Diccionario Pop de la Moda del Siglo XXI

Among the multitude of dictionaries available on the market, this one stands out for being especially designed for students and learners of English. This dictionary is the ideal learning tool for students at the intermediate level who wish to expand upon their knowledge of the English language. To this end, this volume offers over 40,000 terms taken from everyday language, each with its phonetic transcription to make pronunciation easier. It also features examples of grammatical usage, numerous informative charts (with both grammatical and cultural information), helpful illustrations, and...

"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...

Tensión, angustia, distimia, impaciencia, apuro, culpa, vergüenza, temores de toda clase, preocupación exagerada, pensamientos catastróficos, sentimientos de agitación, obsesiones, intranquilidad, taquicardia, sudores, parálisis del cuerpo, los repentinos y fuertes espasmos en piernas e incluso en el cuerpo entero, dificultad para concentrarte, irritabilidad, dolor estomacal, miedo de enfermar o de morir, cansancio físico y mental, fatiga, músculos tensos, agorafobia, dificultad para conciliar el sueño o permanecer dormido, miedos irracionales, hormigueos por varias parte del cuerpo...

In this book, children learn how we can tell if something is shiny or dull and which materials have these properties.