Vocabulary IV

Question 1

Trabajo estable

Answer 1

Steady job

Question 2

Pelearse con alguien

Answer 2

Fall out with someone

Question 3

Llevarse muy bien/de p*** madre

Answer 3

Get on like a house on fire

Question 4

De vez en cuando

Answer 4

Once in a while

Question 5

Ponerse de los nervios mutuamente

Answer 5

Get on each other’s nerves

Question 6

Para colmo de males…

Answer 6

To add insult to injury…

Question 7

Polos opuestos

Answer 7

Poles apart

Question 8

Estar resentido

Answer 8

To have a chip on your shoulder

Question 9

Tener amigos influyentes

Answer 9

To have friends in high places

Question 10

Estar en la lista negra de alguien

Answer 10

To be in somebody’s bad books

Question 11

Hacer llorar a alguien

Answer 11

Reduce someone to tears

Question 12

No tener sentido

Answer 12

To hold no water

Question 13

Tener sentido

Answer 13

To hold water

Question 14

Apenas

Answer 14

Barely

Question 15

Reunión familiar

Answer 15

Family gathering

Question 16

Impensable

Answer 16

Unthinkable

Question 17

Desinformación

Answer 17

Misinformation

Question 18

Desgracia

Answer 18

Misfortune

Question 19

Irrelevante

Answer 19

Irrelevant

Question 20

Nonsense

Answer 20

Sinsentido

Question 21

Salirte con la tuya

Answer 21

To get/have your way

Question 22

Quitar algo del camino

Answer 22

To get something out of the way

Question 23

Incapaz

Answer 23

Incapable

Question 24

Insuficiente

Answer 24

Insufficient

Question 25

Inasequible

Answer 25

Unaffordable

Question 26

Descontento, insatisfecho

Answer 26

Discontent

Question 27

Engañado, confundido

Answer 27

Misled

Question 28

Comprar tu primera casa

Answer 28

To get onto the housing ladder

Question 29

Ya que estamos en ello...

Answer 29

While we are at it...

Question 30

Ser pelota

Answer 30

To be a brown noser

Question 31

Chivato, soplón

Answer 31

Whistleblower, snitch

Question 32

Descuidado

Answer 32

Neglected

Question 33

Fecha límite en...

Answer 33

Due on...

Question 34

Prácticamente

Answer 34

Virtually

Question 35

En el último momento

Answer 35

At the last minute

Question 36

Probar algo, intentar

Answer 36

Have a go at

Question 37

Resulta ser...

Answer 37

Happens to be...

Question 38

Tener una extensión de tiempo...

Answer 38

Have an extension...

Question 39

Borde

Answer 39

Shirty

Question 40

Ponerse al día

Answer 40

To catch on

Question 41

Compensar

Answer 41

To make up for it

Question 42

Persona muy sociable

Answer 42

Social butterfly

Question 43

Con mucha bulla, muy animado

Answer 43

Buzzing

Question 44

Sitio donde se organiza/celebra algo

Answer 44

Venue

Question 45

Estar petado, lleno de gente

Answer 45

Packed out

Question 46

Amigos

Answer 46

Pals

Question 47

Abusar

Answer 47

Overuse

Question 48

Estar de acuerdo

Answer 48

To go along with something

Question 49

Estar muy equivocado

Answer 49

To bark up to the wrong tree

Question 50

Acaparar más de la cuenta

Answer 50

Bite off more than you can chew

Question 51

Introvertido

Answer 51

Introvert

Question 52

Polémico

Answer 52

Contentious

Question 53

Tocarte la china

Answer 53

Draw the short straw

Question 54

Crecer, mejorar

Answer 54

On the rise

Question 55

Ser la leche

Answer 55

To be the cat meow/pajamas