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ÍNDICE
INDEX
03 Introducción
05 Verbos compuestos
07 Relaciones
10 Trabajo
13 Viajes
16 Rutina diaria
19 Deportes
22 Dinero
24 Tu siguiente paso
26 Acerca de
EF Englishtown
www.englishtown.com | 2 - Índice
INTRODUCCIÓN
| 3 - Introducción
Introducción
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VERBOS
COMPUESTOS
Definición y uso
| 5 - Verbos Compuestos
Verbos Compuestos
Definición y uso
The same verb can have dozens El mismo verbo puede tener
of completely different meanings docenas de significados
depending on the term that goes completamente diferentes
with it. dependiendo del término.
RELACIONES
| 7 - Relaciones
Relaciones
ask out to invite someone to a invitar a alguien a salir He asked her out for a
romantic date en una cita romántica meal.
break up to separate, to put an separarse, poner fin a They were the perfect
end to something algo couple; I never thought
they would break up!
chat (someone) to talk and flirt with hablar y coquetear con Whenever we’re in a
up someone you are alguien que te atrae bar, he always tries to
attracted to chat up the girls.
cheat on to betray, to have a traicionar, tener una She had been cheating
secret relationship with relación secreta con on her boyfriend for
someone else alguien más months!
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Relaciones
fall for / fall in love to become romantically interesarse en alguien He fell for her when
with interested in someone de manera romántica he found out she was
a soccer fan.
go out with to have a romantic tener una relación She goes out with a
relationship with romántica informal con different guy every
someone, not necessarily alguien week!
a serious one
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PARTE 2
TRABAJO
Verbos compuestos
comunes para el trabajo
| 10 - Trabajo
Trabajo
account for to give a reason dar una razón o The boss could not
(something) or explanation for explicación para algo account for all the
something absences.
carry out to put something in poner algo en acción, The marketing team
action, to accomplish. llevar a cabo carried out several
tests before launching
the campaign.
come up with to have a new idea or tener una nueva She always comes up
produce an answer idea o producir una with the best solutions
respuesta in our meetings.
deal with to face something and hacer frente a algo y We have to deal with
take action tomar acciones complaints from
clients everyday.
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Trabajo
point out to explain something explicar algo específico, They had to point out
specific, to call attention llamar la atención sobre the benefits of the
to something algo budget cuts.
put out to make something, to hacer algo, producir y The fashion brand
produce and launch presentar puts out a new
collection each
season.
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PARTE 3
VIAJES
Verbos compuestos
comunes al viajar
| 13 - Viajes
Viajes
be off to go out to (some salir (a algún lugar) I’m off to Paris for the
place) weekend.
get back to to return to, go back to volver, volver a Our holiday was
great, but we were
tired when we got
back to town.
pull in to arrive (used for trains) llegar (utilizado para The train will pull in
trenes) at platform 2.
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Viajes
pull out to depart (used for partir (utilizado para My train pulled out of
trains) trenes) the station 10 minutes
late.
see (someone) off to say goodbye to decirle adiós a alguien My parents saw me
someone as they al verlo marcharse off at the airport.
depart.
set off to leave on a trip or salir de viaje The family set off to
journey the beach first thing
in the morning.
stop over to make a brief pause in hacer una breve pausa en un Our flight wasn’t
a trip, either to change viaje, ya sea para cambiar de direct; we had a stop
airplanes or to rest avión o para descansar over in London.
take off to leave the ground (for despegar (para aviones) Our flight had a very
planes) smooth take off.
www.englishtown.com | 15 - Viajes
PARTE 4
RUTINA
DIARIA
Verbos compuestos
comunes en las tareas
cotidianas
| 16 - Rutina Diaria
Rutina Diaria
get into to enter a discussion / entrar en una discusión I don’t like to get into
a car / un coche arguments.
hold on to wait for a little while esperar por un tiempo Hold on, I just need to
pay the taxi driver.
run out of to be without, to have estar sin, quedarse sin My car ran out of gas
nothing left nada miles from the nearest
town.
come out to become known, or ser conocido, o el I’m trying this recipe
the result of something resultado de algo for the first time. I
don’t know how it will
come out.
Verboscompuestoscomunesenlastareascotidianas
find out to discover, to learn a descubrir, aprender un My sister will find out
new fact nuevo hecho if she got a promotion
today.
take back to cancel what one retirar lo que se dijo, I said this portion
said, to “unsay” “retractarse” was too small, but I
take it back. I’m full
up already!
DEPORTES
Verbos compuestos
comunes para el ocio y el
ejercicio
| 19 - Deportes
Deportes
come in to arrive (at a certain llegar (a una cierta My horse came in last
position) posición) place.
fall off to fall from something caerse de algo The cyclist fell off his
bike.
play off to play the last game in jugar el último partido Tickets are sold out
competition to decide en una competencia for the big play off
the winner para decidir al ganador tonight.
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Deportes
cheer on to give support and dar apoyo y ánimo The fans were
encouragement cheering on the
basketball players.
knock out to hit someone so hard vencer a un equipo o The blues were
they pass out. jugador y eliminarlo de knocked out in the
un torneo third round.
take on to compete with, to fight competir con, luchar The USA will take on
against contra Australia in the final.
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PARTE 6
DINERO
Verbos compuestos
comunes para las
finanzas
| 22 - Dinero
Dinero
cough up to give money dar dinero de mala It’s your turn to buy
unwillingly gana the drinks, cough up!
dip into to spend part of one’s gastarse parte de los I had to dip into my
savings ahorros savings to pay for this
holiday.
get by to have just enough tener justo el suficiente dinero If we budget carefully
money for one’s needs, para pagar los artículos de we can probably get
nothing else primera necesidad by till pay day.
pay back to have just enough regresarle dinero a She worked hard to
money to pay for alguien pay back her bank
essential items loan on time.
put aside to save money for a ahorrar dinero con un He put aside some
purpose propósito money for college
tuition.
splash out to spend a lot of money gastar mucho dinero We had planned to
book a standard
room, but we splashed
out on a suite instead.
tide over to borrow or lend pedir prestado o prestar Can I borrow some
money for a short dinero durante un pequeño money to tide me over
period of time periodo de tiempo till pay day?
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EF Englishtown es una divisón de EF Education First, la
compañía de educación internacional privada líder del
mundo. Nuestra misión es utilizar la tecnología para crear
una mejor manera en la que nuestros estudiantes puedan
aprender inglés.