is a strong woman. My mom is, indeed, the best in the world. He is a rude boy, indeed. 

Restless: unwilling or unable to stay still (something is not moving) or to be quiet and calm, because you are worried or bored.

Eg.: She spent a restless night (she did not sleep well) I felt restless today because I was borried about the passing of time. 

To cope with: to deal with

Eg.: I am always coping with my family problems.

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Stuck in a rut: too fixed in one particular type of job, activity, method, etc., and needing to change.

Eg.: My mom is working in schools for a long time but she doesn’t like to teach children soo she always feels she is stuck in a rut. RUT: RUTINA 

To stave off: to stop or to keep an unpleasant feeling away.

Eg.: When I am sad I listen to music to stave off that mood. 

Boredom: the state of feeling bored.

Eg.: All the teenagers should learn another language when they are bored, so that they can stave off boredom. 

Spur on: to stimulate or to encourage someone to do something.

Eg.: I think boredom is a very useful emotion. It's an emotion which spurs people on to change something about their environment.                       

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In my opinion, all feminist woman should spur woman on to fight for their rights. Dusk: OSCURIDAD Vow: PROMESA Vogue: MODA Sin: PECADO Hang: Colgar Broadcast: Stubborn: Willing: Bound: Lame: DEFECTUOSO Chief: JEFE Morbid: Pursue: PERSEGUIR Boundless: SIN LIMITE Assumption: SUPOSICION Hereby: POR LA PRESENTE, POR ESTE MEDIO Succeed: HEREDAR, TENER ÉXITO Shiver: TEMBLAR Prosecutor: FISCAL Will: DESEO Malice: MALICIA Thrills: EMOCIONES Ride drop up and chase thrills: Drop top is a car with a roof that can be removed (also called a convertible). Chase thrills means to find exciting things to do. So the whole phrase means to ride in a car with the roof down while looking for fun and exciting things to do. Dawn: AMANECER

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Breed: RAZA Wage gap: BRECHA SALARIAL Wage: SALARIO Gap: BRECHA, DIFERENCIA, HUECO Thrive: PROSPERAR Starve: MORIR DE HAMBRE Regard: CONSIDERAR Regarding: RESPECTO A Women´s lib: WOMEN´S LIBERATION Blossom out: ABRIRSE Flashed junk mind: MENTE CHISPEANTE Shambles: RUINAS Grim: SEVERO Cracking: AGRIETAMEINTO Hustle: AJETREO, BULLICIO Bustle: BULLICIO, MOVIMIENTO Secret hunch: PRESENTIMIENTO SECRETO Guest: INVITADO Accomplishment: LOGRO