RICHARD BROWN @RbrownSweat

Tu mapa mental hacia el inglés

WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF WORDMAPS!

¿Pero qué es un WORDMAP? En su esencia, un WORDMAP es el esquema mental que

yo tengo en la cabeza cada vez que enseño una palabra, pero ¡plasmado en el papel!

Son las respuestas a las preguntas que yo me hago antes de abordar la enseñanza de cualquier vocablo. ¿Tiene alguna peculiaridad en cuanto a su pronunciación?

mapa mental de cada una de ellas con todas sus acepciones y peculiaridades.

Cada WORDMAPdicho audio al estudiar cada WORDMAP. Para saber el punto de partida, comentarte que normalmente navego por cada WORDMAP en el sentido de las agujas del reloj

(clockwise

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BASH ....................................................................................................................................... 08

BELT ......................................................................................................................................... 10

BLAST ..................................................................................................................................... 12

BRUSH .................................................................................................................................... 14

CHILL ....................................................................................................................................... 16

CRACK .................................................................................................................................... 18

CRUSH .................................................................................................................................... 20

DRAIN .................................................................................................................................... 22

DRIFT ...................................................................................................................................... 24

EDGE ....................................................................................................................................... 26

FEED ........................................................................................................................................ 28

FIDDLE ..................................................................................................................................... 30

FLAP ........................................................................................................................................ 32

FLIP .......................................................................................................................................... 34

FLOP ........................................................................................................................................ 36

FRAME .................................................................................................................................... 38

GATHER .................................................................................................................................. 40

GOOSE .................................................................................................................................... 42

GRIP ........................................................................................................................................ 44

HAND ..................................................................................................................................... 46

JACK ........................................................................................................................................ 48

KEEN ....................................................................................................................................... 50

MEND ..................................................................................................................................... 52

NIP ........................................................................................................................................... 54

NOD ........................................................................................................................................ 56

PATH ....................................................................................................................................... 58

RADIO .................................................................................................................................... 60

II DEXDEX ROOT ...................................................................................................................................... 62

SINK ........................................................................................................................................ 64

SPELL ....................................................................................................................................... 66

SPIKE ...................................................................................................................................... 68

SPIT ......................................................................................................................................... 70

STEP ........................................................................................................................................ 72

STUFF ...................................................................................................................................... 74

STUMP .................................................................................................................................... 76

TIP ............................................................................................................................................ 78

TOWER ................................................................................................................................... 80

TREAD ..................................................................................................................................... 82

PREFIXES

OUT- ........................................................................................................................................ 84

OVER- (i) ................................................................................................................................ 86

OVER- (ii) ............................................................................................................................... 88

UNDER- .................................................................................................................................. 90

SUFFIXES

-FUL ......................................................................................................................................... 92

-LESS (i) .................................................................................................................................. 94

-LESS (ii) ................................................................................................................................. 96

PHRASAL VERBS

FALL ................................................................................................................................... 98

HOLD .............................................................................................................................. 100

PUT ................................................................................................................................. 102

RUN ................................................................................................................................ 104

STAND ............................................................................................................................ 106

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Bash can be a deliciously modest, little word. We come across it in the adjective bashful, meaning tímido bashfulness (timidez). It is this nuance (matiz) of modesty that we must bear in

mind (debemos tener en cuenta) when using the expression to have a bash at something. I’ll have a bash at it is a bit like saying I’ll try or I’ll do my best, but don’t expect much. It’s a great one to use when you know you’re not very good at something, like me when it comes to DIY, which stands for Do It Yourself and is our equivalent to your bricolaje. Now, I am particularly bad at DIY so whenever anyone asks me to do something around the house, I always say I’ll have a bash at it. For example, I’ll have a bash at putting up the shelves (baldas), and that way, no one has any great expectations. Should things go wrong (Si las cosas salen mal), nobody can say I didn’t warn them! So, if someone says to you I’ll have a bash at fixing your car, do yourself a favour and call in a professional!

to bash your headHave you bashed your head, Tommy?

Don’t cry... it’s OK!¿Te has dado un golpe en la cabeza, Tommy? No llores... ¡no pasa nada!

curiosities

IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS!Si vas a organizar una fiesta en tu casa y piensas invitar a tus amigos ingleses, no te quedes con: I’m having a party on

Friday; do you fancy coming? Di: I’m having a bit of a bash on Friday;

fancy coming? ¡y alucinarán con tu nivelazo de inglés!

BASHBASH

darse un golpe

en la cabeza

ENJOY SAYING IT! La B inglesa es mucho más explosiva que la B española. Ejercemos mucha más presión

en los labios al pronunciarla. Y la B que encontramos al principio de la palabra bash

no es ninguna excepción. Una explosión seguida del sonido que emitimos al mandar callar a alguien: shhh! Una

maravilla de palabra: /bashhh/.

PISTA · 1

THIS WORD HAS A PAST!

El verbo to bash empezó a usarse en el siglo 17, posiblemente como mezcla

de los verbos to bang, to smash y to dashmismo: golpear o dar un golpe. Tres de ellos – to bang, to smash y to bash – se conservan en el

lenguaje actual.

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BASH

BASH

BASH

BLOW

HAVE A BASH AT

intentar

SOMETHING DOING SOMETHING

I’ll have a bash. I’ll have a bash at it.

I’ll have a bash at fixing the car.

GIVE SOMEONE A BASHING

darle una paliza a alguien

GIVE SOMEONE AN EAR-BASHING

reñirle a alguien

HAVE A organizar

CASTAÑA/PORRAZO

FIESTA

INTENTO

PALIZA

NOUN

BIRTHDAY

SURPRISE BIRTHDAY

BIT OF A

BASH INTO

darse contra

BASH A DOOR IN echar abajo una puerta

A CAR

A WALL

A TREE

BASH ON seguir

GENERALLY

HITTING PEOPLE

OR THINGS! INVOLVES

BASHING lit.

EXPRESSIONS

GET BASHED ABOUT sufrir varios golpes

My suitcases got bashed about in the hold.

BODEGA

FOR MY 50 BIRTHDAY

ON THE NOSE

ON THE HEAD

BASHFULNESS timidez

UNABASHED descarado

BASHFUL tímido

+

ANOTHER CAR WHILST

BASH

abollar

ONESELF a uno

mismo

SOMEONE ON

REVERSING dando marcha atrás

MANOEUVRING maniobrando

THE HEAD THE NOSE THE ARM

BASH BASHED BASHED

TO THE HEAD

SOMETHING

BASH vapulear

SOMEBODY’S PERMORMANCE/SPEECH

VERB

A

GIVE SOMEONE

RECEIVE

GGG

HH

WITH

AFTER A

G

G

BASH

golpear(se)

B

A D

G

SYNONYM