Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Revolutionary Road/ Gran Torino - Vocabulario y gerundios

Leer: Revolutionary Road/ Gran Torino, reseñas (CP)
Tarea: Subraye los adjetivos y adverbios en la reseña de RR y busque las definiciones de, por los menos, 4 que no conoces. ¿Cómo describiría el idioma empleado? Subraye los verbos en la reseña de GT y busque 4 definiciones. ¿Utiliza ser y estar mucho?
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23 comments:

  1. 4 adjetivos en ‘Revolutionary Road’
    1. cotidiana- everyday
    2. seminal- original, creative
    3. asfixiante- suffocating
    4. fallida- unsuccessful, vain

    4 verbos en ‘Gran Torino’
    1. rechazar- to reject
    2. execrar- to hate, to detest
    3. rehuir- to shy away from
    4. merecer- to deserve

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  2. Adjetivos de ‘Revolutionary Road’

    Seminal- original, creative
    Grave- serious
    Servil- servile, submissive
    Póstuma- posthumous, alter a person’s death

    Verbos de ‘Gran Torino’

    Resollar- to breathe hard, to pant
    Trasladar- to transfer, to postpone
    Congraciarse con- to get in the good graces of
    Aligerar- to lighten, to alleviate, to ease

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  3. De "Revolutionary Road"
    Náufragos: Shipwrecked
    Cotidiana: Daily
    Candente: Burning
    Calando: Soaking
    Fallida: Vain (attempt)

    De "Gran Torino"
    Congraciarse: To Ingratiate
    Aligerar: To lighten
    Aludir: To Allude
    Merecer: To deserve

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  4. ‘Revolutionary Road’-adj.
    Candente- apasionante, calor (del color rojo); red-hot
    Cotidiano- diario, habitual; everyday, daily
    Servil- sumiso; perteneciendo a los sirvientes; menial, servile
    Póstuma- ocurriendo o continuando después de la muerte (como un hijo quien nace después de la muerte de su padre); occuring after one’s death

    ‘Gran Torino’- verbos
    Rechazar- no aceptar; to reject
    Trazar- hacer líneas; to trace
    Execrar- condenar con malicia; to damn
    Empobrecer- hacer pobre; to impoverish

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  5. RR adjetivos:
    cotidiana - daily
    desidia - slowness
    invendible - unsalable
    candente - burning

    GT verbos:
    rechazar - to reject
    se metio - got into
    congraciarse - to ingratiate
    aligeraron - to lighten

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  6. Revolutionary Road adjetivos y adverbios
    cotidiana- daily, everyday
    estéril- futile
    asfixiante- oppressive
    póstuma- posthumous
    servil- menial

    Gran Torino verbos
    Resollar- wheeze
    Congraciarse- get into someone’s good graces
    Trazar- outline, plan, plot
    Execrar- to damn, curse, detest

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  7. Revolutionary Road
    1. asfixiante – suffocating, oppressive
    2. candente – burning, red-hot
    3. fallida – unsuccessful
    4. cotidiana – daily, everyday

    Gran Torino
    1. rechazar – to reject
    2. resollar – to breath heavily
    3. trazar – to trace, to draw
    4. aludir – to refer to, to allude to

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  8. Revolutionary Road:
    cotidiana= daily
    candente= red-hot (tema candente= topical issue)
    fallida= unsuccessful, vain
    asfixiante= suffocating

    Gran Torino:
    resollar= to breathe heavily, wheeze
    execrar= to abhor
    congraciarse (con)= to integrate oneself (with)
    rehuir= to shun, avoid

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  9. 4 adjetivos de ‘Revolutionary Road’
    1. cotidiana: daily
    2. desurtido: unraveled
    3. candente: red-hot
    4. fallida: deceived

    4 verbos de ‘Gran Torino’
    1. rechazar: to reject
    2. trasladar: to move/to transfer
    3. refrenar: to curb
    4. agregar: to add

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  10. Revolutionary Road:

    1. asfixiante - suffocating
    2. candente - burning
    3. servil - menial
    4. fallida - vain, unsuccessful

    Gran Torino:

    1. rehuir - to shun
    2. execrar - to detest
    3. emprobrecerse - to impoverish oneself
    4. trazar - to trace
    5. rechazar - to reject

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  11. Adjetivos de Revolutionary Road:

    1. cotidiana: daily, every day
    2. candente: red hot, burning
    3. asfixiante: stifling, suffocating
    4. fallida: in vain, unsuccessful
    5. servil: menial

    Verbos de GT:

    1. rechazarse: reject, turn down
    2. meterse: to meddle in
    3. congraciarse: ingratiate oneself
    4. execrar: to damn, curse, detest
    5. aligerar: to lighten, to relieve

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  12. Revolutionary Road:
    cotidiana- daily, routine
    candente- burning
    fallida- unsuccessful, failed
    asfixiante- stifling, suffocating

    Gran Torino:
    rechazar- reject
    aligerar- to lighten
    execrar- to loath, hate
    rehuir- to avoid
    merecer- to deserve

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  13. Adjetivos de 'Revolutionary Road'
    1. cotidiana- daily
    2. asfixiante- asphyxiating
    3. cruciales- very important
    4. candente- burning

    Verbos de 'Gran Torino'
    1. empobrecer- to impoverish, to get poorer
    2. congraciar- to flatter
    3. trasladar- to move
    4. aligerar- to lighten

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  14. RR
    asfixiante - suffocating
    perturbacion - disturbance
    coidiana - daily
    lectores - readers

    GT
    resollar - to wheeze
    idolatrar - to idolize
    congraciarses - to ingratiate
    rehuir - to avoid

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  15. Revolutionary Road
    • Cotidiana – daily
    • Desidia – indolence
    • Servil – menial
    • Banalidad – triviality

    Gran Torino
    • Resollar – to snort/gasp
    • Rehuir – to shy away from
    • Empobecer – to impoverish
    • Merecer – to deserve

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  16. Revolutionary Road
    1. desurtido- poorly stocked
    2. cotidiana - daily, everyday
    3. candente - red hot, burning
    4. esteril - sterile
    5. servil - servile, menial

    Gran Turino
    1. invadir - to invade
    2. rehuir - to shun, to avoid
    3. execrar - to damn, curse, detest
    4. rechazar - to reject
    5. resollar - to wheeze

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  17. de "Revolutionary Road"

    desidia – indolence
    asfixiante - suffocating
    servil – menial
    candente: Burning

    de "Gran Torino"

    resollar – to snort
    aligerar- to lighten
    merecer- to deserve
    congraciarse- to ingratiate

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  18. Revolutionary Road
    candente - burning
    fallida - vain, unsuccessful
    asfixiante - suffocating
    estéril- futile

    Gran Torino
    resollar - to breathe heavily, wheeze
    trasladar - to move, transfer
    execrar - to damn, curse, detest
    empobrecerse - to become poor or impoverished
    aligerar- to lighten

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  19. 4 Adjectivos de Revolutionary Road:
    candente- burning
    servil- menial
    cotidiana- daily
    fallida- unsuccessful, vain attempt

    Verbos de Gran Torino:
    resollar-to snort
    rechazar- to reject
    congraciarse- to ingratiate oneself
    trazar- trace, draw

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  20. Adverbios/Adjectivos de Revolutionary Road:
    Servil: menial
    Adúlteros: adulterous
    Candente: red-hot
    Fallida: vain, unsuccessful

    Verbos de Gran Torino:
    Empobrecerse: to become poor
    Rehuir: to shy away from
    Aludir: to refer to something
    Congraciarse: to ingratiate oneself

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  21. Revolutionary Road

    1. invendible- unmarketable, unsalable
    2. cotidiana- daily
    3. servil- menial
    4. fallida- unsuccessful

    Gran Torino

    1. congraciarse- to ingratiate oneself
    2. dirigir- to direct, conduct
    3. trasladar- to move, translate
    4. aligerar- to relieve, lighten

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  22. Revolutionary Road
    1. seminal- highly original and influencing the development of future events
    2. asfixiante- suffocating, stifling
    3. servil- menial
    4. candente-burning

    Gran Torino
    1. transladar- to move
    2. congraciarse- to ingratiate oneself
    3. aligerar- to lighten
    4. empobrecer- to impoverish

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  23. Restándole: to take away
    Candente: burning
    Esquivaron: to avoid
    va calando: draw out

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