Education: Nouns, verbs, adjectives and idioms
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Education: Nouns, verbs, adjectives and idioms
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Si quieres controlar un idioma en cualquier situación, tendrás que tener un amplio vocabulario. En esta lección, te centrarás en la educación.
Info 1: Education (nouns)
ENGLISH | SPANISH | EXAMPLE |
| Assignments | Tareas | There are way too many assignments, game on! |
| Crib | Chuleta | I found your crib under my chair |
| Illiteracy | Analfabetismo | Adult illiteracy is a major problem nowadays |
| Grade | Nota (calificación) | I don't want to know what my grade is |
| Misbehaviour | Mal comportamiento | Misbeheaviour is severely punished |
Info 2: Education (verbs and phrasal verbs)
ENGLISH | SPANISH | EXAMPLE |
| Cheat | Copiar (en un examen) | I'll tell your parents that you cheated |
| Drop out | Abandonar (el colegio) | The new law tries to stop teenagers from dropping out |
| Encourage | Motivar | A teacher should encourage the students! |
| Hand out | Repartir | Can you hand out these notebooks? |
| Resit | Recuperar (una asignatura) | If I don't resit, I won't finish school |
Info 3: Education (adjectives)
ENGLISH | SPANISH | EXAMPLE |
| Compulsory | Obligatorio/a | The end-of-term exam is compulsory |
| Disruptive | Disruptivo/a | His disruptive attitude annoys his classmates |
| Enrolled | Martriculado/a | Are you enrolled in the same courses I am? |
| Expelled | Expulsado/a | He was expelled because he insulted the headmaster |
| Grant-holding | Becado/a | I know him! He's the grant-holding student |
Info adicional 1: Idioms and expressions related to education
ENGLISH | SPANISH | EXAMPLE |
| To be lost in thought | Estar pensando en las musarañas (absorto) | I usually get lost in thought when the teacher talks to me |
| To be the teacher's pet | Ser el favorito del profesor | Kim is the teacher's pet, she always answer his questions |
| To hit the books | Clavar los codos (estudiar duro) | I'll fail the exam if I don't hit the books |
| To learn by heart | Aprender de memoria | I'm not good at learning by heart |
| To rack one's brain | Pensar a fondo para acordarse de algo o averiguar algo | He's racking his brain, I can feel it |
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¿Cómo se dice "motivar" en inglés?
Dirás: "to encourage someone".
¿Hay alguna expresión relacionada con la educación?
¡Muchas! Por ejemplo: "to learn by heart" (aprender de memoria).
¿Qué vocabulario hay para hablar sobre educación?
Puedes decir: "crib" (chuleta), "enrolled" (matriculado/a), etc.