PART 1 (Multiple choice cloze test)
- take part: participate
- first-born: the eldest child (middle-born and last-born)
- only child: "hijo único"
- according to: "según x"
- compete for: competir por algo
- on (the) one hand...on the other hand (por un lado...por otro lado...)
- to take on ...(a role): asumir un papel
- feel the need to ...: sentir la necesidad de ...
- being funny is...: "be" here is the subject of the sentence so it takes gerund form.
- went on to be: pasar a ser o continuar para hacer o convertirse en algo...
- findings: descubrimientos
- effect on sth
- develope
- to get attention: conseguir, llamar la atención
PART 2 (open cloze test)
- people complain about HOW difficult it was...
- ....they came up WITH the idea:
- the site that makes IT easy to ...
- SET up their own business
- it turned OUT that ... (resultó que...)
- they thought it MIGHT/MAY/COULD/WOULD be fun to...
- enthusiasts AROUND the world
- 8000 clips A/PER day
- ...word OF mouth (el boca a boca como método publicitario)
- had BEEN made by...
- Why was youtube SUCH an immidiate success?
- Researchers found that ON avarage: por lo general (la media...)
- they..spend 15 ON the site (on the web... on facebook, on tweeter etc.)
- which was ENOUGH time to...
- in OTHER words...
- ...The Scottish tried to OVERTHROW the English... (echar, desterrar, destronar...)
- .... most MEMORABLE scenes...
- Wallace's army was OUTNUMBERED: superar en número
- the Scots FIERCELY defended...
- the army were VICTORIOUS ...
- HISTORICAL: related to History
- they will never take our FREEDOM
- ...FORTUNATELY
- ...greatly IMPACTED
- Wallace's EMOTIONAL speech...
- they managed to get on time in spite of the traffic jam/in spite of the fact that there was a traffic jam.
- Heidi is said to be one of .. the most successful...
- I must have left the book...
- have you ever had your passport stolen?
- He sat by the window so as to enjoy the scenery.
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