from class - September 15

Question 1

shrewd

Answer 1

astuto

Question 2

publisher

Answer 2

editorial

Question 3

encourage

Answer 3

animar / alentar

Question 4

to be fed up

Answer 4

estar harto

Question 5

to turn out

Answer 5

resultar / salir

Question 6

a tax haven

Answer 6

paraíso fiscal

Question 7

a blue joke

Answer 7

un chiste verde

Question 8

to find out

Answer 8

enterarse

Question 9

a go-between

Answer 9

intermediario

Question 10

to add fuel to the fire

Answer 10

echar leña al fuego

Question 11

to be the spitting image of (someone)

Answer 11

ser idéntico a alguien

Question 12

clockwise

Answer 12

de las agujas del reloj

Question 13

anticlockwise

Answer 13

en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj

Question 14

to not give someone the time of day

Answer 14

no sentir nada más que desprecio por alguien

Question 15

the umpteenth time

Answer 15

por enésima vez

Question 16

to take ages (doing something)

Answer 16

tardar mucho en hacer algo

Question 17

to run out of time

Answer 17

acabarse / agotarse el tiempo

Question 18

What time do you make it?

Answer 18

Que hora tienes?

Question 19

The time may come when…

Answer 19

Llegará el momento cuando…

Question 20

The clock keeps perfect time

Answer 20

El reloj mantiene la hora perfecta

Question 21

to lose track of time

Answer 21

perder la noción del tiempo

Question 22

to hug

Answer 22

abrazar

Question 23

the dining room (in an office)

Answer 23

el comedor

Question 24

press-up

Answer 24

flexión

Question 25

to lose your inhibitions

Answer 25

perder las inhibiciones

Question 26

to fit in

Answer 26

encajar (con amigos nuevos)

Question 27

upbringing

Answer 27

educación (de la familia)

Question 28

to bring up

Answer 28

criar

Question 29

sales pitch

Answer 29

argumento de un vendedor

Question 30

helpful

Answer 30

servicial

Question 31

posh

Answer 31

pijo

Question 32

matter-of-factly

Answer 32

con total naturalidad

Question 33

likely

Answer 33

probable

Question 34

jungla

Answer 34

la selva

Question 35

to turn back (to go back to the original destination)

Answer 35

volver / regresar

Question 36

back-to-back

Answer 36

consecutivo

Question 37

it’s water off a duck’s back

Answer 37

resbalarse / como quien oye llover

Question 38

I keep telling her to study but it’s water off a duck’s back

Answer 38

estoy constantemente diciéndole que estudie pero le resbala / pero es como quien oye llover