From class - until July 15

Question 1

currency

Answer 1

moneda

Question 2

legal tender

Answer 2

moneda de curso legal

Question 3

a double-decker bus

Answer 3

un autobús de dos pisos

Question 4

heyday

Answer 4

el auge

Question 5

a hamlet

Answer 5

una aldea

Question 6

to laugh at

Answer 6

burlarse de

Question 7

TBC (to be confirmed)

Answer 7

por confirmar

Question 8

a fuse (bomb)

Answer 8

mecha / espoleta

Question 9

offside (football)

Answer 9

fuera de juego

Question 10

jack of all trades, master of none

Answer 10

apendiz de mucho, maestro de nada

Question 11

to milk (exploit)

Answer 11

exprimir / chupar el sangre a

Question 12

to slacken (something bearing pressure)

Answer 12

aflojarse

Question 13

to loosen (something that’s tight, i.e. a screw, tie etc)

Answer 13

aflojarse

Question 14

the reins

Answer 14

rienda

Question 15

to keep a tight rein on expenses

Answer 15

llevar un estricto control de los gastos

Question 16

su mujer le tiene controlada la bebida

Answer 16

his wife keeps a tight rein on his drinking

Question 17

to fall off (somewhere higher to somewhere lower)

Answer 17

caerse

Question 18

to misplace

Answer 18

perder (temporalmente) / traspapelar

Question 19

to miss the boat

Answer 19

perder el tren

Question 20

opportunity knocks but once!

Answer 20

El tren pasa solamente una vez, aprovéchalo

Question 21

to get left behind

Answer 21

quedarse atrás

Question 22

to find out

Answer 22

enterarse

Question 23

bead

Answer 23

cuenta / abalorio

Question 24

savvy (adjective)

Answer 24

espabilado

Question 25

a record label

Answer 25

compañía discográfica

Question 26

body / bodywork (of a car)

Answer 26

carrocería

Question 27

to promise

Answer 27

prometer

Question 28

to see things through rose-tinted glasses

Answer 28

ver las cosas de color de rosa

Question 29

hay fever

Answer 29

alergia / fiebre del heno

Question 30

a sitcom (situation comedy)

Answer 30

comedia (acerca de situaciones de la vida diaria)

Question 31

toothache /eík/

Answer 31

doler de muelas

Question 32

big-headed (adj)

Answer 32

creído/engreído

Question 33

to start something from scratch

Answer 33

empezar desde cero

Question 34

tax haven

Answer 34

paraíso fiscal

Question 35

tax bracket

Answer 35

banda impositiva

Question 36

sceptical (adj)

Answer 36

escéptico / tener dudas acerca de o con respecto a alguien/algo

Question 37

a photobooth

Answer 37

fotomatón

Question 38

the newlyweds

Answer 38

los recién casados

Question 39

to be worked off your feet

Answer 39

estar agobiado de trabajo

Question 40

to tighten

Answer 40

apretarse

Question 41

frenzied (adj)

Answer 41

exaltado

Question 42

to go off

Answer 42

explotar / estallar (bomba) / sonar (una alarma)

Question 43

a script

Answer 43

un guión

Question 44

goggles (for swimming or skiing)

Answer 44

gafas de natación / esquí

Question 45

to resign

Answer 45

dimitir

Question 46

to handover

Answer 46

entregar / tranferir (responsibilidad)

Question 47

a lieu day

Answer 47

día libre (por trabajar horas extras o findes)

Question 48

to be on the same wavelength

Answer 48

estar en la misma onda

Question 49

to sound off

Answer 49

pontificar

Question 50

to let off steam

Answer 50

deshogarse

Question 51

in laymen's terms

Answer 51

en términos sencillos / en lenguaje llano

Question 52

a dealership

Answer 52

un concesonario (de coches)

Question 53

in hindsight

Answer 53

a posteriori

Question 54

a backlog

Answer 54

un atraso

Question 55

a shift

Answer 55

un turno de trabajo

Question 56

to change one's tune

Answer 56

cambiar de parecer

Question 57

down-to-earth

Answer 57

realista / práctico

Question 58

to fly under the radar

Answer 58

ir bajo el radar

Question 59

to pester (to keep asking somebody for something)

Answer 59

ponerse pesado con algo