Angles Flashcards
1
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Dodgy
A
Sospechoso
2
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Tow-truck
A
Grúa
3
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Cutting-edge
A
“El último grito”
4
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Ring binder
A
Carpeta de anillas
5
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Advantages outweight disadvantages
A
Las ventajas son más abundates que las desventajas
6
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It is not seasoned
A
“No está aliñado”
7
Q
Shoot them up
A
Videojuegos de matar todo lo que se mueve
8
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Bleak
A
Sin esperanza (the finantial situation is looking bleak)
9
Q
Taking the piss out of something
A
Hacer coña the algo
10
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Sharon Stone played the role so well
A
Hacer un buen papel
11
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Witty
A
Humor agudo e inteligente
12
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Un-patronizing way of treating
A
Hablar de igual a igual
13
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Biased
A
The contrary of impartial
14
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Thiking about or think in
A
Thinking about
15
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Seek-out or seek
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buscar técnicamente o conceptualmente (seek legal advice)
16
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Look for
A
Buscar no tan activamente como search
17
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Search
A
Buscar activamente
18
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He threw his toys out of the pram
A
Pataléo
19
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He threw a tantrum
A
Pichó un berrinche
20
Q
Ordenar de más agradable a menos agradble
- Discursion
- Argument
- Conversation
A
conversation > discussion > argument
21
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There is no telling
A
No hay forma de saberlo/decirlo
22
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The floor is yours
A
Tienes nuestra atencion, el escenario es tuyo
23
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Low-hanging fruit
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Los temas/topicos mas sencillos de solucionar
24
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Atrocious
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Very bad and umpleasant
25
Shallow
poco profundo, superficial
26
Feeble
Very weak
27
Unconvincing
not seeming true or real
28
Utter
complete, used to emphasize sth, sth very bad. This is an utter waste of time.)
29
An snob
Un pijo
30
Poshy
Pijo (Adjetivo)
31
Safety net
Colchón económico
32
There was an elephant in the room
Algo que pasaba y de lo que nadie quería hablar
33
I am between a rock and a hard place
Estar entre la espada y la pared
34
Not to look eye to eye
No estar del todo deacuerdo
35
Stay in
Quedarse en casa, mantenerse en la competición
36
Set off
Salir de viaje, salir hacia
37
Come across
Encontrarse con, toparse con // Dar la impresión
38
Stag night, o bien,
| Hen night
Despedida de soltero/a
39
Hen night
Despedida de soltero/a
40
Spinster
Solterona, mujer que se queda para vestir santos
41
There is no relation/comparison between no es correcto se dice...
It has nothing to do with
42
To be bacherlor
Ser soltero
43
Doggie bag
Sobres del menjar
44
Like a Bull in a Chinese shop
Como un Elefante en una cacharreria
45
Assest yourself
Fantasmear
46
Assest yourself
Fantasmear
47
train wreck
choque de trenes, wreck-->naufragio, reducir algo a ruinas
48
let me down
Me has defraudao
49
know by heart
saberselo al dedillo
50
Cost and arm and a leg
Valer un huevo
51
Foot the bill
Pagar el compte
52
Put a foot in my mounth
dir algo incorrecte o compromes/enutjos
53
see eye to ye
Estar d'acord amb l'altre
54
To eye
mira amb desitj
55
To have a nose for [Something]
Tenir olfacte
56
Be a mouthful
dificil de pronunciar
57
To kneel before [somebody]
Agenollar- davant de [algú]
58
kneel down
fer una genoflexió
59
to mouth [someone] off
respon badly
60
to tongue
llepar [to lick]
61
By the skin of my teeth
Fer algo al temps limit [per un pel]
62
To point your finger
to blame
63
to head
to go to
64
pig headed
masclista
65
Achilles heel
talo de aquiles
66
to stomach [something]
to tolerate
67
Dry run
prototype
68
ballpark figures
numeros aproximats
69
are in a level playing field
els dos tenen les mateixes aportunitats
70
the novel is set
la novela esta ambientada
71
PR: Amulet
[Amileit]
72
PR: Catholic
[Cázolic]
73
PR:Leucemia
[Lukímia]
74
Pain Killer
Analgesic
75
PT: Tired
[Taid]
76
I have IVF
In Vitro Fecundation
77
I have BO
Bodu Olor (fa pudor)
78
Once in a blue moon
molt rarament
79
Crossing the line
Passar-se de la ratlla
80
to be Piece of work
Ser un pieza/extravagant
81
Naughty
Travieso
82
Nought
0
83
noughties
2000-2010
84
Walk away from the project
Abandonar el projecte
85
Make yourself at home
Como si estiguesis a casa teva
86
Let the sleepings dogs lie
Dejar el tema no vaya a explotar
87
Stock
Caldo
88
Crumbs
miga
89
Almonds
Atmelles
90
Pine nut
pinyo
91
PR: Tomato
[Taomato]
92
PR: Potato
[Poteito]
93
Make up for lost time
Recuperar el temps perdut
94
Take up all my time
Ocupar tot el temps
95
Short of time
Push for time
96
Open a can of worms
Obrir la caixa de pandora
97
Sexist, mysogynist
sexista
98
Culture shock
Bany de realitat
99
Can artist
Timador
100
Fly off the handle
Perder los estribos
101
Tell [somebody] off
reganyar
102
Feak-out
flipar
103
[Estar] stressed [Ser] ...
uptight
104
[Estar] happy[Ser] ...
cheerful
105
[Estar] relaxed [Ser] ...
laid-back
106
We are getting there
estem progressant
107
It's water under the bridge
algo que vaig deixar enradera
108
rip [something] apart/rip [something] to shreds
destruir completament
109
weigh [sth/sb] down
pesar, agobiar a algu
110
put off
postpone
111
more extreme
ex: es mes apreciable a aquesta edat
112
to misstreat
maltractar
113
bipartisanism
bipartidisme [Bipartisanisem]
114
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater
no tiris lo bo quan tiris lo dolent
115
MP
Member of the parlament
116
Pr: Fired
[Fayed]
117
Job postion
post
118
If live give you lemons make lemonade
aprofita el que tinguis
119
Get back on your feets
Recupera't
120
Pull your socks up
Espabila
121
Make the leap
Donar un salt, promocio,cambiar
122
Wealth
abundancia
123
give me the lowdown
Donem el detalls
124
give me the 411
Donem els detalls
125
Odds
probabilitat en una aposta (increase the odds)
126
tiptop
genial
127
to be on the safe side
a tiro seguro
128
Deep-down
en el fondo (they said will vote podemos, but deepdown they know will vote PSOE)
129
Bird's eye view
En perspectiva
130
Boo-boo's
small mistakes
131
work wonders
Funciona de meravella
132
Sound bite
tall de una entrevista
133
Shoo-in
Guranteed success, (in terms of choosen)
134
off-the-cut
espontaneament
135
Flaky
unreliable
136
take it with a grain of salt
No t'ho prenguis seriosament
137
[Stg] is remiss
Incorrecte or problmatic
138
Obnoxious
Arrogant, chulo
139
topsy-turvy
desordenat
140
Buzzword
paraula que sempre sona (p ex: a ADP les de la missio i visio insighfult, inspiring...)
141
I'll vouch you
Donaré bones referencies teves
142
Stuck-up
cregut
