Nacho Flashcards
Surgió algo
Something come up
Impidiéndole
Preventing her from -ing
Domiciliación bancaria
Direct debit
Cuenta corriente
A current account
Negaron que su hijo robara el dinero
They denied their son stealing the money
Les hubiera gustado que su hijo robara el dinero
They would like their son to steal the money
Una celebración única
A one-off celebration
Quejarse
To whine, to complain
Me quedé sin dinero, así que estoy arruinado
I ran out of money, soy I am broke
Estoy arruinado (2)
I am broke, I am out of money
Pare de leer para hacer la cena
I stopped reading to make dinner
Hacer la cena
To make/ cook dinner= To get dinner/lunch ready
Parar
To stop= to come to a hault
Duelo
Mourning, bereavement
Cementerio
Graveyard, cementery
Bautismo
Christening, baptism
Ni yo
Nor/Neither + aux + subject
Ex: Nor have I
Yo también
And so + aux + subj
Ex: and so should I
Pues yo si/no
Well + subj + aux/auxn’t
Pero no se quien si
But + subj (nose quien) + aux/auxtn
Ex: but my father didn’t
No ser consciente (2)
Unconsious/ unaware
Tener cuidado (2)
Be careful/ beware of
No es lo suficientemente atractivo
He is not attractive enough = He is too ugly
Nací en España
Nací en una familia rica
I was born into Spain
I was born into a well-off family
To carry/llevar
Bear/Bore/ born-borne
Da lugar a I born (me trajeron al mundo)
Ex con bear: you have to bear/keep in mind
I was born to a country at war
Prescindir de algo
To do without something or someone= To dispense with something or someone
Además de tal
In addition to
Cansado de escribir
Tired OF writtING
Además de escribir emails responde llamadas
In addition to writing emails he answer phone calls
Estudio inglés para escribir mejor
I am studying English to write emails better
Soy una persona de levantarme pronto
I am a morning person/ I am a early bird
To go to bed early (sinónimo)
To have an early night
A quien madruga dios le ayuda
The early bird catches the worm
That’s right (sinónimo)
You got that right/ you bet
Diferencia entre how long y how much time
Si pones delante “durante” y cuadra es how long
Sustituir
To substitute (sub, abreviatura)
Decir que estás enfermo
I reported on sick/off sick or I called in sick
Luis is off sick (está enfermo)
Estar en una baja: to be on a sick leave
To have the right to
To be entitled to
Son tanto tal como tal
No son ni tal ni cual
Either_or_
Neither_or_
No pude ver el mobiliario (2)
I couldn’t see furniture
I could see no furniture
Other vs another
Other es diferente
Another es lo mismo
Other – se utiliza para referirse a una cosa o a una persona que es diferente o distinta de una que ya se mencionó. Another – se utiliza para referirse a una persona o cosa adicional del mismo tipo de la que ya se mencionó.
Like vs as
Like: comparación
As: identificación
Ej: I am telling you like a friend (no soy tu amigo) or I am telling you as a friend (soy tu amigo)
Parecido
Alike/similar
Similar
He looks + adj (look like = resemble = parecerse)
He seems + adj (seems to= appear to= parece que)
Se nota (3)
You can tell that
It is clearly shown/understood
Física, físico (físicamente), físico científico
Physics, physical, phisician
Pronunciación college vs colleague
College (colich) instituto facultad
Colleague (colig) compañero
Un amigo mío
A friend of mine/ hers
Some colleagues of my boyfriend
No trabajo
I am off
Dormir hasta tarde
A Lie-in, to oversleep
Para quien trabajas?
No trabajo en este momento
Who do you work for?
I am not employed at the moment
Mentally ill/ good mental head
Insane / sanity
Employer vs employees
El que lo da/ los que trabajan
Agencia de empleo
Tasa de desempleo
An employment agency
Unemployment rate
Cuanta gente trabaja en Newbel
How many people does Newbel employ?
Gastar dinero en
Spend money ON
Pierdo mucho tiempo yendo al trabajo
I waste a lot of time commuting/ going to work
Gasta mucho tiempo
Time-consuming
Basura (5)
Garbage, trash, rubbish, litter, waste
I have an opportunity (sinónimo)
I stood a chance
Crisis en singular y plural
One crisis
Two crises
Análisis en singular y plural
1 Analysis
2 analyses
Pon el puño (para pinchar)
Give me a fist
State vs estate
State: estado
Estate: finca, hacienda, herencia y se hacen combinaciones por ejemplo:
- the real estate (inmobiliaria)
- estate agents (agente inmobiliario)
Singularia tantum and plural tantum
This news IS fantastic
These news I am bringing to you IS…
People have/are/ don’t like
Spanish people is (es una masa)
Spaniards are
A series of…/two series (siris) of
At the moment (sinónimo)
At this time
Diferenciar
Can you TELL a mandarine FROM orange?
You couldn’t TELL one FROM the other
Barato
Cheap (connotación negativa)
Affordable or reasonably price (bien)
Carretera
Motor way
-on + consonante = se pronuncia con a
London (Landon)
My son (the san)
Monday (Manday)
A ton (tan)
Monkey
Money
Etc
Raise vs rise
Levantar (put up) vs aumento (increase)
Programme vs program
British vs American
A medio día
At midday
The faculty significado
British (building) vs American (staff)
Maletero
Boot
Carruaje
A carriage
Baúl
Trunk
Un viaje
One-way (American) vs single (British)
Within
Inside an interval
Ex: within two weeks you will have finished the paper
By
Ese día concreto
Ex: by the tenth of January the test would have been finished
On
Usado para un día concreto en el calendario lo puedes poner con el dedo
Ex: on Monday / on November 27
No: on November SI: In November (no es un día concreto)
At
At + time
Ex: at six o’clock
At this moment (no es medible sin duración)
In this moment (intervalo) Ex: I will tell you in a moment
Me las apañaré para resolverlo
I will manage to solve my problem
You will get there
Lo podemos hacer sobre la marcha
We can do it on the go
Friki manitas (2)
Nerd, whizz
Start/ doing urgently something
Get down to something/ - ing
Buzón
Mail box
Explicación:
-This is the hammer with which the woman hit the nails (no se puede omitir which)
-this is the hammer which the woman hit the nails with (aquí si podemos omitir which porque el with está al final)
La gente a la que estás esperando (2)
The people for whom you are waiting
The people (who/whom/that) you are waiting for
Difference between who and whom
Who (relative pronoun)= subj/obj
Whom= only as an object (+formal)
Se ha quemado (2)
Get burn
Caught fire
Cuando omitir that or which
No omitir cuando actúan de sujeto
Fruit/suit/suitable (pronunciación)
Omitimos la i en la pronunciación
The videocall came too late. I was waiting for it.
Otra forma: the videocall (which/that) I was waiting for, came too late
Al mismo tiempo
At a time
Ex: I didn’t do them all at a time
Conocer/ Ser consciente de
To be acquainted with
To be aware of
To know
Te suena de algo
Does it bring a bell?
Does it sound familiar to you?
Nóminal relative clauses
What= lo que (NO se puede cambiar por lo cual)
Which= ,lo que (se puede cambiar por lo cual)
Ex: I am going to explain what I told you about last class
Ex: Nacho told us that we are very smart, which we really appreciated
