Global One Flashcards
Un dia fuera divertido
A fun day out
She through I was a student but, in fact , I’m a teacher
But, actually, I’m a teacher
Has anyone ever got a fact about you wrong?
Have you got a fact wrong about someone else?
Parlotear, cotorrear
Chitchat
Bordar
Embroider /im’broide
Enredar, enredado
Tangle, embroil
Ondear, aletear, batir…pajaro banders…
Flutter /fl^tter
Cotorra, parlanchin (slang)
Chatterbox
Move quickly, ir de un lado para otro deprisa
Flit
Fritter nombre
Buñuelo
Fritter (away) verbo
Malgastar, derrochar, desperdiciar, waste
Ir mas alla, go beyond
Transcend
Mal,
Wrong, amiss, awry
There is something amiss, something awry
Girar alrededor de…
Revolve
Life can often revolve around the baby’s needs
There are forty odd restaurants
42, 43…hay unos cuarenta…
Odd=unos
Ish
A eso de las cuatro, at fourish
Tendra alrededor de cuarenta, she must be fortyish
Smallish. Un poco pequeño
Coldish. Un poco frio
Vamos a salir a eso de las cinco
Let’s set off at five-ish
Hay unos 20 restaurantes
There are twenty odd restaurants
Llegaran un poco antes de las diez
They re coming up to eight
Nos llevo cerca de seis meses terminar la prorroga
It took very nearly six months to finish the extension
Nos llevo cerca de, casi dos horas encontrar el museo
It took very nearly two hours to find the museum
Costara por los alrededores de 20 euros
It will cost in the region of 20 €
The lenght of a marathon is 40 km or so. (42,195)
The record is just under two hours
The world population is upwards (hacia arriba) of…
The height of Mount Everest is 12 thousand metres or something like that
Ell tiene ventialgo
She is a twentysomething
Edad adulta
Adulthood
Llegar a la mayoria de edad
Come of age
He’eighteen, he’s come of age
Ella acaba de llegar a los 18, ha llegado a la mayoria de edad
She’s just turned18, she’s come of age
Alan acaba de cumplir 18años, ha llegado a la edad adulta
Alan has just turned 18 , he’s come of age
She’s 72, she’s come up to retirement
He’s fortysomething, he’s having a midlife crisis
Someone who studies the past
Historian
Someone who takes part in a public protest
Demonstrator, protester (manifestante, )
Demonstrator (tambien demostrador de productos)
Someone who writes a letter of recommendation for you
It Is a referee
Entierro, sepelio
Burial /’beri6l
Nombres:ocurrencia, occurence
Supervivencia, survival
Madurez, maturity
Certeza, certainty
Logro, …..achievement
Participacion, implicacion de involve, …involvement
Conciencia de ser consciente de algo, conocimiento de algo ,awareness
Conciencia del bien y del mal… Conscience
Your consciense won’let you sleep
Duro , severo
Harsh
She’s quite harsh with the kids, she should be nicer to them
Varicela , chickenpox
Sarampion, measles
Paperas, mumps
Zapatillas de deporte en us
Sneakers
