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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Places





Places you would never think about:


stationery store = place where you can buy office supplies and school stuff such as notebooks, paper, pens, etc...

butcher's = place where you can buy meat.

junk yard = place where you can find old car parts.

landfill = place where the city's trash is dumped. Iit's also called dump.


Tuesday, November 21, 2006

TRACK / TRAIL / PATH / LANE / COURSE

All these words mean WAY, but there are slight differences among them:

Track: a way along which sth moves.
Ex: racetrack
Trail: a rough way through the woods or a line of way left behind by sth that has passed
Ex: Hiking trail / trail of an animal
Path: a way marked out or an abstract way.
Ex: follow the path to the door / pathway to the door / lifepath
Lane: a way in traffic.
Ex: drive on the left lane
Course: a way along which there is constant movement or movement in time; duration
Ex: the course of events / the course of the river

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

HUT - TEPEE answers

What kind of dwelling is a Hut??? a hut is a small kind of shelter usually built from wood.
What about a Tepee??? a conical kind of shelter, commonly used by indians.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Hut - Tepee

What kind of dwelling is a Hut???
What about a Tepee???

Sunday, October 08, 2006

House models - answers

There are different house models. Let's check out some of them:

Terraced houses? Same building divided into side-by-side houses.
bungalow? ground isolated house.
prefab house? timber house that is assembled.
detached house? any isolated house
two-story house? a house with two floors
duplex/semi-detached house? a two-story building divided into 2 homes
mobile home? a house that can be moved
studio? a room and a bathroom
cottage? a comfortable small house in the country.

See you,

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Conversation - Houses

Vocabulary related:
Attic
Bedroom
Bathroom
Kitchen
Living room
Dining room
Laundry room
Barbecue area
Pool
Cellar
Basement
Office
Library
Balcony
Garage
Roof
Wall
Ceiling
Porch
Stairs
Window
Door
Yard
Garden
Fence
Gate
Lock
Chimney
Pipe
Gutter
Driveway
Sauna
Solar panel
Backyard
Shutter
Steps

Saturday, September 09, 2006

Up-to-date slang

Quizz:

1. What kind of person is a "tool"?
2. If you "pancake somebody", what are you doing?

Sunday, September 03, 2006

Belly button x Navel

What's the difference between these words?

Anatomy

Body parts:

Arm
Forearm
Neck
Thigh
Calf
Knee
Finger
Wrist
Elbow
Butt
Back
Shoulder
Forehead
Temples
Eye
Mouth
Chin
Ear
Cheek
Eyebrow
Hand
Chest
Belly
Leg
Ankle
Foot
Toe
Heel
Navel
Armpit
Lip
Eyelash
Eyelid
Earlobe
Nostril
Knuckle
Rib
Sole
Palm
Jaw
Shin
Throat
Nipple
Spine

You already know the sources you can search.

Thursday, August 31, 2006

Excellent dictionary!

This dictionary is one of the most complete I've seen on the internet. You should all check it out. It's worthwhile!
www.thefreedictionary.com

Answers to vocabulary exercise

1. What is the proper PROCEDURE for filing a complaint? Do I need to identify myself? I'd rather not do it.
2. The employees spent the whole weekend ASSEMBLING the machines that are supposed to be shipped next month.
3. The PROCESS of finding a good accountant to replace the other one who quit last week is going to take at least two months.
4. Petrobras has placed an ORDER for several flow systems.
5. The company PAID $90k for each of those new devices. Proper training will be provided to ENSURE the employees can use them correctly.
6. Which company SUPPLIES you WITH welded parts? Can you easily get them to give you a discount for large quantities?
7. The delivery has been delayed due to the INVOICE that hasn't been issued by the financial department.
8. Our branch in Arizona has over a hundred employees working day and night in the ASSEMBLY line in order to get the machine shipped by Friday.
9. Everything that is spent has to be daily REPORTED TO our headquarters in the United States.
10. The drug company has announced that several batches of a medicine can cause deadly side effects due to a chemical element that has been wrongly dealt with. Those batches will be withdrawn from the market. Sales have been suspended indefinitely and drugstores are not ALLOWED to sell that medicine.
11. He's unemployed. He can't PAY his bills. He'll try getting a loan from the bank.
12. We've decided to ORDER parts from another company.
13. Al-Kaeda has supposedly SUPPLIED weapons TO Iraq.

Monday, August 28, 2006

What kind of car is a roadster?

any idea?

what about the differences between the verbs:
pull into
pull in
pull off
pull alongside
pull over
pull up

Thursday, August 24, 2006

AIRPORT / TRAIN STATION /BUS STATION /ROAD

Gate
Boarding pass
Ticket
Aisle seat
Window seat
Flight number
Nonstop flight
Connecting flight
Time difference
Airline
Boarding chart
Departure time
Arrival time
EDT
SDT
Lounge
Free shop
Flight attendant
Pilot
Overhead compartment
Tray
Safety instructions
Headset
Buckle / unbuckle
Airport bus service
Delayed flight
Turbulence
Platform
Coach
Ride
Return ticket
One-way ticket
Round trip
First class
Economy class
Business class
Visa
Immigration
Passport

You can use www.m-w.com to check the meaning of the words you don't know

Monday, August 21, 2006

CAR PARTS

Here is a list of things you might think of when you picture a car:

Door
Window
Wheel
Tire
Steering wheel
Pannel
Hood
Head light
Tail light
Exhaust pipe
Windshield
Windshield
wiper
Fender
Bumper
Plate
Glove compartment
Roof
Seat
Seat belt
Turn signal
Side mirror
Rearview mirror
Trunk
Shock absorber
Handbrake
Speedometer
Gear shift / box
Accelerator / Gas pedal
Brake
Clutch
Radiator
Battery
Ignition
Rev counter
Fuel /gas gauge
Water temperature gauge
Spark plug
Horn
Air conditioning
Air bag
Mat
Hub(cap)
Antenna
Tank
Motor

If you need to check anything, go to www.m-w.com

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Pronunciation checking

This site gives you some help on how to pronounce words in English or in any other language.
Have fun and learn a lttle more.
http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/

you should click: TTS "say it"

Other optional sites for checking pronunciation:
http://demo.acapela-group.com/
http://www.neospeech.com/demo/demo_text.php

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

The negotiation

What re the parameters to be negotiated?

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Top 500 english words

Check this site out!
http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/vocabulary/vocabulary.html
It has lots of info about vocabulary and also exercises.

August 13th Quizz

What do I mean when I refer to a person as a "man of the cloth"?