F4/Semana 3

Question 1

(la) escaramuza

Answer 1

skirmish

Question 2

(el) caldo de cultivo

Answer 2

breeding ground

Question 3

descabellado/a

Answer 3

absurd, crazy, ridiculous, unhinged

Question 4

acechar

Answer 4

to stalk

Question 5

malgastar

Answer 5

to waste, to squander

Question 6

votar por [alguien/algo]

Answer 6

to vote for [someone/something]

Question 7

conservador(a)
(el) conservadurismo

Answer 7

conservative
conservatism

Question 8

(la) clase media-alta

Answer 8

upper-middle class

Question 9

incierto/a

Answer 9

untrue

Question 10

(la) condición subyacente

Answer 10

underlying condition

Question 11

fidedigno/a

Answer 11

reliable, trustworthy, accurately reflecting reality

Question 12

integrarse

Answer 12

to assimilate (into a society)

Question 13

magnificar
magnificado/a

Answer 13

to exaggerate
exaggerated

Question 14

momentáneo/a

Answer 14

momentary

Question 15

“mejor malo conocido que malo por conocer”

Answer 15

better the devil you know than the devil you don’t

Question 16

escalar
escalado/a
(la) escalada

Answer 16

to escalate
escalated
escalation

Question 17

abandonar un acuerdo/tratado

Answer 17

to leave an agreement/treaty

Question 18

(la) cadena de montaje

Answer 18

assembly line

Question 19

votar/pensar con el bolsillo

Answer 19

to vote/think with one’s wallet

Question 20

(el) germen

Answer 20

germ (of an idea)

Question 21

tervigersar
(la) tergiversación

Answer 21

to twist/distort (the truth)
a distortion, misrepresentation (of the truth)

Question 22

dar marcha atrás

Answer 22

to go back, to reverse

Question 23

retractarse

Answer 23

to retract (a previous statement)

Question 24

(la) demografía

grupo demográfico

Answer 24

demography, demographics

demographic group

Question 25

no puedo hablar en nombre de [alguien]

Answer 25

I can't speak for [person/group]

Question 26

resquebrajado/a

Answer 26

flawed, cracked

Question 27

Espero no tener (not "espero que no tengo")

Answer 27

I hope that I don't have (infinitive use)

Question 28

eficiente eficaz brillante innovador(a) vanguardista

Answer 28

synonyms for "bueno" (to be used instead of "buena idea")

Question 29

así pues dicho esto por todo ello

Answer 29

(connector words) such that having said that for all the above/for all of those reasons

Question 30

(el) atraco

Answer 30

heist

Question 31

(la) grieta

Answer 31

crack (in the wall, etc.)

Question 32

"como otro/a cualquiera" Una religión como otra cualquiera Un libro como otro cualquiera

Answer 32

like any other A religion like any other A book like any other

Question 33

(el) malecón

Answer 33

boardwalk

Question 34

día tras día

Answer 34

day after day

Question 35

hinchable

Answer 35

inflatable

Question 36

a cuenta de [algo/alguien] a cuenta del erario publico = at taxpayer's expense

Answer 36

at [someone/something's] expense

Question 37

sufragado por financiado por

Answer 37

paid by