miércoles, 29 de abril de 2009

Para Filosofía

Nuevo aporte de Maru, un diccionario de filosofía, www.filosofia.org/filomat

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martes, 21 de abril de 2009

VERBS PART D

Exelente aporte de Mariana, hoy martes, ya están los correspondientes para el viernes. Espero que muchos más se empiezen a animar a aportar material para todos.

SPILL: to (cause to) flow, move, fall or spread over the edge or beyond the limits of something
SPIN: to (cause to) turn around and around, especially fase.
SPLIT: to (cause to) divide into two or more parts, especially along a particular line.
SPOIL: to destroy or reduce the pleasure, interest or beauty of something.
SPREAD: to (cause to) cover, reach or have an effect on a wider or increasing area.
SPRING: to move quickly and suddenly towards a particular place.
STAND: to be in a vertical state or to put into a vertical state, especially (of a person or animal) by straightening the legs.
STEAL: to take something without the permission or knowledge of the owner and keep it.
STICK: to push a pointed object into or through something, or (of a pointed object) to be pushed into or through something and stay there.
STING: If an insect, plant or animal stings, it produces a small but painful injury, usually with a poison, by brushing against the skin or making a very small hole under the skin.
STINK: to smell very unpleasant.
STREW: to scatter things untidily over a surface, or to be scattered untidily over a surface.
STRIDE: to walk somewhere quickly with long steps.
STRIKE: to hit or attack someone or something forcefully or violently.
STRING: to put a string through a number of objects.
STRIVE: to try very hard to do something or to make something happen, especially for a long time or against difficulties.
SWEAR: to use words that are rude or offensive as a way of emphasizing what you mean or as a way of insulting someone or something.
SWEEP: to clean especially a floor by using a brush to collect the dirt into one place from which it can be removed.
SWELL: to become larger and rounder than usual; to (cause to) increase in size or amount.
SWIM: to move through water by moving the body or parts of the body.
SWING: to move easily and without interruption backwards and forwards or from one side to the other, especially from a fixed point, or to cause something or someone to do this.
TAKE: to remove something, especially without permission. To move something or someone from one place to another.
TEACH: to give someone knowledge or to instruct or train someone.
TEAR: a drop of salty liquid which flows from the eye, as a result of strong emotion, especially unhappiness, or pain.
TELL: to say something to someone, often giving them information or instructions.
THINK: to believe something or have an opinion or idea.
THRIVE: to grow, develop or be successful.
THROW: to send something through the air with force, especially by a sudden movement of the arm.
THRUST: to push suddenly and strongly.
TREAD: to put your foot on something or to press something down with your foot.
UNBEND: to relax and become less formal and serious in your manner:.
UNBIND: to release someone or something from a rope, string, etc. that has been tying them up.
UNDERGO: to experience something which is unpleasant or which involves a change.
UNDERSTAND: to know the meaning of something that someone says.
UNDERTAKE: to do or begin to do something, especially something that will take a long time or be difficult.
UNDO: to unfasten something that is fastened or tied.
UNWIND: If you unwind something that is wrapped around an object, you unfasten it, and if it unwinds, it becomes unfastened.
UPHOLD: to defend or maintain a principle or law, or to state that a decision which has already been made, especially a legal one, is correct.
UPSET: to make someone worried, unhappy or angry.
WAKE: to (cause someone to) become awake and conscious after sleeping.
WAYLAY: to wait for and then stop someone, especially either to attack them or talk to them.
WEAR: to have clothing, jewellery, etc. on your body. Show a particular emotion on your face.
WEAVE: to make cloth by repeatedly crossing a single thread through two sets of long threads on a loom.
WED: used especially in newspapers) to marry someone.
WEEP: to cry tears.
WET: covered in water or another liquid.
WILL: used to talk about what is going to happen in the future, especially things that you are certain about or things that are planned.
WIN: to achieve first position and/or get a prize in a competition or competitive situation.
WIND: to make it difficult or temporarily impossible for someone to breathe, usually by hitting them in the stomach.
WITHDRAW: to take or move out or back, or to remove. To stop talking to other people and start thinking thoughts that are not related to what is happening around you.
WITHHOLD: to refuse to give something or to keep back something.
WITHSTAND: to bear or not be changed by something, or to oppose a person or thing successfully.
WOULD: used to refer to future time from the point of view of the past.
WRING: to hold something tightly with both hands and twist it by turning your hands in opposite directions.
WRITE: to make marks which represent letters, words or numbers on a surface, such as paper or a computer screen, using a pen, pencil or keyboard, or to use this method to record thoughts, facts or messages.

VERBS - 3rd List

Aporte de Maria Eugenia con la nueva lista de vervos de Language and Culture:

OVERCOME: To succeed in dealing with or controlling a problem that has been preventing you from achieving sth
OVERDO: to do sth too much; to exaggerate sth
OVERHANG: to stick out over and above sth else
OVERRUN: to fill or spread over an area quickly, especially in large numbers
OVERSLEEP: to sleep longer than you intended
OVERTAKE: to go past a moving vehicle or person ahead of you because you are going faster than they are
OVERTHROW: to remove a leader or a government from a position of power by force
PARTAKE: (of sth) to eat or drink sth especially sth that is offered to you
(in sth) to take part in an activity
PAY: to give sb money for work, goods, services, etc
PROVE: to use facts, evidence, etc. to show that sth is true
PUT: to move sth into a particular place or position
READ: to look at and understand the meaning of written or printed words or symbols
REBIND:
REBUILD: to build or put sth together again
RECAST: to change sth by organizing or presenting it in a different way
REDO: to do sth again or in a different way
RELAY: to receive and send on information, news, etc. to sb
REMAKE to make a new or different version of sth such as an old film / movie or song; to make sth again
REND: to tear sth apart with force or violence
REPAY: to pay back the money that you have borrowed from sb
RERUN: to show a film / movie, television programme, etc. again
RESET: to change a machine, an instrument or a control so that it gives a different time or number or is ready to use again
RETELL to tell a story again, often in a different way
REWIND: to make a tape in a cassette player, etc. go backwards
REWRITE: to write sth again in a different way, usually in order to improve it or because there is some new information
RID: to be free of sb/sth that has been annoying you or that you do not want
RIDE: to sit on and control a bicycle, motorcycle, etc
RING: to surround sb/sth:
RISE: to come or go upwards; to reach a higher level or position
RUN: to move using your legs, going faster than when you walk
SAW: to use a saw to cut sth
SAY: to speak or tell sb sth, using words
SEE: to become aware of sb/sth by using your eyes
SEEK: to look for sth/sb:
SELL: to give sth to sb in exchange for money
SEND: to make sth go or be taken to a place, especially by post / mail, email, radio, etc.
SET: to put sth/sb in a particular place or position
SEW: to use a needle and thread to make stitches in cloth
SHAKE: to move or make sb/sth move with short quick movements from side to side or up and down
SHAVE: to cut hair from the skin, especially the face, using a razor
SHEAR: to cut the wool off a sheep:
SHED to get rid of sth that is no longer wanted
SHINE: to produce or reflect light; to be bright
SHOE: to put one or more horseshoes on a horse
SHOOT: to fire a gun or other weapon; to fire sth from a weapon
SHOW: to make sth clear; to prove sth
SHRINK: to become smaller, especially when washed in water that is too hot; to make clothes, cloth, etc. smaller in this way
SHUT: to make sth close; to become closed
SING: to make musical sounds with your voice in the form of a song or tune
SINK: to go down below the surface or towards the bottom of a liquid or soft substance
SIT: to rest your weight on your bottom with your back vertical, for example on / in a chair
SLAY: to kill sb/sth in a war or a fight / to murder sb
SLEEP: to rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body not active
SLIDE: to move easily over a smooth or wet surface; to make sth move in this way
SLING: to throw sth somewhere in a careless way
SLINK: to move somewhere very quietly and slowly, especially because you are ashamed or do not want to be seen
SLIT: to make a long narrow cut or opening in sth
SMELL: to have a particular smell
SMITE: to hit sb/sth hard; to attack or punish sb
SOW: to plant or spread seeds in or on the ground
SPEAK: to talk to sb about sth; to have a conversation with sb
SPEED: to move along quickly
SPELL: to say or write the letters of a word in the correct order
SPEND: to give money to pay for goods, services, etc.

domingo, 19 de abril de 2009

jueves, 16 de abril de 2009

Irregular Verbs Part B

Fling: to throw sb/sth with force, especially because you are angry.
Fly: to move through the air, using wings.
Forbear: to stop yourself from saying or doing sth that you could or would like to say or do.
Forbid: to order sb not to do sth, to order that sth must not be done.
Forecast: to say what you think will happen in the future based on information that you have now.
Foresee: to think sth is going to happen in the future, to know about sth before it happens.
Foretell: to know or say what will happen in the future, especially using magic powers.
Forget: to be unable to remember sth that has happened in the past or information that you knew in the past.
Forgive: to stop feeling angry with sb who has done sth to harm, annoy or upset you; to stop feeling angry with yourself.
Forsake: to leave sb/sth, especially when you have a responsibility to stay.
Forswear: to stop doing or using sth; to make a promise that you will stop doing or using sth.
Freeze: to become hard, and often turn to ice, as a result of extreme cold; to make sth do this.
Gainsay: to say that sth is not true; to disagree with or deny sth.
Get: to receive sth, to obtain sth.
Gild: to make sth look bright, as if covered with gold.
Gird: to surround sth with sth; to fasten sth around sb/sth.
Give: to hand sth to sb so that they can look at it, use it or keep it for a time.
Go: to move or travel from one place to another.
Grind: to break or crush sth into very small pieces between two hard surfaces or using a special machine.
Grow: to increase in size, number, strength or quality.
Hamstring: to prevent sb/sth from working or taking action in the way that is needed.
Hang: to attach sth, or to be attached, at the top so that the lower part is free or loose.
Have: to own, hold or posses sth.
Hear: to be aware of sounds with your ears.
Heave: to lift, pull or throw sb/sth very heavy with one great effort.
Hew: old-fashioned, to cut sth large with a tool – formal, to make or shape sth large by cutting.
Hide: to put or keep sb/sth in a place where they/it cannot be seen or found.
Hit: to bring your hand, or an object you are holding, against sb/sth quickly and with force.
Hold: to carry sth; to have sb/sth in your hand, arms, etc.
Hurt: to cause physical pain to sb/yourself; to injure sb/yourself.
Keep: to stay in a particular condition or position; to make sb/sth do this.
Kneel: to be in or move into a position where your body is supported on your knee or knees.
Knit: to make clothes, etc. from wool or cotton thread using two long thin knitting needles or a machine.
Know: to have information in your mind as a result of experience or because you have learned or been told it.
Lay: to put sb/sth in a particular position, especially when it is done gently or carefully.
Lead: to go with or in front of a person or an animal to show the way or to make them go in the right direction.
Lean: to bend or move from a vertical position.
Leap: to jump high or a long way.
Learn: to gain knowledge or skill by studying, from experience, from being taught, etc.
Leave: to go away from a person or a place.
Lend: to give sth to sb or allow them to use sth that belongs to you, which they have to return to you later.
Let: to allow sb to do sth or sth to happen without trying to stop it.
Lie: to be or put yourself in a flat or horizontal position so that you are not standing or sitting.
Light: to make sth start to burn.
Lose: to make sth start to burn.
Make: to create or prepare sth by combining materials or putting parts together.
May: used to say that sth is posible.
Mean: to have sth as a meaning, to intend to say sth on a particular occasion.
Meet: to be in the same place as sb by chance and talk to them, to come together formally in order to discuss sth, to come together socially after you have arranged it.
Might: used when showing that sth is or was posible.
Miscast: to choose an actor to play a role for which they are not suitable.
Mislay: to put sth somewhere and then be unable to find it again, especially for only a short time.
Mislead: to give sb the wrong idea or impression and make them believe sth that is not true.
Misspell: to spell a word wrongly.
Misspend: to spend time or money in a careless rather than a useful way.
Mistake: an action or an opinion that is not correct, or that produces a result that you did not want.
Misunderstand: to fail to understand sb/sth correctly.
Mow: to cut grass, etc. using a machine or tool with a special blade or blades.
Outbid: to offer more money than sb else in order to buy sth, for example at an auction.
Outdo: to do more or better than sb else.
Outgrow: to grow too big to be able to wear or fit into sth.
Outrun: to run faster or further than sb/sth.
Outshine: to be more impressive than sb/sth; to be better than sb/sth.
Overcast: covered with clouds; dull.

martes, 7 de abril de 2009

Empezamos

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