Dictogloss Session 5

4 English terms

Dear students, this glossary contains new words that are in the text. It will be helpful that you know these words after the dictation stage.

anxious
adjective
Very worried
Example: She begins to have troubled dreams, she feels anxious and depressed and the lack of confidence given by the men makes her hysterical.
es: ansioso, ansiosa
An elder very worried
to hang oneself
verb
To commit suicide by pulling a rope tight around one's neck.
Example: In such a case it'd be better to hang oneself and get it over.
es: ahorcarse
A man who hanged himself.
to take one's job seriously
idiom
To have a responsible attitude towards one's work.
Example: You take your job seriously if you were well paid.
es: Tomarse el trabajo seriamente.
a job
zoo-keeper
noun
A zoo employee who looks after the animals.
Example: Although there was a zoo where a lion and a lamb lived together in the same cage and a visitor asked the zookeeper: 'How do you manage that?'.
es: cuidador en un zoológico
A zoo-keeper is given penguins food.