Proficiency 9

Question 1

Experiencia penosa, dolorosa

Answer 1

Ordeal

Question 2

Sigue así

Answer 2

Keep it up

Question 3

Retener

Answer 3

Keep it back

Question 4

Keep going

Answer 4

Seguir adelante

Question 5

Make someone stay inside. Ella mantuvi a los niñis rn casa porque hacia mucho frío

Answer 5

She kept the children in ‘cause it was so cold

Question 6

Perseverar, aunque no quieras

Answer 6

Keep at it

Question 7

Mantenerse al margen de peleas

Answer 7

Keep out OF arguments

Question 8

Librarse de ir a la fiesta

Answer 8

Get out of going to the party

Question 9

Progresar

Answer 9

To get ahead

Question 10

Ir de aquí para allá en bici

Answer 10

She Gets about by bicycle

Question 11

Be friendly

Answer 11

To get in with someone

Question 12

Cuando las cosas van mal, los fuertes take action

Answer 12

When the going gets tough, the though get going

Question 13

Lo que le echa abajo es la increíbles horas largas que el trabaja

Answer 13

What gets him down is the incredibly long hours he works

Question 14

Le cogeras el truco después de un tiempo

Answer 14

You will get the hang of it after a while

Question 15

Me pregunto como lo está llevando

Answer 15

I wonder how she’s getting on

Question 16

Ella encontró difícil mantener la compostura (ocultar emociones) después de perder el partido

Answer 16

She found it hard to keep a stiff upper lip after losing the match

Question 17

Deberías darte prisa

Answer 17

You should get a move on

Question 18

Las críticas minan su confianza

Answer 18

Criticism undermines her confidence

Question 19

Un detective secreto, clandestino

Answer 19

An undercover detective

Question 20

Mira soempre tú espejo retrovisor antes de adelantar

Answer 20

Check you rear view window before you overtake

Question 21

Acometer, emprender, el abogado que emprendió el caso

Answer 21

The lawyer who undertook the case

Question 22

Sharon siempre ha sido eclipsada por su hermana mayor

Answer 22

Sharon has always been overshadowed by her older sister

Question 23

General expenses, or over your head. El still sobre la cabeza era cegador

Answer 23

Overhead. The sun overhead was blinding

Question 24

Ellos hicieron todo de un modo muy deshonesto

Answer 24

They did everything in such a underhand way

Question 25

Grandes supers pueden Vender mas barato que sus rivales, especialmente pequeños comercios

Answer 25

Big supermarkets can undercut all their rivals, especially small business

Question 26

El empezó la carrera co mi rl más débil pero terminó ganando

Answer 26

He started the race as the underdog but he ended up winning

Question 27

Sintiendo mucho respetó/miedo por d se u entrenador, permaneció callado

Answer 27

Overawed by his coach, he stayed quiet

Question 28

Del barco al agua. El fuerte viento tiró a un hombre al agua

Answer 28

The song wins washed a man overboad

Question 29

Someterse. Ella se sometió a una operación rn un tumor en su pulmón el año pasado

Answer 29

She underwent an operation on a tumor in her lung last year

Question 30

No me gustan los body builders que están tan desarrollados que puedes ver las venas en sus músculos

Answer 30

I don’t like bodybuilders who are so overdeveloped that you can see the veins in their muscles

Question 31

Cansada, nerviosa y preocupada

Answer 31

Overwrought

Question 32

Eñ criminal fue finalmente subyugado por los policias

Answer 32

The criminal was finally overpowered by the police

Question 33

To give support or credibility. El presentó datos para dar credibilidad a su argumento

Answer 33

He gave data to underpin his argument

Question 34

Totalmente, or cery carefully

Answer 34

Thoroughly

Question 35

Completely, extremwly

Answer 35

Utterly

Question 36

Anyway synonym. Vamos a llegar tarde, pero de todos modos deberíamos estar allí antes de las 9

Answer 36

At any rate!. We are going to be late, but, at any rate, we should be there before 9

Question 37

Se que esto suena a algo imposible, pero por que n no o?

Answer 37

I know this sounds like pie in the sky, but why not?

Question 38

El problema ha llegado a ser un “problema importante” político

Answer 38

The issue has become a political hot potato

Question 39

Conpenar a guien ecoomocamente

Answer 39

Make up someone for