18 MANERAS DE USAR LA PALABRA “FIRE”

Hace una semana se celebró Bonfire Night (tambien conocido como Cracker Night), la noche de las hogueras, en Reino Unido. Conmemora el fracaso de la conspiración de la pólvora del 5 de noviembre de 1605, en el que una facción de católicos intentaron destruir la sede del parlamento en Londres (el Palacio de Westminster). Hoy en día, se celebra con espectáculos pirotécnicos, fuegos artificiales (fireworks) y la quema de hogueras (bonfires). ¿A que no sabíais que la palabra fire tenía muchos más usos? Aquí os dejamos algunos.

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SUSTANTIVOS
fire	fuego	Playing with fire is dangerous
	un incendio	There was a fire at Paul´s house.
	una fogata	The campers sat around the fire and sang songs.
	fuego (fig)	Young people are always full of fire and energy!
VERBOS
to fire	despedir a alguien (de un trabajo)	Henry was fired for sleeping on the job
	disparar (una pistola)	Jennifer fired her gun at the target
	avivar/encender (la imaginación)	Reading books as a child fired my imagination
PHRASAL VERBS
to fire away	disparar (preguntas)	“Can I ask you something?” “Sure! Fire away.”
to fire (sth) up	poner en marcha	The pilot fired up the engines
to fire (sb) up	enfervorizar	The team was fired up before the match
to set (sth) on fire/ to set fire to (sth)	prender fuego a algo	Rob set the house on fire. / Rob set fire to the house
to fire (sth) off	bombardear a preguntas	The journalist fired off a load of questions
EXPRESIONES
out of the frying pan, into the fire	de guatemala a guatepeor	She jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire.
to play with fire (fig)	ponerse en riesgo	You’re playing with fire
a baptism of fire	un bautismo de fuego	My first day at work was a baptism of fire, it was the busiest day of the year!
to add fuel to the fire	echar leña al fuego	“I have to tell the boss about a big mistake that I made” “Don’t add fuel to the fire! He’s already furious! If I were you, I would wait until he calms down.”
DEPENDENT PREPOSITION
on fire (adj)	en llamas	The house is on fire!
	estar que se sale	Wow, look how well Sarah is playing! She’s on fire today!

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