12. History Flashcards
memory like a sieve
you forget things very easily
like chalk and cheese
very different from each other
as hard as nails
don’t show emotions such as sympathy
as clear as mud
very difficult to understand
from scratch
de la nada. .
he built his own computer company from scratch . He had to start from scratch.
belch
eruptar
drop out
The driver of the car leading the race dropped out with engine trouble. Karen got into college, but she found the work too hard and dropped out in her first year ( abandonar)
a sheltered upbringing
they have been protected from dangerous or unpleasant experiences. ( covered, protected)
as old as the hills
it is very old
cripple a machine, organisation or activity
damage it so much that it cannot work properly any more. inutilizar, paralizar. A crippling blow ( golpe demoledor).
go over
review in detail, darle vueltas a algo, revisar.For hours afterwards, she kept going over and over what he’d told her but it still made no sense.
embrace
accept ( acoger, aceptar, abrazar)
overstatement
an exagerated statement . It was an overstatement when the politician said that Russia was the biggest enemy of the United States.
welfare
all the things that a state does for its citizens ( bienestar social)
rule out
descartar ( exclude)
