CHAPTER 1: Mr Lucas Starts to Visit.

SUMMARY

In this chapter the principal character, Adrian Mole, makes his New Year's resolutions. He is worry because he has got a spot in a chin and his parents are discussing all day. Also, his father is jealous because Mr. Lucas, the neighbor, visits Adrian's mother every day. Adrian meets a girl too, her name is Pandora, and he falls in love with her.

VOCABULARY

• Resolutions: propósitos (noun) "I have a good resolutions"
• Hang my trousers up: Colgar mis pantalones (verb) "I always hang my trousers up in the closet".
• Put my tapes back in their covers: Poner mis cintas en sus portadas (verb) "Normally, I put my tapes back in their covers".
• Squeezing: apretar/exprimir (verb) "I don't squeeze my spots".
• Spots: granos (noun) "I’ve never had a spot".
• Chin: barbilla (noun) "He has a very large chin".
• Ran away: se escapó (verb) "She ran away the last night".
• Speedometer: velocímetro (noun) "My bike hasn't got a speedometer".
• Saddle: sillín (noun) "The saddle is very uncomfortable".
• Both: ambos, los dos. (adverb) "I met both of them.
• Disgusting: asqueroso, repugnante (adjetive) "This food is disgusting, I don't eat it".
• Still: todavía (adverb) "He hadn’t arrived still".
• Stand: soportar (verb) "I can't stand you".
• Kind: clase, especie, tipo (noun) "This is a good kind of books".
• Treacle: (de) melaza (adjetive) "Her hair is the colour of treacle".
• Netball: juego parecido al baloncesto (noun) "I don't know the netball".
• Chest: pecho (noun) "He look her chest".
• Kick: patear (verb) "He kicks all the stones that he finds in the way".
• Coming round: pasearse por casa (verb) "He keeps coming round".
• Wave: saludar (verb) "I wave the driver of the bus every day".
• Mongrel: perro cruzado, mestizo (adjetive) "This is a mongrel cat".
• Along: a lo largo de  (adverb) "Along of my life I've lived in a lot of places".