Vocabulario y gramática en inglés: compras, residuos y voz pasiva

1. Vocabulario: compras y consumo

try things on → probar(se)

try things out → probar

delivered → repartir

shopaholic → adicta a las compras

brand → marca

sweatshops → tienda clandestina

ripped off → timar a alguien

taking something back → recobrar

refund → reembolso

cashier → cajero

changing room → vestuario

customer → cliente

deliver → entregar

second-hand → segunda mano

charity shops → tiendas de caridad

auction → subasta

bargain → chollo

sales → venta

browse → mirar una tienda

window-shopping → mirar escaparates

shopping trip → ir de compras

afford → permitirse

save up → ahorrar

department store → almacenes

exchange → intercambiar

order → pedido

cheer up → alegrarse

face up to → enfrentarse con alguien

get over → superar

go on → seguir

make up for → compensar

2. Vocabulario: idioms y phrasal verbs

Retail therapy → Comprar cosas para sentirse mejor

On a high → Sentirse muy bien

Feeling down → Sentirse deprimido

Up to their eyeballs in → Totalmente abrumado por algo

Got out of hand → Se descontroló

Being bitten by the bug → Entusiasmarse u obsesionarse con algo

Hooked on → Adicto a algo

Costs an arm and a leg → Costar un dineral

3. Vocabulario: residuos

Biodegradable → Biodegradable

Manufacturer → Fabricante

Emission → Emisión

Compost → Compost

Pollute → Contaminar

Environmental → Ambiental

Consume → Consumir

Pollutant → Contaminante

Incinerate → Incinerar

Consumer → Consumidor

Pollution → Contaminación

Incinerator → Incinerador

Consumption → Consumo

Recycle → Reciclar

Landfill site → Vertedero

Dispose → Disponer

Recycling → Reciclaje

Manufacture → Fabricar

Disposable → Desechable

Recyclable → Reciclable

Sustain → Sostener

Dump → Vertedero

Recycled → Reciclado

Sustainability → Sostenibilidad

Dumped → Desechado

Renewable → Renovable

Sustainable → Sostenible

Emit → Emitir

Reuse → Reutilizar

Toxic → Tóxico

Wasteful → Malgastador

Waste → Residuos

4. Gramática: la voz pasiva y la causativa

ACTIVE: S + V + DIRECT OBJECT

PASSIVE: DIR. OBJECT + TO BE + PARTICIPLE + BY + SMT (ACTIVE)

Gehry has built the tower.

The tower has been built by Gehry.

They are writing a new story.

A new story is being written by them.

Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.

Hamlet was written by Shakespeare.

We can play a lot of games.

A lot of games can be played by us.

Oraciones impersonales

Prices are going up → It's said / thought / believed that prices are going up.

Prices are said to be going up.

People say that pollution is dangerous for the environment → It's said that pollution is dangerous for the environment.

Pollution is said to be dangerous for the environment.