quinta-feira, 20 de janeiro de 2011

ANSWERS FOR THE FINAL REVIEW vocabulary

Hi, Juliana. As you can see, I haven't posted all the answers yet, I just organized the page so I could do that later. I'll probably continue doing it later, as I get the book. You can help me, if you like:

1. a person/organization to whom money is owed - CREDITOR
2. a priest believed to have magical powers and be able to cure people - SHAMAN/MEDICINE MAN
3. a person, team, etc that is expected to lose in a competition with another - UNDERDOG
4. sickness - MALADY - DISEASE
5. to only be able to make enough money for one’s basic needs - TO MAKE ENDS MEET
6. to make a search (for); try to find or get something - TO SEEK
7. a written plan for a law - A BILL
8. to resolve; to end a disagreement - TO SETTLE
9. to destroy by violently breaking into pieces -
10. a difficult or painful experience - AN ORDEAL
11. native - INDIGENOUS
12. able to be sold - MARKETABLE
13. small; slight - SLIM
14. cancel - CALL OFF
15. to get worse -
16. to provide anything wished for or desired - TO CATER FOR
17. to win the top prize money in a lottery or other game - TO HIT THE JACKPOT
18. a short oral or written test - POP QUIZ
19. to flunk - TO BOMB
20. requiring caution or skill - TRICKY
21. the popularity of a TV or radio program as estimated by a poll of segments of the audience - RATINGS
22. a period of play in some games and sports that occupies a specified time -
23. to play the leading role in a film or theatrical production - TO STAR
24. the feeling that something (often unpleasant) is going to happen - PREMONITION
25. to have some points in the game - TO BE ON THE BOARD
26. burning with little smoke and no flame - SMOLDERING
27. clear and detailed - VIVID
28. to be with us again; watch this program - TUNE IN
29. not enough in quantity or quality - POOR
30. to cause to be unable to breathe comfortably -
31. no straight; twisted - CROOKED
32. to dry completely - DEHYDRATE
33. during the same period of time - MEANWHILE
34. to walk slowly with difficulty - PLOD
35. to give too little attention or care to - NEGLECT
36. intended, esp., by fate, for some special purpose - DESTINED
37. thin - SCRAWNY
38. unable to pay one’s debts - BANKRUPT
39. any of the 12 pairs of bones running round the chest of a person or animal from the spine to where they join at the front - RIB
40. (usu. Animal) descended from parents of one very good breed - THOUROUGHBRED
41. very near -
42. to greatly impress someone - TO BLOW SOMEONE AWAY
43. a shape or area which one cannot see clearly because it has no distinct outline or because it’s moving too fast - A BLUR
44. to get ahead -
45. to state -
46. to prevent someone from doing something -
47. to do something better or more impressively -
48. to master something - GET THE HANG OF SOMETHING
49. to take apart - TO DISASSEMBLE
50. to know nothing about something - NOT TO HAVE A CLUE
51. to put in time on something and to keep a record of that time - TO LOG
52. something or someone that is essential, especially for something or someone else to succeed - THE CORNERSTONE
53. role or position - CAPACITY
54. idea or notion -
55. always, constantly - INVARIABLY
56. to advance or proceed in an event or through life with little or no effort - TO COAST
57. a small container of glass or plastic used to hold liquids - A VIAL
58. a patient sent by his/her doctor to see another doctor, presumably a specialist who will better diagnose and treat his/her problem or condition - REFERRAL
59. a powerful and important business - AN EMPIRE
60. to make a book/report from facts/information found in various places - TO COMPILE
61. to treat in a proper way -
62. not careful -
63. words printed over a film in a foreign language to translate what’s being said - SUBTITLES
64. simple -
65. certain to happen -
66. express in clean and forceful way without using more words than necessary - STRAIGHTFOWARD
67. formal statement -
68. to be certain -
69. printing error - TYPO
70. to wait for something to happen or for a good opportunity before doing something- TO BIDE ONE'S TIME
71. to give oneself up to another’s power or control, especially as a prisoner -
72. remember, keep in mind -
73. to retain; to hang on -
74. a person completely under the control of another -
75. to continue to be -
76. to go with -
77. to become healthy and normal again -
78. a crowd of noisy, disorderly people -
79. to make a loud, high-pitched sound by forcing one’s breath through the lips -
80. a large body of troops -
81. a method, instrument or process which makes something possible -
82. close by -
83. the amount of confidence or optimism one feels in a difficult or important situation-
84. to interpret or understand in a particular way -
85. the crime of betraying one’s country, for example, by helping its enemy or enemies -
86. not doing anything -
87. British English - guy; fellow -
88. the state of being held prisoner -
89. British slang - to get either killed or seriously injured -
90. the general opinion held by a group of people about a subject or about how something
should be done -
91. at the same time -
92. at full speed -
93. true -
94. to remain suspended within or on the surface of a fluid, like water, without sinking -
95. a town or city by the sea or on a river having a harbor for ships - A PORT
96. a person thing whose arrival or appearance is a cause for joy or relief -
97. stimulating to the senses -
98. to be heading for -
99. to have a strong, pleasing sensation or feeling -
100. to move back and forth or from side to side with a swinging motion - TO SWING, TO SWAY
101. to make lively or spirited -
102. the narrow opening in a machine or container, for example, the hole in a pay phone
where you place the coins - THE SLOT
103. to really enjoy oneself -
104. a port where a ship docks in the course of its voyage - A PORT-OF-CALL
105. a life preserver in the form of a jacket - A LIFE VEST
106. a special tube that enables a swimmer to breathe underwater at a certain depth - A SNORKLE
107. friendly, welcoming the generous to guests or strangers - HOSPITABLE
108. a self-governing nation or state that is voluntarily associated with the USA - A POSSESSION
109. the act of traveling around in order to see place of interest, for pleasure, education, etc- TO SEE THE SIGHTS, TO DO SIGHTSEEING
110. a strategic or ideal place for observation - VANTAGE POINT
111. exciting and impressive - BREATHTAKING
112. cheerful and rhythmical - LILTING
113. amazing; wonderful - ASTOUNDING
114. a contest in which contestants compete for prizes - TOURNAMENT

terça-feira, 18 de janeiro de 2011

Welcome, Guilherme

Hi, Guilherme

Welcome to this blog. You're probably the only reader now, but it was built by several students and this teacher and is a tool for many purposes. At the moment, it would be really helpful if you took a look at the text for lesson 457 by clicking on this link. There you'll find links to the vocabulary with explanatory notes in parentheses telling you which definition from the on-line dictionary corresponds to the sense used in the text. Have a nice study. See you next class.

Kleber

quinta-feira, 6 de janeiro de 2011

MINDLESS GAME SHOWS


Here, Ana and Carol reproduce the situation in which the women discuss how low television has gone.