Centro Medico 09

Question 1

1. ¿Cómo ha sido la CAIDA?

2. Estaba encima la escalera intentando coger una maleta, y me he caido

Answer 1

1. How did you fall? (use the noun)

2. I was on top of the ladder trying to get a suitcase and I fell.

Question 2

1. caer, caerse
2. cayó de espaldas
3. tropecé y casi me caigo
4. se cayó redondo

Answer 2

1. to fall (from a height)
2. She fell flat on her back
3. I tripped and nearly fell (over)
4. he collapsed in a heap

Question 3

1. tropezar
2. tropiezo, tropiezas, tropieza, tropezamos, tropezáis, tropiezan
3. tropecé, tropezaste, tropezó, tropezamos, tropezasteis, tropezaron

Answer 3

1. to trip (as in stumble)
2. conjugate in present
3. conjugate in preterit

Question 4

1 o sea, un PORRAZO sobre el hombro
2. o sea
3 porrazo

Answer 4

1. I mean, a whack on the shoulder
2. that is, I mean, that is to say
3. a whack, a thump

Question 5

1. estaba todo el día pegadA a mi
2. to give, to stick/glue/paste
3. le pegó una paliza terrible
4. pegó un póster en la pared
5. ¡qué susto me pegaste!

Answer 5

1. he was glued to me the whole day (a woman speaking)
2. Two main meanings of pegar
3. he gave him a terrible beating
4. she stuck a poster on the wall
5. You gave me a terrible fright!

Question 6

1. No ABURRAS el doctor con cosas de familia
2. Amelia no me aburrsa para nada
3. aburrir

Answer 6

1. Don’t bore the doctor with family stuff
2. Amelia isn’t boring me at all
3. to bore

Question 7

1. ¡Cómo molo!

2. molo, molo de abrigo

Answer 7

1. How cool! (slang)

2. a breakwater

Question 8

1. no puedo COLOCAR a mi hija, podrías SER UNA CONFUSIón
2. colocar
3. colocó el dinero al 9%

Answer 8

1. I couldn’t MARRY OFF my daughter, you’d be mistaken
2. to place (a thing or person) or hang (a picture)
3. she placed/invested the money at 9%

Question 9

1. tengo una RESACA masiva
2. undertow (eg with the waves)
3. pero importante MANTENERSE hidratos
4. una vez abierto manténgase refrigerado

Answer 9

1. I have a massive HANGOVER
2. what is the other meaning of the word for hangover?
3. It is important to KEEP hydrated (ie keep in a certain situation)
4. keep refrigerated once open

Question 10

1. A ver túmbate …
2. tumbarse
3. tumbó la puerta de una patada
4. tumbar

Answer 10

1. let’s see, lie down …
2. to lie down
3. he kicked the door down
4. to knock down

Question 11

Perdoname POR CóMO te he hablado

Answer 11

forgive me FOR HOW I spoke to you

Question 12

Me has traido AL POLI MALO para seguir interrogándome

Answer 12

You’ve brought the BAD COP to carry on interrogating me

Question 13

Papa ha salido a ESTIRAR las piernas

Answer 13

Papa has gone to STRETCH his legs

Question 14

1. ¿yo qué te voy a OCULTAR?
2. ocultar
3. ¿por qué me lo ocultaste?

Answer 14

1. What am I going to HIDE FROM you?
2. to conceal
3. why did you conceal it from me?

Question 15

Me parece muy RASTRERO por parte de Rosa.

Answer 15

I think it is very DESPICABLE on Rosa’s part.

Question 16

1. arrepintiéndome de cada copa y de cada CHUPITO
2. arrepentirse de algo
3. no me arrepiento de nada
4. arrepentirse de + inf
5. no te arrepentirás de comprarlo

Answer 16

1. I am regretting each and every shot (glass)
2. to regret something
3. I have no regrets
4. to regret + Xing (structure)
5. you won’t regret buying it

Question 17

1. me he tirado todo el domingo vomitando
2. tirarse
3. tirarse A means to screw s.o ie joder
4. se ha tirado una hora entera hablando por teléfono

Answer 17

1. I spent all of Sunday vomiting
2. to spend (informal)
3. what is the caution when using this verb informally
4. he’s spent a whole hour on the phone

Question 18

1. No da igual ….

2. ¿No da igual … ?

Answer 18

1. What matters is …

2. Is it important …?

Question 19

1. camilla
2. camilla
3. carrito

Answer 19

1. couch (in a consulting room)
2. a trolley
3. a shopping trolley (eg supermarket, airport=