Workbook 3

Question 0

Basurero

Answer 0

Dustman or refuse collector

Question 1

Contenedor de basura

Answer 1

Skip

A large metal container in which you can throw away bulky items

Question 2

Chatarrero

Answer 2

Rag picker

Question 3

Camion de la basura

Answer 3

Dustcart

Question 4

Basura que se tira por la calle, patio , etc

Answer 4

Litter
Tirar papeles o ensuciar el patio
To litter the playground

Question 5

Basura

Answer 5

Rubbish,

Refuse

Question 6

Vertedero, basurero

Esta casa es una pocilga

Answer 6

Tip
This house is a tip (familiar)
Tip tambien significa propina

Question 7

Estallido de escritura grafitis

Answer 7

Outbreak of graffiti-writing

Question 8

Hay slogans pintados con spray por toda la ciudad

Answer 8

There are slogans sprayed all over the walls in the town

Question 9

Mas de, more than

Answer 9

In excess of

In excess of 2thousand people die from heart attack annually

Question 10

I wonder if my son is taking fitness to extremes

Answer 10

Dennis went over the top to make Paul feel at ease

Pasarse

Question 11

Lema , divisa

Mi lema es moderacion en todas las cosas

Answer 11

My motto is moderation in all things

Question 12

Comprar en exceso es la debilidad de laura

Answer 12

Shopping in excess is laura’s weakness

Question 13

Estresado, agobiado

Answer 13

Overstretched

Question 14

Oversensitive

She is very oversensitive and gets upset very easily

Answer 14

Sobrevalorado

Overrated

Question 15

The two coffees cost us 20€, which I thought was terribly overpriced

Answer 15

Agotado, cansado

Overtired

Question 16

Engullir, devorar

Answer 16

Wolf

Question 17

Ahogarse(al tragar) asfixiarse,

Answer 17

choke /tf6uk

He almost choked when he was wolfing the sandwich

Question 18

Nip and tuck

Answer 18

Cirugia plastica

Question 19

Meterse para el cuerpo, comer avidamente

Answer 19

Tuck into

Question 20

Lamer

Answer 20

Lick

Question 21

Hacer una confidencia

Answer 21

Confide

Question 22

Cleft sentences

Answer 22

Oraciones “partidas”
He paid 20€.
No, it was 25 € that he paid.

Question 23

Dar una fiesta, organizar una fiesta

Answer 23

Throw a huge party

Question 24

Otra cleft sentence: | No, it was for his birthday that he threw a party

Answer 24

Oraciones con "what "clause para dar enfasis What he did was break a record What I love is eat chips and salad

Question 25

Uncooperative, undeserving (no merecedor, not worthy) uninformative(poco educativo, not educTional, poco instructivo ). unreceptive Carefulness,powerless

Answer 25

Disadvantageous,disrespectful, discourteous,/dis'k3:ti6s descortes Indecisive(indeciso) inadvisable, insubstantial

Question 26

Decidido,ser decidido una persona

Answer 26

To be decisive

Question 27

Un cascarrabias, a complainer

Answer 27

Crank

Question 28

Manija, manilla, manivela

Answer 28

Crank, handle

Question 29

Pocos, escasos recursos

Answer 29

Scarce resources

Question 30

Escasamente, a penas, brevemente

Answer 30

Scarcely , barely

Question 31

Analfabetismo

Answer 31

Illiteracy

Question 32

Analfabetismo descontrolado

Answer 32

Rampant illiteracy

Question 33

Comunidad rural indigente, desamparada | Destitute

Answer 33

Destitute rural community

Question 34

Usureros de los prestamos

Answer 34

Loan shark

Question 35

Apuro, dificil situacion, dilema

Answer 35

Predicament

Question 36

Dinero en efectivo

Answer 36

Cash ( coins and bills) | He lent them the cash

Question 37

Prestamo

Answer 37

Loan

Question 38

Emprendedores necesitados

Answer 38

Needy entrepreneurs

Question 39

Garantia, aval , fianza

Answer 39

Collateral | Mohammed yumus lent small amounts to the poor with no collateral

Question 40

Destinatario, receptor

Answer 40

Re'cipient

Question 41

Ganancia, beneficio

Answer 41

Profit, she only made 3 € profit on her product

Question 42

Incumplir en pagar

Answer 42

To default, fail in repaying

Question 43

Donativo, limosna

Answer 43

Handout | He thinks that people are better off with a loan than with a handout

Question 44

Impreso, folleto, information sheet

Answer 44

Handout ( igual que donativo)

Question 45

Ser de la vieja escuela

Answer 45

He is old school, he can't use a computer