NIS Gold Season 1 Flashcards
hot air balloon
un globo aerostático
Zepplin
dirigible, zepelín
to land
aterrizar
I am reluctant / I am not pleased that . . .
no me hace ninguna gracia
the part I enjoy the most / find the funniest is . . .
Lo que más gracia me hace es . . .
wherever you are
allá donde estés
It’s on the tip of my tongue
Lo tengo en la punta de la lengua
reliable / trustable
fiable
This topic could play out for so long
Da mucho juego
to report
denunciar
to surround
rodear
surrounded
rodeado
to split / run off
marcharse, irse pitando (Spain)
to play around (like with food) / to fiddle
juguetear
to crouch down
agacharse
to catch ( as in detect an action)
pillar
has shot up/ risen quickly (statistics, crime, prices, etc.)
se ha disparado
to tidy (up), to arrange, to put in order
ordenar
constipated
estreñido
to have a cold, stuffed up nose
estar constipado
to coin (a phrase, or to mint a coin)
acuñar
to publish
publicar, editar
to edit
editar
definitive, authentic, the best
puro y duro
to be totally lost, clueless, to not know where to start
estar pez
a complainer
un quejica
silly, foolish
tanto
by the way,
a propósito, por cierto, (does not mean certainly)
without realizing it
sin darse cuenta
to notice, to realize (not darse cuenta)
enterarse de
to overwhelm
agobiar
a mess
un lío
windmill (for energy)
Un molino de viento
wind energy
energía eólica
a spreadsheet
una hoja de cálculo
A spaceship
“Un vehículo aeroespacial”, or, “una nave espacial”
¿Qué significa “cambiar de tercio”
To change subject
To land in water
amerizar (not very common)
The hydroplane
El hidroavión
To go around the world
Dar la vuelta al mundo