Instituto Cervantes 02_05

Question 1

1. manualidades
2. joyería + bisutería
3. moho (pronounce like mow in English)
4. mohoso
5. piratear un DVD (una DVD pirata)

Answer 1

1. crafts (as in handicrafts)
2. jewellery + costume jewellery (as in low value jewellery)
3. mould (pronounce pronounce in English?)
4. therefore what is mouldy?
5. to copy a DVD (eg of a movie)

Question 2

1. en calidad de asesora (calidad = 2 meanings, 1 = quality, 2 = status, as in position) (asesor eg asesor financiero)
2. un análisis de las REVISIONES sistemáticas (inspection)
3. una cantidad MEDIBLE de
4. para preservar y RESTAURAR el qi

Answer 2

1. in an advisory capacity (1. explain capacity?) (2. what is advisor or consultant as N? eg financial advisor)
2. an analysis of the systematic REVIEWS (what esle N mean eg re troops?)
3. a MEASURABLE quantity of
4. to preserve and RESTORE the chi (eg to original state)

Question 3

1. el bulo (from burlar - 1. To dodge, evade, get past + 2. To cheat (by deceiving) to outwit) burlarse de = to mock or make fun of)
2. su RENTABILIDAD
3. No pudimos ACUDIR A la reunión DEBIDO A QUE no se nos avisó CON ANTELACIÓN
4. Es que estoy DE mudanza.

Answer 3

1. unfounded rumour or hoax or fake news (explain N)
2. its PROFITABILITY
3. We wouldn´t GO TO the meeting BECAUSE the didn´t let us know BEFOREHAND (vb, as in go to a place) (because NOT porque)
4. It’s that I’m moving.

Question 4

1. 1st = scarcely or barely, as in with difficulty or short time. 2nd = AS SOON AS + indic if refer to pres or past or subj if refer to future
2. en cuanto + tan pronto = 1 event immediately follows another

Answer 4

1. what is the 2nd meaning of apenas + struct
2. What other 2 expressions mean the same + when used

Question 5

1. ¿Qué ocurrirá si hay un CONTAGIO en una ALMAZARA o un TAJO?
2. Es la CAMPAÑA + OLEÍCOLA
3. no haya restricciones de AFORO en los vehículos (aforo = aforar = to appraise, when gauging the quantity of stuff so as to work out how much to pay)
4. que se utilizan para el transporte DE las CUADRILLAS (1. bunch/group + 2. squad = peletón)
5. los temporeros

Answer 5

1. What would happen if there is a CONTAMINATION in an OLIVE MILL or a WORK SITE? (El Pais)
2. It is the OLIVE OIL + SEASON (olive oil = adj) (season = N, as in period of time + not temporada o estación)
3. there are no CAPACITY restrictions on the vehicles (N not capacidad, explain origin of N)
4. that they use to transport the WORK GANG (what word mean = 1. group of people + 2. group of soldiers + syn)
5. the temps (as in temp workers)

Question 6

1a, arte escénico (escenario = stage, on which perform)

1b. arte efímero (as in fleeting, short lived)
2. La Giaconda
3. el séptimo arte
4. la época renacentista

Answer 6

1a. performance art (eg dance) (explain origin of adj)
1b. ephemeral art (explain adj)
2. The Mona Lisa
3. Spaniards call cinema “the ? art”
4. the renaissance period

Question 7

1a. EN CUANTO A arte contemporáneo SE REFIERE
1b en cuanto a = as far as = AS REGARDS TO, idea of relating to (conj)
1c. referir = to refer to, as in relate or narrate + referirSE = to concern, as in to mention or to alude to
2. se trata de PIEZAS SENSORIALES (pieza = here, a piece of art) (de sentido = sense, perceive stimulus)

Answer 7

1a. AS FAR AS contemporary art IS CONCERNED
1b. explain - as far as
1c. explain - is concerned
2. its about SENSORY PIECES (explain N) (adj from what N?)

Question 8

1. Eso es muy POLÉMICO tambien (as in disputed + re person = argumentative, cos disputes things a lot)
2. rodeadas DE pájaros DISECADOS (rodear de) (disecar = to stuff (animals) + to dry (so as to preserve)(de = no sense of movt, like saying lleno de - full of)
   3a. con un DULZÓN olor a frescas
   3b empalagoso -> empalagar = to be too sweet + gooey re person, ie overly sentimental + all idea of being just too sweet
3. baboso -> baba = dribble or slobber (saliva = saliva)

Answer 8

1. That is very CONTROVERSIAL also (explain adj + what mean re a person?)
2. surrounded by STUFFED birds (vb to surround by) (vb - to stuff + what re plants?) (why prep?)
   3a. with a SICKLY-SWEET smell of strawberries
   3b syn for sickly-sweet + origin (vb) + what mean re a person and why?
3. slimy (re person) + explain origin (n)

Question 9

1. en medio de un PARAJE desértico (here deserted, as in no people + adj for desert = el desierto)
2. con instrumentos musicales DISEMINADOS por aquÍ y por allá (from diseminar = to scatter, as in to spread = DESPERDIGAR + ESPARCIR)(gr = por + aquí and por + allá)
3. revoloteando por toda la sala un montón de pájaros (revolotear = to fly around + flutter (birds) + swarm (re insects + figuratively people) (por = sense of movt)
4. SE POSAN en ellos (posarse en) (aterrizar en)

Answer 9

1. in the middle of a deserted PLACE ( + not lugar) (expl adj + what else mean?)
2. with musical instruments SCATTERED here and there (adj origin - vb + 2 syn vb)(grammar pt re here and there)
3. FLYING AROUND [] the room a load of birds (vb + what else mean re birds + re insects=people) (why prep?)
4. to LAND on them (vb use after flying, eg on a surface eg branch + what use if land on the ground)

Question 10

1. la idea PLASMADA por X (plasmar = to express, to give espression to)
2. el mundo cotidiano del trabajo se ve invadido POR LO INSÓLITO
3. un enorme MADEJA de hilo negro (ie a skein in Eng)
4. es INSERVIBLE
5. el silencio SE ADUEÑA DE la estancia (adueñarse = to take over/control of/possession = dueño, owner)

Answer 10

1. the idea EXPRESSED by X (expressed, as in given form or shape by)
2. the everyday world of work seems invaded BY THE UNUSUAL (seems, as in looks NOT appears)
3. an enormous BALL of black thread (N = proper word for a ball of wool, thread etc)
4. it is UNUSABLE (eg when sth is broken)
5. the silence TAKES OVER the (large) room (explain vb)

Question 11

1. profano (adj) = lay or secular (as in unreligious) + also inexpert in sth eg yo soy profano en X = I’m not an expert in X, or I’m a layman
2. primigenio
3. estridente (cos impacta muchisimo) (chillón)
4. nauseabundo ie que produce náuseas
5. Yo tambien llevo unos minutos DE TARDE. (llevar + tiempo = to be, as in spend time on s.th)

Answer 11

1. Expl how use equiv Spanish word to profane in spanish?
2. primal or primeval, as in original (adj)
3. really grating (sound) + garish (colour) (adj) (less strong syn)
4. sickening or nauseating (adj + explain origin)
5. I’ll also be a few minutes late. (getting there) (Elvira + explain “to be” vb)

Question 12

1. penetrante
2. armónico
3. encendido + fiery/passionate + from encender = to turn on
4. vibrante
5. estas obras tan DISPARES (different, as in unlike) (disparejo (adj) = uneven) (un disparate N - madness + a crazy idea)

Answer 12

1. intense (colour + look) (adj) (not intenso)
2. harmonious (colour + sound)(adj)
3. flaming (colour eg red) (adj) + what re person/look + why?
4. bright (colour) or lively (place)
5. these works so DIFFERENT (as in art works) (not diferente) (what similar sounding adj mean?)(what N falso amigo mean?)

Question 13

1. el gusto, la vista, el tacto, el oído, el olfato
   2a. la artisa española es reconocida y COTIZADA ya internacionalmente
   2b. from cotizarse = to be in demand, to be sought after (cotizar = to quote, eg a price)
   3a. ¿Y un personaje puede ser blando? (soft) (No, bland flavoursed food = soso)
   3b. … cuando no tiene mucho personalidad o es muy BENÉVOLO

Answer 13

1. The five senses - taste, sight, touch, hearing, smell (just these 5 in Spanish)
   2a. the spanish artist is already recognised and SOUGHT-AFTER internationally
   2b. explain sought-after
   3a. And a character can be BLAND? (as in movie character). (What else mean?)(Same word for a flavour?)
   3b. … when it doesn’t have much personality or is very KIND (not amable)