F3/Semana 5 (Economía y Mundo Laboral)

Question 1

carne de res

Answer 1

beef

Question 2

estar pendiente

Answer 2

to be on the lookout, to be standing by for updates

Question 3

sobrevivir
el/la superviviente
(la) supervivencia

Answer 3

to survive
survivor
survival

Question 4

(llegar) a cuenta gotas

Answer 4

coming in bits and pieces, a little at a time (often used in reference to the news)

Question 5

(el) cuentagotas

Answer 5

eyedropper

Question 6

convocar elecciones

Answer 6

to call elections

Question 7

(la) cometa

Answer 7

kite

Question 8

rentable

Answer 8

profitable

Question 9

desfavorecido
en desventaja

Answer 9

disadvantaged

Question 10

(el) estaño

Answer 10

tin

Question 11

a rajatabla

(cumplir, hacer, llevar)
Y el enfermo, a cumplir a rajatabla las órdenes del médico

Answer 11

strictly, precisely, rigorously, without fail

Question 12

truenos

Era una tormenta con truenos y relámpagos.

Answer 12

thunder

Question 13

tronar

Answer 13

to thunder

Question 14

relámpagos

Era una tormenta con truenos y relámpagos.

Answer 14

lightning

Question 15

(el) banquete

Answer 15

banquet

Question 16

el/la sabelotodo

Answer 16

know-it-all

Question 17

una meta por sí sola

Answer 17

a goal in and of itself

Question 18

(la) suposición

Answer 18

assumption

Question 19

van mano a mano de

Answer 19

they go hand in hand with

Question 20

(un) círculo vicioso

Answer 20

a vicious cycle

Question 21

no les importa un pepino

Answer 21

they couldn’t care less about; they don’t give a damn

Question 22

ya existente

Answer 22

existing

Question 23

(las) similitudes

Answer 23

similarities

Question 24

(la) balanza comercial

Answer 24

trade balance

Question 25

(el) superávit comercial

Answer 25

trade surplus

Question 26

(el) déficit comercial

Answer 26

trade deficit

Question 27

(el) mercado de exportación

Answer 27

export market

Question 28

(la) diversificación de mercados

Answer 28

market diversification

Question 29

(las) barreras comerciales

Answer 29

trade barriers

Question 30

(el) valor agregado

Answer 30

added value

Question 31

en la cuerda floja, caminar sobre la cuerda floja jugar a la cuerda floja

Answer 31

on a tightrope (referring to a difficult situation) to be playing with fire

Question 32

(la) contracara

Answer 32

the flip side

Question 33

a la postre

Answer 33

in the end, when all is said and done

Question 34

(el) recelo desconfianza, sospecha

Answer 34

distrust, mistrust, suspicion

Question 35

tomar el pelo a alguien

Answer 35

to pull someone's leg

Question 36

imponer aranceles a/contra un país/producto

Answer 36

to impose tariffs on a country/product

Question 37

con bombos y platillos

Answer 37

with pomp and circumstance, with great fanfare

Question 38

(la) represalia los aranceles en represalia = tariffs in retaliation los aranceles de represalia = retaliatory tariffs

Answer 38

retaliation

Question 39

sindicarse, sindicalizarse

Answer 39

to unionize

Question 40

triplicar

Answer 40

to triple

Question 41

(el) desequilibrio

Answer 41

imbalance (trade imbalance, e.g.)