23 Flashcards
FUSSY
QUISQUILLOSO, IRRITABLE
TO SCORE
PUNTUAR, SACAR PUNTAJE
UNAWARE
NO ENTERADO, INCONSCIENTE
AWARE
ENTERADO, CONSCIENTE
She is mechanically inclined
Ella es buena para la mecánica
PROOFREADER
CORRECTOR
He has an eye for detail
Él es detallista
He has a head for business
Él es bueno para los negocios
ACCURATE
PRECISO
He has a good intuitive sense
Él tiene buen sentido de la intuición
LECTURE
DISCURSO
TO BE WELL-SPOKEN
SER BIEN HABLADO; HABLAR MUY BIEN
He has a way with words
Él es bueno con las palabras. Él habla muy bien
TO ASTOUND
SORPRENDER
STUNNED
SORPRENDIDO
ASIDE
AL LADO, A UN LADO
TOUGH
DURO
TOUGHNESS
DUREZA
TO TOUGHEN
ENDURECER
She has a head for figures
Ella es buena para las cifras
TO PUT OFF
POSPONER
AS A RESULT
COMO RESULTADO
DUE TO THE FACT THAT
DEBIDO A QUE
CONSEQUENTLY
CONSECUENTEMENTE
THEREFORE
POR LO TANTO
SHE DOESN’T HAVE A HEAD FOR FIGURES
ELLA NO ES BUENA CON LAS CIFRAS
SHE IS GOOD AT DOING MANY THINGS AT THE SAME TIME
ELLA NO ES BUENA HACIENDO MUCHAS COSAS AL MISMO TIEMPO
SHE IS BAD AT (ING) …..
ELLA ES MALA EN ….
HE HAS AN EYE FOR DETAIL
EL ES BUENO PARA LOS DETALLES
SHE HAS A WAY WITH CHILDREN
ELLA ES BUENA CON LOS NIÑOS
HE HAS A KNACK FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
ÉL TIENE UN DON PARA LA FOTOGRAFÍA
KNACK
DON, HABILIDAD
SHE IS BAD AT KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE
ELLA ES MALA MANTENIÉNDOSE EN CONTACTO CON LA GENTE
HE IS A BIT TOO SLOW
ÉL ES UN POCO LENTO
HE IS PAINSTAKING
ÉL ES MINUCIOSO, METICULOSO, ESMERADO
THOROUGH
MINUCIOSO, EXHAUSTIVO, METICULOSO
HE HAS AN EAR FOR MUSIC
TIENE BUEN OÍDO PARA LA MÚSICA
THE MAN STOPPED TO COMPLIMENT TO THE WOMAN
EL HOMBRE PARÓ A FELICITAR (DAR UN CUMPLIDO) A LA MUJER
A JOKE
A FUNNY STORY. It ends with a funny “punch line” (línea punzante)
A RIDDLE
ENIGMA, ADIVINANZA
AN ANECDOTE
A REAL HISTORY, CAN BE FUNNY
A LIMERICK
A humorous and small poem
A BLOOPER
A CLUMSY VERBAL MISTAKE.
Ej; “Go and shake a tower” instead of “Go and take a shower”.
CLUMSY
TORPE
A PUN
A humorous use of a word or phrase that has two meanings or two words with the same sound.
Ej: “What’s black and White and red all over?”
Rta: The newspaper
Pun: “red” and “read” have the same sound
What never gets any wetter, no matter how hard it rains?
Rta: The ocean
RIDDLE
WETTER
MÁS HÚMEDO
A man goes to a psychiatrist and says, “Doctor, I’m worried about my brother. He thinks he’s a chicken.”
That is serious, why don’t you put him in a mental hospital?
The man says: “I would, but I need the eggs”
JOKE
A customer eating at Crew Found a very large bug in his stew Said the waiter, "Don't shout And wave it about, Or the rest will be wanting one too."
LIMERICK
STEW
ESTOFADO, GUISO
TO WAIVE
EXONERAR, RENUNCIAR
TO SHOUT
GRITAR
PUNS ARE BAD, BUT LIMERICKS ARE VERSE
PUN
It’s so meet to nice you ……. I mean, nice to meet you!
BLOOPER
LIME
DÉBIL
TO DETACH
SEPARAR, DESPEGAR, RESALTAR
