English Vocabulary: Vocab Rehab

This week we are teaching a course on Logistics, so our post is about English Vocabulary: consignee. If you work in Logistics, you are probably familiar with the word, but do you know how to pronounce it? CONSIGNEE English Vocabulary Now that you have seen English Vocabulary: consignee, take a...

Appoint appointed appointment are three words we use to talk about someone who has been nominated to a particular position. Let’s have a closer look at how we use them as a verb, adjective and a noun. APPOINT APPOINTED APPOINTMENT English Vocabulary Now that you have read about Appoint appointed...

English Vocabulary Incel. The TV show, Adolescence, blew up Netflix this month and parents all over the globe are looking up the term Incel on google. If you haven’t seen the show, I highly recommend it. It highlights the struggle of both teenage boys and girls living in a blue...

English Vocabulary: Impose. After a week of imposing actions by the newly appointed US president it seems only fitting to teach this word. From executive actions to tarrifs, these are all things that have been ‘imposed’. Although the word usually means that people are not wanting or excepting what is...

English Vocabulary: Pardon. Let’s take advantage of the week in news to talk about the word Pardon. You may know that every year the president of the United States ‘pardons’ the Thanksgiving Turkey, allowing it be set free, but did you know that pardons can also be given to people?...

English Vocabulary: Policy, politics, politician. Whats’s the difference? How do we use them? How do we pronounce them? Since today is election day in the US, I thought it important to review these three common words that students often mix up. POLICY For English speakers there are two words for...

English Vocabulary: Witch Hunt. This phrase goes way back to the 1400s when people hunted witches and put them on trial for witchcraft. Learn more here. Today we use it in a similar way but for today’s political ideas that are not popular. It is usually used in a negative...

English Vocabulary: Salty. OK, this word has been around for some years now, but it is still used quite a bit today. SALTY English Vocabulary Now that you have seen our post about English Vocabulary: salty, take a look at our other Vocab Rehab Posts: Vocab Rehab: 5 common abbreviationsVocab...

5 common English Abbreviations. I just got back from visiting my family in Chicago and I thought I would share 5 of the most common abbreviations everyone is using. These are espacially used in texts since it’s much faster to write three letters than three words. E.T.A. This is by...

English Vocabulary: outage. Outages can happen to power, IT, electricity, and other services. This past week, July 19th, Microsoft caused a massive IT outage on a global scale. Learn more here. OUTAGE collocations with outage English Vocabulary Now that you have seen English Vocabulary: outage, take a look at out...

English Vocabulary: Attrition. Yes, there is a word for everything. There are also words with several meaning. Attrition is both of these. ATTRITION RATES OF ATTRITION / ATTRITION RATES WAR OF ATTRITION Vocab Rehab Now that you have seen English Vocabulary: Attrition, have a look at our other Vocab Rehab...

Word formations: loss, loser, lost, lose. Why are word formations so important for Language learning? Well, from just one word, you can learn to create 5 more! Think about how your vocabulary base grows just by learning how to build word formations. LOSS (noun) LOSER (noun) LOST (adjective) LOSE (verb)...

English Vocabulary: Oversight. This is a funny word as it almost feels like it has two opposite meanings. On one hand, it means to pay special attention to something and yet it can also mean to make a mistake because you haven’t paid enough attention. OVERSIGHT (MISTAKE) OVERSIGHT (CONTROL) NOUN...

English Vocabulary: Discrepancy. Saying there seem to be some discrepancies is a friendlier, more diplomatic way to tell someone they have made a mistake or that you don’t agree with them. DISCREPANCY COLLOCATIONS WITH DISCREPANCY PREPOSITIONS VERBS ADJECTIVES Vocab Rehab Now that you have seen English Vocabulary: Discrepancy, take a...

False Friends: career and degree. Oh how much do we hate those False Friends – the words that sound exactly like a word in a different language but has a different meaning. It sounds like it’s a friend, but it’s not. Curse you False Friends!!! CAREER – PROFESIÓN / TRAYECTORIA...

English Vocabulary: tenacious. There are lots of names for these kinds of people: persistent, tough, annoying. But, when we use the word tenacious, there is a strength behind it. We are talking about someone who won’t stop usually because they believe strongly in something. TENACIOUS TENACITY TANACIOUSLY Cursos de inglés...

English Vocabulary: Time off. Time off is a way to refer to all types of ‘leaves’ from work without giving too many details. It can refer to medical leave, maternity/paternity leave or simply vacation/holidays. TIME OFF COLLOCATIONS WITH TIME OFF English Vocabulary Now that you have seen English Vocabulary: Time...

English Vocabulary: strive. Strive can be a complicated word to use because it doesn’t actually collocate with a wide variety of words. And although some people may translate it as ‘tratar’ or ‘esforzarse’ in Spanish, it doesn’t actually capture the full meaning of the word. In situations like these, it’s...

English Vocabulary: Bargain. You are familiar with the word negotiate, but bargain can also be used to discuss prices in an office or out on the street. BARGAIN STRIKE A BARGAIN Vocab Rehab Now that you have seen English Vocabulary: Bargain, take a look at our other Vocab Rehab posts:...

English Vocabulary: foresight. someone who has foresight is not a magician or a fortune teller. It is simply someone who can read a situation, judge what the possible outcomes may be and learns to plan in a way for this situation. Some people may have foresight at work but not...

English Vocabulary: sign up. This phrasal verb is a very important one to know. This month you need to SIGN UP for English class, dance class, art class or any other activity that you are hoping to be a part of. My kids always make the mistake of saying to...

English Vocabulary: steal vs rob. These words have a lot in common, but there is a clear difference. STEAL ROB English Vocabulary Now that you learned about English Vocabulary: steal vs rob, take a look at our other Vocab Rehab posts: Vocab Rehab: to be promotedVocab Rehab: hear vs listen...

English Vocabulary: to be promoted. Today we celebrate the fact that our local football club, Alaves has been promoted to First Division! ¡Aupa Alaves! Click here to read more about Vitoria-Gasteiz’s Alaves team, but before you do that, let’s take a look at the different meanings of promote. Also, check...

English Vocabulary: hear vs listen. These two verbs get mixed up all the time. So, let’s look at how they are different and how they are similar. HEAR LISTEN HEAR OR LISTEN Sometimes we can use both hear or listen in a sentence. However, the meaning changes a bit. English...

English Vocabulary: Raise, Rise, Arise. These three verbs can be very confusing. So, let’s break them down one by one. Raise Rise Arise Collocations It’s important to learn vocabulary in context. So, here are some of the words that tend to ‘collocate’ with Raise, Rise and Arise. Raise Rise Arise...

English Vocabulary: Backlash. Some say that all social issues face backlash at a certain moment. What kinds of rights are facing backlash by you? BACKLASH COLLOCATIONS WITH BACKLASH Collocations are words that go together. Stop learning vocabulary by itself and learn it with the words that are used with it....

English Vocabulary: Strike. May 2nd is an International Worker’s Rights Day. In countries all over the world, people are striking for better working conditions and better pay. There are many ways to use the word strike, so let’s take a look at some of them. STRIKE (verb) GO ON STRIKE...

English Vocabulary: Sibling. Sibling is such a commonly used word. So, we do so few people know about it? How many siblings do you have? SIBLING Learning English Vocabulary It can be difficult to remember all the vocabulary that you need to learn a new language! As the saying goes,...

English decimal point vs comma. Putting a decimal point instead of a comma can make thousands of dollars of difference. So, let’s make sure we get it right. MONEY COMMAS DECIMAL POINT ZERO COMMON MISTAKES US, UK, China Spain, France, Germany, etc 123,456,789.00 123.456.789,00 ENGLISH VOCABULARY Now that you have...

Numbers in English. I’ve been speaking Spanish for almost 20 years and I still do math in English. But, it is really important to know how to say and write large numbers. One zero can make a complete difference. HOW TO SAY LARGE NUMBERS IN ENGLISH COMMON MISTAKES DECIMAL POINT...

English Vocabulary: Micromanage. Is your boss or your mother a micromanager? They are more common than you think! Click here to read an article from Harvard Business Review to see if you are a micromanager. MICROMANAGE MICROMANAGER B1 B2 C1 C2 ENGLISH VOCABULARY Now that you have seen English Vocabulary:...

English Vocabulary: Lateral Thinking. Why do we always try to solve problems using the same solutions when we know they won’t work? Most of us think of solutions we know and so it is very difficult to get to a different solution and think outside the box. Lateral Thinking is...

Post bilingue. English Vocabulary: fun vs funny. One of the most common mistakes in English is the difference between fun and funny. Uno de los errores más comunes en inglés es la diferencia entre fun y funny. FUN / DIVERTIDO adjective / adjetivo I always have such a good time...

B2 C1 C2 English Vocabulary: Jeopardize. You may be familiar with the common game show, Jeopardy, but do you know what it means and how to use it? Jeopardize (US) / Jeopardise (UK) In jeopardy B2 C1 C2 English Vocabulary Now that you learned B2 C1 C2 English Vocabulary: Jeopardize,...

B2 C1 C2 English Vocabulary: Venture. Are you planning on starting a new venture in 2023? Starting a new business is also risky, but when we talk about a venture, which is usually a business, we imply that there is a bit more risk than usual involved. Venture B2 C1...

English Collocations with Annual. Collocations are words that go together. Stop learning vocabulary on its own and start learning them in groups. Which nouns go with adjectives? Which prepositions go with verbs? Collocations with Annual Annual Assemble Annual Budget Annual Celebration Annual Conference Annual Cost Annual Meeting Annual Membership Annual...

B2 C1 C2 English Vocabulary: Grateful. Every fourth Thursday of November, people in the US celebrate Thanksgiving. From all the TV shows and movies, you would think that this is the most important holiday in the US, but that is not the case. People travel so much for Thanksgiving because...

False Friends: Terrific and terrifying. False Friends are always causing confusion. It’s hard to learn tham all at once, so little by little we show you one or two words that are often confusing for Spanish speakers. Terrific – genial Terrifying – terrorífico False Friends Now that you have learned...