ANNA KARENINA

When I noticed that I was starting a Leo Tolstoy's book I wanted to change my mind, but I started it. Now, once I have ended it I realise it was the best option.
Love, hatred, offspring, closed society...

• A bad omen: augurio, presagio
• Turning red to the roots of his hair: to redden, to blush
• Peasant: campesino/a
• Lies and deceit: engaños
• burden: load, carga
• With trembling fingers.
• He crushed my life.
• To seek: buscar, look for.

FACTFILES: RECYCLING

It is a book that we must read. It explain us the real situation of the planet and what to do to improve it.
Dump sites or landfills are necesary or we can reuse things?
A book to think about the situation of our unique world.

FACTFILES: AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

EASY BOOK ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. IT IS A PERFECT BOOK TO LEARN ABOUT THESE TWO COUNTRIES, CULTURES, ORIGINS, MEALS...
NICE BOOK.
Southern lights: auroras

FACTFILES: CLIMATE CHANGE

A VERY INTERESTING BOOK ABOUT THE CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO STOP IT.

FACTFILES: SEASONS AND CELEBRATIONS

Wonderful  and useful book which explains the different celebrations we have in a year, their origins and reasons.
I enjoyed specially with Boxing day. And I understood the sad Remembrance Day and poppies meanings.

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2

NICE BOOK FROM THE FILM WITH THE SAME TITLE.
VOCABULARY:

• COOED: ESTAR BOBOS CON ALGUIEN, CON UN BEBÉ.... PALOMA: ARRULLAR.
• FLIP-FLOPS: STRAPLESS OPEN-TOED SANDALS. (CHANCLETAS).
• COYLY: CON TIMIDEZ.
• LOTS OF DOGS ARE CHASING THE SAME BONES.
• MY JAW DROPPED IN AMAZEMENT.
• AND SUDDENLY, LIKE IT OR NOT, HE WAS...
• CHANGE HER MIND.
• TO CHART HIS OWN COURSE.
• THERE IS TOO MUCH AT STAKE.
• LAVISH DINNER: CENA MAGNÍFICA, ESPLÉNDIDA (DERROCHE)
• TO HAVE THE ALST WORD.
• TO ACT PRETTY WEIRD.

HORRID HENRY'S FAVOURITE JOKES

Funny easy book about Henry who writes a joke book to be rich after selling it.
3 in 1:

1. Horrid Henry's Joke Book.
2. Horrid Henry's Jolly Joke Book.
3. Horrid Henry's Mighty Joke Book.

Vocabulary:

• I'm stuck on you.
• Stick your tonge out.
• Skunk.
• Do some press-ups.
• Porcupine.
• Plimsolls.
• Leapfrog.

Examples:

• Why does history keep repeating itself? Because we weren't listening the first time.
• Whre did the spaghetti go to dance? To a meat-ball.
• Why is "t" so important to a stick insect? Because without it, it would be a sick insect.
• What's the difference between a bird and a fly? A bird canm fly but a fly can't bird.
• Why was the clock sent to headmaster's office? Because he was tocking too much.
• How many psychiatrists does it take to changhe a lightbulb? Just one, but the lightbulb has to really want to change.
• Why do witches wear name tags? So they know which witch is which.

SPARKS OR HOW TO GIVE GRANPA A VIKING FUNERAL

FANTASTIC, AMAZING, AWESOME BOOK.
IT IS INDEED APRIL BOOK.
WONDERFUL.
A VERY ENJOYABLE BOOK.

THE MONSTROUS MEMOIRS OF A MIGHTY MC FEARLESS

Monsters, monsters and more monsters, and a family of monster-blusters. Book that can speak, demons, and monsters. Fear, terror and monsters.
What a fantastic book! And intead of pictures, it has white-black coloured photographs like real ones...

WHO, SIR? ME, SIR?

Easy and funny book about the willpower of a group of teenagers that sums their habilities to win a competitios against a rich school who year after year wins it.

SCARPER JACK AND THE BLOODSTAINED ROOM

A sweep boy is working inside the chimney when he listen that a murder was going to be commited. He wants to avoid it but the police didn't help. After the murder, he will find out the murderer.

• BRISKLY: ENÉRGICAMENTE.


• GRAPNEL: ANCLA PEQUEÑA.


• TO MAKE AMENDS: ENMENDAR, CORREGIR.


• FETCH YOUR COAT: TRAER.


• CHURCH SPIRE: AGUJA, CHAPITEL DE LA IGLESIA.


• A SLIGHT PANG OF IRRITATION: PUNZADA.


• TAWDRY: HORTERA, MAL GUSTO.


• STIFFNESS: CON RIGIDEZ, DUREZA.


• TO LIMP: COJEAR, (LIMPET: LAPA).


• TO THROTTLE: AHOGAR, ESTRANGULAR.

A KISS BEFORE DYING

A wonderfull book about the three daughters of a rich man and a man that wanted to take advantage of them because he was interested on their father's money. Interesting.

FACTFILES: ENGLAND

Easy book about England that provide many information about all the country, places to visit..., not only from London or biggest cities like Manchester or Liverpool. The countryside, the coast....

GOLDFINGER

As you can guess it is a book about James Bond, women, and smugglers... and gold.

• SUNBED: TUMBONA.


• HEAR AID: WISHPER XL.


• CUT AND DEALT: CORTAR Y REPARTIR (JUGANDO A CARTAS).


• CID: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT.


• TEE: SOPORTE PARA LA PELOTA DE GOLF.


• TUFT: MATA DE HIERBA, TERRÓN.


• COCKPIT: PUENTE DE MANDO (BARCO) , CABINA DE MANDO (AVIÓN)


• FLARES: BENGALAS.


• GOLD/SILVER BULLION (INCONT): LINGOTES DE ORO O PLATA.

MY COUSIN RACHEL

A very nice story written by Daphne Du Maurier, who wrote "Rebecca" too. (Don't worry, Rebecca is on my Must read book list)

It is about love , about a woman that takes advantage of two men and destroy their calm lives for ever.

A very interesting book.

ROLL CALL

Some girls with the same name have been murdered. There are still some others girl with the same name that can be the next on the murderer's list. A forensic investigator must save them but a Tsunami from Canary Island is coming to destroy London.

• THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG: LA PARTE QUE SOBRESALE DEL ICEBERG.


• A PUFFY FISH.


• BEACHED WHALES.


• A BABY IN A PUSHCHAIR.


• WRYLY: IRÓNICAMENTE.


• OUTWARDLY: APARENTEMENTE.


• ICICLE: CARÁMBANOS DE HIELO.


• HAVOC: CAOS.


• PADLOCK: CANDADO.


• TO BE ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE: AL BORDE DE...


• I DON'T HAVE TO PLEASE MY AUDIENCE.


• RASCAL: GRANUJA, PILLO.


• HE REFUSED TO GET EXCITED WHEN HIS EXPECTATIONS LAY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN LOW AND NON-EXISTENT.


• THE GREAT GULPS OF COLD AIR MADE HIS LUNGS ACHE.


• JED RAN LIKE A DREAM. HE SEEMED TO FLOAT ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE TRACK.


• BECOME YOUR SAFETY NET: TU GARANTIA.


• THE GATE FELL LIMPLY TO ONE SIDE: SIN FUERZA.


• DAMP PATCHES OF SWEAT HAD BEGUN TO APPEAR ON HIS SHIRT.

DUBIOUS DEEDS

This is a hard book to read although it seems that the author wants to teach us some facts about the life in the Highlands with some funny language, but I think that for a non English reader reading the book can be a hard work.

• HANDKERCHIEF: PAÑUELO DE TELA


• NECKERCHIEF: PAÑUELO DE CUELLO COMO LOS DE LOS VAQUEROS.


• STOAT: ARMIÑO (COMO EL TEJÓN, LA COMADREJA, NUTRIA)


• ZING: SILBANDO


• SCARF: BUFANDA


• TARTAN CLOTHES: TEJIDO ESCOCES


• POOR LITTLE CHAP!:¡POBRECILLO!


• NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE.


• LATECOMERS: LOS QUE LLEGAN TARDE


• WHISLT: ALSO, WHILE


• BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY.


• THE TRUTH BE TOLD: LA VERDAD SEA DICHA


• CALLING LANCE AFTER HIS FATHER.


• BIGWIGS: PEZ GORDO


• BIGSHOT: PEZ GORDO


• BIGCHEESE: PEZ GORDO


• TOP DOGS: PEZ GORDO


• A-LIST PEOPLE: PEZ GORDO


• GLEE: REGOCIJO, JÚBILO


• FERRET: HURÓN


• TO ADDRESS ME: DIRIGIRSE A MI.

VANITY FAIR

This clasic English book is a wee hard but I like blak cat books because they include some extra pieces of information about the world surronding the story. For example: Waterloo and Napoleon appears in the story.

Hatred: odio, hate:odiar

TIM: DEFENDER OF THE EARTH

Nanobots, crazy inventors, disaster and the total destruction of London, a dinosaur...
A wonderfull, amazing book that you'll enjoy reading it.
It's March book.

• DEEPEST SYMPATHY: SENTIDO PÉSAME


• FOUNDATIONS: CIMIENTOS


• WE GOT A STANDOFF: EMPATE, SIN SALIDA


• WALKING INTO THE AMBUSH: EMBOSCADA


• HIS EARS RANG.


• I ABHOR FORCE IN ALL ITS FORMS: ABORRECER


• RAMPAGE: ARRASANDO, DESTROZANDO


• HE GAVE HIM A LOOK THAT COULD HAVE WITHERED AN AMAZON RAIN FOREST.


• HE SMILED MIRTHLESSLY: TRISTEMENTE, AMARGAMENTE


• ALBEIT: AUNQUE, NO OBSTANTE


• WITH A NOISE THAT SEEMED TO SHAKE THE WHOLE CITY TO ITS FOUNDATIONS.


• PITEOUSLY: LASTIMOSAMENTE


• HE JABBED AT THE MONITORS WITH ONE FINGER: GOLPEÓ


• OFF YOU GO.


• HOLD ON A SEC.


• INESCAPABLE: INEXORABLE, INEVITABLE


• CHEEKY MONKEY: DESCARADO


• OBLIVIOUS: INCONSCIENTE DE ALGO


• AGHAST: ATERRORIZAR


• DIMLY: DEBILMENTE


• TO BE AKIN TO: SEMEJANTE A


• MASONRY: MANPOSTERÍA


• GNATS: MOSQUITOS


• EERIE HUSH: EERIE: FANTASMAGÓRICO, HUSH: SILENCIO, CALMA.


• HALF NELSON: ES UNA LLAVE DE PELEA.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Wonderful clasic novel. It's Charles Dickens, as you know this year we are celebrating the birth of one of the most wonderful English writers.

• One of these days, you'll drive me to the graveyard: Expresion used by mothers all over the world!


• Ask no questions and you 'll be told no lies.


• Hulk: They were a some kind of ships which transported prisioners to Australia from England.


• If you please: Si te complace.


• Entrap:


• I hear the church bell striking five.

WHEN SANTA FELL TO EARTH

WHAT A FUNNY AND ENJOYABLE COZY BOOK!

• TOMCAT: GATO MACHO


• DEAN WAS A REAL JOKER AT OTHER PEOPLE'S EXPENSE.


• EVEN THE TEACHERS RESPECTED HIS SHAP TONGUE.


• WRAPPING PRESENTS.


• AS STICKY AS HONEYED TOAST.


• A CLOCK ON THE WALL CHIMED 8 TIMES.


• SCRATCHING THE DOG BEHIND ITS EARS.


• WHAT HE SAW WOULD HAVE LEFT ANYBODY SPEECHLESS.


• EVEN TALKING ABOUT THEM BRINGS NOTHING BUT BAD LUCK.


• AND NOW YOU ARE TRYING TO GET INTO MY GOOD BOOKS AGAIN.


• A FAINT SMELL OF:


• WERE SITTING AMICABLY WITH THE ELVES: AMIGABLEMENTE


• I'VE TO REVISE FOR A TEST.


• REINFROCEMENTS


• IT COULD BE JUST A SPRAIN: ESGUINCE


• HUMMED A LITTLE TUNE.


• THE WHOLE WORLD WILL BE BLANKETED WITH SNOW.


• SEE YOU AGAIN WHEN THE DAYS ARE AS SHORT AS SOCKS AND THE NIGHTS AS LONG AS SLEEVES. (SLEEVES: MANGAS)
  

GRK AND THE HOT DOG TRAIL

A sculture made of pure gold has been stolen. Tim and his dog GRK will found it.

• No dawdling!:¡No te entretengas!



• Day shift: 8-4



• Evening shift: 4-12



• Night shift: 12-8



• Busker: músico callejero.



• Truncheon: porra.



• Tarmac: asfalto.



• Panic button.



• Tuck your shirt in: Meter la camisa por dentro.



• Clip your nails: Cortarse las uñas.



• Scrubble you teeth: Cepillarse los dientes.



• Spokes: Radio de una rueda.



• Silhouette of the building.



• Decipher: Descifrar



• CCTV cameras: Closed Circuit Television



• They're walking the dogs.



• Unfastened the lead from dog's collar.



• Scent: Aroma, perfumwe, fragancia, esencia.



• Mothers with prams: Madres con cochecitos.



• I am cross: Tener el dia cruzado, enojado, enfadado.



• Tickled dogs ears.



• Put him on the leash: ponerle el collar.



• Dachhund: Perro salchicha.



• He felt a jolt of fear



• Solid and impregnable door: INEXPUGNABLE, IMPENETRABLE



• Get the stench off your skin: Quitar el hedor de tu piel.



• I'm half a year behind with my rent.



• Adam's apple: nuez



• Empty magazine: Cargador vacio. Bullet case.



• To be eavesdropping: Escuchando a escondidas.

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: STORIES FROM EAST HIGH 9

Did you know that the students of the East High went to a winter holidays resort? They skied, they sang the karaoke, Shapey was lost in the dark cold night...

AN AWFULLY BEASTLY BUSINESS

Ulf, a wonderful teenager werewolf that wants to save a new monsters that arrived to RSPCB Headquarters. RSPCB means: ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF THE CRUELTY TO BEASTS.
"I do solemnly swear to preserve and protect the wild, from this day forth i pledge my allegiance to beasts."

ONE BEASTLY BEAST...

What if some pirate rats steal your dvds?
What if you are not a person and you are a penguin?
What if you have got no parents and an alien family want you as their child?
A very funny easy book.

COWS IN ACTION: THE MOO-MY'S CURSE

Now, those clever cows must go to the ancient Egypt to help pharaon Ramses from the termoonator. Enjoyable book. As you can guess C.I.A. means: Cows In Action.

COWS IN ACTION: THE TERMOONATORS

Professor Angus Mc Moo, the time machine inventor, has to go to the future to save the past.

He is not alone, two cows are with him, but they have to be carefull, the Tudor age in England is not a safe place for three clever speaking cows. And Ter-moo-nators are lokking for them and trying to trick the king.

Curious book. I enjoyed it.

HELL'S HEROES

The last book of the saga. The Earth is going to be destroyed, all the universe indeed. And it happens. Wow, what a book!

• I don't kid myself.


• The smell gives me away.


• I've to be at my sharpest.


• I think the wires in your head have got crossed.


• Look in the mirror.


• I get to within a couple of metres of her, then the hairs on my arms cath fire and I've to retreat and roll in the dust to quench the flames.


• Last one down's a rotten egg.


• I'm merely a curious observer.

STORIES FOR 5 YEARS OLDS

A nice easy book:

I'll give it some thoughts.
The grown-ups oohed and aahed at the amazing thinks they saw.
She touched it with the tips of her fingers.

KATE PERRY'S FIREWORK

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