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GRAMMAR: Some vs. Any

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LEVEL: 120 - 150 La siguiente tabla resume las ideas principales de este " post ": En el próximo "post": GRAMMAR: Count and Noncount Nouns

VOCABULARY: Dairy, Meats, Poultry, and Seafood

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LEVEL 120 - 150 MEAT, POULTRY, AND SEAFOOD / CARNE, AVES Y MARISCOS beef / carne de res breast / pecho chicken / pollo clams / almejas cob / bacalao crab / cangrejo drumsticks, legs / piernas duck / pato fish fillet / filete de pescado ground beef / carne molida (honeycomb) tripe / mondongo lamb / cordero lamb chops / chuletas de cordero leg of lamb / pierna de cordero liver / hígado lobster / langosta mussels / mejillones oysters  / ostiones, ostras pork / cerdo pork chops / chuleta de cerdo ribs / costillas steak / bistec salmon / salmón salmon steak / filete de salmón scallops / conchas shrimp / camarón swordfish / pez espada thighs / muslos trout / trucha tuna / atún turkey / pavo veal cutlets / chuletas de ternera wings / alas DAIRY / LÁCTEOS American cheese / queso americano butter / mantequilla cheddar cheese / queso cheddar eggs / huevos ice cream / helado margarine / margarina milk / leche Swiss cheese / queso suizo yogurt...

VOCABULARY: Fruit and Vegetables

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LEVEL 120 - 150 VEGETABLES / VERDURAS artichoke / alcachofa asparagus / espárragos basil / albahaca bean sprouts / frejolito chino beets / beterragas bell pepper / pimiento broccoli / brócoli brussel sprouts / col de bruselas cabbage / col carrots / zanahorias cauliflower / coliflor celery / apio chili / ají cilantro (coriander) / culantro corn / maiz corn on the cob / choclo cucumbers / pepinillos eggplant / berenjena garlic / ajo green beans / vainitas green onions (scallions) / cebolla china leek / poro lettuce / lechuga mushrooms / champiñones onions / cebollas parsley / perejil peas / alverjitas potatoes / papas pumpkin / calabaza radish / rabanito squash / zapallo spinach / espinaca Swiss chard / acelga sweet potatoes / camotes tomatoes / tomates turnip / nabo watercress / berros zucchini / zapallito italiano FRUIT / FRUTA apple / manzana apricot / albaricoque avocado / palta bananas / plátano blackberry / zarzamora bl...

WRITING: What You Are Doing and How You Feel

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LEVEL 120 - 150 Imagine you are on a trip. Email a friend telling him what you are doing and how you feel. / Imagina que estás de viaje. Escríbele un correo a un amigo contándole qué estás haciendo y cómo te sientes. Hi, Paola. How are you doing? I hope everything is fine at home. Right now, I'm writing you from a hostel in a little town called Aguas Calientes. I'm relaxing in my room now. I'm looking at some photos and making plans for my visit to Machu Picchu tomorrow with my family. I'm excited about it! Aguas Calientes is just beautiful! It's small but really interesting. There is a narrow street full of restaurants. My family is having dinner now at one of those restaurants. They're very hungry. I think they're eating alpaca. I'm hungry, too; but I'm too tired to go out, so I just want to relax in my room. Mom feels a little bit sick. Dad is worried about her, but she says it's not serious. I'm attaching a couple of pictures ...