Tài liệu Mutiny on the bounty glossary

English Description in English Catalan a thing that shoots bullets to kill or hurt people or animals pistola hard very difficult difícil, dur hell some people believe that bad people go to hell when they die infern hold (past tense held) to have something in your hands sostenir, aguantar island a piece of land with water all round it illa keep (past tense kept) to have something and not give it to another person guardar king the most important man in a country rei knot a place where you tie two pieces of rope together land (n) gun 1 Mutiny on the Bounty Tim Vicary Glossary English 3 English Description in English Catalan swim to move in water nedar sword a long, big knife espasa throw (past tense threw) to make something go quickly through the air llançar, tirar tie to put rope round something to hold it lligar trial the time when judges and other people find out what happened and what punishment bad people must have judici, procés untie the opposite of “to tie” deslligar wave a line of water which moves across the top of the sea ona nus welcome a word you say when you are pleased to see someone benvingut the part of the earth that is not the sea terra wet not dry; with water in it mullat wind (n) the air when it moves vent Description in English Catalan land (v) to come out of a boat onto the land desembarcar barrel a big “bottle” for wine, water, beer, etc. barril, bóta launch a small boat llanxa wood pieces of a dead tree fusta bird an animal which flies ocell mutiny motí worry (v) to feel that something bad is going to happen preocupar(-se) breadfruit a big fruit, like an apple fruit de l’arbre del pa (originari d’Indonèsia i de Nova Guinea) a mutiny happens when sailors fight the captain (and sometimes kill him) and then take control of the ship preocupat a man (more important than a sailor) who works for the ship’s captain oficial worried unhappy and afraid officer blood the red liquid in a person’s body sang pig a small animal burn to make a fire cremar pick up to take something into your hand collir, agafar prisoners people in a prison (a place for bad people) presos punishment paying money, going to prison, death, etc. (what happens to people when they do bad things) càstig Words to learn porc canoe a small wooden boat canoa captain the most important officer on a ship capità catch (past tense caught) to get something with your hands atrapar, agafar chain a metal rope cadena rope very thick, strong string corda coconut a big brown hard fruit; it has sweet white food and “milk” inside coco rum a very strong drink, like whisky rom not happy trist cut to open something with a knife tallar sad dance ballar sail (n) to move your body to music a large cloth on a ship, to catch the wind damn a bad word; people say this when they are angry maleït siga!, merda! sail (v) death the end of life la mort deck food • Write down any other new words you discover in your Oxford Graded Reader. English Description in English Spanish • Translate them into your language. • Now try to learn them! English Your language ............................ ............................ vela ............................ ............................ to make a ship move navegar ............................ ............................ shout to speak very, very loudly cridar to go down under water ............................ the door of a ship enfonsar-se, naufragar ............................ coberta sink (past tense sank) the things we eat menjar sir a polite word for a man senyor ............................ ............................ full something is full when you cannot put any more into it ple stone a small piece of rock (the hard stuff in the ground) pedra ............................ ............................ goat a small animal, like a sheep cabra storm tempesta God the “person” (in the Christian religion) who made the world and knows everything Déu very bad weather: a lot of rain and wind ............................ ............................ strong a strong person can carry heavy things, does not get tired easily, etc. fort ............................ ............................