61.-Word: coup
Meaning: golpe
Example:
The prime minister was the army chief when he overthrew Thailand'sgovernment in a military coup last May.
Where I found the word:
I read this word in the article
titled Thailand Air
Safety in the following website: http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/un-agency-questions-thailands-air-safety/2700345.html
62.-Word: bribes
Meaning: sobornos
Example:
Some industry workers say that government inspectors took bribes.
Where I found the word:
I read this word in the article
titled Thailand Air
Safety in the following website: http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/un-agency-questions-thailands-air-safety/2700345.html
63.- Word: garment
Meaning: confección, vestido, prenda,
Example:
"Getting that financing as a
small business, as a growing business, is really key to expanding my business
here, creating more jobs right here in New York and fueling the growth in the garment industry and fashion business in New York."
Where I found the word:
I read this word in the article
titled 'Made in New
York' Incentives for Fashion Designers in the
following website: http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/made-in-new-york-incentives-fashion-designers/2694476.html
64.-Word: seamstresses
Meaning: costureras
Example: He says there isn’t enoughfashion manufacturing work to keep their seamstresses busy all year long.
Where I found the word:
I read this word in the article
titled 'Made in New
York' Incentives for Fashion Designers in the
following website: http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/made-in-new-york-incentives-fashion-designers/2694476.html
65.-Word: breweries
Meaning: fábricas, cervecerías
Example:
A few large beer breweries have
controlled much of the beer market in the United States since the 1950s.
Where I found the word: I read
this word in the article titled Small Beer Brewers
Gaining Popularity in US in the
following website: http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/small-beer-brewers-gaining-popularity-in-us/2675648.html
66.- Word: stick with
Meaning: seguir con
Example:
And usually once we do that, we find that people sort of stick with the craft beer.
Where I found the word:
I read this word in the article
titled Small Beer Brewers Gaining
Popularity in US in the
following website: http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/small-beer-brewers-gaining-popularity-in-us/2675648.html
67.- Word: wages
Meaning: salarios
Example:
Companies such as Hon Hai are
also facing rising wages for factory work in China.
Where
I found the word:
I read
this word in the article titled Robots to Make iPads and iPhones in the
following website:http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/robots-to-make-ipads-and iphones/2674752.html
68.- Word: Hub
Meaning: centro de energía, eje
Example:
Turkey Seeks to Replace Ukraine as Energy Hub or “Turkey simply becomes the next Ukraine and
Turkey could become a major energy hub that supplies Europe.”
Where I found the word:
I read this word in the article
titled Turkey Seeks
to Replace Ukraine as Energy Hub
in the following website: http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/turkey-seeks-to-replace-ukraine-energy-hub/2674422.html
69.- Word: as things stand
Meaning: tal como están las cosas
Example:
Because as things stand these terms stipulate
that the gas will be supplied through Ukraine.
Where I found the word:
I read this word in the article
titled Turkey Seeks
to Replace Ukraine as Energy Hub
in the following website: http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/turkey-seeks-to-replace-ukraine-energy-hub/2674422.html
70.- Word: fundraiser.
Meaning: recaudación de fondos
Example:
Last weekend, girls across the United States were busy selling cookies
for the fundraiser.
Where I found the word:
I read this word in the article
titled US Girl Scouts Use Internet to Sell Cookies in the following website: http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/girl-scouts-turning-to-technology-to-raise-money/2667516.html
71.- Word: embroidery-frame
Meaning: bastidor de
madera (para bordar)
Example:
… and a Queen sat at her window working, and her embroidery-frame was
of ebony.
Where I found the word:
In the tale titled Snow White and the seven dwarfs in the Grimm’s fairy tales
1812. in the following website: http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story158.pdf
72.- Word: snow-flakes
Meaning: copos de nieve
Example:
…and the snow-flakes were falling like feathers from the sky,…
Where I found the word:
In the tale titled Snow White and the seven dwarfs in the Grimm’s fairy tales
1812. in the following website: http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story158.pdf
73.- Word: gazing
Meaning: contemplando
Example:
And as she worked, gazing at times out on the snow, …
Where I found the word:
In the tale titled Snow White and the seven dwarfs in the Grimm’s fairy tales
1812. in the following website: http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story158.pdf
74.-Word: pricked
Meaning: pincho
Example:
… ,she pricked her finger…
Where I found the word:
In the tale titled Snow White and the seven dwarfs in the Grimm’s fairy tales
1812. in the following website: http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story158.pdf
75.-Word: ebony,
Meaning: ébano
Example:
Not very long after she had a daughter, with a skin as white as snow,
lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony,
and she was named Snow-white.
Where I found the word:
In the tale titled Snow White and the seven dwarfs in the Grimm’s fairy tales
1812. in the following website: http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story158.pdf
76.-Word: looking-glass
Meaning: espejo mágico
Example:
She had a magic looking-glass, and
she used to stand before it,…
Where I found the word:
In the tale titled Snow White and the seven dwarfs in the Grimm’s fairy tales
1812. in the following website: http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story158.pdf
77.-Word: overbearing
Meaning: Arrogante
Example:
After a year had gone by the King took another wife, a beautiful woman,
but proud and overbearing, and she could not bear to be surpassed in beauty by
any one.
Where I found the word:
In the tale titled Snow White and the seven dwarfs in the Grimm’s fairy tales
1812. in the following website: http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story158.pdf
78.-Word: pride
Meaning: orgullo
Example:
And envy and pride like ill weeds
grew in her heart higher every day, until she had no peace day or night.
Where I found the word:
In the tale titled Snow White and the seven dwarfs in the Grimm’s fairy tales
1812. in the following website: http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story158.pdf
79.-Word: cutlass
Meaning: machete
Example:
… ;but when he drew his cutlass to
pierce Snow-white’s innocent heart, …
Where I found the word:
In the tale titled Snow White and the seven dwarfs in the Grimm’s fairy tales
1812. in the following website: http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story158.pdf
80.-Word: pity
Meaning: piedad
Example:
And as she was so lovely the huntsman had pity
on her, and said, …
Where I found the word:
In the tale titled Snow White and the seven dwarfs in the Grimm’s fairy tales
1812. in the following website: http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story158.pdf
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