From class - September 15 Flashcards by Paul Berry | Brainscape

Q

To get by

A

apañarse

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the outskirts

A

las afueras

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to lay off

A

despedir (por reducción de plantilla)

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the dole

A

el paro (el dinero)

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council tax

A

el IBI

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a pay slip

A

la nomina (aviso de pago)

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to pay in (money)

A

ingresar

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a checkup (medical)

A

una revisión

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to pull over (the Police stop you)

A

parar

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to breathalyze

A

hacerle la prueba de la alcoholemia a

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to miscarry

A

tener un aborto (perder el niño)

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to drag

A

arrastrar

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a rip-off

A

un timo / una estafa

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red tape (too much bureaucracy)

A

papeleo

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leisure

A

ocio

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a blue joke

A

un chiste verde

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clockwise

A

en sentido de las agujas del reloj

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anticlockwise

A

en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj

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to not give someone the time of day

A

no sentir nada más que desprecio por alguien

Q

to take ages (doing something)

A

tardar mucho en hacer algo

Q

to run out of time

A

acabarse / agotarse el tiempo

Q

What time do you make it?

A

Que hora tienes?

Q

The time may come when…

A

Llegará el momento cuando…

Q

The clock keeps perfect time

A

El reloj mantiene la hora perfecta

Q

To lose track of time

A

perder la noción del tiempo

Q

to blackmail

A

chantajear

Q

to pull strings

A

utilizar sus influencias / mover hilos

Q

to set up

A

establecer

Q

to be thick-skinned

A

tener una buena coraza

Q

on a knife edge

A

pender de un hilo

Q

to be thrown in at the deep end

A

meter a alguien de lleno en lo más difícil

Q

to sideline somebody

A

dejar fuera del equipo

Q

a pipe dream

A

un sueño imposible

Q

a ballpark figure

A

una cifra apoximada

Q

a blind

A

una persiana (interior)

Q

a shutter

A

una persiana (exterior)

Q

to dye

A

teñir

Q

tipsy (a little bit drunk)

A

contento / achispado

Q

to be hung over

A

tener resaca

Q

a blue rinse

A

reflejos azules

Q

a wig

A

una peluca

Q

to rush

A

tener prisa