B2_10_Valeria

Question 1

1. She smiled very sofly** (or **quietly).[Exp adj → adv, both meanings)
2. It’s something _I’ve assumed_.
3. [I was] deep in thought, and the time flew by. [1. exp vb → reflex vb → adj][vb - to fly by]
4. I was climbing into a pair of sublime shoes
5. Nerea greeted me with an enthusiastic hug.

Answer 1

1. Sonrió muy quedamente. [quedo (fml) = 1. suave (soft) 2.quieto (still, quiet) → quedamente]
2. Es algo que tengo asumido.
3. sumida en reflexiones, y el tiempo se me fue volando. [sumiir = to plunge → sumirse = to lose oneself or to become absorbed, in thought → sumido = deep or immersed] [irse volando]
4. Estaba subida a unos sublimes zapatos
5. Nerea me recibió con un abrazo entusiasmado

Question 2

1. Her wrists were adorned with a stack of colourful bracelets [Clue: vb NOT a to be vb] [colq N = heap, pile, load, lot …]
2. She hugged me and gave me a resounding smack on the backside. [resounding, as in loud] [smack, as in slap]
3. I was all over the place. [What non-colq meaning of exp?]
4. Nerea’s rant about how tiresome** (or **stressful) those dates were
5. She grinned from ear to ear. [1. use colq exp = to smile 2. only grin if use whole exp]

Answer 2

1. Las muñecas las llevaba adornadas por un porrón de pulseras de colores [porrón = montón]
2. me abrazó dándome,con uana sonora palmada en el trasero [palmada = bodetada]
3. Estaba en todas partes. [lit = everywhere]
4. la perorata de Nerea sobre lo agobiante de aquellas fechas
5. Dibujó una sonrisa de oreja a oreja. [dibujar una sonrisa = sonreir]

Question 3

1. Lola, … don’t make it harder for me,
2. he just made us all miserable
3. I don’t think any man will ever surpass that. {Note vb tense of surpass]
4. You’re blinder than Serafín Zubiri, darling. (What N mean non-colq?)

Answer 3

1. Lola, … no me lo pongas más difícil,
2. acaba de hacernos unas desgraciadas a todas
3. No creo que ningún hombre supere eso jamás (subj pres)
4. Estás más ciega que Serafín Zubiri, chata. (stubnose)

Question 4

1. She cursed him mentally as she realised that … [vb NOT darse cuenta, seen before]
2. She took out a chequebook** and **filled in all the sections** (ie of a doc) [vb - **to complete, a doc]
3. Then she ripped it out** and **handed it over to him. (ie the cheque)
4. He went out, visibly distressed**.[adj → 1. **to sadden** → 2. to be saddened + **to be distressed]

Answer 4

1. Lo maldijo mentalmente al comprobar que …
2. sacó una chequera** y **cumplimentó todos los apartados [cumplimentar]
3. Después lo rasgó y se lo tendió. [tender algo a alguien]
4. Él salió, visiblemente apesadumbrado**. [→ 1. **apesadumbrar** → 2. **apesadumbrarse]

Question 5

1. Jorge, with a sarcastic smile, approached Nerea. [Expl adj? + change to → snide comment]
2. Are you itching _to come over_ here? [1. vb to itch** 2. **to come over]
3. It wasn’t bad, _for the record_.
4. But … - Jorge tried to counter her. (she was being a smartarse) [Exp vb}
5. The English do pomp and ceremony very well

Answer 5

1. Jorge, con sonrisita socarrona, se acercó a Nerea. [adj = actúa con socarronería = sarcasm → comentario socarrano]
2. ¿Te pica** y **te pasas por aquí? [1. me/te + picar** 2. **pasarse]
3. No ha estado mal, _que conste_.
4. Pero … - Jorge trató de rebatirla. [rebatir = 1. to refute**, **to rebutt** + 2. **to counter, an attack]
5. los ingleses hacen muy bien la pompa y la ceremonia

Question 6

1. Exp: Aw,. a_ren’t you clever,_ son. (or how clever you are) [Use exp when want to flatter s.o for doing s.th well]
2. I squirmed, asking him to stop, that he was tickling me (loc vb - to tickle)
3. I concentrated on the Sunday magazine
4. his famous brunches, which were more like meals.
5. although it was a bit of a trek, we went [off] walking towards Antón Martín. (infml exp - a long way or distance (N) = what else N mean?)

Answer 6

1. .Ay, q_ué arte tienes_, hijo.
2. me revolví, pidiéndole que para, que me hacía cosquillas (hacerle cosquillas a alguien)
3. me concentré en la revista del dominical
4. sus famosos desayunos tardíos, que eran más bien comidas
5. aunque era un buen** **trecho, fuimos caminando hasta Antón Martín (N also = stretch or section, or a road)

Question 7

1. Borja got a bit silly when he saw her putting on her garter stockings. [N = silly billy]
2. She threw _on_ a cardigan
3. Is he still snuffly** (**got a runny nose)?
4. Give me time to get used to the idea [vb - to get used to s.th, ie less fml than accustomed to)
5. He ruffled his hair

Answer 7

1. Borja se puso tontorrón al verla poniéndose las medias de liga
2. Se echó encima** una **chaqueta de punto
3. ¿Sigue con moquitos?
4. Dame tiempo para hacerme a la idea [hacerse a algo]
5. se revolvió el pelo

Question 8

1. Are you threatening me? What’s next? A slap? - I said coolly.
2. Nor made love, for that matter. [vb - to make love]
3. An explanation that I have to confess didn’t satisfy me much**. **To say the least.
4. Once we unexpectedly had an orgasm (vb - to happen unexpectedly** or **occcur without warning)
5. And the more I was wrong, the more difficult it became for me to control** the situation. (Vb, think **to guide or to channel)

Answer 8

1. ¿Me estás amenazando? ¿Qué es lo siguiente? ¿Una bofetada? - Le dije chula.
2. Ni se hizo el amor, hablando en plata. [hacerse el amor]
3. Una explicación que he de confesar que no me satisfizo mucho**. **Por no decir nada.
4. Una vez nos sobrevino el orgasmo (sobrevenir)
5. Y cuanto más me equivocaba, más dificil se me hacia encauzar la situation. (encauzar)

Question 9

1. 1. I left Gonzalo with his father and they looked like they were up to no good**. [Éxp - **up to no good]
2. It’s amazing the things you’re capable of doing because _you won’t budge [give an inc_h]! [Q what loc vb mean without ‘no’?]
3. I understand that she’s tired of experiencing setbacks with Victor (1. How change loc exp → to stagger along 2. N means? ← 3. vb origin)
4. Her relationship with her horny boss was not very sensible (or rational) [clue: think sane]
5. he went to give her a kiss, which Lola received willingly** (or **readily)

Answer 9

1. He dejado a Gonzalo con su padre y tenían pinta de tramar algo malo [trama (N) = plot, as in storyline → tramar = to plot or to hatch, a plan]
2. ¡Es increíble las cosas que eres capaz de hacer por no** _dar tu brazo a torce_r**! [(no) dar el brazo a torcer = to give in]
3. entiendo que esté cansada de dar tumbos con lo de Victor (1. ir DANDO tumbos → to wander around 2. tumbo = jolt or jerk, movement ← 3. tumbar = to knock over)
4. Su relación con su jefe cachando no era muy cuerda
5. fue a darle un beso, que Lola recibió de buen grado

Question 10

1. and in no time at all the living room was dark, the film was on and
2. everything started to blur around [me].
3. I sat down again, Indian style (as in cross’legged)
4. I said to him in an exaggerated tone of jocular adulation
5. I was already on the landing, about to go down the stairs (2nd N I know for landing)

Answer 10

1. y en menos de lo que canta un gallo el salón estaba a oscuras, la pelicula puesta y
2. todo empezó a desdibujarse alrededor
3. me volví a sentar a lo indio
4. le dije en un exagerado tono de adulación jocosa
5. ya estaba en el descansillo, a punto de bajar las escaleras (rellano)

Question 11

1. he was fiery, loyal, witty
2. the words Victor let drop with astonishing and sadistic coldness [1. How vb meaning change if + se? 2. adj → to astonish or to stun]
3. he was given to conversation (loc = prone to)
4. Bruno smiled good-naturedly (N = affable + easy going)

Answer 11

1. era ardiente, leal, ocurrente
2. las palabras que Victor d_ejaba caer_ con pasmosa y sádica frialdad [1.dejar caerse** = **to drop by** or **in, a place 2. pasomoso → pasmar]
3. era proclive al diálogo (ser + proclive a + X)
4. Bruno sonrió bonachonamente (bonachón)

Question 12

1. lol eg in a text, Chus [What is the full exp?]
2. the monotonous hum of a dishwasher
3. at the risk of her causing a tantrum. [Clue: think fml word in Eng not tirar]
4. How far along are you? 2 and a half months.
5. This Borha is a demon! (colq, like s.o on the rugby field. 2. What lit mean?)

Answer 12

1. Me parto** [**Me parto de la risa]
2. el runrún monótono de un lavaplatos
3. _a riesgo de_ provocarle un berrinche.
4. ¿De cuánto estás? - De dós meses y medio.
5. ¡Este Borha es un fiera! (2. a wild-beast)

Question 13

1. what kind of maleficient plan one would be hatching (Clue: fml - gestate)[1. Adj also = harmful 2. Alt adi = evil]
2. She pretended to be very sorry (or sad)
3. Valeria! You look _so cute_ in this outfit!
4. black ankle-length jeans and a loose-fitting** (or **baggy) T-shirt
5. a wine cellar (or wine cabinet) [Idea - referring to a collection of wine)

Answer 13

1. qué tipo de plan maléfico se estaría gestando [2. malvado]
2. Fingió estar muy apenada
3. ¡Valeria!¡Estás _monísima_ con este vestedito!
4. j_eans negros_ tobilleros y una camiseta desbocada
5. una vinoteca

Question 14

1. she asked giving him an UNCHARACTERISTIC sweet talk/flattery (Clue: not dar)[alt, colq exp] [exp - to butter someone up]
2. No honey …., it’s just that I’m awfully low on dough this month.(Clue: incredibly coloquial)
3. I’m skint** (or **broke)
4. I’ve had enough of being a kept man [Clue: an impersonal exp, don’t conjugate]
5. Lola felt sorry for him

Answer 14

1. le preguntó haciéndole una carantoña POCO PROPIA EN ELLA [carantoña = caratoñas**][**hacer carantoñas a algn]
2. No cariño …., es que voy fatal de** **pasta este mes.
3. estoy pelado
4. Ya está bien de ser un mantenido
5. A Lola le dio penita

Question 15

1. to iron out the differences that had arisen over the issue of my moving house. [loc vb - 1. to smooth things over 2. what v lit mean? 3. fig mean? 4. N mean?]
2. I defended my opinion, but perhaps I was too vehement in the process.[Note - the verb struct]
3. I too wanted to make up [Q: how vb change if vb + de?]
4. in my state of derangement I wasn’t thinking too clear about things [Loc vb - to think clearly]
5. but in a flash of lightning I came to my senses

Answer 15

1. para limar las asperezas que habían surgido con el tema de mi mudanza [1. limar asperezas 2. limar = to file (down)** 3. **to polish (fig), eg a speech 4.aspereza = roughness, eg on skin]
2. defendía mi opinión, pero quizá me sobró vehemencia en el proceso [me/te + sobrar + N]
3. Yo también quería resarcirme [resarcirse de** = **to make up for** + to **be compensated for]
4. en mi estado de enajenación no tenía las cosas demasiadas claras
5. pero en un rayo fugaz recuperé la cordura

Question 16

1. when I unbuttoned his fly
2. I felt it harden further and throb.
3. He turned me _so_ [that] my back was to him
4. on my sex with deft fingers and leaving me ripe for the picking [loc exp - primed, ie ready]
5. It was perhaps the nicest thing hat anyone had ever said to me. [Clue: in Spanish expressed in the negative]

Answer 16

1. cuando le desabroché la bragueta
2. lo sentí endurecerse más y palpitar.
3. Me giró _de modo que_ yo le diera la espalda
4. en mi sexo con dedos hábilos y dejandome a puntito de caramelo** [**a punto de caramelo]
5. Quiza fuera lo más bonito que _nunca nadie_ me había dicho

Question 17

1. Bruno turned up one day laden down with folded boxes.
2. The subject of the child deserved _to be handled_ with care and attention. [Explain vb - to handle]
3. I positioned myself on my bed, with my laptop, to watch a film. [Exp vb → reflex vb]
4. We didn’t talk for a long time. Just lost in what we were thinking …
5. Do you think I’m your escort? (as in euph 4 prostitute]

Answer 17

1. Bruno apareció un día cargado de cajas plegadas
2. El tema de la niña merecía _hacerse_ con mimo y con cuidado. [hacerse, idea is to get done]
3. Me aposté en mi cama, con el ordenador portátil, a ver una película. [apostar 1. to bet 2. to position or to station, eg troops → apostarse]
4. Estuvimos largo rato sin hablar. Solo sumidos en lo que pensábamos … [Clue: think immersed]
5. ¿crees que soy tu chico de compañia?