DD 4.15

Question 1

self-sacrificing, self-denying

Answer 1

abnegado

Question 2

to instruct, enlighten, lecture

Answer 2

aleccionar

Question 3

miserly, stingy, cheap

Answer 3

avaro/a

Question 4

a miser

Answer 4

un/a avaro/a

Question 5

He is so cheap that he has never bought a new suit

Answer 5

Es tan avaro que nunca ha comprado un traje nuevo.

Question 6

to egg on, put pressure on, urge on

Answer 6

azuzar, animar

Question 7

Los cazadores azuzaron a los perros.

Answer 7

The security guard set the dogs on the intruder.

Question 8

to struggle (with), to slog

Answer 8

bregar (con

Question 9

wild, untamed

Answer 9

chúcaro

Question 10

to crackle, sizzle

Answer 10

crepitar

Question 11

to neglect

Answer 11

descuidar

Question 12

Don’t worry! there’s nothing to fear

Answer 12

¡Descuida! No hay nada que temer.

Question 13

to get careless

to let oneself go

Answer 13

descuidarse

Question 14

the moment i dropped my guard they stole it from me

Answer 14

en cuanto me descuidé me lo robaron

Question 15

to flow into, run into

to lead into, end in, result in

Answer 15

desembocar en

Question 16

this ended in tragedy

Answer 16

esto desembocó en una tragedia

Question 17

to do piecework

Answer 17

trabajar a destajo

Question 18

to sculpt, carve

Answer 18

esculpir

Question 19

He sculpted the king’s image, in order to present it to him on his anniversary.

Answer 19

Esculpió la imagen del rey en mármol para regalársela en su aniversario.

Question 20

to pillage, sack

Answer 20

expoliar

Question 21

to strip, despoil, divest, sace

Answer 21

despojar

Question 22

alien, strange

a stranger, outsider

Answer 22

(un/a) forastero/a

Question 23

a lackey

Answer 23

un lacayo

Question 24

to spoil, ruin

Answer 24

malograr

Question 25

a maneuver

Answer 25

una maniobra`

Question 26

to maneuver | to handle, operate

Answer 26

maniobrar

Question 27

onerous, burdensome

Answer 27

oneroso

Question 28

to perish, die

Answer 28

perecer

Question 29

a squad, small group, party (in a strike)

Answer 29

un piquete

Question 30

a bite, prick, jab

Answer 30

un piquete

Question 31

a list of accusations | a list of demands

Answer 31

un pliego de accusations | un pliego de demandas

Question 32

high-handedness, arrogance

Answer 32

la prepotencia

Question 33

to deprive sb of sth

Answer 33

privar a algn de algo

Question 34

we found ourselves deprived of her company

Answer 34

nos vimos privados de su compañía

Question 35

the don't want for anything

Answer 35

no se privan de nada

Question 36

booming, strong, thriving

Answer 36

pujante

Question 37

I work in a thriving business who sector has not suffered the effects of the crisis

Answer 37

Trabajo en una empresa pujante en su sector que no ha padecido los efectos de la crisis.

Question 38

the strength, power (of a group, country, business, industry, economy, etc.)

Answer 38

la pujanza

Question 39

to rejuvenate, brighten up

Answer 39

remozar

Question 40

she looks so much younger

Answer 40

la encuentro muy remozada

Question 41

servility, obsequiousness

Answer 41

el servilismo

Question 42

to finance, subsidize

Answer 42

subvencionar, financiar

Question 43

They financed the project to build a school in an Andean village

Answer 43

Subvencionaron el proyecto para hacer una escuela en una aldea andina.

Question 44

stinginess, meanness

Answer 44

tacañería

Question 45

It is stingy to not want to pay him what he is owed

Answer 45

Es una tacañería no querer pagar lo que le corresponde.

Question 46

flattery

Answer 46

zalamería

Question 47

stop trying to butter me up

Answer 47

no me vengas con zalamerías

Question 48

a flatterer | flattering, affectionate

Answer 48

(un/a) zalamero/a

Question 49

He's an affectionate child only when he wants something

Answer 49

Es un niño zalamero solo cuando quiere algo.

Question 50

to cool down, moderate, temper | to control, restrain, calm

Answer 50

templar

Question 51

Everyone who is arguing needs to calm their emotions.

Answer 51

Hay que templar los ánimos en la discusión.

Question 52

I'm cooling down the water to take a bath.

Answer 52

Estoy templando el agua para bañarme.