Dictogloss Session 4

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.

defeat
noun
The fact of losing against someone in a fight or competition, or when someone or something is made to fail
Example: The rugby team accepted their defeat with humility.
es: fracaso, derrota
Juan Tenorio defeats Luis Mejía.
errs
verb
To make a mistake. The base form is err.
Example: Men always did and always will err, and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong.
es: errar
Hiking symbol that means wrong path.
points out
verb
The verb is in the third person and it means to direct attention toward something.
Example: If he makes a mistake, I point it out immediately.
es: señalar, indicar
An inspector points out her observation about a home's siding to another woman.
the doer of deeds
noun
A person or thing that does something or acts in a specified manner.
Example: As a wise man once said, we should be both speakers of words and doers of deeds.
es: el autor de los hechos
The doer of this deed.