e-Portfolio: Session 3 (August 27)

 Session 3 (August 27)

Meybeline Acosta Ulloa. B90046 

1) Joblessness:   /ˈdʒɑːb.ləs.nəs/ Noun 

The state of being unemployed. 

E.g. The joblessness is a big problem in Costa Rica.

2) Disapprove: /ˌdɪs.əˈpruːv/ Verb 

To feel that something or someone is bad, wrong, etc.

E.g. I disapprove your ideas. 

3) Strategy:  /ˈstræt̬.ə.dʒi/ Noun 

A detailed plan for achieving success in situations such as war, politics, business, industry, or sport, or the skill of planning for such situations

E.g. I had the strategy about follow the classes in the school.

4) Reactivation: /riːˌæktɪˈveɪʃən/ Noun 

Starting up again.

E.g. My mother had a reactivation of the virus in her body.

 

5) Fierce: /fɪrs/ Adjective 

Physically violent and frightening. 

E.g. My tigger is a fierce animal. 

6) Curvaceous: /kɝːˈveɪ.ʃəs/ Adjective 

A curvaceous woman has a body with attractive curves.

E.g. The models have petty and curvaceous curves. 

7) Precise:  /prəˈsaɪs/ Adjective 

Exact and accurate. 

E.g. We are going on this precise moment with our mother. 

8) Teethe: /tiːð/ Verb 

If a baby or small child is teething, their first teeth are growing, usually causing pain. 

E.g. My baby sister is teething her first teeths. 

9) E-bike: /ˈiːˌbaɪk/ Noun 

A bicycle with an electric motor that helps to move the bicycle forward even when the rider is not turning the pedals, also often used to refer to any bicycle with an electric motor, including those where you must turn the pedals. 

E.g. Ana is driving an e-bike on the street. 

10) Murder:  /ˈmɝː.dɚ/ Noun 

The crime of intentionally killing a person.

E.g. A man commited a murder against a child. 

11) Toothache: /ˈtuːθ.eɪk/ Noun 

Pain caused by something being wrong with one of your teeth. 

E.g. I had a horrible toothache 

12) Chase:  /tʃeɪs/ Verb 

To hurry after someone or something in order to catch him, her, or it.

E.g. I was chasing to my brother around the house. 

13) Artichoke: /ˈɑːr.t̬ə.tʃoʊk/ Noun 

A tall plant with a rounded edible top that is enclosed by thick, pointed leaves.

E.g. My grandmother plants a lot artichokes in the garden. 

14) Leisure: /ˈliː.ʒɚ/ Noun 

The time when you are not working or doing other duties. 

E.g. In my vacations I had a lot leisure time. 

15) Margin: /ˈmɑːr.dʒɪn/ Noun 

The amount by which one thing is different from another.

E.g. Workers have to be on the margins of rules in their jobs.