Vocabulario Inglés B2: Star for a Day, Vocabulario Temático y Colocaciones Verbales

From the Reading Star for a Day

• Snapping: taking a photograph of somebody or something, especially in a casual way => hacer una foto

• Uproar: a loud or noisy disturbance => clamor, alboroto, griterío

• Harmless: not likely to cause offence => inocuo, inofensivo

• To pop (about flashes): make a loud, sudden sound => disparar

• Flash: burst of light => destello, flash

• Trend: fashion, tendency, custom => tendencia, moda

• To will: to wish, to want => querer, desear

• Instant: immediate => instantáneo, inmediato

• Straight: directly => directo

• Passer-by: people who happen to be going past a place, especially on foot => transeúnte, viandante

• Crew: group => grupo

• Pursue: follow somebody => perseguir, seguir

• Crowd: many people => multitud, muchedumbre

• Emerge: come out of => salir, aparecer, emerger

• Fiancée: the woman to whom a man is engaged to be married => prometida

• Fooled: deceived, tricked => engañado

• Overwhelmed: affected with emotion => agobiado, abrumado

• To surround: to be all around => rodear, rodear a

• Infatuation: obsession => obsesión, pasión

• Pressure: mental stress => presión (mental)

• Bodyguard: a person hired to protect someone => guardaespaldas

• In the spotlight: prominently featured => en primer plano, en el foco de atención

• Play out: perform, imagine => llevar a cabo

Topic Vocabulary

• Publicity: advertising => publicidad

• Autograph: celebrity’s signature => autógrafo

• Lavish: exaggerated => generoso, espléndido, ostentoso, fastuoso

• Role model: someone who sets a good example => modelo a seguir, modelo a imitar

• Outrageous: extravagant => estrafalario

• Idol: someone admired => ídolo

• Heiress: female inheritor => heredera

• To worship: => adorar, venerar

• Wealthy: rich => rico, pudiente

• A spoilt person: pampered => consentido, mimado

• To gossip: talk about people => cotillear, chismorrear

• Notorious: famous for something bad => de mala fama, de mala reputación

• Tabloid: small-format newspaper => tabloide, prensa amarilla

• To have drive: to be ambitious, to be determined => ser ambicioso

• Controversial: debatable => discutible, controvertido

• A talent scout: recruiter (sports, entertainment) => cazatalentos, ojeador

Verb collocations

• Catch sight of: avistar, divisar, ver

• Catch a bus: coger un autobús

• Catch somebody’s eye: llamar la atención de alguien

• Catch fire: prenderse fuego, incendiarse

• Catch one’s breath: recobrar el aliento

• Take a photo: sacar una fotografía

• Take for granted: dar por sentado, asumir

• Take one’s time: tomarse tiempo, hacer las cosas con calma

• Take pride in: enorgullecerse de

• Take charge: encargarse, hacerse cargo

• Take someone by surprise: coger a alguien por sorpresa, sorprender a alguien

• Go wild: enloquecer, ponerse como loco, desmadrarse

• Go abroad: irse al extranjero

• Go blind: quedarse ciego

• Go bald: quedarse calvo

• Go missing: desaparecer, extraviarse

• Go mad: volverse loco