K2_02_04 Flashcards

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  1. What diff: “estar de pie” CF “estar al pie de (algo)”
  2. Paco called me earlier and he was pissing himself
  3. Why that vb for “called”? Why that vb T for “pissing himself”?
  4. Which prep: Y ¿qué es exactamente lo que tú sientes [?] mí?
  5. Which prep: … lo que tú piensas [?]mí?
A
  1. estar de pie = standing, estar al pie de = ready and willing, it to face up to a problem or challenge
  2. Paco me lo ha contado antes y se estuvo descojando
  3. A. llamar idea “to be called”, or “to call via telephone” BUT NOT “communicate actual info by phone” B. cos’ throughout the conversation.
  4. sentir por mi
  5. pensar algo de alguien [normally pensar en]
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  1. Why subj: Es obvio que hubo algo en cómo Lola actuó que a Belén se le atragantara.
  2. Why make add “se impersonal”: Es solo con las cosas que se hacen encajes de bolillos las que valen la pena
  3. Colq exp equals: no me burlo más de tí
  4. What diff: más de CF más que? [also applies to menos + igual]
  5. If we act correctly/properly
A
  1. The “[oración principal] + que + [oración subordinada]” structure implies subj.
  2. Cos’ exp “hacer encajes de bolillos” only works IF referring to people [not things]
  3. Ya no me cachondeo más de tí. [cachondearse]
  4. A. más de refers to quantity. B. más que refers to comparison
  5. Si actuamos rectamente
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  1. What diff: es/está fresco?
  2. Insert reg + fml vb: Estos problems[are caused] by climate change.
  3. What 2 preps with fml vb = to cause + which circs use?
  4. What const: to take on the role of (lit) eg godmother
  5. What const: to take on (fig, as in act in a certain way) eg airs and graces
A
  1. A. es descarado, tiene mucho cara B. it’s chilly/cool
  2. Estos problemas ocurren/se dan por el cambio climatico [darse = ocurrir
  3. A. “darse en” = lugar, contexto B. “darse por” = motivo
  4. (alguien) hacer de + N eg madrina
  5. (alguien) darse p.e se da aires de reina por tenter tantos pretendes
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  1. I feel cold (as in percieve or feel)
  2. I feel tired (as in a specific physical or emotional state eg sick)
  3. I feel cool towards Juan (as in a way of acting towards s.o.)
  4. she has an air of superiority (ie considers o.s. better than others)
    5.you express well what makes you feel good B. what needed to include?
A
  1. siento frío (sentir)
  2. me siento cansado (sentirse)
  3. me siento frío CON Juan (sentirse con)
  4. tiene unos aires de grandeza
  5. expresas bien lo que te hace sentir bien B. “lo que [te] hace” NOT just “lo que + te sientes”
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  1. As you can see, I’m already talking like them.
  2. What is a tajo?
  3. I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt
  4. The range was between X and Y
  5. Which & why?: te pusiste [en/de] un bajón
A
  1. Ya ves, ya estoy hablandon como ellos. [Not fixed eg ya ven]
  2. un corte eg from a knife (a cut), also a sheer drop or steep cliff
  3. Te voy a conceder/dar el beneficio de la duda
  4. El rango fue entre X hasta Y
  5. A. te pusiste de bajón B. de implica estado (en implica lugar)
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  1. What + why:Yo diría que siempre que lo hagamos [?] bien mirado todo saldrá bien
  2. Which vb + why: Borja [está/es] consciente de que ha metido la pata
  3. Which prep + why: - ¿Comes [?] todo? -Si como [?] todo.
  4. “… but that is not the underlying reason”
  5. to pay in instalments B. What else N mean?
A
  1. ..siempre que lo hagamos para estar bien mirado B, as is a end of process (estar) [also ser if characteristic]
  2. es consciente de = to be conscious of. B. está consciente = is conscious (as CF “unconscious” = desmayado o inconsciente)
  3. A. ¿Comes de todo? (Do you eat everything?) B. de cos’ relation to person’s nature
  4. ” … pero esto no es la razón subyacente
  5. pagar por letras B. **bills*
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  1. Which adverb: As the day went on, I get more tired, I must be sick.
  2. What other new adv could use?
  3. What do these 2 adverbs express?
  4. Do we include “me” (IO): No [me] sigo sintiendo sofocada por esa putita.
  5. On balance/All things considered, bla bla bla
A
  1. Conforme avanza el día, estoy más cansado, debo de estar enfermo.
  2. A medida que
  3. expresar un progresión paralela de dos o más acciones
  4. Yes, cos’ vb = sentirse AND must continue with the “me” when use gerundio
  5. Bien mirado, bla bla bla
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  1. Vb: to make (more) profitable, to monetize
  2. Vb: The pirates could make out/glimpse a small island on the horizon. B. What alt already know?
  3. an eventful life
  4. a matchmaker [ie a person who hacer de Celestina]
  5. smartie-pants
A
  1. rentabilizar
  2. Los piratas entrevieron una pequeña isla en el horizonte. (entrever) B. Vislumbrar [NOT deslumbrar = to dazzle]
  3. una vida azarosa
  4. un/a alcahuete/a
  5. a sabelotodo
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  1. the entrance hall
  2. a camp bed, folding
  3. Juan is argumentative B. what adj mean if “un + N”?
  4. They were rakes/libertines
  5. a few days later
A
  1. el zaguán
  2. un catre
  3. Juan es pendenciero B.un pendenciero = a troublemaker
  4. Eran calaveras
  5. a los pocos días
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  1. that sordid union that offended the propriety of the slum [vb - to affront, to outrage]
  2. the horrendous knick-knacks/trinkets
  3. His parents were surly … the cellar was gloomy
  4. to keep mentally fresh
  5. C: I didn’t know that you felt the same for me that I felt for you
A
  1. esa sórdida unión, que ultrajaba las decencías del arrabal [ultrajar]
  2. los horrendas baratijas
  3. Sus padres eran hoscos … El sótano era hosco
  4. mantener la frescura mental
  5. No sabía que sentías lo mismo por mí que yo sentía hacia tí
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  1. struct: I’ve been + Xing + s.th
  2. I’ve been wolfing down dinner
  3. Exp: I’m nervious/I’m on edge
  4. What other way to say 3.? What don’t do?
  5. To print on both sides
A
  1. (yo) he estado + gerundio + algo
  2. He estado zampado la comida
  3. Estoy de los nervios
  4. Tengo nervios B. tener + N (eg nervios, sed, hambre) NOT tener + art + N
  5. Imprimir por delante y por atrás
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  1. What diff: Mira, el chico, acaba de echar por la borda caulquiera oportunidad …
  2. What diff: Mira, chico, acabas de echar por la borda caulquiera oportunidad …
  3. So you have anything to say? - Yes, I’ve got something/nothing to say
  4. Colq: a gatecrasher
  5. a rubbish bin, at a station or a waste paper basket
A
  1. Talking to him as if he was another person.
  2. Simply using “chico” as an evocativo
  3. ¿Tienes algo que decir? - Sí, tengo algo/nada que decir
  4. un colón (los colones)
  5. una papelera
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  1. Why is this structure an anglicismo: papeleras a rebosar
  2. N = shortages, deficiencies, shortfall
  3. he also had a dig at his club. (as in, cutting remark
  4. a TAB
  5. X lashed out at the football agent Y B. What literally mean?
A
  1. Is an elipsis (a gramatical omission) of papeleras a punto de rebosar (rebosar, idea of about to overflow)
  2. una carencia
  3. también lanzó una pulla/pullita a su club (Sevilla)
  4. una casa de apuestas
  5. X arremetió contra el agente del futbolista, Y” B. arremeter contra = to charge at
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  1. to have the flat in mint condition, eg super clean
  2. Oy, I have a bleeding nose (Andalucian)
  3. a scab (or dried blood) [that need to clean off a sheet]
  4. How clean it off?
  5. How clean “spots of oil” off clothes?
A
  1. para tener el piso fetén/nike
  2. Oye, tengo la mesqueta
  3. una postilla
  4. Agua oxigenada [put a bit on it the stain, leave it to soak for 30 mins, put in the lavadora)
  5. with polvo de talco [works on anything oily)
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  1. a microfibre cleaning cloth
  2. What cleaning product use for painted surfaces, cloth chairs, tiles, encimeras etc.
  3. How use?
  4. How use to clean alpargatas?
  5. What can’t use Volvone on?
A
  1. una bayeta de microfibra
  2. Volvone
  3. Dilute with water, wear gloves, shouldn’t foam (if does concentration too great)
  4. dampen una bayeta de microfibra, dap a little Volvone and rub (also that white and red thing)
  5. madera y aglomerado (chipboard or particle board)
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  1. a scouring pad
  2. a scouring pad (rough green bit & yellow) with dip on sides
  3. an aluminium coil scouring pad. B. What use for?
  4. What call those little hard bits on frying pans after cooked meat? B. What usually refer to?
  5. What product use for 4? B. What else? What never use it on?
A
  1. un estrOpajo
  2. un estropajo salvauñas
  3. un estropajo de nana B. For pots and pans
  4. costras B. a scab
  5. quitagrasa B. tp clean the bottom of pots and pans. C. never use on the encimera
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  1. Name of cooktop (on the encimera)?
  2. What use to clean “los grifos”?
  3. What use to clean “los váteres”?
  4. a bucket and mop to mop/clean the floors
  5. A. a good, but expensive brand for floors. B. good product to remove fat & “limpiezas profundas”
A
  1. vitrocerámica (cocina = the generic term)
  2. Antical
  3. lejía (bleach) or lejía con detergente (lejía is the disinfectant) y una escobilla
  4. un cubo y fregona para fregar los suelos
  5. A. 3 brujas B. Miligrito (use little as is foamy)