Instituto Cervantes 02_08

Question 1

1a. in bars = bocadilla que contiene un filete caliente
1b. bocadilla =sandwich con pan de barra
1c. pan de molde = sliced bread
5. “mojama” = filleted salt cured tuna, typical Huelva + Cadiz
6. celery,opium

Answer 1

1a. what is un pepito de ternera?
1b. what is it an example of?
1c. what other type of bread?
5. what “más seco que mojama” mean?
6. word play - apio e opio

Question 2

3. la obra ALABADA (from alabar = praise, has a religious)
   3b. ALABADO sea el Señor
4. LOOK FOR cf SEARCH ie greater intensity

Answer 2

2. (exp), but has the idea that it has more impact
   3a. the MUCH-LAUDED work (explain adj)
   3b. Praised be the Lord.
3. Explain BUSCAR cf REBUSCAR

Question 3

1. el OCASO del imperio romano (crepúsculo)
2. somos tocayos (tocayo)
3. hombros tan DESFALLECIDOS (weak, ie point when energy just about to give out - desfallecer = 1. to faint = DESMAYARSE, 2, to feel exhausted = AGOTARSE)
4. como ABISMADO (abismar = to plunge into despair BUT ABISMARSE EN = to be engrossed in, hence adj has inward looking appearance + from abismo = abyss)

Answer 3

1. the TWILIGHT of the roman empire (N = means twighlight lit + fig) (alt N)
2. you’re my namesake (namesake N)
3. shoulders so WEAK (explain adj + vb origin + vb 2 meanings + alt vb)
4. how WITHDRAWN-LOST IN THOUGHT (explain adj + vb and pronom vb + origin)

Question 4

1. olvide el AGRAVIO (as in AFRENTA (afrentar) or INJURIA (injuriar) (agraviar)
2. el ESPALDAR de butaca rosa (respaldo)
3. bajo el botón SALIENTE DEl ombligo (parte que sobresale en una cosa)(sobresalir)
4. un encantador BIENINTENCIONADO
5. una alegre TONADA (melodia)

Answer 4

1. forget the OFFENCE (as in AFFRONT (vb) or INSULT (vb)) (to offend)
2. the BACK of the pink (large) chair (syn for back eg of a chair)
3. under the button PROTRUDING from the navel (define in Span) (vb to protrude)
4. a WELL-INTENTIONED charmer (eg of snakes)
5. a happy TUNE (+ syn)

Question 5

1a. estaba tumbado BOCA ARRIBA
1b. estaba tumbado BOCA ABAJO
2a. le preguntaron si ES DE MORTERO O MONEDERO y confesó entre risas que por detrás le gusta más
2b mortero = mortar (and pestle = la Mano de mortero) + ano/anus has this shape. monedero (purse) has vertical slit and way open

Answer 5

1a. he was lying FACE UP
1b. he was lying FACE DOWN
2a. they asked her is SHE LIKED IT IN THE ASS OR PUSSY and she confessed between laughs that she liked it more from behind
2b. explain expression (popular from 2013, euphemism cos’ hour of TV show)

Question 6

2. El trono de Álex y Miriam está a punto de saltar por los aires. (saltar por las aires = ESTALLAR, also = burst eg un globo)
3. La cosa pinta mal (= situación dificil)
4. música -> cantautor -> partitura -> compás -> tararear

Answer 6

2. Alex and Miriam’s throne is about to BLOW UP (exp + equiv vb with 2 meanings)
3. Looks ugly + It’s not good + Looks bad (exp)
4. music (N) -> singer-songwriter (N) -> sheet music (N) -> beat/rhythym (N) -> to hum (vb)

Question 7

1. le CONTÉ LAS CUARENTA (me/te contar las cuarenta)(reñir = to tell off, regañar = to scold)
2. vamos a HACER horas extras POR AMOR AL ARTE (hacer algo por amor al arte)
3. poesía -> verso -> estrofa -> recitar -> rima

Answer 7

1. I gave him a good talking too (exp ie to tell so off) (equiv vbx2)
2. We’ll do some extra hours for the fun of it (exp ie when do s.th without expecting recompense)
3. poetry (N) -> poem (N) -> verse (N) -> to recite (vb) -> ryhme (N)

Question 8

1. Esto es coser y cantar
2. pintura -> caballete -> paleta -> pincel -> trazo -> lienzo -> boceto + hacer un boceto
3. la oscura noche
4. la noche negra
5. oscuro = un valor therefore b4 N, negro = obj colour therefore after N

Answer 8

1. That’s a piece of cake (or child’s play) (exp)
2. painting (N) -> easel (N) -> palette (N) + what in kitchen) -> paint brush (N) -> stroke (N) -> canvas (N) -> sketch (N) + to sketch (vb)
3. the dark night
4. the black night
5. explain 3a and 3b

Question 9

1a. MÁS BIEN los pacientes escapados de un LOQUERO que …
1b. … una procesión de los piadosos.
2. Este chico es un manitas: lo mismo arregla la caldera que repara la ventana rota. (use of lo mismo + que to compare 2 constrasting situations to illustrate a statement)
3a. el azulado papel para empapelar
3b. el papel para empapelar azul
3c. tones B4 N (more subj), colores after N (obj)

Answer 9

1a. MORE LIKE the escaped patients of an ASYLUM-MADHOUSE than …
1b. … a procession of the faithful.
2. That boy is a HANDYMAN: he fixes the boiler and repairs the broken window. (What eg of)
3a. the bluish wallpaper
3b. the blue wallpaper
3c. explain 3a. and 3b.

Question 10

1a. No es posible diferenciar A los ricos de los pobres
1b. … dentro de esta TURBA apiñada
1c. … en este perdido DESFILE tropezando hacia adelante a tientas.
2. Cada año es lo mismo: vamos a vacciones en la playa. (lo mismo = the same)

Answer 10

1a. It´s not possible to differentiate the rich from the poor …
1b. … within this HUDDLED MOB (huddled as in crammed in) (Not muchedumbre = crowd)
1b. … in this lost PARADE-PROCESSION stumbling forwards blindly
2. Each year is the same: we go on holidays to the beach. (What an eg of?)

Question 11

1a. La victima SUPLICÓ POR su vida
1a. Antonio Banderas SUPLICÓ el perdón de su hija
1c. suplicar por = literally beg, suplicar = metaphorically ie ask for
2. el discurso de GALARDONADO (from galardonar = to award, a prize -> galardón = award)
3. están muy emotivo
4. patio de butacas

Answer 11

1a. the victim begged for his life
1b. Antonio Banderas begged his daughter´s forgiveness
1c. explain the difference
2. the prize-winner’s speech (explain adj -> vb -> N)
3. they’re very moving
4. the stalls (in a theatre)

Question 12

1a. El entrenedor SE DISCULPÓ POR el fracaso del equipo en …
1b. No DISCULPES todo lo que hace Ana. Tiene que aprendar a RESPONSABILIZARSE DE sus actos.
1c. disculparse por = pedir perdon, disculpar = perdonar
3. Tauvo que responderle EN CALIENTE
3b. on the spur of the moment or on the fly ie idea of doing something in the moment/immediately

Answer 12

1a. The trainer APOLOGISED FOR the team´s failure in
1b. Don’t EXCUSE whatever Ana does. She has to learn to TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR her acts.
1c. explain the difference
3a. I had to answer him THERE AND THEN
3b. explain phrase

Question 13

1a. Los acusados NEGARON ante el juez haber participado en …
1b. Gracias a las sufrigistas se dejó de NEGAR el derecho al voto a las mujeres.
1c. ME NIEGO A pedirle. Ella fue la que se equivocó, no yo.
1c. negar = deny (refute), negar = deny (refuse, withhold s.th), negarse a = refuse (decline to do s.th)

Answer 13

1a. The accused DENIED before the judge having participated in ….
1b. Thanks to the suffragettes the right to vote is no longer DENIED to women
1c. I REFUSE to ask her. She´s the one who was wrong, not me.
1d. explain the differences

Question 14

1a. Los manifestantes REIVINDICABAN el derecho a una vivienda DIGNA.
1b. Los terroristas REIVINDICAN el atentado horas después del suceso.
1c. 1a reivindiar = reclamar. 1b. = atribuirse la autoria
3. modelo a seguir
4a. que va un año a Paris
4b. que va por un año a Paris

Answer 14

1a. The protestors DEMAND the right to a DECENT home.
1b. The terrorists CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR the attack hours after the event.
1c. explain the difference
3. role model
4a. who goes to Paris for a year (Esp) (Elvira)
4b. who goes to Paris for a year (S Amer)

Question 15

1a. ANTE LAS EVIDENCIAS, no tuvo más remedio que CONFESAR sus crimenes.
1b. ME CONFIESO + seguidora incondicional de John Irving. Leo todos sus libros.
1c. 1a. confesar = admitir + decir pecados (antes la cura), 1b confesarse + N = to share with s.o
3. para conseguir una mayor repercusión mediática
4. SIEMPRE QUE afloran las emociones en público suele haber un momento catártico

Answer 15

1a. FACED WITH THE EVIDENCE he had no choice but to CONFESS his crimes. (Not no opción)
1b. I ADMIT I’M an unconditional fan of John Irving. I read all his books.
3. to achieve greater media impact
4. WHENEVER the emotions RISE TO THE SURFACE in public there is usually a cathartic moment

Question 16

1. escultura -> esculpir -> mármol -> cincel -> yeso

2a. Una SERPENTINA cola de DESALIÑADOS peregrinos (desaliñar = disorder, ruffle one´s composure + DESHARRAPADO + FACHOSO

Answer 16

1. sculpture (N) -> to sculpt (vb) -> marble (N) -> chisel (N) -> plaster (N)
   2a. a WINDING line of SLOVENLY pilgrims (adj = RAGGED + SCRUFFY + origin)
   2b. wander through
   2c. a desolate WIND-SWEPT landscape.
   3a. gloomy (ie little light) x2 (adj)
   3b. gloomy (ie depressing) x2 (adj)