GLOSSARY UNIT 8

-GOOGLE: Brand name of a leading internet search engine, founded in 1998.


-YOUTUBE: The name of a website on which users can post, view or share videos.


-TUMBLR: A microblogging platform and social networking website founded by David Karp.


-TWITTER: Online social networking service that enables users to send and read short 140-characters messages called "tweets".


-PICASA: A free online photo-sharing tool provided by Google.


-INSTAGRAM: Free online photo sharing and social network platform that was acquired by Facebook in 2012.


-WHATSAPP: An instant messaging app for smartphones that operates under a subscription business model.

GLOSSARY UNIT 7

-RASH: A visible lesion or group of lesion on the skin, caused by any of numerous factors including infectious agents, drugs and allergies.

-ITCHY: Causing an irritating cutaneous sensation.

-RUNNY NOSE: Discharge from the nasal mucous membrane, especially when excessive, as with an allergy or infection.

-FLU: Any of various viral infections, especially a respiratory or intestinal infection.

-SWOLLEN: Expanded by or as if by internal pressure.

-COUGH: To expel air from the lungs suddenly and noisily, often to keep the respiratory passages free of irritating material.

-ALLERGY: An abnormal high sensitivity to certain substances, such as pollens, foods or micro-organisms.

-HEADACHE: Pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries, muscle contraction...

-BREATHE: To inhale and exhale air using the lungs.

-PILL: A small pellet or tablet of medicine, often coated, taken by swallowing whole or by chewing.

ENGLISH IDIOMS

-You should "let sleeping dogs lie.": "Más vale no meneallo (expresión antigua)."/ "No le busques los tres pies al gato."

-"Don't count your chickens before the eggs have hatched.": "No vendas la piel del oso antes de cazarlo."

-You "let the cat out of the bag.": "Irse de la lengua."/ "Descubrir el pastel."

-"Elvis has left the building.": "Se ha ido el alma de la fiesta (en aquellos tiempos, Elvis)."

-"Don't cry over spilled milk.": "A lo hecho, pecho."

-"Take it with a grain of salt.": "No te lo tomes en serio."/ "Tómatelo a la ligera."

-"That's the best thing since sliced bread.": "Es la octava maravilla del mundo."

-"It costs an arm and a leg.": "Cuesta un ojo de la cara."

-"Speak of the devil.": "Hablando del rey de Roma."

-"To be the devil's advocate.": "Ser el abogado del diablo."

-"Sitting on the fence.": "Ni lo uno ni lo otro."/ "Ser indeciso."

Some extra idioms:

-"Barking up the wrong tree.": "Ir muy desencaminado."

-"Once in a blue moon.": "Cada muerte de obispo."/ " De Pascuas a Ramos."

-"Beat around the bush.": "Andarse con rodeos."

-"Burn the midnight oil.": "Quemarse las pestañas."/ "Hacer la noche día."

-"To cut corners.": "Atajar."/ "Ahorrar dinero o trabajo."

GLOSSARY UNIT 6

-CRUEL: Disposed to inflict pain or suffering.

-EXOTIC: From another part of the world.

-MISTREATED: To treat roughly or wrongly.

-PEACOCK: A peafowl, distinguished by its crested head, brilliant blue or green plumage and log modified back feathers.

-WWF: "World Wild Fund".

-AFRICAN WILD DOG: A canine (Lycaon Pictus) of Sub-Saharan Africa having mottled black, yellow and white fur. It lives and hunts in packs.

-UNWANTED: Not wanted or desired.

-NEGLECT: To pay little or no attention to something.

-SHOCKING: Highly disturbing emotionally.

-WELL-MEANING: Kindly or honestly intended.

-TOUGH: Physically hard.

-OSTRICH: Either of two large, swift-running flightless birds of Africa characterized by a long bare neck, small head and two-toed feet.

GLOSSARY UNIT 5

-CHARCOAL: A drawing pencil or crayon made of a black, porous and carbonaceous material.

-SMOOTH: Having a surface free from irregularities, roughness or projections.

-ROUGH: Having a surface marked by irregularities, protuberances or ridges.

-INK: A pigmented liquid or paste used specially for writing or printing.

-OIL: A painting done in oil paint.

-MASTERPIECE: An outstanding work of art or craft.

-CLAY: Moist sticky earth, also called mud.

-WATERCOLOUR: Water-soluble pigment, applied in transparent washes and without the admixture of white pigment in the lighter tones.

-PORTRAIT: A likeness of a person, especially one showing the face, that is created by a painter or a photographer.

-SHINY: Radiating light.

-SKETCH: A hasty or no detailed drawing often made as a preliminary study.

GLOSSARY "THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" CHAPTER 10

-CLEANSE: To free from, for example, dirt or guilt.

-DRESSER: A chest of drawers often supporting a mirror and typically used for holding clothes and personal items.

-DUTY: An act or a course that is required of one by position, social custom, law or religion.

-MAHOGANY: The wood of different kinds of tropical American trees.

-SWAY: To incline or bend to one side.

-WRAP: To arrange or fold something as cover or protection.

-TIGHTEN: Fixed or fastened firmly in place.

-SIDESHOW: A small show offered in addition to the main attraction, as at a circus.

-DEED: Something that is carried out.

-BRASS: A yellowish alloy of copper and zinc, sometimes including small amounts of other materials.

GLOSSARY "THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" CHAPTER 9

-DROWN: To die by submerging and suffocating in water or another liquid.

-FATE: The supposed force, principle or power that predetermines events.

-HANDLE: A part that is designed to be held or operated with the hand.

-PARCHED: Dried out of extreme heat.

-WOUND: An injury to the feelings.

-SELF-PITY: A feeling of sorrow over your own suffering.

-SPIT: The act of expectorating.

-STOPPER: A device, such as a cork or plug, that is inserted to close an opening.

-GUNPOWDER: Any of various explosive powders used to propel projectiles from guns, especially a black mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulphur.

-REDUCE: To bring down, as in extent, amount or degree.