Vocabulary. Unit 3.
Vocabulary. Unit 3.
15 Mystery terms
I am designing this glossary for my English class in order to compile the new words that I learn.
- Assume
- Verb
- To accept something to be true without question or proof
- Example: In my opinion, Alexander must assume its own responsibilities.
- en: Asumir/Suponer.
- Attempt
- Verb
- -To make an effort (to do something) or to achieve (something); try
-To try to surmount (an obstacle)
- Example: The only time that we attempted to do something like that was in the city of Madrid.
- en: Intentar, tratar de, procurar, probar.
- Develop a theory
- Verb
- Improve something, formulate something...
- Example: Its objective is to develop a theory.
- en: Desarrollar una teoría.
- Disturbed
- Adjective
- Who suffers from a disorder or an alteration of the mental faculties
- Example: The barking of the dog disturbed the silence of the night.
- en: Perturbado.
- Get to the bottom of
- Verb
- Examine thoroughly
- Example: Let's get to the bottom of this.
- en: Investigar / llegar hasta el fondo.
- Look into
- Verb
- Putting something or someone under careful and detailed consideration to know their characteristics, qualities or capabilities
- Example: Today they are going to look into the murder.
- en: Examinar/Investigar.
- Missing
- Adjective
- Person who is unaccounted for or dead without the body having been found; especially due to catastrophe, police repression, kidnapping or military actions
- Example: This boy has been missing since yesterday.
- en: Perdido.
- Notice
- Verb
- Act of perceiving; observation; attention
- Example: I have noticed something in my belly.
- en: Notar/Observar/Advertir.
- Occurrence
- Noun
- It is something that happens, an event, it is the act or an instance of occurrence
- Example: The party was a popular event.
- en: Ocurrencia/Hecho/Incidencia/Acontecimiento.
- Research
- Verb
- Do the necessary errands to discover something / Deepen the study of a discipline
- Example: The scientists research the case.
- en: Investigar.
- Reveal
- Verb
- Discover or make known things that are secret or ignored
- Example: The magician can't reveal his magic tricks.
- en: Revelar/Desvelar/Delatar.
- Source
- Noun
- It is the point or place from which something originates, it is a spring that forms the starting point of a current
- Example: Oranges are a good source ofvitamin C.
- en: Fuente.
- Turn out
- Verb
- To make (something, especially a light) stop working
- Example: I couldn't see anything because my father turned out the lights.
- en: Apagar/Hacer/Producir.
- Vanish
- Verb
- disappear suddenly or mysteriously.
Stop living; fade off
- Example: The magician vanished.
- en: Desaparecer/Desvanecerse/Esfumarse.
- Wonder
- Verb
- Reflect a person on a doubt
- Example: I wonder if he will go to the party.
- en: Preguntarse.