miércoles, 20 de marzo de 2013

Hypothetical situation

You have jus had a meal in an expensive restaurant. The bill comes, and you realize you have no money and no credit card on you. What would you do?

First at all I would check once and once again hoping to find a bill, one of those that we always wash with the clothes, if I didn´t find it I would call my friends not to my mom because she would said: “If you hadn´t been goofy all the time, surely you would have thought better before going to that restaurant, do you think that I am rich?. And I would answer: “I’ve been trying to get in touch with my friends before calling you but if you would prefer to see your daughter behind bars instead of lending me few dollars I would understand” After that, I would hang up the phone.
Finally if nobody could help me I would appeal to my last resource:
I would talk with the head of the manager of the restaurant to ask him if it were possible to work at his restaurant only for that day as a waitress or do dishes, and pay the bill with the money that I could collect.

martes, 12 de marzo de 2013

1)    Cue N a signal or reminder to do something
2)     on cue at the right moment
3)    Stand down VB (adverb) (intransitive) to resign or withdraw, esp in favour of another
4)    Withdraw VB (transitive) to take or draw back or away; remove
5)    behind one's back without one's knowledge; secretly or deceitfully
6)    break one's back to overwork or work very hard
7)    get off someone's back informal to stop criticizing or pestering someone
8)    Pester VB (transitive) to annoy or nag continually
9)    Nag VB to scold or annoy constantly
10) Rebuke VB (transitive) to scold or reprimand (someone)
11) Rebut VB (transitive) to refute or disprove, esp by offering a contrary contention or argument
12) Stump N the base part of a tree trunk left standing after the tree has been felled or has fallen
13) Stumble VB to trip or fall while walking or running
14) Trip N a false step; stumble
15) Tyke, tike N informal a small or cheeky child: used esp in affectionate reproof
16) Cheeky ADJ disrespectful in speech or behaviour; impudent
17) Chicken out VB (intr, adverb) informal to fail to do something through fear or lack of conviction
18) Lack N an insufficiency, shortage, or absence of something required or desired
19) Tap water N water drawn off through taps from pipes in a house, as distinguished from distilled water
20) Tap N a valve by which a fluid flow from a pipe can be controlled by opening and closing an orifice
US and Canadian name: faucet
21) Furry ADJ covered with fur or something furlike
22) Fur N the dense coat of fine silky hairs on such mammals as the cat, seal, and mink
23) Silky ADJ covered with long fine soft hairs: silky leaves
24) Furbish VB (often followed by up) to improve the appearance or condition of; renovate; restore
25) Furlough N leave of absence from military duty
26) Duty N a task or action that a person is bound to perform for moral or legal reasons
27) Unleash VB (transitive) to free from restraint or control
28) Span N the interval, space, or distance between two points, such as the ends of a bridge or arch
29) Grunt VB (intransitive) (esp of pigs and some other animals) to emit a low short gruff noise
30) Gruff ADJ rough or surly in manner, speech, etc: a gruff reply
31) Surly ADJ sullenly ill-tempered or rude
32) Sullen ADJ unwilling to talk or be sociable; sulky; morose
33) Unwilling ADJ said with reluctance
34) Reluctance N lack of eagerness or willingness; disinclination
35) Eager ADJ characterized by or feeling expectancy or great desire
36) Disincline VB to make or be unwilling, reluctant, or averse
37) Cozy ADJ intimate; friendly
38) Weirdo N informal a person who behaves in a bizarre or eccentric manner
39) Knock VB (transitive) to give a blow or push to; strike
40) blow hot and cold to vacillate
41) come to blows to fight
42) Hush N stillness; silence
43) Quieten VB chiefly Brit (often followed by down) to make or become calm, silent, etc; pacify or become peaceful
44) Allay VB (transitive) to reduce (fear, anger, etc)
45) Acquaintance N a person with whom one has been in contact but who is not a close friend
46) Paw N any of the feet of a four-legged mammal, bearing claws or nails
47) Legged ADJ having a leg or legs
48) Lean VB followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or cause to rest against a support
49) like a shot very quickly
50) Spay VB (transitive) to remove the ovaries, and usually the uterus, from (a female animal)

martes, 5 de marzo de 2013

1)    Straight N (slang) a heterosexual person
2)    Straight N (slang) a cigarette containing only tobacco, without marijuana, etc
3)    Chickenpox N a highly communicable viral disease most commonly affecting children, characterized by slight fever and the eruption of a rash
4)    Rash N any skin eruption
5)    Pox N any disease characterized by the formation of pustules on the skin that often leave pockmarks when healed
6)    Wary ADJ watchful, cautious, or alert
7)    Elbow N the joint between the upper arm and the forearm, formed by the junction of the radius and ulna with the humerus
8)    Forearm N the part of the arm from the elbow to the wrist
9)    Wrist N the joint between the forearm and the hand. Technical name: carpus
10)  Ulna N the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
11)  Glitch N a sudden instance of malfunctioning or irregularity in an electronic system
12)  Boloney N a variant spelling of baloney
13) Baloney N informal foolish talk; nonsense
14)   Tush INTERJ archaic an exclamation of disapproval or contempt
15)  Contempt N the attitude or feeling of a person towards a person or thing that he considers worthless or despicable.
16) Worthless ADJ without practical value or usefulness
17) Cuddle VB to hold (another person or thing) close or (of two people, etc) to hold each other close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth; embrace; hug
18) Scrub VB to rub (a surface) hard, with or as if with a brush, soap, and water, in order to clean it
19) Rub VB to apply pressure and friction to (something) with a circular or backward and forward motion
20) Whistle VB to produce (shrill or flutelike musical sounds), as by passing breath through a narrow constriction most easily formed by the pursed lips: he whistled a melody
21) Shrill ADJ emitting a sharp high-pitched sound
22) High-pitched ADJ pitched high in volume or tone
23) Pitch N an absolute frequency assigned to a specific note
24) Sharp ADV higher than a standard pitch
25) Sharp ADV exactly: six o'clock sharp
26) queer someone's pitch Brit informal to upset someone's plans
27) Pitch VB to hurl or throw (something); cast; fling
28) Hurl VB (transitive) to throw or propel with great force
29) Cast VB to throw or expel with violence or force
30) Fling VB to throw, especially with force or abandon; hurl or toss
31) Toss VB (transitive) to throw lightly especially with the palm of the hand upwards
32) Rubber N Also called: India rubber, gum elastic, caoutchouc a cream to dark brown elastic material obtained by coagulating and drying the latex from certain plants
33) Squeak N a short shrill cry or high-pitched sound
34) Stomp VB (intransitive) informal to tread or stamp heavily
35) Tread VB to walk or trample in, on, over, or across (something)
36) Encroach VB (intransitive) often followed by on or upon: to intrude gradually, stealthily, or insidiously upon the rights, property, etc, of another
37) Intrude VB often followed by into, on, or upon: to put forward or interpose (oneself, one's views, something) abruptly or without invitation
38) Stealthily ADJ characterized by great caution, secrecy, etc; furtive
39) Stuffing N the material with which something is stuffed
40) Stuffed ADJ filled with something
41) knock the stuffing out of someone to upset or dishearten someone completely
42) Dishearten VB (transitive) to weaken or destroy the hope, courage, enthusiasm, etc, of
43)  get stuffed! BRIT SLANG an exclamation of contemptuous anger or annoyance, esp against another person
44)  Fed up ADJ (usually postpositive) informal annoyed, discontented, or bored: I'm fed up with your conduct
45) Postpositive ADJ (of an adjective or other modifier) placed after the word modified, either immediately after, as in two men abreast, or as part of a complement, as in those men are bad
46) Abreast ADJ (Postpositive) alongside each other and facing in the same direction
47) Rankle VB (intransitive) to cause severe and continuous irritation, anger, or bitterness; fester
48) Ransack VB (transitive) to search through every part of (a house, box, etc); examine thoroughly
49) Rant VB to utter (something) in loud, violent, or bombastic tones
50) Bombast N pompous and grandiloquent language