(Beginner - Easy) Crossword 7: Build Your Vocabulary (Descriptive Adjectives)
10
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The purpose of this challenge is to build your English and Spanish vocabulary, particularly descriptive adjectives. The clues are in English to help the English learners and the crossword is solved using the Spanish words from "El banco de palabras".
-- If you need help with the clues, refer to the Word Bank in English.
-- For your answers, only use the words in "El banco de palabras".
-- One clue per member please, though you may participate every 1-2 hours.
-- Feel free to post a sentence and/or picture!
-- 
Note: You do not have to do the clues in any particular sequence!
Flashcards: (Beginner - Easy) Crossword 7: Build Your Vocabulary
El banco de palabras:
¡Estas son las palabras que irán en el crucigrama!
| amargo | aplicados | bueno | caro | ||||
| claro | complicado | cortés | débil | ||||
| enfermo | grueso | honesto | injusto | ||||
| largo | lento | malo | mucho | ||||
| nervioso | oscuro | perezoso | poco | ||||
| rápido | salado | seco | tonto | ||||
| tranquilo | vacío |
Word Bank
| bad | bitter | calm | clear | ||||
| complicated | dark | diligent | dry | ||||
| empty | expensive | few | good | ||||
| honest | lazy | long | much | ||||
| nervous | polite | quick | salty | ||||
| sick | slow | stupid | thick | ||||
| unfair | weak |
| Across | Down |
|---|---|
| 1. ----- car | 2. moving fast, in a very short time |
| 6. characterized by lack of effort or activity | 3. free from moisture |
| 8. He felt his trial was -----. | 4. more complex |
| 11. It is ----- to see you! | 5. ----- breakdown (f) |
| 12. the members are ----- students. | 7. lacking strength or energy |
| 14. opposite of sweet | 9. quiet, calm |
| 16. free of deceit, sincere | 10. The number 13 is considered ----- luck. (f) |
| 18. He likes to visit the ----- and elderly. | 13. polite and courteous behavior |
| 19. ----- as seawater | 15. The ----- fog was pretty, but dangerous. (f) |
| 21. pure, clarify | 17. It was a ----- and stormy night. (f) |
| 25. He made a ----- remark to his girlfriend. | 20. measuring a great distance |
| 26. a large amount, a great deal of | 22. Her Dad taught her how to ----- dance. |
| 23. His stomach was ----- so he had a snack. | |
| 24. a small number |
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updated Jun 27, 2013
edited by bandit51jd
posted by bandit51jd
Please let me know about typos in the post and/or in the flashcards. - bandit51jd, Jun 11, 2013
Good game - 0080b918, Jun 11, 2013
Gracias, Tickl! - bandit51jd, Jun 11, 2013
Gracias ! fun game bandit:) - Jraider, Jun 13, 2013
I'm glad you like these Jraider! - bandit51jd, Jun 13, 2013
29 Answers
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14 across: amargo/bitter
updated Jun 14, 2013
posted by Scribe-Lady
nice photo:) - chellapadua, Jun 11, 2013
Wow! Gracias, Bandit :) - Scribe-Lady, Jun 14, 2013
6
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23 down Empty/ Vacío
His stomach was empty, so he had a snack.
updated Jun 27, 2013
posted by 0083f5dc
Is that a birthday hamburger! He's slender, too! - bandit51jd, Jun 12, 2013
I don't think those are candles. The hamburger is so huge that he needs giant toothpicks to hold it together. - 0083f5dc, Jun 12, 2013
Making me hungry!!! - Jraider, Jun 12, 2013
Where are the fries? - pmikan-pam, Jun 12, 2013
Jaja, there must be a black hole inside his stomach. :D - cheskasullivan, Jun 13, 2013
That look mum! - 0080b918, Jun 27, 2013
6
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7- down: debíl = weak
No puedo empuje la puerta, porque estoy demasiado debíl hay.
updated Jun 13, 2013
posted by Lizadactyl
Nice name. :p - cheskasullivan, Jun 13, 2013
Hola Liza. - katydew, Jun 13, 2013
Welcome! Bien hecho! - bandit51jd, Jun 13, 2013
6
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9 down: Tranquilo = Calm
Sentado al lado de un rio tranquilo es muy relajante.
Sitting next to a calm river is very relaxing.
updated Jun 13, 2013
edited by Jraider
posted by Jraider
OOH La La, my kind of lake to go fishing on! - pmikan-pam, Jun 12, 2013
Very beautiful landscape! I could live in it! - chellapadua, Jun 12, 2013
Vamos mis amigas:) - Jraider, Jun 12, 2013
bien hecho! :) - chellapadua, Jun 13, 2013
Ahh, I miss camping! :) - cheskasullivan, Jun 13, 2013
Gorgeous! - bandit51jd, Jun 13, 2013
6
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5 Down
Nerviosa = Nervous
updated Jun 13, 2013
edited by cheskasullivan
posted by cheskasullivan
Hola, so good to see you! I don't think I've ever heard this excuse! - bandit51jd, Jun 11, 2013
Very cute - pmikan-pam, Jun 12, 2013
Easier to blame the gato loco!!! - Jraider, Jun 12, 2013
True. Jaja. xD Gracias todos! :) Nice to see you too, bandit! - cheskasullivan, Jun 13, 2013
6
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17 down Dark/ Oscura
It was a dark and stormy night.
updated Jun 12, 2013
posted by 0083f5dc
Hola! I love the image! Bien hecho! - bandit51jd, Jun 11, 2013
Excellent use of the feminine gender! - bandit51jd, Jun 11, 2013
Thank you, I thought this picture would be fun. - 0083f5dc, Jun 11, 2013
Rocky horror picture show???? - Jraider, Jun 12, 2013
6
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18 across - enfermo =sick
He likes to visit the ----- and elderly.
updated Jun 11, 2013
edited by katydew
posted by katydew
It must have been horrible in those days...no help, no meds, no guidance. - 0095ca4c, Jun 11, 2013
Maybe they realized "Dr. Quinn" was important after all! Hard times for a female doctor. - bandit51jd, Jun 11, 2013
5
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24 Down
A small number, few = poco
updated Jun 13, 2013
edited by nuritasoler
posted by nuritasoler
Yummy :) - chellapadua, Jun 12, 2013
Hi Nurtia! Well done! - katydew, Jun 13, 2013
yep, thank you! :) - nuritasoler, Jun 13, 2013
Welcome to the Crossword puzzle games! "They melt in your mouth and not in your hand!" - bandit51jd, Jun 13, 2013
4
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26 across. a great deal of =mucho!
updated Jun 14, 2013
posted by osas-baby
Perfecto! Bien hecho! - bandit51jd, Jun 13, 2013
4
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4. down
more complex
complicado - complicated
updated Jun 14, 2013
posted by bandit51jd
Such close spellings, vastly different meanings. - katydew, Jun 13, 2013
4
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-- 12. Across: Aplicados = diligent. The members are ----- students.
updated Jun 14, 2013
edited by bandit51jd
posted by pmikan-pam
Better than indigent:) - Jraider, Jun 12, 2013
What a good point you have JR :-) - pmikan-pam, Jun 12, 2013
And also better than indescent. - katydew, Jun 13, 2013
Yes, hola amiga - pmikan-pam, Jun 13, 2013
You guys help me to smile! lol :) - bandit51jd, Jun 13, 2013
Well we try bandita, good post - pmikan-pam, Jun 14, 2013
4
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#2 down - quick - rápido
updated Jun 13, 2013
edited by 0095ca4c
posted by 0095ca4c
Wow, that must be for the talented "pintores"! Or at least those who know what they are doing! - bandit51jd, Jun 11, 2013
:-) - pmikan-pam, Jun 12, 2013
Toenails. Right???? - Jraider, Jun 12, 2013
.. or just splashor drip some paint on the canvas and call it abstract. Jackson Pollock did that. He became famous. :D - cheskasullivan, Jun 13, 2013
3
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21. across - claro - pure, clarify
Esto es verde claro.
This is light green.
updated Jun 14, 2013
edited by katydew
posted by katydew
I wonder if there is a lime in that square! - bandit51jd, Jun 13, 2013
3
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15. The ----- fog was pretty, but dangerous. (f)
Thick
grueso
updated Jun 14, 2013
edited by jessicamccall117
posted by jessicamccall117
I'm glad I'm not a pilot! - bandit51jd, Jun 13, 2013
How about a passenger? - 0083f5dc, Jun 13, 2013
Doesn't fog create turbulence? I wouldn't enjoy being a passenger either! - bandit51jd, Jun 14, 2013
With a ride like that, nobody needs pretzels. - 0083f5dc, Jun 14, 2013
3
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10 down - mala -> bad (mala suerte)
The number 13 is considered ----- luck. (f)
updated Jun 13, 2013
edited by katydew
posted by katydew
Chellapadua worked with this one, too. Can you help her with the correct gender? - bandit51jd, Jun 12, 2013
Gracias, Katy! - bandit51jd, Jun 13, 2013
