Being somewhere else (places and travel, cities, migration)

Question 1

remo

Answer 1

paddle

Question 2

orilla

Answer 2

shore

Question 3

cataratas

Answer 3

cataract

Question 4

mercado tradicional

Answer 4

traditional market

Question 5

puestos

Answer 5

stalls

Question 6

vendedores

Answer 6

sellers

Question 7

Buscador de ofertas

Answer 7

Bargain hunter

Question 8

un recuerdo de un viaje

Answer 8

Souvenir

Question 9

intentar decidir un precio o unas condiciones que sean aceptables para la persona que vende la mercancía y la que la compra

Answer 9

Haggle

“It’s traditional that you haggle over/about the price of things in the market”

Question 10

algo a la venta a un precio menor que el real

Answer 10

Bargain

“This coat was half-price - a real bargain.”

Question 11

to persuade someone to accept a lower amount of money for something

Answer 11

Beat somebody down

“He wanted £75 for the bike, but I managed to beat him down to £50.”

Question 12

hacer referencia a …

Answer 12

Quotation/allude to sb or sth/ a nod to sth

“The title is a quotation from Shakespeare”

“She mentioned some trouble that she’d had at home, and I guessed she was alluding to her son”

“The name San Fransisco 49ers is a nod to the prospectors who flocked to California during the 1849 gold rush”

Question 13

tomar una decisión (4 formas)

Answer 13

Settle/decide/fix/set

“They haven’t yet settled when the wedding is going to be”

Question 14

Recientemente se ha producido un cierto alejamiento de los métodos tradicionales de enseñanza

Answer 14

Recently there has been some movement away from traditional methods of teaching

Question 15

crucero

Answer 15

cruise ship

Question 16

dedos del pie congelados

Answer 16

ice toes

Question 17

icebergs

Answer 17

icebergs

Question 18

hielo que se derrite

Answer 18

melting ice

Question 19

vistas panorámicas de un área de terreno

Answer 19

panoramic landscapes

Question 20

calentamiento global

Answer 20

global warming: a gradual increase in world temperatures caused by gases in the air which prevent heat escaping into space and are a big threat to the future of the earth

“Reversing the effects of global warming may be the greatest challenge of our time”

Question 21

camino de la selva/jungla

Answer 21

jungle trail

Question 22

en lo profundo de la jungla

Answer 22

deep in the jungle

Question 23

de vuelta en la rutina o en el basket …en algo que dejaste durante un periodo de tiempo

Answer 23

back in the saddle

Question 24

facil de perderse

Answer 24

easy to get lost

Question 25

agotamiento

Answer 25

exhaustion: the state of being extremely tired:

“She felt ill with/from exhaustion.”

Question 26

animales peligrosos

Answer 26

dangerous animals

Question 27

sonidos de pájaros y monos

Answer 27

sounds of birds and monkeys

Question 28

apartado

Answer 28

off the beaten track: away from tourist routes

“We prefer to eat with the locals in small restaurants off the beaten track.”

Question 29

pista/vía/recorrido

Answer 29

track

“There is a track through the woods to the lake”

Question 30

el bosque

Answer 30

the forest/the woods

Question 31

bebé en pañales

Answer 31

babe in the woods

Question 32

fuera de peligro

Answer 32

out of the woods

out of danger/ risk/ trouble

Question 33

fuera de la línea

Answer 33

out of line

“You can disagree with her, but calling her dishonest was out of line.”

Question 34

pendiente pronunciada

Answer 34

steep slope

Question 35

picos altos

Answer 35

high peaks

Question 36

largo camino/caminata

Answer 36

long trek

“We spent the day trekking through forests and over mountains”

Question 37

paseamos por la playa

Answer 37

We strolled along the beach.

Question 38

camino difícil

Answer 38

rough path

Question 39

mochila pesada

Answer 39

heavy backpacks

Question 40

paisaje accidentado/ salvaje/ irregular

Answer 40

rugged landscape

Question 41

utilizar el transporte local

Answer 41

using local transport

Question 42

lleno de gente

Answer 42

crowded

“Jenny couldn’t find a seat on the crowded bus.”

Question 43

se ve espectacular una persona

Answer 43

sizzling hot

“That girl in the yellow bikini’s sizzling hot!”

Question 44

fuera de la ruta habitual

Answer 44

off the beaten track

Question 45

lejos de los otros turistas

Answer 45

away from other tourists

Question 46

ver como las personas viven

Answer 46

seeing how people live

Question 47

ser adecuado/ suficiente

Answer 47

meet your needs

“Although the apartment wasn’t plush, it met my needs.”

Question 48

lujoso

Answer 48

luxury/ plush

Question 49

deja de quejarte

Answer 49

just stop moaning

Question 50

¿Lo dejamos por hoy?

Answer 50

Call it a day?

Question 51

si no lo hacemos, nunca lo viviremos

Answer 51

if we don’t do it, we´ll never live it down

Question 52

puede ser muy gratificante

Answer 52

it can be very rewarding

Question 53

lo escuche de un pajarito

Answer 53

I heard it from a little bird

Question 54

Quería tener el placer de volver a estar en Africa

Answer 54

I wanted de pleasure of being in Africa again.

Question 55

contenía muchas historias no contadas

Answer 55

it contained many untold tales

Question 56

como solíamos llamar a los arbustos

Answer 56

as we used to call the bush

Question 57

y a recorrer el interior antiguo

Answer 57

and to wander the antique hinterland

Question 58

expression for someone that is very easy to shoot or attack

Answer 58

I was a sitting duck

Question 59

que no es un mal escenario para Paraíso

Answer 59

which is not a bad setting for Paraiso

Question 60

fuera del alcance en africa

Answer 60

Out of touch in Aírica

Question 61

Yo era una persona muy fácil de encontrar en esa rutina predecible….

Answer 61

I was a sitting duck in this predictable routine:
people knew when to call me, they knew when I
would be at my desk.