In the 17 th century, in Napoles, was cooked the first pizza with tomato. In 1889 was added the cheese.
Sunday, October 13, 2013
The origin of the pizza
Probably the pizza was invented since the first works with bread. In the Ancient Greece the people ate a king of bread with herbs, spices, garlics and onions. But the origing of the pizza is situated in the Ancient Italy. The greeks normaly cooked bread with a circle form, and then, they cut it in triangles.
In the 17 th century, in Napoles, was cooked the first pizza with tomato. In 1889 was added the cheese.
In the 17 th century, in Napoles, was cooked the first pizza with tomato. In 1889 was added the cheese.
UNIT 1: VOCABULARY
-"Breaking point": Need help (I can't more)
-Dropped (weight): Lost weight
-Purging: when you provoke to vomite.
-Compulsively: when you do something once and again without thinking (adiction)
- Long/short term effects: consecuences in a long period of time/ consecuences that happening fast.
-Follow in your footsteps: to do exactly what that person does.
-GE: Genetically Engineered (no natural, no organic, is changed)
-GM: Genetically Modified
-GMO: Genetically Modified Organism
-Omission: you don't lie, but you don't saying all the truth. "Lying by omission"
More Words:
Dice: Cube Wheat: cereal used to make bread
Shield : protect Factual: objective, real, sure.
Dry: there is no water on it Tarot readers: person that predict your future reading cards with images.
Baking powder: ingredient used to make cakes( It causes cakes to rise in the oven)
Future tellers: person that predict your future.
(make) a sticky: (make) a substance that can stick to other things
Whisk up: move or mix something very fast.
Raw: natural food( it's no cooked) Banned: drugs used to improve your power, resistance...
Bland: insipid Crop: plants that grow in large cuantities
Aware: if you are aware, you know about it
Plot of land: area of land. "Take it with a pinch of salt": take something with calm.
-Dropped (weight): Lost weight
-Purging: when you provoke to vomite.
-Compulsively: when you do something once and again without thinking (adiction)
- Long/short term effects: consecuences in a long period of time/ consecuences that happening fast.
-Follow in your footsteps: to do exactly what that person does.
-GE: Genetically Engineered (no natural, no organic, is changed)
-GM: Genetically Modified
-GMO: Genetically Modified Organism
-Omission: you don't lie, but you don't saying all the truth. "Lying by omission"
More Words:
Dice: Cube Wheat: cereal used to make bread
Shield : protect Factual: objective, real, sure.
Dry: there is no water on it Tarot readers: person that predict your future reading cards with images.
Baking powder: ingredient used to make cakes( It causes cakes to rise in the oven)
Future tellers: person that predict your future.
(make) a sticky: (make) a substance that can stick to other things
Whisk up: move or mix something very fast.
Raw: natural food( it's no cooked) Banned: drugs used to improve your power, resistance...
Bland: insipid Crop: plants that grow in large cuantities
Aware: if you are aware, you know about it
Plot of land: area of land. "Take it with a pinch of salt": take something with calm.
Friday, October 11, 2013
Idioms:1
Idioms:
-To take the bull by the horns: means to deal with a difficult situation in a brave and firm way.
-Two heads are better than one: means that when two people work together they are more likely to solve a problem than one person doing it alone.
-To keep your head above water: means you are just managing to survive despite not having much money/time/things.
-It´s not my cup of tea: in English, if there's something we don't like much: a sport, a type of music, a person...
-I wouldn't do it for all the tea in China: We use this expression if there's something we would never do it.
-It's as good as a chocolate teapot: In English if something is completely useless we say this expression.
-There are plenty more fish in the sea: It means that there are other choices in a situation. It's often said to comfort someone who had a romanic break-up.
-The icing on the cake: It's used to refer to something good which is added to an already good thing or situation.
-It's just not cricket: is used in English to say that something is unfaur or dishonest.
-To toy with(somebody/something): means not to take someone's feelings seriously.
-A toyboy: is the younger boyfriend of an older person.
-Like a ton of brinks: it's used to express something that is very heavy. This expression can be used literally (to describe a heavy weight) or idiomatically (to describe a great surprise or someone that is overweight)
-To fly the nest: means to leave your parents' home for the first time you go and live somewhere else.
-A nest egg: is an amount of money you have saved in the future.
- I wasn't born yesterday: if someone is telling you a very obvious lie, you can use this expression.
-To have a whale of a time: means to have a lot of fun doing something.
-Size of a whale: it is an impolite way of saying they are large and overweight
Expressions with food:
-It's as easy as pie: if something is very easy.
-Pie-eyed: if someone is very drunk.
-To have a finger in many pies: it means you are involved in lot of different activities.
-A bad egg: in English if we want to saythat someone is bad or dishonest we call call him/her a bad egg.
-Don't pull all your eggs in one basket: you should never rely on (trust) only one plan in case it goes wrong.
-He got egg on his face: if someone makes a mistake which makes him/her look stupid.
-Full of beans: In English if someone is full of beans means that he/she is full of energy.
-I haven't got a bean: means that you have no money at all.
-Spill the beans: In English if we want to tell us something secret, we can say to them "Spill the beans".
-It's a hot potato: In English, if there is a delicate issue and people can't agree.
-They're like two peas in a pod: if two people look very similar we use this expression.
-He's gone bananas: In English if someone is very emotional and starts shouting and behawing in a crazy way, we can say this expression.
-It's a case of sour grapes: In English if somebody pretends not to be impressed by something because she/he feels jealous, we use this expression.
-A second bite of the cherry: In English if we try to do something a second time because we failed at first, we use this expression.
-To take the bull by the horns: means to deal with a difficult situation in a brave and firm way.
-Two heads are better than one: means that when two people work together they are more likely to solve a problem than one person doing it alone.
-To keep your head above water: means you are just managing to survive despite not having much money/time/things.
-It´s not my cup of tea: in English, if there's something we don't like much: a sport, a type of music, a person...
-I wouldn't do it for all the tea in China: We use this expression if there's something we would never do it.
-It's as good as a chocolate teapot: In English if something is completely useless we say this expression.
-There are plenty more fish in the sea: It means that there are other choices in a situation. It's often said to comfort someone who had a romanic break-up.
-The icing on the cake: It's used to refer to something good which is added to an already good thing or situation.
-It's just not cricket: is used in English to say that something is unfaur or dishonest.
-To toy with(somebody/something): means not to take someone's feelings seriously.
-A toyboy: is the younger boyfriend of an older person.
-Like a ton of brinks: it's used to express something that is very heavy. This expression can be used literally (to describe a heavy weight) or idiomatically (to describe a great surprise or someone that is overweight)
-To fly the nest: means to leave your parents' home for the first time you go and live somewhere else.
-A nest egg: is an amount of money you have saved in the future.
- I wasn't born yesterday: if someone is telling you a very obvious lie, you can use this expression.
-To have a whale of a time: means to have a lot of fun doing something.
-Size of a whale: it is an impolite way of saying they are large and overweight
Expressions with food:
-It's as easy as pie: if something is very easy.
-Pie-eyed: if someone is very drunk.
-To have a finger in many pies: it means you are involved in lot of different activities.
-A bad egg: in English if we want to saythat someone is bad or dishonest we call call him/her a bad egg.
-Don't pull all your eggs in one basket: you should never rely on (trust) only one plan in case it goes wrong.
-He got egg on his face: if someone makes a mistake which makes him/her look stupid.
-Full of beans: In English if someone is full of beans means that he/she is full of energy.
-I haven't got a bean: means that you have no money at all.
-Spill the beans: In English if we want to tell us something secret, we can say to them "Spill the beans".
-It's a hot potato: In English, if there is a delicate issue and people can't agree.
-They're like two peas in a pod: if two people look very similar we use this expression.
-He's gone bananas: In English if someone is very emotional and starts shouting and behawing in a crazy way, we can say this expression.
-It's a case of sour grapes: In English if somebody pretends not to be impressed by something because she/he feels jealous, we use this expression.
-A second bite of the cherry: In English if we try to do something a second time because we failed at first, we use this expression.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Welcome:
Hello everybody and welcome to my blog. I think that this blog will be a great idea.Here we can write all the vocabulary and expressions that we learn everyday. Also we can put all the new things we do.
So, luck for everyone in that new portfolio and let's start.
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