Sentences to practice new vocabulary

1. All- consuming

• My baby is all- consuming, I can't do anything else if she is awake.
• Study is all-consuming for me.

2. Cold turkey

• Only some addicted person have the strength to stop doing drugs cold turkey.
• People with strong willpower quit cold turkey detrimental activities.

3. Crave

• When I finish some stressful activities I crave for cakes.
• I crave for his kisses.

4. Hooked on

• Some people are hooked on food, for that reason they are overweight.
• We are hooked on blackberry cellphone.

5. Detrimental

• Most people don't know that porno is detrimental.
• Abortion is a detrimental practice.

6. Drag myself away

• I have to drag myself away from timidity.
• Is difficult to drag oneself away from drugs.

7. Lose track of time

• I lose track of the time when I am with my boyfriend.
• When she is doing housework she loses track of the time.

8. Turn into

• My best friend used to be lazy but now she turns into a workaholic person!
• After his business bankruptcy he turned into a depress man.

9. Willpower

• My kid has strong willpower.
• Willpower makes us successful.

10. Withdrawal

• Withdrawal symptoms are insupportable.
• The car was withdrawn from the garage.

insupportable |ˌinsəˈpôrtəbəl|adjective1 unable to be supported or justified : he had arrived at a wholly insupportable conclusion.2 unable to be endured; intolerable : the heat was insupportable.DERIVATIVES insupportably |-blē| adverbORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French, from in- ‘not’ + supportable (from supporter ‘to support’ ).

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  Thesaurus

  insupportable adjective1 his arrogance was insupportable intolerable, insufferable, unbearable, unendurable; oppressive, overwhelming, overpowering; informal too much.antonym bearable.2 this view is insupportable unjustifiable, indefensible, inexcusable, unwarrantable, unreasonable, untenable; unjustified, baseless, groundless,unfounded, unsupported, unsubstantiated, unconfirmed, uncorroborated, invalid; implausible, weak, flawed, specious, defective. antonym:defensible, justified.

11. Cut down on

• Doctor says that if we want to improve our health we have to cut down on salty food.
• In order to lose weight, the quantity of sugar has to be cut down on.

Popular Adjectives

Popular Adjectives

An adjective is a word that describes, identifies or further defines a noun or a pronoun. There are thousands of adjectives available to describe how something feels, looks, sounds, tastes and acts. Here are a few examples:

To Describe Taste 

Bitter	Lemon-flavored	Spicy
Bland	Minty	Sweet
Delicious	Pickled	Tangy
Fruity	Salty	Tasty
Gingery	Sour	Yummy

To Describe Touch

Auricular	Fluffy	Sharp
Boiling	Freezing	Silky
Breezy	Fuzzy	Slick
Bumpy	Greasy	Slimy
Chilly	Hard	Slippery
Cold	Hot	Smooth
Cool	Icy	Soft
Cuddly	Loose	Solid
Damaged	Melted	Steady
Damp	Painful	Sticky
Dirty	Plastic	Tender
Dry	Prickly	Tight
Dusty	Rough	Uneven
Filthy	Shaggy	Warm
Flaky	Shaky	Wet

To Describe Sound

Blaring	Melodic	Screeching
Deafening	Moaning	Shrill
Faint	Muffled	Silent
Hoarse	Mute	Soft
High-pitched	Noisy	Squealing
Hissing	Purring	Squeaking
Hushed	Quiet	Thundering
Husky	Raspy	Voiceless
Loud	Resonant	Whispering

To Describe Color  

Azure	Gray	Pinkish
Black	Green	Purple
Blue	Indigo	Red
Bright	Lavender	Rosy
Brown	Light	Scarlet
Crimson	Magenta	Silver
Dark	Multicolored	Turquoise
Drab	Mustard	Violet
Dull	Orange	White
Gold	Pink	Yellow

To Describe Size

Abundant	Jumbo	Puny
Big-boned	Large	Scrawny
Chubby	Little	Short
Fat	Long	Small
Giant	Majestic	Tall
Gigantic	Mammoth	Teeny
Great	Massive	Thin
Huge	Miniature	Tiny
Immense	Petite	Vast

To Describe Shape 

Blobby	Distorted	Rotund
Broad	Flat	Round
Chubby	Fluffy	Skinny
Circular	Globular	Square
Crooked	Hollow	Steep
Curved	Low	Straight
Cylindrical	Narrow	Triangular
Deep	Oval	Wide

To Describe Time

Annual	Futuristic	Rapid
Brief	Historical	Regular
Daily	Irregular	Short
Early	Late	Slow
Eternal	Long	Speed
Fast	Modern	Speedy
First	Old	Swift
Fleet	Old-fashioned	Waiting
Future	Quick	Young

To Describe an Amount

All	Heavy	One
Ample	Hundreds	Paltry
Astronomical	Large	Plentiful
Bountiful	Light	Profuse
Considerable	Limited	Several
Copious	Little	Sizable
Countless	Many	Some
Each	Measly	Sparse
Enough	Mere	Substantial
Every	Multiple	Teeming
Few	Myriad	Ten
Full	Numerous	Very

Learning New Words

Here they are with examples

1. All- consuming

•  Using the Internet has become my all- consuming hobby.
•  It was an all-consuming job. I didn´t have to study or either go to church. I became a workaholic.

2. Cold turkey

• Although it has been really hard, I have been really good about the no overusing the Internet- just stopped cold turkey.

3. Crave

• I was craving french fries, so I pulled into the  nearest fast food restaurant.
• Although my father quit drinking alcohol, he still craves to have a glass of it every morning.

4. Cut down on

• My mother has told me more than three times to cut down on the amount of hours I spend watching television.
• Doctor advised her to cut down on the amount of saturated fats in her diet.

5. Detrimental

• Most people all around the world know drinking alcohol is detrimental to one´s health. It causes high blood pressure, heart disease and heart failure.

6. Drag myself away

• I will bring Mary, if I can drag her away from her home. She does not like the idea about going out at all.

7. Hook on

• I got hooked on overusing the Internet. I use it for than fifteen hours a day. I am a netaholic.

8. Lose track of time

• It is very easy to lose track of time when you are having fun with your friends. Hours pass by so quit that you even know what time it is.

9. Turn into

• Our holiday turned in a nightmare.

10. Willpower

• I have been trying to stop using my blackberry, but I have no willpower to do so.

11. Withdrawal

• She experienced symptoms of nicotine withdrawal after she quit smoking.

Hello guys,

I wanted to share this photo with you all. As you might remember, the professor, Atilano, was talking about a teacher´s conference that Dominico Americano performs every year. Here is a prove of it. I went back in 2011 and it was great.

I wold like to know people if we can plan ahead of time to see if we can go this year. I know it will be a wonderful experience ever that you will never forget. Let´s talk about that in class. Stay in tune!

The Oldest Old: A Look At Centenarians

Well, actually this is a very complicated issue because grow old in Dominican Republic is exposed to abuse and rejection.

Reaching old age or aging speaks of a life lived in balance and having served many years in the family and society.

In my opinion, I think that older people have a life interesting and fun, as they get to that age, is a privilege.

Let's make it better!

As the teacher said last Thursday, we have to be honest, if we are going to copy from Internet we shoud say where that information is taken from. Let's grow as a professional. At this level we must have a good background to write a comment or an essay.It is obvious when a person copies. Do not be afraid of making mistakes. Life is not perfect, in every single aspect of our lives are huge challenges which fulfill us as human beings.Let's make it better!!!!

Social Protection

We passionately support social protection for people in the developing world - whether in the form of cash payments, such as pensions, or insurance.

Here's why. Life in developing countries is full of risks and shocks, such as natural disasters or the deaths of breadwinners. And financial destitution can easily result.

Investing in older people and their families

Social protection provides secure incomes for people in old age and it provides long term benefits too. For instance, people often invest their payments in their family's future by educating children or setting up businesses.

Pensions are a crucial form of social protection  and we're pushing hard for governments to bring them in for all older people.

To make this vision a reality, we work closely with governments and partner organisations, as well as sharing expertise in how to design and implement pension schemes