tract

tracto

Conjunto de partes del cuerpo conectadas que funcionan juntas, como las que recorre la comida durante la digestión.

En inglés sencillo: A group of connected body parts that work together, such as those through which food passes.

• Food passes through the digestive tract.
• She had an infection in her urinary tract.
• Smoke can damage the respiratory tract.

Sinónimos: system

Expresiones frecuentes: digestive tract, urinary tract, respiratory tract

extensión, terreno

Una zona extensa de terreno.

En inglés sencillo: A large area of land.

• They own a large tract of land.
• Vast tracts of forest were destroyed by fire.
• The company plans to build houses on this tract.

Cómo se usa: a tract of something (They bought a large tract of forest.)

Sinónimos: area, expanse, stretch

Expresiones frecuentes: a vast tract, tract of land, tract of forest

folleto, panfleto

Texto breve que defiende determinadas ideas religiosas o políticas.

En inglés sencillo: A short piece of writing arguing for particular religious or political ideas.

• She handed me a religious tract.
• His political tract called for changes to the law.
• They printed hundreds of tracts to spread their beliefs.

Cómo se usa: a tract on something (He wrote a tract on religious reform.)

Sinónimos: pamphlet, booklet

Expresiones frecuentes: a religious tract, a political tract, distribute a tract