FIRST Robotics Competition

2016 STRONGHOLD
MAGIC ISLAND BRAZIL FRC #5800
Practical English GUIDE

Practical English
Guide

This english guide intend to present words and expressions that will be
useful in 2016 FIRST Stronghold. It brings words of elements, objects and tools,
also as basic verbs and expressions that will certainly appear in the
Competition. The meaning of some words you can find in the manuals glossary
of the game. Other words have its translation to portuguese. Enjoy it, train your
English and Good Luck!

Words, Terms and Expressions

of FIRST 2016 Stronghold game (elements, tools and equipments)

FIRST Stronghold Game elements

Berm

Brattice

Boulder

Cheval de Frise

Bumper

Corral

Courtyard

Spy Box

Lineup

Queue

Portcullis

Moat

Rampart

Outer Works

Timeout

Batter

Rung

Field Stewards

Embrasure

Surrogate

Sally Port

Low Bar

Drawbridge

Rock Wall

Rough Terrain

Neutral Zone

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Competition terms and expressions
Eligible

Assign

Undo

Assist

Breach

Back up

Get (on, over, in, up, down)

Bracket

Cross

Bypass

Capture

Challenge

Follow

Come (in, over)

Throw

Inspect

Scale

Pressure

Withhold

Reach

Recognize

Replace

Pick up

Run Forward

Weaken

To strenght

Score

Overload

Console

Attach

Drilling

Cutting

Machining

Rewiring

Disassembling

Schedule

Block

Achieve

Grasping

Grabbing

Grappling

Entangled

Hurl

Pitch

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Tools, equipments and technical words

Control Module

Relay

Power Regulator

Transducer

Actuator

Compressor

Screwdriver

Hammer

Plier

Nipper

Fuse

Circuit Breaker

Fan

Solenoid Valve

Data Rate

Bandwidth

Fastener

Threshold

Screw

Bolt

Nail

Spike

Vendor

Gearbox

Plywood

Driver Station

Slave Device

Master Device

Gauge

Shaft Collar

Heat Shrink

Electrical Tape

Flat Cable

Encoder

Brass Bushing

Saw

Motor Driver

Pin

Charger

Extension Cord

Multimeter

Splitter

Stylus

Scale

Socket

Jack

Crimping Tool

Grinder

Outlet Adapter

Stripper (for wires)

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Greeting
and presentation words
1. Greetings:
Hi, there! Im from ________
Nice/pleased to meet you / Happy / glad to see you
2. Magic Words:
Thank you (kindly/very much) / Thanks (a lot) / Im thankful
Im sorry / Pardon me / Excuse me
Please could you... / Would you please
Would you mind if / I would appreciate if / I would love if
You could consider / I was wondering if
Perhaps it would be better if / I would recommend that you
3. Goodbyes:
Goodbye / bye / Farewell / See you soon
It was great to / That was a .
See you next (time/game/match) / Au revoir

Words
that need some focus on pronunciation

Train the pronunciation of the following words:

Beach, Sheet, Fork, Thick, Come

and another ones that may sound strange

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False Cognates
Some words in english hat may sound like another word in portuguese,
but they dont have the same meaning.

PRETEND is not PRETENDER, but FINGIR

We pretend to be good is not Ns pretendemos ser bons, but:

Ns fingimos ser bons
The correct word, in this case, is INTEND, We intend to be good

For ESTRANGEIRO is recommended to use FOREIGN instead of STRANGER

(train the pronunciation to not sound like ESTRANGE)

Word

Sounds like

Actually means

ADEPT

Adepto

PERITO

Correct word is
Follower

AMASS

Amassar

ACUMULAR

Knead

ATTEND

Atender (telefone)

COMPARECER

Answer

BATON

Batom

BASTO

Lipstick

CASUALTY

Casualidade

ACIDENTE /
PERDAS

Chance

DENFENDANT

Defendente
(defensor)

RU

DEPENDABLE

Dependente

SEGURO /
CONFIVEL

Dependent

ENGROSS

Engrossar

MONOPOLIZAR

Thicken

ENROLL

Enrolar

SE INSCREVER /
MATRICULAR

Curl / Roll

EXQUISITE

Esquisito

REQUINTADO

Weird / Strange

FABRIC

Fbrica

TECIDO

Factory

GRIPE

Gripe

RECLAMAO

Flu

Defender

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INGENUITY

Ingenuidade

ENGENHOSIDADE

Naivety

LECTURE

Leitura

PALESTRA

Reading

LUNCH

Lanche

ALMOO

Snack

MASCARA

Mscara

RMEL

Mask

MISERABLE

Miservel
(sovina)

TRISTE / POBRE

MOISTURE

Mistura

UMIDADE

Mix

NOTICE

Notcia

AVISAR / NOTAR

News

PASTA

Pasta

MASSA /
MACARRO

Paste

PHYSICIAN

Fsico

MDICO

POLICY

Polcia

POLTICA

Physical (corpo)
Physicist
(profisso)
Police

PREJUDICE

Prejuzo

PRECONCEITO

Loss / Harm

PRETEND

Pretender

FINGIR

Intend

PROCURE

Procurar

CONSEGUIR

Search

PUSH

Puxe

EMPURRE

Pull

REALIZE

Realizar

PERCEBER

Perform

RIM

Rim

BORDA / ARO

Kidney

SCHOLAR

Escolar

ERUDITO

Academic

SENSIBLE

Sensvel

SENSATO

Sensitive

TAX

Txi

IMPOSTO

Cab / Taxi

VEGETABLES

Vegetais

LEGUMES

Plants

Miser / Stingy