Vocabulario en Inglés: Términos Esenciales, Colocaciones y Expresiones Idiomáticas

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Vocabulary

  • struggle: lidiar con un problema
  • concentrate on / to focus: concentrarse en
  • actually: en realidad
  • common: común
  • to get over: superar
  • weird / strange / odd: raro
  • heart rate: ritmo cardíaco
  • speed up: aumentar la velocidad
  • to be short of breath: quedarse sin aire
  • illness / disease: enfermedad

Listening Vocabulary

  • be so together: confident and organized
  • to dread: to fear something happening in the future - aterrorizar
  • a panic attack: a sudden feeling of intense fear which may include fast heart rate, sweating, shaking and being out of breath - ataque de pánico
  • anxiety: an uncomfortable feeling of nervousness or worry - ansiedad
  • a symptom: a sign you have an illness or health condition - síntoma
  • to hyperventilate: to breathe too fast, causing too much oxygen to enter the blood
  • to spin: to turn very fast
  • a distraction: something that stops you from focusing on what you're doing

Collocations of Dilemma

A dilemma is: A situation in which it is very difficult to decide because all the choices seem equally good or equally bad.

  • Be in a dilemma
  • Face a dilemma
  • To be faced with a dilemma
  • Solve your dilemma
  • Explain your dilemma
  • A difficult / serious dilemma
  • An ethical / moral dilemma
  • A personal dilemma
  • A painful dilemma

Idiomatic Expressions

  1. can’t wait
  2. can’t stand: to strongly dislike something
  3. can’t bear: to strongly dislike something because it makes you unhappy
  4. can’t take it: cannot tolerate something
  5. can’t be bothered: to have no interest in something
  6. can’t take my eyes off her/him: to be attracted to someone
  7. can’t win: used to say that there is no satisfactory way to deal with a situation
  8. can’t help it: to have no control over something
  9. can’t think straight: cannot concentrate
  10. can’t hear myself think: cannot concentrate
  11. A must-see, a must-have, a must-read, etc.: to refer to something exciting or interesting that everybody should have, see or read.
  12. May / might as well: to suggest that somebody should do something because there is no reason to do anything else.