When you study a material such as the one you are using right now, it’s important to understand the words you use. In that way, it will be easier to learn what you are studying and you will enjoy each of the activities. You will come across the following vocabulary in some of the sections of this material.
Learning it now will help you in the reading, listening, writing and speaking activities that you will find later on this material. But remember, if you need help with any other word you don’t understand, you can always access an online dictionary.
We suggest https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles-estudiantes/ because a dictionary gives you lots of information about words: if they are formal or informal, their conjugation in case they are verbs, synonyms, just to mention a few.
Click on the speaker to listen to the pronunciation of the expressions and turn the cards to see the meaning.
Share something with somebody
To have or use something at the same time as someone else
Realize something
To notice or understand something that you did not notice or understand before
Cause a scandal
To make something shocking happen.
Raise a son/daughter
To look after and educate a child until they have become an adult
Notice something
To see something and be aware of it
Appear
To seem to be a particular thing or have a particular quality
Encourage someone
To make someone more likely to do something, or make something more likely to happen
Claim something
To say that something is true, although you have not proved it
Prevent something
To stop something happening or to stop someone doing something
Defeat
To win against someone in a fight or competition
Drop something
To let something you are carrying fall to the ground
Surrender
To stop fighting and admit that you have been beaten
Hold
To organize an event
Last
To continue to happen, exist, or be useful
Read the following sentences and choose the correct option. You can click on “Check your answers” at the end of the exercise to read the definition of the word.
Remember that the best way of learning a new word is trying to use it in context. Try to notice the vocabulary you studied in this section in the different parts of this material.