Abbey English

Question 1

Colgarle a alguien el teléfono

Llamar por teléfono

Answer 1

To Hang up

To Ring someone up

Question 2

Prensa

Gotear

Escándalo

Answer 2

Press

Leak

Scandal

Question 3

Que pierde mucho

Answer 3

Leak like a sieve

“What should you do if yor car leaks oil like a sieve?”

Question 4

Terrible

Horroroso

Horrible

Answer 4

Terrible

Awful

Horrible

Terrible is formal, while awful and horrible are rather informal.

Question 5

Engañar a alguien

Poner los cuernos

Answer 5

Cheat someone or Screw someone over

Cheat on someone

Question 6

Esperar

Spend time with your friends

Answer 6

To hang on

To hang out

Question 7

Hacer un esfuerzo

Hacer el esfuerzo

Answer 7

To Make an attempt

To Make the attempt

Question 8

Lidiar con

Answer 8

To put up with

To deal with

Question 9

Jubilarse

Jubilación

Answer 9

Retire

Retirement

Question 10

Posición, puesto

Ocupar

Aplicar, posicionar?

Answer 10

Position

Occupy

Apply (for / to)

Question 11

Adicto

Adicción

Adicto a

Answer 11

Addict

Addiction

Addicted to

Question 12

Emparentado

Parientes

Answer 12

Related to/ with

Relatives

The cat is a relative of the tiger

The cat is related to the tiger

Question 13

Desteñir

Jabón el polvo

Answer 13

To Fade

Washing powder

“Does beauty fade with the years?”

Question 14

Poco tiempo

Answer 14

At short notice

“You’ve given me too short of a notice”

“I can’t do it with such a short notice”

Question 15

Razón

Razonable

Irrazonable

Answer 15

Reason

Reasonable

Unreasonable

Question 16

Codicia

Codicioso

Answer 16

Greed, Stingy

Greedy

“Can a greedy person easily satisfy their appetite?”

Question 17

Despedir

Despido

Answer 17

Dismiss

Dismissal

“People are usually dismissed from work when they’re lazy”

“Do you think the danger of dismissal can motivate people to work harder?”

Question 18

Colgar

Percha

Colgador

Answer 18

Hang

Hanger

Hook

Question 19

Nalga

Answer 19

Buttock

Question 20

Muslo

Answer 20

Thigh

Question 21

Vista y audición

Answer 21

Sight and hearing

Question 22

Tener mas peso que

Exceder en peso

Answer 22

Outweigh

Question 23

Envejecimiento

Answer 23

Ageing

Question 24

Cirujano

Answer 24

Surgeon

Question 25

Invertir (darle la vuelta a las cosas)

Answer 25

Reverse

Question 26

Carrera

Answer 26

Dash Sprint

Question 27

Rápido

Answer 27

Fast: car, train, road, watch, clock Quick: decision, look, reply, thinking Rapid: change, progress, increase, growth The number of people in town increased rapidly.

Question 28

Amargo

Answer 28

Bitter

Question 29

Arrepentirse

Answer 29

Regret

Question 30

Sincero, honesto Sinceramente Honestitad

Answer 30

Sincere Sincerely Sincerity

Question 31

Defraudar

Answer 31

To let someone down

Question 32

Poblemas de actitud Impolite behavior which is not accepted by other people.

Answer 32

Attitude problem

Question 33

Atascarse Tener que cargar con

Answer 33

Be stuck or Get stuck

Question 34

Parte o Acción (En temas de negocios de bolsa) Bolsa Accionista

Answer 34

Share Stock exchange Shareholder

Question 35

Prevenir

Answer 35

Prevent

Question 36

Apoyo, apoyar Soporte, respaldar Mantener, manutención

Answer 36

Support

Question 37

Prohibir Prohibición

Answer 37

Prohibit Prohibition

Question 38

Agudo

Answer 38

Sharp