VOCAB, IDIOMS, EXPRESSIONS AND SO ON. UNIT 0.

• Olive skin = skin colour tone between brown and white.
• Pale = colorless.
• Sun-tanned = with a dark skin colour because of the sun.
• Limp = too soft.
• To blow your nose = (Sonarse los mocos).
• To sniff = to inhale through the nose, usually in short rapid inspirations.
• "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" = " Donde fueres, haz lo que vieres"
• Actually = really.

CULTURAL DIFERENCES

Everyone's different from each other on this wide world, so I´ll show you some of the most remarkable cultural differences: 

• In the US, a firm, short handshake indicates self-confidence and (heterosexual) masculinity. A limp handshake by a man can be interpreted (usually wrongly) as a sign of homosexuality or wimpiness. But in most parts of Africa, a limp handshake is the correct way to do it. Furthermore, it is common in Africa for the handshake to last several minutes, while in the US a handshake that is even a few seconds too long is interpreted as familiarity, warmth and possibly sexual attraction.
• In Britain, men do not look at women on the streets. The French do. Recently, a French public figure mentioned in a speech that the Brits are all gay -- the evidence was their lack of overt interest in women.
• Shaking the head in a horizontal direction in most countries means "no", while in India it means "yes", and in hindi language the voice lowers in pitch at the end of a question.
• In North America as well as in Arabic countries the pauses between words are usually not too long, while in Japan pauses can give a contradictory sense to the spoken words by the meaning of pauses. Enduring silence is perceived as comfortable in Japan, while in Europe and North America it may cause insecureness and embarrassment. Scandinavians, by Western standards, are more tolerant of silent breaks during conversations.
• Showing the thumb held upwards means in Latin America, especially Brazil, but also in many other countries "everything’s ok", while it is understood in some Islamic countries as well as Sardinia and Greece as a rude sexual sign. Furthermore, the sign of thumb up may signify the number "one" in France and a few other central European countries.