August 21 Flashcards
A shelter
Un cobijo
Report, certificate
Un parte
To express condolences
Dar el pésame
To upset, to drive crazy
Trastornar
To work, to have an affect on
Obrar
Sense, meaning
Acepción
Tailback, traffic queue
Una caravana
Traffic jam
Un atasco
Piping, pipes
La cañería
Thin wall, partition wall
El tabique
Bereft of, devoid of
Huérfano
Starvation
Inanición
Squatter
Un okupa
Bittersweet
Agridulce
Bounce, jump
Un bote
A power cut
Un apagón
Heavy going, tedious
Pesado
Anchovy
Un bocarte
I have the pleasure to inform you
Tengo el agrado de informarle que…
To intimidate / be intimidated
Amilanar/ amilanarse
To untie, to undo
Deshacer
Den, hideout
La guarida
Assets
El activo
Property, building
Un inmueble
Overripe, overcooked, Old-fashioned
Pasado
Calm, unruffled
Pancho
A dropper
Un cuentagotas
Thread
Un cabo
Police sergeant
Un cabo
Chatterbox
Un parlanchín
Matching
A juego - con falda a juego
A hunch, an intuition
Una corazonada
Stingy, mean, miserable
Mezquino
Level with
A ras de - a ras del suelo
To take great pains with, to do your best
Esmerarse
To fan
Abanicar
To speak to, address
Dirigirse
Jeans, denims
Los tejanos
Tablets, pills
Las pastillas
Equipment
Los enseres
Poster, sign
Un cartel
Spider’s web
Una telaraña
Attic, loft
Un desván
A chance (football)
Una opción, una ocasión
A slip (of the mind)
Un despiste
Preacher
Un predicador
Finger tip
La yema
Gifted, exceptional
Dotado
To be headed for (figurative)
Estar abocado a
To be useful
Servir
Apathetic
Abúlico
To consider
Reparar en
Lipstick
Carmín
To undervalue
Infravalorar
Reluctant
Reacio
Reluctant
Reacio
Expert
Un perito
To compare
Cotejar
In slow motion
A cámara lenta