Insider's Spanish

Question 1

entertainment; entertaining

Answer 1

entretenimiento; entretenido

Question 2

shut in

Answer 2

encerrado

Question 3

to become or get hooked on

Answer 3

engancharse a

Question 4

distant, far away - not lejos de

Answer 4

alejado

Question 5

advertiser

Answer 5

anunciante

Question 6

to behave

Answer 6

comportarse

Question 7

to be shocked, scared, frightened

Answer 7

espantarse

Question 8

reality TV - for or against

Answer 8

los reality - a favor o en contra

Question 9

can be (not ser) quite controversial

Answer 9

puede resultar bastante polémico

Question 10

not very funny (2)

Answer 10

no tiene mucha gracia; no muy gracioso

Question 11

I don’t find it very interesting either

Answer 11

a mí tampoco me parece muy interesante

Question 12

it’s not very productive for (those) who follow them

Answer 12

no es muy productivo para quienes lo siguen

Question 13

the participants don’t contribute (A) anything interesting

Answer 13

los participantes no aportan nada interesante

Question 14

the only thing that interests them is to be known

Answer 14

lo único que les interesa es ser conocidos

Question 15

nonetheless = despite all (this/that) = in spite of everything

Answer 15

a pesar de todo (esto/eso)

Question 16

many people follow them

Answer 16

mucha gente los sigue

Question 17

the novelty

Answer 17

la novedad

Question 18

I’m not sure this is still = keeps being the case

Answer 18

no estoy seguro de que esto siga siendo así

Question 19

keep on being (subjunctive)

Answer 19

siga siendo

Question 20

these programs had their boom

Answer 20

estos programas tuvieron su auge

Question 21

the rise (2)

Answer 21

el auge (boom) = el aumento

Question 22

everything becomes quite repetitive 2

Answer 22

todo se vuelve bastante reiterativo = repetitivo

Question 23

have advertisers pay them loads of money

Answer 23

tener anunciantes que les paguen montones de dinero

Question 24

random

Answer 24

al azar

Question 25

so if it were a good reality show

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así que si fuese un reality bueno

Question 26

if they had chosen me

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si me hubieran elegido

Question 27

I didn’t know tu were selling (yourself) to the highest bidder

Answer 27

no sabía que te vendías al mejor postor

Question 28

according to

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según

Question 29

it’s not funny

Answer 29

no tiene gracia

Question 30

maybe; at least; in general

Answer 30

tal vez; por lo menos; por lo general

Question 31

would tu consider?

Answer 31

considerarías

Question 32

“no way!”

Answer 32

ni hablar

Question 33

“what a scam”; “load of rubbish”

Answer 33

menudo fraude; menudo basura

Question 34

I think that the channels don’t know what to make up any more

Answer 34

yo creo que ya los canales no saben que inventar

Question 35

maybe I’d do it

Answer 35

tal vez lo haría

Question 36

“for a while”

Answer 36

(para) un rato

Question 37

“loads of”

Answer 37

un montón de

Question 38

coincidence

Answer 38

coincidencia

Question 39

“cool”

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que guay

Question 40

“to have a great time”

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pasarlo de miedo

Question 41

“well” not pues

Answer 41

vaya

Question 42

“I don’t care” = I don’t mind = it doesn’t matter to me” - not no me importa

Answer 42

me da igual

Question 43

from time to time

Answer 43

de vez en cuando