from class - June 2015

Question 1

to spend money ON something

Answer 1

gastar dinero en algo

Question 2

a broomstick

Answer 2

una escoba

Question 3

a couch /cauch/

Answer 3

un sófa

Question 4

I hope so / I hope not

Answer 4

espero que si / no

Question 5

I think so

Answer 5

creo que si

Question 6

I don’t think so

Answer 6

creo que no

Question 7

to turn on a tap

Answer 7

abrir el grifo

Question 8

a bellboy (in a hotel)

Answer 8

un botones

Question 9

a tenant

Answer 9

inquilino / arrendatario

Question 10

to find out

Answer 10

enterarse

Question 11

to bury

Answer 11

enterrarse

Question 12

a lost soul

Answer 12

una alma pena

Question 13

to turn on

Answer 13

encender (luces etc)

Question 14

the boy who won the prize

Answer 14

el chico que ganó el premio

Question 15

he who laughs last laughs longest

Answer 15

quien ríe / el que ríe (el) último, ríe mejor

Question 16

he who dares, wins

Answer 16

Quien no arriesga, no gana / El que arriesga gana

Question 17

to go off

Answer 17

explotar (bomb) / sonar (alarma)

Question 18

broken-down (adj)

Answer 18

averiado

Question 19

a drycleaner’s

Answer 19

la tintorería

Question 20

to demote

Answer 20

degradar

Question 21

smog

Answer 21

la niebla tóxica

Question 22

a seller

Answer 22

un vendedor (no profesional)

Question 23

a buyer

Answer 23

un comprador

Question 24

an estate agent’s

Answer 24

inmobiliaria

Question 25

slate

Answer 25

pizarra

Question 26

a rug

Answer 26

una alfombra

Question 27

white goods / appliances

Answer 27

electrodomésticos

Question 28

an inch

Answer 28

una pulgada

Question 29

wooden decking

Answer 29

suelo de madera para la terraza

Question 30

to fall through

Answer 30

fracasar una venta / un trato

Question 31

first refusal

Answer 31

darle a alguien la primera opción (de compra)

Question 32

to put your foot down (to be insistent)

Answer 32

imponerse / no ceder

Question 33

overactive

Answer 33

febril

Question 34

underwater

Answer 34

submarino

Question 35

to overheat

Answer 35

recalentar / calentar demasiado

Question 36

to be overdrawn (a bank account in the red)

Answer 36

tener descubierto

Question 37

underfunded

Answer 37

infradotado/ insuficientemente financiado

Question 38

overrated

Answer 38

sobrevalorado

Question 39

to derail (a train) / (metaphorically - to upset plans or negotiations)

Answer 39

hacer descarrilar / desbaratar

Question 40

a caterer

Answer 40

persona o firma que se encarga del servicio de comida y bebida para fiestas, cafeterías etc

Question 41

a wedding reception

Answer 41

el banquete de la boda

Question 42

faulty

Answer 42

defectuoso

Question 43

to offload (LNG from the ship into tanks)

Answer 43

descargar

Question 44

to unload (cargo from a ship / plane)

Answer 44

descargar

Question 45

to download (films from the internet)

Answer 45

descargar / bajar

Question 46

to run down (a battery so that it has no charge)

Answer 46

descargarse

Question 47

a leak

Answer 47

una fuga

Question 48

sour grapes (a bad feeling again somebody)

Answer 48

frustración

Question 49

to faint

Answer 49

desmayarse

Question 50

seedless (fruit, especially grapes)

Answer 50

sin pepitas

Question 51

to sink

Answer 51

hundirse

Question 52

to blow out (extinguish candles etc)

Answer 52

apagarse

Question 53

to be bound for / on route to

Answer 53

rumbo a

Question 54

the Navy

Answer 54

la marina

Question 55

to sail

Answer 55

navegar / ir en barco

Question 56

to cut your losses

Answer 56

cortar por lo sano / (Finance) reducir las pérdidas

Question 57

rehearsal

Answer 57

un ensayo

Question 58

to stump somebody

Answer 58

dejar mudar

Question 59

his question stumped

Answer 59

me no supe qué contestarle

Question 60

I'm completely stumped for an answer

Answer 60

no sé qué contestar, no tengo respuesta

Question 61

the luggage rack

Answer 61

la rejilla / portaequipajes

Question 62

lost property

Answer 62

objectos perdidos

Question 63

to set off

Answer 63

salir

Question 64

to update

Answer 64

actualizar