Verbs from book.

snatched: arrebat.
To grab: apropiarse.
- he grabbed as much money as he could.
Ingenious (adj.): ingenioso.
- The ingenious Williams did not give up.
To give up: renunciar.
- I give up.
- I never give up.
To foil: frustrar. / attempt: / gang: banda, cuadrilla / worth: valuados en.
- A team of over 200 police officers foiled an attempt by a gang of professiona
l thieves to steal diamonts worth around 350 million.
Priceless(adj.): inapreciable. / JCB digger: mquina excavador / to display: exhib
ir. / to crash: estrellar.
- The thieves crashed a JCB digger into the side of the building near where the M
illennium Star and twelve other priceless diamonds were displayed.
To smash: broke violently.
Astonished(adj.): very surprised. / to yell: to shout: vociferar o gritar.
- He yelled Dont worry about me, Im fine to the astonished baggage handlers.
To leap out(ps,pp leapt or leaped): Jump out from a hiding place and surprise. /
hiding (adj:secreto) / horrified (adj.): shocked and upset. / Thief = robber.
- A group of armed police officers leapt out from their hiding places and began
arresting the horrified robbers.
Desperate(adj.): needing or wanting something very much. / to abandon: abandonar
.
- Desperate to escape, some gang abandoned the gold.
--------phone in sick : telephone your company to say that you are ill and cannot come t
o work.
- I felt awful, so I phoned in sick and went straight to bed.
- Michael arrived at work to find that his secretary had phoned in sick.
Pay rise:
- I think I ll give her a pay rise.
-------------------Off the road: fuera de la carretera. / woods: an area of land, smaller than a fo
rest, that is covered with growing trees.
- Just off the road, they saw a small house in the woods.
late start: inicio tardio, comienzo tardio.
- Usually, they arrived in time for supper, but they had had a late start, and n
ow it was getting dark.
The house burned to the ground: la casa se quemo hasta los cimientos.
- That can t be, the house burned to the ground about a month ago.
Not believe their eyes: no creer lo que se ve.
- The yung couple could not believe their eyes.
For a while: por un momento.
- the old woman made coffee and brought out some cake, and the four of them talk
ed for a while.