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  1. Explain: Me ha agobiado tanto con la situación [a girl]
  2. Explain: Me ha agobiado tanta situación incomoda [a girl]
  3. Explain: Estoy tan agobiada [a girl]
  4. I smiled to myself [What note re vb = to smile]
  5. When ““qualquiera” [pronombre] -> “cualquier”
A
  1. tanto = an adverb, ie modifies the vb B4 (agobiar) + When a vb is modified it has no “genero” THEREFORE the adverb NOT have genero o concordancia
  2. tanta = used as an adj ie modifies the N AFTER (situación) THEREFORE concordancia
  3. tan = intensifies the adj NOT the vb
  4. sonreí para mi mismo [sonreir NOT sonreirse]
  5. In front of ANY noun (not just masc. Ns]
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  1. Explain: él come rápido
  2. Explain: ella come rápido
  3. a toilet-bag (or vanity case)
  4. Why?: te dejo que te comas el último trozo de pastel
  5. Loc vb: A. to bang on, to nag, to bother B. What is the feature of this vb?
  6. a jellyfish
A
  1. he’s a fast eater <- rápido = adj = accompanies the PERSON
  2. she’s eating quickly <- rápido = adv = accompanies the ACTION
  3. un neceser
  4. Dejar = 2 meanings A. = permitir = vb de influencia B. = prestar
  5. A. dar la lata B. annoy by repeating the action often
  6. una medusa
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  1. a documentary
  2. Don’t get cocky/uppity
  3. Happy or dazed? (after the return from hols)
  4. If the neighbours hear us [three] kicking up a racket [vb = to kick up eg a racket]
  5. … jumping like a kangaroo [NOT: dar un salto]
A
  1. un documental
  2. ¡No te vengas arriba [venirse arriba]
  3. ¿Contento o tarumba?
  4. Si nos escuchan los vecinos a los tres armando ese quirigay [armar un follón]
  5. … dando brinco como un canguro [dar un salto = dar brinco = brincar/saltar]
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  1. A. The more importante the game [is] the more exciting B. grammar point?
  2. You wanker/shit!
  3. Colq: it’s dead easy = es pan comido + other new colq exp
  4. bust versus bodyguard/escort
  5. What a bollicking/dressing-down! B. Explain via vb origin.
A
  1. A. Cuánto más importante sea la partida, más emoción B. NOT cuánto … cuánto + subj (as hypothetical)
  2. ¡Tú, hijo de la gran puta!
  3. está tirado + está chupado
  4. escote CF escoLTA
  5. ¡Menuda raspapolvo! <- raspar = to feel rough
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  1. CF: meaning deshecho (adj + participio) <- vb?
  2. CF: meaning desechado (adj + participio) <- vb?
  3. What diff fuera CF Afuera?
  4. A. to receive -> B. to give a warm welcome -> C. a cosy/welcoming room
A
  1. broken (as in damaged), unmade (not done) <- deshacer
  2. discarded/dumped <- desechar
  3. A. fuera = adv of position (pero esto ocurrió fuera del insti) B. afuera = adv of direction with movement (voy + a + fuera = voy afuera)
  4. A. acoger -> B. dar una buena acogidA -> C. una habitación acogedor/a
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  1. a snack
  2. an expert in Flamenco
  3. the idiot-box (as in TV)
  4. Which is passive/active? oír/esuchar + ver/mirar
  5. I’m not in the mood for - partying/joking etc. B. What grammar point?
A
  1. un aperitivo
  2. un entendido en flamenco
  3. la caja tonta
  4. In that order (Hence ver TV because is passive)
  5. No esto para fiestas/bromas etc. B. NEVER las fiestas, las bromas
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  1. What classic mistake people make with “ser”?
  2. How does “ser” describe characteristics?
  3. Hirotu is a blonde, yesterday he was a brown-haired
  4. In contrast, what does “estar” describe?
  5. What does this mean re estar as CF to ser?
A
  1. To think it describes permanence. It doesn’t.
  2. At the time perceived ie might have been that way for 5 minutes or 5 years
  3. Hirotu es un rubio, ayer era un moreno
  4. The end result of a process p.e Mariluz está morena (ie tanned by the sun)
  5. Estar is a more expressive verb.
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  1. -azo Ns: the rocket launch to start San Fermines (7 July)
  2. A pistol shot (eg to start a race)
  3. to slam the door
  4. a stonking big pay rise
  5. a header, of a ball OR a bang to the head
  6. a great catch, romantically OR a great game
  7. to slam one’s hand eg on the table ie a slap
A
  1. lanzar un chupinazo
  2. el pistoletazo (el cos’ like a blow)
  3. dar un portazo
  4. un sueldazo
  5. un cabezazo
  6. un partidazo
  7. dar un manazo
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  1. He has a great body. She has a pretty face. CF
  2. Can you watch my things? eg on beach
  3. A. a one-piece [Cf Bikini]. B. What say re men?
  4. Loc vb: A. to scrutinise, ie to look at very closely B. Explain?
  5. What is a potaje?
  6. What is cazón de adobo?
A
  1. Tiene un cuerpazo. Tiene una cara bonita
  2. ¿Puedes vigilar a mis cosas?
  3. A. el bañador B. same for men.
  4. A. mirar con lupa B. Lupa = magnifying glass.
  5. a lentil based stew.
  6. Little bits of seasoned battered fish deep fried (Cádiz)
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  1. El puchero is a pressure cooker without the valve
  2. a hock (ie carne ternura)
  3. salted pork fat (with a bit of skin + hairs)
  4. bread crumbs
  5. What is the pringá
  6. What N of meal the pringá + potatoes etc
A
  1. El puchero es una olla express/olla a presión sin la válvula
  2. jarrete
  3. el torcino salado
  4. pan rayado
  5. the shredded meat, with the pork fat, bread etc.
  6. ropa vieja
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  1. Why never “para yo” nor “para tú”?
  2. What are the preposicionales?
  3. Why is “para yo” logically wrong?
  4. garlic bread
  5. A.By the way, the girls love him … B. What error to erradicate
A
  1. Preposicionales: the pronouns which go with ALL prepositions.
  2. mí, tí, él, ella, usted, nosotros, vosotros, ellos, ustedes
  3. Yo and tú are subject pronouns. The subject is the person doing action. Para expresses the end purpose of the action. Therefore is a logical impossibility.
  4. pan de ajo
  5. A. Por cierto, a las chicas le encantan. B. NEVER Por lo cierto
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  1. Why wrong? Por desgracia no pudíeramos encontrar ninguna fecha que nos convendría a los dos
  2. Correct the sentence in 1.
  3. I ran into Paco the other day
  4. Colq exp: to kick up a fuss or to have a strop
  5. It’s the opposite
A
  1. The subjunctive always has to be in the subordinate [ie AFTER que]. It can NEVER be in the principal.
  2. . Por desgracia no podríamos encontrar ninguna fecha QUE nos conviniera a los dos
  3. . Encontró con Paco el otro día
  4. armarte una bronca
  5. Es lo contrario
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  1. You can’t read people like a book
  2. What person A emphasise: En eso, estás equivocADO [In this, you’re mistaken]
  3. What person B emphasise: En eso te estás equivocANDO [Same meaning]
  4. A. nutmeg B. the herb, only Andalucia like mint
A
  1. No se puede leer a las personas como un libro
  2. That in this moment PUNTUAL you’re mistaken.
  3. That YOU CONTINUE to be mistaken in this moment and into the future.
  4. A. nuez moscada B. hierbabuena
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  1. A. … since before we were born [impossible] B. Learning
  2. Exp: I’d say she had a good time … (like me imagino)
  3. Exp know: You crack ME up (cos’ laugh so much)
  4. Alt exp - IT cracks ME up (hypobolic exp). B. Origin?
A
  1. A.desde antes de que naciéramos B. NOT Desde que antes …
  2. Me da a mí que se lo pasó bien …
  3. Que te ME mueres de risas
  4. A. Que ME va dar algo B. From what Drs say to patients …
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  1. Exp: I was blown away
  2. Exp: I’m gob-smacked/flabbergasted
  3. Exp: I was at a loss/speechless
  4. Exp: I was stunned
  5. Exp: I went blank, couldn’t remember
A
  1. Me he quedado flipado
  2. Me quedé de piedra (like a statue)
  3. Me he quedado sin palabras
  4. Me he quedado con la boca abierto
  5. Me quedé en blanco
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  1. Exp: I was staggered/dumbfounded
  2. Exp: I was caught with my pants down
  3. Exp: I’m broke [Alt to estoy pelado]
  4. What is a pronominal verb?
  5. un medico -> a quack, a sawbones ie perjorative N
A
  1. Me quedé a cuadros
  2. Me he quedado en bragas
  3. Me quedo sin blanca
  4. A verb which requires a reflexive pronoun to work ie doesn’t exist without the reflex. pronoun eg suicidarse [You can’t suicide s.o else]
  5. un matasanos
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  1. you have me on tenderhooks/guessing [to learn more about …] ie in suspense
  2. What is a pastel de pestiño (And.)
  3. What is pinchatos de morunos (And)
  4. a berza?
  5. The 3 types of And. grape varieties
A
  1. me tienes en ascuas [por conocer más sobre …]
  2. Folded pastry, deep fried olive oil, glazed honey (Xmas)
  3. Skewed pieces of seasoned-spiced meat (arab influence)
  4. another chickpea-veggie based stew with chorizo and mocillo
  5. A. palomino -> a dry white wine + if fortified -> manzanillo B. Moscatel C. Pedro Xeminez (both B and C sweet)

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