from class - June 2015

Question 1

to break a (bank)note

Answer 1

cambiar un billete

Question 2

can anyone break this €50 note?

Answer 2

¿alguien me puede cambiar este billete de 50?, ¿alguien tiene cambio de 50?

Question 3

to turn up

Answer 3

aparecer

Question 4

in the meantime

Answer 4

mientras tanto

Question 5

a wasp

Answer 5

una avispa

Question 6

a boiler

Answer 6

una caldera

Question 7

a close thing

Answer 7

por los pelos

Question 8

to steamroller

Answer 8

aplastar / forzar alguien

Question 9

the blueprints

Answer 9

los planos (de un edificio)

Question 10

line of sight

Answer 10

línea de vista

Question 11

strategy

Answer 11

reclamo

Question 12

broken-down (adj)

Answer 12

averiado

Question 13

a drycleaner’s

Answer 13

una tintorería

Question 14

launderette

Answer 14

lavandería automática

Question 15

artichokes

Answer 15

alcachofas

Question 16

rare (meat)

Answer 16

poco hecho

Question 17

medium (meat)

Answer 17

a su punto

Question 18

well-done (meat)

Answer 18

bien hecho

Question 19

raw

Answer 19

crudo

Question 20

grapefruit

Answer 20

pomelo

Question 21

she’ll have to undergo surgery

Answer 21

la van a tener que operar

Question 22

to vouch for somebody

Answer 22

responder por alguien

Question 23

to moonlight

Answer 23

tener un segundo empleo/ estar pluriempleado

Question 24

a foreigner

Answer 24

obra del exterior

Question 25

it's a question of swings and roundabouts

Answer 25

lo que se pierde en una cosa se gana en la otra

Question 26

irreplaceable

Answer 26

irreemplazable / insustituible