More Words I Looked Up

Question 1

I’m going nowhere

Answer 1

voy a ninguna parte

Question 2

to walk away, get away

Answer 2

alejarse

Question 3

to enable

Answer 3

habilitar

Question 4

asthma inhaler

Answer 4

el inhalador de asma

Question 5

I’m happy either way

Answer 5

estoy feliz de cualquier manera

Question 6

to spell (letter by letter)

Answer 6

deletrear

Question 7

exhausted [3 words]

Answer 7

reventado / agotado / deshecho

Question 8

we can figure it out

Answer 8

lo podemos resolver

Question 9

there were three of us besides Mary [2 ways]

Answer 9

éramos tres además de Mary / éramos tres aparte de Mary

Question 10

put y’alls wellies on in case it rains [i.e. a less probable scenario]

Answer 10

poneos las botas de agua por si lloviera

note the subj imp. (less probable scenario)

Question 11

don’t tell any of this to Roberto, in case he asks you [i.e. a more probable scenario]

Answer 11

no dile nada de esto a Roberto, por si acaso te pregunta

note the ind. present. (more probable scenario)

por si acaso is the same as por si

Question 12

to regret (a decision) [2 ways]

Answer 12

arrepentirse de [stem change to ie] / lamentar

Question 13

back garden

Answer 13

el jardín trasero

Question 14

the fewer kilometres they travel, the more fresh they will be

Answer 14

cuantos menos kilometros viajan, más frescos estarán

Question 15

it gets easier the more you do it

Answer 15

se vuelve más fácil cuanto más lo haces

Question 16

cut-price [said of a good]

Answer 16

precio rebajado

Question 17

He had himself proclaimed leader

Answer 17

Él mismo se hizo proclamar líder

Question 18

hairy

Answer 18

peludo

Question 19

I borrowed it from her

Answer 19

Se lo pedí prestado a ella

Question 20

to drop [something]

Answer 20

dejar caer

Question 21

to put [something] together [2 words]

Answer 21

armar / montar

¿Me ayudas a armar esta biblioteca, por favor?

Question 22

out there

Answer 22

allí afuera

*(or allá)

Question 23

Have you thought about not using disposable cups?

Answer 23

¿Has pensado en no utilizar vasos desechables?

Question 24

disappointing

Answer 24

decepcionante

Question 25

Somehow [2 ways]

Answer 25

de algún modo / de alguna manera

Question 26

For some reason I never go there.

Answer 26

Por alguna razón nunca voy allí.

Question 27

I was pulling up weeds

Answer 27

Estaba arrancando malas hierbas

Question 28

He tore a page out of the notebook

Answer 28

Arrancó una hoja del cuaderno

Question 29

They snatched it from me.

Answer 29

Me lo arrancaron de las manos.

Question 30

My house is across from the school.

Answer 30

Mi casa está enfrente de la escuela.

Question 31

It's enough for me to study a little bit

Answer 31

Me basta con estudiar un poco la noche antes del examen *impersonal (no subject)*

Question 32

It's enough for me to study a little bit

Answer 32

Me basta con estudiar un poco la noche antes del examen *impersonal (no subject)*

Question 33

It isn't enough to close the shop

Answer 33

No basta con cerrar la tienda *impersonal - no subject*

Question 34

It isn't enough to close the shop

Answer 34

No basta con cerrar la tienda *impersonal - no subject*

Question 35

He flushed the toilet.

Answer 35

Él tiró de la cadena del inodoro.

Question 36

bullet-proof

Answer 36

a prueba de balas ('a prueba de' = '-proof')

Question 37

It's so bright out there!

Answer 37

¡Hay tanta luz ahí fuera!

Question 38

It promotes circulation.

Answer 38

Favorece la circulación. *favorecer usada como beneficiar*

Question 39

she was meant to have an appointment

Answer 39

se suponía que ella tenía una cita

Question 40

strewn all over the pavement

Answer 40

esparcidos por todo el pavimento *esparcir = to scatter/to spread*

Question 41

dry cleaner's

Answer 41

la tintorería

Question 42

duvet cover

Answer 42

una funda de edredón

Question 43

It's for the best

Answer 43

Es lo mejor

Question 44

He fell onto me.

Answer 44

Cayó sobre mí.