Lesson 26 - Notes - Show Time Spanis Flashcards by Mark Stawman

tell us what you have been doing / have done this week

cuéntanos qué has hecho esta semana

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I have been travelling

he estado viajando

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listen to this! (approximately)

fijaos

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is there a story here?

¿hay secreto aquí?

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flight

vuelo (m)

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low-cost airlines / airline companies

las compañías de vuelo de bajo coste

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it’s a topic which is very much in the news (approximately)

es un tema de actualidad

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to go smoothly

ir como una seda / la seda

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things turn out well

las cosas salen bien

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you’re not at home (fig)

no estás en tu territorio

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to depend on someone

depender de alguien

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to fly

volar

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which is roughly two hours from Paris

… que está a como dos horas de Paris

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just in case

por si acaso

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our flight was due to take off at

11:30

estaba previsto que nuestro avión despegase a las once y media

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to be delayed

retrasarse

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very often

muy a menudo

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to land (aircraft)

aterrizar

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landing

aterrizaje (m)

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in this case

en este caso

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you had to stay there

te tuviste que quedar allí

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occupational hazard

gaje (m) del oficio

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you risk ending up lost, in a situation, in difficulty

te arriesgas a quedarte tirado

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they would have paid the hotel for me

me habrían pagado el hotel

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that we had to get on with it ourselves, manage ourselves

que nos las apañáramos solitos

to take someone breakfast in bed

traer a alguien el desayuno a la cama

snobby

pijo/a

on a global scale

a nivel global

Spanish airline

Iberia

Gerona / Girona

to increase

aumentar

profit

ganancia (f)

the service sector

el sector servicios

Scandinavian

escandinavo/a

to go through the streets

ir por la calle

Norwegian

noruego

Swedish

sueco

enriching, beneficial

enriquecedor

it gives/brings a lot of colour

da mucho calor

they have allowed lots of people (to travel)

han permitido que mucha gente

fantastic

genial

environment

medio (m) ambiente

to damage, hurt

dañar

the more people fly, the more fuel will be spent / used

cuantas más personas vuelen, más combustibles se gastará

we’re not going to get into ... topics

no vamos a meternos en temas ...

anecdote, story

anécdota (f)

are you referring to ...?

¿te refieres a mi viaje...?

this/that is what I wanted to talk about / that’s where I wanted to get to

allí quería yo llegar

with the excuse that I had | to... / on the pretext of having to ...

con la excusa de que tenía...

I decided to make my business journey into a vacation

decidí hacer de mi viaje de negocios un viaje de placer

Iceland

Islandia

surrounded

rodeado/a

lunar

a lunar landscape

un paisaje lunar

the weather was beautiful

hacía un tiempo maravilloso

to have a swim, bathe

darse un baño

lagoon

laguna

Blue Lagoon

la Laguna Azul

I was treated like a king

me trataron como a un rey

it wouldn’t take much for me to...

no me costaría mucho

to get used to something

acostumbrarse a

a far cry from ...

nada que ver con

I can imagine

ya me imagino

what a fantastic journey!

¡menudo viaje!

advantage

ventaja (f)

disadvantage

inconveniente (m)

it didn’t help things

no les facilitó las cosas

something that

cosa que

not only can the big cities benefit, but also ...

no sólo las grandes ciudades se pueden beneficiar... sino también

to develop

desarrollar

tourism has developed much

el turismo se ha desarrollado mucho

to live it up

pasarlo en grande

location

rincón (m)

to maintain

mantener

level of life, lifestyle

nivel (m) de vida

airline

aerolínea (f)

cheap

barato/a

money

pasta (f)

who do you take me for?

¿por quién me tomas?

modest

modesto/a

to earn

ganar

I’m condemned to travelling in | Economy forever

estoy condenado a viajar en economía a perpetuidad

I suspect that...

sospecho que ...

the reason for which

la razón por la que ...

luxury

lujo (m)

frill

floritura (f)

people like to take advantage of ...

a la gente le gusta aprovecharse de ...

affordable

asequible

bargain, not-to-miss price

ganga (f)

bargain

chollo (m)

to arrive flying, to arrive suddenly

llegar volando

- to remain, to be left - there are two eggs left, two eggs remain - don’t you have any money left?

queda ; quedan dos huevos ; ¿no te queda dinero?

- to suit - does this skirt suit me? - that t-shirt doesn’t look bad on you

quedar ; ¿me queda bien esta falda? ¿me queda bien esta falda?

- to meet - we’re meeting at eight - I have met with Ángel in the Plaza Mayor

quedar ; Quedamos a las ocho,; He quedado con Ángel en la plaza mayor

- to arrange to do something / to agree to do something - they didn’t agree on anything let’s arrange to see each on Thursday - we agreed/decided to go to the cinema

quedar en; no quedaron en nada; hemos quedado en ir al cine

to stay I stayed in the house / at home they’re staying with their friends

quedarse (reflexive use) ; me quedé en casa; se quedan con sus amigos

it's a bargain

es una ganga

it's a steal

es un chollo