Mastering Spanish Vocabulary

by Navarro, Jose Maria; Ramil, Axel J. Navarro

• ISBN13: 9780812091106
• ISBN10: 0812091108
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-08-01
• Publisher: B E S Pub Co

Table of Contents

Introduction	8	(2)
Spanish Pronunciation Guide	10	(346)
Personal Data	13	(3)
The Human Body	16	(21)
Body Parts and Organs	16	(3)
Senses and Perceptions	19	(2)
Activities	21	(3)
Activities Related to Objects	24	(3)
Frames of Mind	27	(1)
Appearance	27	(2)
Cosmetics and Personal Grooming	29	(3)
Reproduction and Sexuality	32	(2)
Birth, Stages of Life, Death	34	(3)
Health and Medicine	37	(9)
General State of Health	37	(1)
Medical Care	38	(1)
Diseases	39	(4)
Methods of Treatment and Medications	43	(3)
Eating and Drinking	46	(19)
Foods	46	(3)
Fruits and Vegetables	49	(2)
Beverages	51	(2)
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs	53	(2)
Shopping	55	(2)
Eating and Setting the Table	57	(2)
Cooking and Menu Terms	59	(4)
Eating Out	63	(2)
Clothing	65	(9)
Articles of Clothing	65	(3)
Shopping	68	(2)
Jewelry and Accessories	70	(1)
Care and Cleaning	71	(3)
Living Arrangements	74	(15)
Building a House	74	(4)
Houses	78	(2)
Apartments and Their Rooms	80	(2)
Furnishings	82	(3)
Housekeeping and Housework	85	(2)
Buying, Renting, and Inhabitants	87	(2)
Human Characteristics	89	(4)
Positive Characteristics	89	(2)
Negative Characteristics	91	(2)
Feelings, Instincts, Drives	93	(5)
Positive Feelings	93	(2)
Negative Feelings	95	(3)
Thinking	98	(3)
Behavior	101	(7)
Neutral Behavior	101	(1)
Positive Behavior	102	(2)
Negative Behavior	104	(2)
Criminal Behavior	106	(2)
Abilities and Talents	108	(3)
Expressing Thoughts, Feelings, or Perceptions	111	(13)
Speaking	111	(2)
Informing, Asking, and Answering	113	(2)
Excusing, Regretting, Consoling	115	(1)
Agreeing, Rejecting, Forbidding, Allowing	116	(3)
Exhorting and Wishing	119	(1)
Confirming and Qualifying	120	(2)
Particles of Speech	122	(2)
Making Evaluations	124	(8)
Statements and Positions	124	(2)
Positive Evaluations	126	(2)
Negative Evaluations	128	(4)
Family and Relatives	132	(3)
Social Relations	135	(11)
Social Contacts	135	(3)
Forms of Address, Greetings, Making Introductions, and Saying Goodbye	138	(2)
Social Behavior and Modes of Conduct	140	(3)
Social Phenomena	143	(1)
Relationships of Possession	144	(2)
Education and Training	146	(10)
Kindergarten, School, University	146	(3)
Classroom Instruction	149	(3)
Teaching and Research	152	(1)
Subjects of Instruction and Fields of Study	153	(1)
Vocational Training	154	(2)
Professional Life	156	(6)
Professions	156	(2)
Working World	158	(4)
Economics	162	(9)
Business	162	(1)
Trade and Services	163	(3)
Industry and Handicraft	166	(2)
Agriculture, Fishing, and Mining	168	(3)
Finance	171	(7)
Banking	171	(2)
Money	173	(5)
Professional Tools and Office Items	178	(4)
Professional Tools	178	(1)
Office Items	179	(3)
Use of Leisure Time	182	(7)
Recreational Activities	182	(2)
Theater	184	(1)
Movies	185	(1)
Hobbies and Games	186	(3)
Sports	189	(5)
Miscellaneous	189	(2)
Types of Sports	191	(3)
Tourism	194	(6)
Traveling	194	(3)
Accommodations	197	(3)
Means of Communication	200	(5)
Mail, Telex, Fax	200	(2)
Telephone	202	(3)
Media	205	(6)
Print Media	205	(3)
Audiovisual Media	208	(3)
Art, Culture, and Tradition	211	(16)
Literature	211	(2)
Fine Arts	213	(2)
Music and Dance	215	(2)
History	217	(3)
Religion	220	(4)
Manners, Customs, and Celebrations	224	(3)
Continents, Countries, Peoples, and Languages	227	(8)
Europe	227	(3)
America	230	(3)
Africa, Asia, Australia	233	(2)
The Organization of Government	235	(20)
Political Systems	235	(2)
State Institutions	237	(2)
Police Force and System of Justice	239	(3)
Political Life	242	(3)
Political Resistance	245	(2)
Political Division of Spain	247	(2)
International Relations	249	(2)
War and Peace	251	(4)
Geography	255	(4)
Landscape Forms	255	(2)
Ocean	257	(2)
Natural Environment	259	(6)
Weather and Climate	259	(4)
Environmental Problems	263	(2)
Animal Kingdom	265	(6)
Basic Concepts	265	(1)
Domestic Animals	266	(2)
Wild Animals	268	(3)
Vegetable Kingdom	271	(4)
Basic Concepts	271	(1)
Flower, Plants, and Trees	272	(3)
Man-made Environment	275	(5)
City and Village	275	(2)
Buildings	277	(1)
Infrastructure	278	(2)
Transportation and Traffic	280	(12)
Miscellaneous	280	(2)
Road and Street Traffic	282	(3)
Rail Traffic	285	(2)
Aviation and Shipping	287	(3)
Traffic Routes	290	(2)
Universe	292	(2)
Colors and Shapes	294	(4)
Colors	294	(1)
Shapes	295	(3)
Substances and Materials	298	(5)
Miscellaneous Concepts	298	(1)
Substances of Plant and Animal Origin	299	(1)
Mineral and Chemical Substances	300	(3)
Statements of Quantity	303	(10)
Numbers	303	(2)
General Concepts	305	(1)
Weights and Measures	306	(2)
Concepts of Quantity	308	(5)
Space and Time	313	(22)
Length and Size	313	(1)
Place	314	(4)
Direction	318	(1)
Distance	319	(2)
Time	321	(2)
Day	323	(1)
Days of the Week and Dates	324	(1)
Months	325	(1)
Year	326	(1)
Periods of Time	327	(2)
Points in Time	329	(3)
Frequent Occurrences	332	(1)
Subjective Estimates of Time	333	(2)
Manner	335	(10)
Modal Expressions	335	(2)
Degree and Comparison	337	(2)
Cause, Effect, Aim, Purpose	339	(3)
State and Change	342	(3)
Structural Words	345	(11)
Articles	345	(1)
Personal Pronouns	345	(3)
Demonstrative Pronouns	348	(1)
Interrogative Pronouns	349	(1)
Relative Pronouns	349	(1)
Indefinite Pronouns	350	(2)
Prepositions	352	(1)
Conjunctions	353	(3)
Americanisms	356	(8)
Index of All Spanish Key Words	364