Global 4

Question 0

Approve (of) aprobar algo, decir que si
Trite formulas ( singular, formula) formulas triviales, no originales...

Answer 0

Soundbite: extracto de un texto, cita

These ideas are no more than convenient soundbites that do nothing to solve the issues

Question 1

Debunk

Answer 1

Desacreditar, despretigiar, ridiculizar
The study set out to debunk popular myths about mental illness
To set out to: proponerse hacer algo
Set out (salir de viaje

Question 2

Scrutiny/’skru:tini

Close examination, escrutinio,mexamen

Answer 2

A sequel: a film that continues the story of another film
A costume drama: a film based in a particular period of history
Biopic /’bai6upik: a film based on a real person’s life (biografica)
Thriller, a film with an exciting story, often involving crime
Score: music written for a film(banda sonora) (tambien marca, resultado

Question 3

Utillaje, atrezo, objetos utilizados por actores en teatro o pelis
Props
Mobiliario y escenario de pelis: set
Cast: all the actors who appear in a film

Answer 3

Groundbreaking : revolucionario, innovador
Paradigm : a pattern or model,
Outset: comienzo, principio
Tackling (a problem) afrontar, abordar
The top-down paradigm: de arriba abajo

Question 4

I slept like a log
My uncle smokes like a chimney, he must get through forty a day
I wouldn’t try to talk to Jack this morning, he’s like a bear with a sore head (dolorosa)

Answer 4

I can’t believe I forgot dad’s birthday, I’ve got a memory like a sieve(colador)
I felt like a fish out of water

Question 5

Make out :hacer creer, hacer como que

He tried to make out it was like water on a glass, but I could tell he was upset

Answer 5

We had lots in common and got on like a house on fire(strongly, con fuerza)

Question 6

Adage, (old saying, proverb

/’aedidz

Answer 6

It is a well-known phrase that says something about life and human experience
Proverbio, un dicho,

Question 7

Don’t count your chicken before they hatch
Hatch (salir del cascaron) no des por seguro que algo va a pasar antes de hacer lo conveniente
No vendas la piel del oso antes de haberlo matado

Answer 7

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink

(La gente va a hacer de todas formas lo que quiera, por mucho que le aconsejes

Question 8

There’s no such thing as a free lunch

Todo tiene un precio

Answer 8

Don’t burn your bridges behind you,

Keep your options open

Question 9

Whereas /w36r’aez

Answer 9

Mientras que

Question 10

Conversely

Answer 10

A la inversa, al contrario

Question 11

Namely

Answer 11

Specifically, especialmente, especificamente,concretamente, a saber

Question 12

I do agee that with the right mindset you can achieve your goal

Answer 12

Mindset(a way of thinking about things

Question 13

I can’t help but feel that it …
Having said that, the performances are excellent
I don’ t share your views

Answer 13

In my opinion,mIt has more of the look and feel of a tv drama

Question 14

Acknowledge

Answer 14

Reconocer, admitir

Question 15

Still

Answer 15

Toma fotografica, instantánea

Question 16

Beam of light/haz de luz, rayo de luz
Highlight/resaltar
Murky/turbio, nebuloso, gloomy, (bleak, sombrio de desolador…)

Answer 16

Flaw/defecto, imperfeccion, tara
He wanted to depict real people with all their flaws( depict=representar
brawl: bronca, refriega, pelea, reyerta

Question 17

Show up/presentarse apareciendo he finally showed up at the litttle hours
Add up: sumar, hacer la cuenta (add up 4 apples and 2apples, you get 6)
Win over/ convencer de algo, comer la cabeza : little by little, I’ll win you over to my way of thinking

Answer 17

This grand - daughter of mine turned my world upside down

Question 18

Simultaneously /sim6l’teini6sli
Increasingly
Invariably/in’vaeri6bli

Answer 18

Incessantly

Inevitably /in’evit6bli