Unit 8. Through the Ages

Question 1

A period of time of which particular events or stages of development are typical. E.g. the Clinton era, the post-war era. (Era, época)

Answer 1

Era

Question 2

To collect in or form into a mass, or to make something do this. (Acumularse)

Answer 2

Bank

Question 3

Either of the two points at the most northern and most southern ends of the Earth, around which the Earth turns. (Polo)

Answer 3

Pole

Question 4

• A simple, quickly-made drawing that does not have many details. (Boceto, croquis) - A short written or spoken story that does not have many details. (Borrador, esquema)

Answer 4

Sketch

Question 5

(Expression) To be able to understand a clock.

Answer 5

Tell the time

Question 6

If your watch or clock is _, it shows a time that is later than the correct rime. (Adelantado)

Answer 6

Fast

Question 7

(Idiom) To make a difficult situation even worse for someone. (Hurgar en la herida)

Answer 7

Rub salt in/into the wound

Question 8

A legth of hair or other material that is divided into three parts that are then crossed over each other in a special pattern. (Trenza)

Answer 8

Plait

Question 9

The work of a dentist. (Odontología)

Answer 9

Dentistry

Question 10

To form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have. (Deducir, insinuar, inferior)

Answer 10

Infer

Question 11

Giving all your attention to something. (Ensimismado, absorto)

Answer 11

Engrossed

Question 12

A pile or mass of earth, clouds,etc. (Montículo, agrupación)

Answer 12

Bank

Question 13

Before a particular time or event. (Antes de)

Answer 13

Prior to something

Question 14

To exist or continue for a particular length of time. (Abarcar)

Answer 14

Span

Question 15

In the past.

Answer 15

Formerly

Question 16

(an example of) Uncontrolled and excited behaviour or emotion that is sometimes violent. (Frenesí, histeria)

Answer 16

Frenzy

Question 17

To join three or more pieces of hair or string-like material by putting them over each other in a special pattern. (Trenzar)

Answer 17

Plait

Question 18

(Idiom) (Especially of a place) very clean and tidy.

Answer 18

Spick and span

Question 19

To have existed or happened before another thing. (Antedatar, precede, ser anterior a)

Answer 19

Predate

Question 20

A _ of something, such as blood or human organs for medical use, is a place that stores these things for a later use. (Banco)

Answer 20

Bank

Question 21

A row of similar things, especially machines or parts of machines. (Hilera)

Answer 21

Bank

Question 22

(Phrasal verb) (UK informal) If two people _, they work or live together in a satisfactory way. (Llevarse bien con, ser tal para cual)

Answer 22

Rub along

Question 23

(Expression) (Formal) The particular problem that makes a situation difficult or impossible. (El problema)

Answer 23

The rub

Question 24

(Cronológico)

Answer 24

Chronological

Question 25

(Phrasal verb) To remove something, especially a pencil mark by rubbing it. (Borrar)

Answer 25

UK: Rub out US: Erase

Question 26

(Puntual)

Answer 26

Punctual

Question 27

A particular period of time. E.g. the Victorian age, the modern age, the nuclear age. (Era, época)

Answer 27

Age

Question 28

To introduce something in stages over a particular period of time. (Introducir paulatinamente)

Answer 28

Phase

Question 29

- To keep your money in a particular bank, or to put money into a bank. (Tener una cuenta con, ingresar, depositar) - (Informal) To win or earn a particular amount of money.

Answer 29

Bank

Question 30

(Phrasal verb) To murder someone.

Answer 30

Rub out

Question 31

(Consecutivo)

Answer 31

Consecutive

Question 32

To be one of the first people to do something. (Ser pionero)

Answer 32

Pioneer

Question 33

In a bridge _ a river, it goes from one side to the other. (Cruzar, extenderse sobre)

Answer 33

Span

Question 34

(Formal) Existing of happening before something else, or before a particular time. (Anterior, previo)

Answer 34

Prior

Question 35

The act or rubbing something. (Frote)

Answer 35

Rub

Question 36

To make a sketch of something. (Esbozar)

Answer 36

Sketch

Question 37

A person who is one of the first people to do something. (Pionero)

Answer 37

Pioneer

Question 38

A period of 1000 years, or the time when a period of 1000 years ends. (Milenio, fin de milenio)

Answer 38

Millennium Plural: Millennia / Millenniums

Question 39

(Idiom) To annoy someone without intending to. (Irritar, fastidiar)

Answer 39

UK: rub somebody up the wrong way US: rub somebody the wrong way

Question 40

(Phrasal verb) If a quality or characteristic that someone has \_, other people begin to have it because they have been with the person and learned it from them. (Contagiarse)

Answer 40

Rub off

Question 41

To press or be pressed against something with a circular or up-and-down repeated movement. (Frotar, restregar)

Answer 41

Rub

Question 42

To slowly reduce or destroy something. (Mermar, deteriorarse, desgastar)

Answer 42

Erode

Question 43

(Expression) Happening or done at the particular moment that it was expected to happen or be done.

Answer 43

(Bang / Dead/ Right) On time

Question 44

To look at something or someone for a long time, especially in surprise or admiration, or because you are thinking about something else. (Mirar fijamente)

Answer 44

Gaze

Question 45

(Excavación)

Answer 45

Excavation

Question 46

(Inminente)

Answer 46

Imminent

Question 47

(Idiom) To meet and spend time with someone. (Codearse)

Answer 47

UK: rub shoulders with US: rub elbows with

Question 48

A long look, usually of a particular kind. (Mirada)

Answer 48

Gaze

Question 49

Slopping raised land, especially along the sides of a river. (Orilla)

Answer 49

Bank

Question 50

(Formal) More important

Answer 50

Prior

Question 51

To rub or be rubbed away gradually. (Erosionar(se))

Answer 51

Erode

Question 52

A person who goes to an area and builds a house, begins a farm, etc. (Colonizador)

Answer 52

Pioneer

Question 53

- The length of something from one end the other. (Palmo, envergadura) - The area of a bridge, etc. between two supports. (Arcada)

Answer 53

Span

Question 54

(Idiom) To say or do things that make someone remember that they failed or got something wrong. (Restregar algo por las narices)

Answer 54

Rub somebody's nose in it

Question 55

- A length of time. (Periodo, tiempo) - In school, a division of time in the day when a subject is taught. (Clase) - A fixed time during the life of a person or in history. (Etapa, periodo)

Answer 55

Period

Question 56

The period of time that something exists or happens. (Lapso, espacio de tiempo)

Answer 56

Span

Question 57

(Arqueólogo)

Answer 57

Archeologist

Question 58

A short humorous part of a longer show on stage, television or radio. (Sketch)

Answer 58

Sketch

Question 59

(Que require mucho tiempo)

Answer 59

Time-consuming

Question 60

Either of two completely opposite or different opinions, positions, or qualities. (Polo)

Answer 60

Pole

Question 61

If something _ you, it is so interesting that you give it all attention. (Absorber, cautivar)

Answer 61

Engross

Question 62

(of an aircraft) To fly with one wing higher than the other when turning. (Ladear)

Answer 62

Bank

Question 63

A raised area of earth made, especially in the past, for defence against enemy attack. (Excavación, movimientos de tierra, terraplén)

Answer 63

Earthwork

Question 64

A long, thin stick of wood or metal, often used standing straight up in the ground to support things. (Poste, asta, palo)

Answer 64

Pole

Question 65

(Expression) Early enough

Answer 65

In time

Question 66

- Connected with studying or representing things from the past. - Used to describe prices, values, etc, in the past.

Answer 66

Historical

Question 67

- Any stage in a series of events or in a process of development. (Fase, etapa) - A period of time of strange or difficult behaviour, especially that a young child or person goes through, that will stop after a while. - The _ of the moon are the regular changes in its shape as it appears to us on Earth. (Fases de la luna)

Answer 67

Phase