nota: Abreviatura de 'electronic'.

There are four exam questions. Each is worth 40 points.
They scored two goals each / They each scored two goals.

Each item is photographed and entered into the system's inventory.
You will need to log in again each time you return to the site.

According to reports in this week's newspaper, not all same-sex couples are eager to get married.
Joanna is an intelligent child and very eager to learn.

Katelyn was tired so she went to bed early.

As John came through the door, Ian looked at his watch. "You're early this morning!", he said.
Emma wanted to arrive at the station with plenty of time to spare, just in case her train was early

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is an outstanding example of early Gothic architecture.
'Romeo and Juliet' was one of Shakespeare's early works.

The Government has earmarked £15 million for humanitarian aid to Iraq.
Kevin Keegan has earmarked David Seaman as a potential candidate to replace Peter Schmeichel in goal.

Figures due out next week are expected to show that academics in the UK earn on average £30,000 a year less than their counterparts in the US.

Zac is an earnest young man who believes that in order to succeed you must work hard.

It is our earnest hope that the international community will find a satisfactory solution to this problem before it gets out of hand

Earth up celery to blanch the stems and make them more tender.

Venus served seven aces, broke her opponent's serve with relative ease and won the match 6-2, 6-0.

The runner eased up just before the finish line as no-one could catch him.

The wind seems to have eased up now.

The traffic report said that eastbound traffic on the M25 was almost stationary.

nota: Eastenders (Gent del Barri) és una de les dues telenovel·les més populars de Gran Bretanya (l'altra és Coronation Street). Eastenders està ambientada en un barri de classe obrera de Londres.

You'll never hear anything good about yourself by eavesdropping on other peoples' conversations!
Some conspiracy theorists believe that the FBI regularly eavesdrop on their private telephone conversations

Old Nancy was believed by many to be somewhat eccentric. She appeared to prove them all right when she left $3,000,000 in her will to her cat Lord Pumplechook Chipwoddy the Third.
Theresa has a rather eccentric taste in clothes. Who else would think that wearing a leopard-skin t-shirt with shocking pink leather trousers and purple stilettos was a good idea??

nota: Petit mamífer australià. S'assembla molt a l'eriçó.

nota: 'Economic' no vol dir 'barat'.

2. [drug] èxtasi

3. superioritat
To have an edge on... - Ser superior a...

2. instrucció

3. estudis

4. pedagogia
Department of Education (university department) - Departament de Pedagogia (d'una universitat)

His presentation was very educational but, at the same time, very funny.

The streets were deserted and there was an eerie calm in the city.
An eerie silence hung over the capital which had been plunged into darkness by a power cut.

There was a gang of about 10 children aged from 8 to 14 effing and blinding at one of my neighbours.
My neighbour used to eff and blind at his wife all the time. It drove me so mad I moved house.

nota: 'Eff off' és un eufemisme de 'fuck off'.

nota: 'Effing' és un eufemisme de 'fucking'.

1. [QUÍMICA] efluent

nota: Si es parla d'una persona i es diu 'He's in his eighties', vol dir que té entre 80 i 89 anys.

No student will be allowed to leave the exam room until the full 3 hours have elapsed.
Bids will continue to be accepted until the deadline elapses.

2. (before noun) selecte

nota: Al Canadà i als Estats Units: 'ant' = 'moose'. En Europa: 'ant' = 'elk'.

nota: La paraula 'else' es col·loca després dels pronoms indefinits i els mots 'who', 'what', 'where' i 'when' amb el sentit de 'més' o 'altre'.

Do what I say or else I'll punish you.

I mustn't forget to email her those documents.

Is he going to email her?

The friends used to write each other letters but now they just email.

Harvard's embattled president is due to step down at the end of this semester.

1. brodat

1. aparició / sortida

nota: També es diu 'empathic'.

nota: També es diu 'empathetic'.

1. ocupació

Gerard enclosed his CV with the application form.

2. usurpació

At the end of the day, it shows that Iran will pay a very heavy price if it continues to try and enrich its fuel.
It involves distasteful compromises, but at the end of the day, even a dictatorship as small and weak as Cuba hasn't cracked under 40 years of hardball.
Oversaturation of the brain with images and information is very good in many ways, but at the end of the day, unless you remember to breathe - you die.

Do you know where the iron ended up? I haven't seen it since we moved.
The car swerved to avoid a pedestrian in the road and, rather ironically perhaps, ended up on the sidewalk.

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Although we endeavour to provide accurate information, there can be no guarantee of the accuracy of any resources provided on this website.

In a neighbo(u)rhood where everybody works full time, the opportunities for a kid to make money are endless: car washing, dog walking, babysitting, lawn mowing...
We have terrible neighbo(u)rs who spend their day making endless noise.

1. energia

2. (before noun) enèrgetic
Energy policy - Política enèrgetica

After living together for ten years, Jason and Sarah are finally engaged.

I just tried to ring John, but he's engaged.

I tried her line but it was engaged.

Ben and Jennifer got engaqed in May and are planning to get married in December.

1. compromís de matrimoni / comprís matrimonial / prometatge

3. batalla

4. involucració

5. [MED] (of baby's head) encaixament

May I enquire as to which journals you cited in your literature review?

Now hiring: enquire within.

2. activitats recreatives

Brits think that Americans enthuse too much.

nota: L'acció d'induir a algú (per part de la policia) a cometre un delit per a processar-li per aquest delit.

1. entrada
No entry. - Prohibida l'entrada.

2. ingrés
Opposition grows to Turkey's EU entry. - Creix el rebuig a l'ingrés de Turquia a la UE.

3. [in a diary] anotació

I get stroller envy when I see someone with a new stroller that has more bells and whistles than mine!
There are an increasing number of grills available at the top end of the market. These models have been known to inspire 'grill envy' among homeowners!
On a recent trip to my brother's new house he showed me his basement. It is enormous. I now have a serious case of 'basement envy'.

nota: Avui dia és molt habitual sentir la paraula 'envy' utilitzada amb un sustantiu (x) just abans per significar 'enveja del x d'una altra persona que és més gran / fort etc. del teu' (per exemple: 'stroller envy', 'deck envy', 'grill envy', 'jeep envy'). S'utilitza sobretot amb sentit humorístic com veuràs als exemples...

It has been said that Barack Obama epitomizes the American dream.

It has been said that Barack Obama epitomizes the American dream.

nota: També s'escriu 'equals sign'.

nota: Tambe s'escriu 'equal sign'.