IDIOMA EXTRANJERO II (INGLÉS)

The Best Vintage - Vocabulary

NB: the meaning given for each word is contextual meaning, that is to say it is the
specific meaning of the word within the context of the story. Some of these words have
other meanings not shown here.

Part of
Word Contextual Meaning Example Sentence
Speech
Don't ask me to add the
mathematics (adding,
arithmetic noun numbers; I'm terrible at
multiplying etc)
arithmetic.
The aroma at the spa was of
aroma noun scent
roses and vanilla.
Santa Claus has a bulbous
bulbous adjective large and round
nose and belly.
We filled the cask with wine
cask noun wooden container
and put it in the cellar.
You should always serve a
claret noun French red wine nice claret with a juicy
steak.
Franco concealed his love
concealed verb - past hid
notes under his pillow.
Jane's contempt for her ex-
feeling that a person or
contempt noun husband is unfair on her
thing is worthless
kids.
My husband is very
cultivated because his
cultivated adjective educated about art
grandmother was into
classical music and painting.
Mary dabbed her extra
dabbed verb - past touched lightly
lipstick off with her napkin.
At least wear a decent shirt
because you are going to be
decent adjective pretty good
photographed from the waist
up.
The thief rejected the
denouncements even
denouncements noun accusations
though he was caught
stealing on camera.

I need a long elegant dress

elegant adjective attractive, graceful, simple to wear to my graduation
ceremony.

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Whenever my parents
entertained their college
entertained verb hosted a party
friends we always had a
BBQ
Chrisie called me so
with extra effort than
excessively adverb excessively that I didn't
necessary
want to be friends with her.
Astronomers are constantly
fathomless adjective deep, incomprehensible trying to search the
fathomless depths of space.
The bride flung her bouquet
flung verb - past threw wildly
of flowers behind her.
The petrol fumes at the
strong smell that makes it
fumes noun garage always give me a
hard to breathe
headache.
hunted birds and other The only game I enjoy
game noun
animals (for food or sport) eating is duck.
looked at intently with wide The couple sat on the beach
gazed verb - past
eyes and gazed at the sunset.
This movie is not a genuine
genuine adjective real
documentary.
Before we started dating we
looks that last only a short
glances noun used to exchange glances
moment
from our desks.
I was grief-stricken when
grief-stricken adjective upset because of a loss my dog got run over by a
car.
During the harvest the
season when crops are
harvest noun whole family goes out to
ready to pick
work in the corn fields.
expressing a strong wish Heaven forbid that we ever
heaven forbid interjection that something does not get hit by one of these
happen terrible hurricanes!
It was humiliating when
humiliating adjective causing embarrassment they made me stand up and
make a speech.
It was an idyllic afternoon
idyllic adjective peaceful, perfect with all of the kids away at
school.
permanent movement of The rules of immigration
immigration noun someone from one country say that I need a permit to
to another work in this country.
The young teen stood
without expression, not
impassively adverb impassively while the
showing emotion
policeman told him off

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I broke up with Bob because

suggestions about someone
of the insinuations he made
insinuations noun (without proof) that are not
about me and my ex-
nice
boyfriend.
Alice's intention was to rent
intention noun aim or plan
a guitar, not to buy one.
I loathed my grade nine
loathed verb - past hated French teacher because he
gave us so much homework.
The child lunged at the
moved forward suddenly
lunged verb - past birthday cake before we
and quickly
could remove the candles.
My ancestors were peasants
poor person who usually who used to beg for food
peasant noun
lives off the land when their crops wouldn't
grow.
record of ancestry, line of We only breed dogs of
pedigree noun
relatives excellent pedigree.
The fashion model was
poised verb - past prepared to act poised at the foot of the
walkway.
There is always one
raconteur in the family who
raconteur noun a skilful storyteller
makes everyone laugh at the
dinner table.
Brides always look
ravishing adjective very beautiful, entrancing ravishing on their wedding
days.
analyzed and formed
judgement logically; tried I reasoned with my father to
reasoned verb - past
to persuade by giving good extend my curfew.
reasons
opinions or beliefs that Mark has a reputation for
reputation noun others have about a person dating more than one
or thing woman at a time.
There were no size ten
did because nothing else
resorted to verb - past skates so Marie resorted to
worked
wearing men's.
Janice's mother-in-law is the
root noun early stage, cause root of her marital
problems.

trembled or shook because Andrea shuddered when

shuddered verb - past
of cold or fear she heard the loud scream.

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(formerly) mail sent During the war she learned

telegram noun electronically and delivered of her son's injuries by
in printed form on paper telegram.
The termagant was hassling
a bad-tempered, noisy
termagant noun her husband about forgetting
woman
to make her coffee.
Samantha doesn't eat veal
veal noun the meat of a young cow
because she's a vegetarian.
The vigorous builders had
vigorous adjective strong, energetic the house finished in one
week.
They're serving a 1975
top wine, usually wine from
vintage noun vintage to mark their
a specific year
anniversary.
We worked in the vineyard
place where grapes are
vineyard noun until all of the grapes had
grown
been picked.
She stood visibly in front of
visibly adverb easily seen the window, so I knew she
was home.
Her eyes welled up with
welled up verb - past filled up (often with liquid) tears when he asked her to
marry him.
machine or equipment used We'll need a winepress if
winepress noun to squeeze the juice out of we want to make juice out
grapes of these grapes.