shipwreck	naufragio/remais of a ship
pence	type of coin in england
sheer	puro, translucido, sin mezcla
uncanny	amazingly scary/spooky/out of this world
flock	parvada
seagulls	gaviota
dodging/docking	agacharse en forma de defensa
grudge	(V) codo, cuidar el dinero
glided	move in graceful way/planear
quarrel	argunto/fight over words
overtuned	turned over
grim	siniestro/something dark
beam	light/mucha luz, rayo de luz//piece of wood that supports ceiling
parapet	balcony over lighthouse
wretch	(n) not physically healthy/wounded
a view	area seen from certain point/vista//an opinion
viewpoint	aplace to see/mirador
point of view	an opinion in particular matter
examples with sheer	sheer drop, sheer nylons, sheer waste of time
hush	to make or become calm or quiet
beamed	smile happily
sentence with wretch	the poor wretch climbed up his way to ask for help...
a sight	something seen/important places somewhere
outlook	what is seen by looking out
outlook	likely to happen
tele	distant
scope	see
scene	division in a play
scene	a view with definite quality
scene	place where something happened
scene	display of a temper
coutryside	region away from town
nature	natural force of countryside
bird's eye view	a very good sight
view finder	part of a camera
in view of	because of
come into sight	become visible
go out of sight	become not visible
know someone by sight	know someone just physically
fall in love at fist sight	enamorarse a primera vista
sight-read	to look at it and know what it means (more likely in music)
lose sight of	perder de vista
sight seeing	visiting and seeing objects of interest
a whip	used to hit horse when riding	latigo o cuarta
whipped	batido	whipped cream
harness	placed over horse's head to get hold of
saddle	place to sit over horse's back when mounting
reins	object used to control horse's movements	riendas
bridle	metal object used in horse's mouth to take control of	freno
spurs	used to rush horse	espuelas
sail	as when a boat leaves the dock	zarpar
sale	as when a something is being exchanged for money / a bargain due to change of season
bend down	crouch / ponerse en cunclillas
bend foward	to vow
bend backwards	make a lot of effort
round about	glorieta
turning	esquina
cul-de-sac	dead end (not thoroughfare)	privada
thoroughfare	public ways
NO thoroughfare	dead end (not cul-de-sac)
attached to	joined to
fond of	attached to something through feelings
tems	items agreed in a treaty or contract
terms	price for a service
terms	conditions	we did not agreed on this terms
terms	personal relations	in good terms with...
affect	influence
effect (n)	result
effect (v)	cause certain result	efectuado
wrist	part of the arm
fist	closed hand
relief (n)	no worries	alivio
relieved (adj)	aliviado
relieve (v)	take over someone's work
relief (adj)	fund as in for famine or earthquake victims
relief (adj)	as a map of comparative heights
stab / stabbed	apuñalar con cuchillo / apuñalado
famine	extreme hunger
poisoned	envenenado
strangled	estrangulado
suffocated	sofocado
hanged	colgado
gassed	gaseado
coroner	doctor to perform a post-mortem
post-mortem	an autopsy
inquist	investigation
claws	garras
scratch	rasguñar o rasguño
scraped	peeled but for fruits and vegetables with thin skin
play	cards, football, violin, piano, a movie, the part of Hamlet
act	on stage/ in a play /sick
law court	corte de juicios
scrubbed	washed as in floors / fregado	scrub=fregadero
mop	trapeador
polished	pulido
cloth	jerga / piece of fabric designed to clean
intense	strong	intenso (pain, effort, light)
intensive	lasting short time and giving something in exchange	intensivo (curse)
superstitious / superstition	believes in luck and other things / what is thought
suspicious	describes getting a felling of insecurity	sospechoso de algo
suspicious	causes a feeling of insecurity
suspect	sospechoso de algun acto realizado
blade	hoja delgada	as in grass or a knife
bargain	agreement in which everyone gives something up
bargain	something expensive bought cheap
bargain	informal negociation
to bargain	discuss price with seller	regatear
to barder	discuss price with seller (not bargain)
find it a job	find it difficult
shopkeeper	store owner
customer	comprador
client	cliente
solicitor	lawyer
fancy	soñar despierto/ fantasear. or. elegant, with class
scenery	general appearance of countyside
landscape	scenery altered from original
coy ( coyly)	timidamente
lie	mentir/yacer
lay	colocar
rise	levantarse, incrementar
raise	levantar
curious	strange, odd
curious	inquisitive (interested to know more)
curiosity	(n) that leads to interesting discoveries
curiosities	curiosidades
fortnight	fifthteen days	quincena
an opportunity	ocassion or chance to make good use of
possibility	something that may happen
eccentricities (n)	something that makes a person strange or unconventional
eccentric (adj)	describes behavior of an unconventional, starnge person
3 vicar	clargyman of the Church of England
priest	clergyman from Roman catholic Orthodox church
minister	non conformist church clergyman/ person with a disigned job in church
clergyman	pastor, priest, vicar etc
1 archbishop	arzobispo
2 bishop	obispo
4 curate	clergic assistant/ cura
dean	priest in charge of a Cathedral	decano
churchwarden	layman responsible for church business matters
layman	not a clergyman	laico
verger	keeps church in order	verdugo
organist	plays the organ
choirmaster	director del coro
choir	group of people that sing in a church
parish	division of country with its own church and vicar	parroquia
diocese	"legion" controlled by bishop
nearby	close , closely	cercano, cerca
prefer	like better than something else
library	place to borrow books	biblioteca
bookshop	place to buy books	libreria
concern	anxiety	there is some concern about his health.
concern	something of interest / something that involves someone	this letter concerns thw whole family
concern	a firm	he has shares in a building concern
concern	take an interest in	i've always concerned about my grades
charity	giving to those in need
a charity	an organization giving to those in need
erring (v)	doing something wrong / to mistake	to err
errors	mistakes
a fault	bad point in person's character	its all your fault
errand	short journey made for shopping / a favor / mandado
voluntary (adj)	voluntario (adj)
volunteer (n&v)	voluntarear and voluntario
conscripted	a la fuerza
conscript	soldier doing compulsory military service
start	begin / sobresalto
indifferent	taking no notice of
valueless	without worth
invaluable	so valuable that a price cannot be attached
famous	famoso , celebre
infamous	infame (notorio)
sensible	sensato, prudente, razonable
senseless	estupido, sin razon
insensible	insensible, unconscious
sensitive	delicado (piel)
interested	interesado
uninterested	indifferent, desinteresado
disinterested	desinteresado as in neutral, not taking sides
take pains	take trouble	tomarse la molestia
pain	dolor
painful	doloroso
painless	sin dolor
involuntary	without wanting to	involuntario
charge (n)	amount to be paid
charge (n)	criminal accusiation	cargo
charge (n)	violent foward movement
charge (n)	amount of electricity, explosives, etc	carga
charge (v)	ask a price	we charge extra for each ingredient
charge (v)	accuse a crime	they charged him with robbery
charge (v)	move foward violently
charge (v)	provide equipment with electricity, explosive, etc	cargar
in charge of/take charge of	responsible for/accept responsability for
bound for	on its way to
homeward bound	on one's way home
bound	attached, stringed into	amarrado
cover or binding	"cubierta" as in a book
morsel	small piece or fragment	migaja
shrewd	keen judgement of people and business matters (clever) (good people)
cunning / crafty	astuto o ongenioso---> unpleasant, possibly dishonest cleverness ( bad people)	mañoso=crafty=crafty dealer who tries to cheat customers
sparing no one's feelings	speaking plainly even if it hurts the person addressed
devoted	give all your time to something
treat (n)	especial pleasant experience
treat (n)	candy
treat (v)	behave towards someone with certain effect	tratar
treat (v)	pay for someone's food, drink, or entertainment	ill treat you to the cinema
treat (v)	deal with a matter, question, etc
treaty	agreement between countries	bucarelli
treatment	tratamiento as in medicine or how someone has treated you
novelist	writer of novels	of long frictional stories writed in prose
non-fiction	based on facts
fiction	based on imagination
ability	skills while doing something	abilidad
capability	ability to perform a certain task	capacidad
able	capaz
spinter	single old woman, unmarried
old maid	plain, narrow minded, prim woman
narrow minded	de mente cerrada
prim	proper, formal ( remilgado y estirado)
invalid	illed. unable to perform a job for a while
disabled	not able to perform a job any more ( teacher, soldier)	incapacitado
dowdy	wears old fashioned clothes
shabby	wears bad condition clothes	fachoso
smart	wears formal attire, elegant
fashionable	trendy, with style	a la moda
nobel	prestige
noble	honored / from loyalty
a leak	hole through which a liquid can scape
leak out	gotear/ information gone in the open accidentally
supplement (v)	add to
colour supplement	extra column in newspaper
pen name	name used by authors
stage-name	name used by actors and performers
nickname	playful or shortened name	apodo
pet name	name given to show affection	gordo, pequeña
alias	criminal name
tough	hard to break or cut / hard
tender	tierno o blando / opp of tough
hardship	adversity, difficulty
hero / heroin	good character who saves the day	heroe/heroina
heroic	act of value	heroico
heroism	being a hero	heroismo
villian	the bad characted of a story	villano
villainous	malvado
villainy	maldad
oblong	rectangular
round	circular
punch	hit with fist
slap	hit on the face with palm (whole hand)
kick	hit with the foot
poke	touch with finger
scratch	hurt someone with your nails
nudge	hit someone with elbow
shrug	hit someone with the shoulder as you pass by
deal	tratar with something that has to be done
cope	superar, salir adelante

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