Vocabulario Inglés: Noticias, Falsos Amigos, Phrasal Verbs y Estilo Indirecto

NEWS

Press photographers: fotógrafo de prensa
Editor: redactor jefe
Tabloid: periódico sensacionalista
Newsagent: vendedor de periódicos
Reports: informe
Headlines: titular

Falsos amigos (FALSE FRIENDS)

• Notices: avisos / News: noticias
• Success: éxito / Event: suceso
• Discussion: debate / Argument: discusión
• Recorded: grabar / Remembered: recordar
• Educated: culto / Polite: educado
• Eventually: finalmente / Temporarily: eventualmente

PHRASAL VERBS

• Put up (colgar), Set off (apagar)
• Get together (reunirse): meet
• Set up (preparar): get something ready
• Dress up (vestirse): put on special clothes
• Turn up (acudir): arrive
• Share out (repartir algo): divide something between two or more people
• Join in (participar): do an activity with other people
• Clear up (recoger): make clear and tidy
• End up (acabar): finish
• Build up (aumentar): increase something gradually
• Give up (abandonar): stop doing something
• Take up (empezar): start doing something
• Keep up (seguir el ritmo): move as fast as someone or something
• Stick to (mantenerse): continue with something
• Go on (continuar): move on, progress

FICTION

Fact (n): hecho, Fake (adj): falso, Hoax (n): broma pesada, Made-up (adj): inventado, Nonsense (n): sin sentido, Shocking (adj): impactante, Subtle (adj): sutil, Beware (v): tener cuidado con, Viciously (adv): de forma agresiva, Wounds (n): heridas, Whispered: susurrar, Chuckled: reírse, Wailed: gemir, Muttered: murmurar, Shouted: gritar, Yelled: gritar fuerte

REPORTED SPEECH

• Now / Then
• Today / That day
• Tonight / That night
• Last night / The night before
• Tomorrow / The next day
• Yesterday / The day before
• This week / That week
• Next week / The week after
• Last year / The year before
• Here / There
• Ago / Before
• This / That

REPORTING VERBS

Verb + Object + Infinitive

Advise (aconsejar), Encourage (dar ánimos), Invite, Remind (recordar), Warn (advertir), Order (mandar/ordenar), Ask

Verb + Infinitive

Agree (estar de acuerdo), Decide, Offer, Promise, Refuse, Threaten (amenazar)

Verb + Gerund

Deny (negar), Recommend, Suggest

Verb + Object + Preposition + Gerund

Accuse (OF), Blame (FOR): culpar, Congratulate (ON, FOR)

Verb + Preposition + Gerund

Apologize (FOR), Insist (ON)