miscellaneous1.1

Question 1

Reñir

Answer 1

tell off
fight
squabble
quarrel

Question 2

Cotillear

Answer 2

gossip⇒, chit-chat⇒, blab⇒

(slang) dish dirt⇒

Question 3

Compulsivamente

Answer 3

compulsively

Question 4

Camuflaje

Answer 4

camouflage

Question 5

Holgazanear

Answer 5

laze around, loaf about

Question 6

En exceso

Answer 6

in excess

Question 7

Eludir

Answer 7

avoid⇒, escape⇒

(informal) dodge⇒
(formal) elude⇒, evade

Question 8

Estar hasta arriba

Answer 8

have your hands full

Question 9

De golpe

Answer 9

suddenly
all of a sudden
all at once

Question 10

Retomar

Answer 10

resume⇒, restart⇒

pick up, take up

Question 11

Una verdad difícil de tragar

Answer 11

hard to swallow

Question 12

¡Mucho ojo!

Answer 12

watch it!

Question 13

(Ser) una pasada

Answer 13

to be brilliant

Question 14

A la antigua usanza

Answer 14

the old-fashioned way

Question 15

A la velocidad del rayo

Answer 15

with lightening speed

Question 16

carecer

Answer 16

lack⇒, not have

Question 17

A toda mecha

Answer 17

flat out

Question 18

Dar caña

Answer 18

hurry up, get a move on

Question 19

Palidecer

Answer 19

to go pale

Question 20

Chaval

Answer 20

kid

Question 21

Archiconocido

Answer 21

very famous, hugely famous

Question 22

Bajar la guardia

Answer 22

lower one’s guard

Question 23

Cuna

Answer 23

cot, cradle

Question 24

Chapurrear

Answer 24

speak a language poorly

fumble through

Question 25

Clavarlo

Answer 25

nail, stab, pin, plunge it/him

Question 26

De imprevisto

Answer 26

unexpected

Question 27

Implementar

Answer 27

to implement

Question 28

Como la palma de la mano

Answer 28

like the palm of one’s hand

Question 29

Con creces

Answer 29

expectation) more than
by far
(informal) in spades

Question 30

Con el corazón en la mano

Answer 30

with heart in hand

Question 31

Alucinar

Answer 31

hallucinate⇒
No sé que droga tomaste que no parabas de alucinar.
I don’t know what drug you took but you wouldn’t stop hallucinating.
alucinar vtr (sorprender) be gobsmacked, be amazed

Question 32

Procrastinar

Answer 32

procrastinate

Question 33

Contraproducente

Answer 33

counter productive

Question 34

Fulminar

Answer 34

strike down 
El rayo fulminó al árbol secándolo hasta la raíz.
The lightning struck the tree down, drying it to the root.
fulminar vtr	(matar rápidamente)	strike down

La pulmonía fulminó al paciente, su muerte fue inevitable.
The pneumonia struck the patient down; his death was inevitable.

fulminar vtr (apabullar con la mirada) look daggers at v expr
glare⇒
give someone a look

Question 35

Criticón

Answer 35

critical adj
(informal) nit-picking, fault-finding adj
hypercritical

Question 36

Cruzar los dedos

Answer 36

to cross your fingers