Shackleton 01_01A

Question 1

1a. The disaster would be to not try it! (as in setback or blow)
1b. Expl N -> vb origin
2. the family motto
3. shelves full of books (clue: fml word Gwen used)

Answer 1

1a. El descalabro sería no intentarlo!
1b. descalabro -> descalabrar = to injure ->descalabrarse = to wound s.o head
2. el lema de familia
3. estantes repletos de libros

Question 2

1a. as soon as bumps into/comes across the first icicle (loc. vb)
1b. explain loc. vb lit meaning + fig meaning
1c. I will have lost the total amount with which I intend to defray on your expedition. (to defray)
3. You have to admit that they are colossal (clue: not tener que or deber)
4. Let me clarify (to you) that … (polite)

Answer 2

1a. en cuanto se dé de bruces con el primer carámbano (darse de bruces)
1b. darse de bruces = chocar de frente (lit ie hit head first) -> to fall flat on your face (fig) + to bump into (fig)
1c. habré perdido el montante con el que pretende que sufrague su expedición. (sufragar)
3. ha de admitir que son descomunales
4. Permítame esclarecerle que …

Question 3

1. The ill-fated Scott … I understand that they didn’t get on well (with Amundsen) (adj also mean?)
2. Perhaps it is unworthy?
3. he turned down my offer (clue: not rechazar)
   4a. you have a wife and offspring
   4b. what offspring N mean if botanical? + 2 synonyms

Answer 3

1. El malogrado Scott … tengo entendido que no se llevaban bien (malogrado = difunto = late, deceased)
2. ¿Acaso es indigno?
3. ha rehusado mi oferta (rehusar)
   4a. tiene esposa y vástagos
   4b. a shoot = el brote + el retoño

Question 4

1. Don´t you think you´re a little old to be + running about + around Antarctica?
2. the half-ruined castle -> destroyed/delapidated (as in ruins) -> to demolish (vb)
3. I want to dig a hole (clue: not cavar, not agujero)
   4a. you’ll only get stuck daydreaming
   4b. to daydream/be away with the fairies
   4c. to get an idea (stuck) in your head

Answer 4

1. ¿No cree que es un poco mayor para dedicarse a + corretear + por la Antártida?
2. el castillo semiderruido -> derruido -> derruir
3. Quiero hacer un hoyo
   4a. solo te mete pájaros en la cabeza
   4b. tener pájaros en la cabeza
   4c. meter algo en la cabeza a alguien

Question 5

1. an icebreaker [ship]
2. I’ll tell him to get rid of the ones he has. (vb = to get rid of)
   3a. waving his arm as if he was carrying a sword (clue: not llevar)
   3b. what vb if waving to someone?
3. the muck/filth that’s covering your face (ie suciedad = dirtiness)

Answer 5

1. un buque rompehielos
2. Le diré que se deshaga de las que tiene. (deshacerse de)
   3a. Agitado el brazo como si portara una espada
   3b. saludar con la mano
3. la mugre que te cubre el rostro

Question 6

1. Now that’s an adventure!
2. He held her gaze
   2b. alt vbs = to hold, as in to grasp
3. My wife supports me(vb = also, to have one’s back)
   4a. the men lounging in armchairs
   4b. lounging (ad) -> pronom vb

Answer 6

1. ¡Eso sí que es una aventura!
   2a. Él le sostuvo la mirada
   2b. sostener = sujetar = agarrar
2. Mi esposa me respalda (respaldar)
   4a. los hombres apoltronados en sillones
   4b. apoltronado -> apoltronarse = to settle in, to make oneself comfortable

Question 7

1. he left the half-rolled blueprint and looked up (vb = to roll)
2. he scribbled something on one of the pages (vb = to scribble, to scrawl)
3. I just wanted to make sure that you were trustworthy (vb = to make sure + to check)
4. Amundsen advised me against it (vb)

Answer 7

1. dejó el plano a medio + liar y alzó la vista (liar)
2. Garabateó algo en una de las hojas (garabatear)
3. Solo quería cerciorarme de que era usted de fiar (cerciorarse)
4. Amundsen me lo desaconsejó (desaconsejar)

Question 8

1a. the scribe bowed his head
1b. what word = clerk? what vb = to duck (avoid being hit)
2. they will drag us down with them
3. he had to make an effort to not scrunch/screw up the paper

Answer 8

1a. El amanuense agachó la cabeza
1b. escribiente + agachar
2. nos arrastrarán con ellos
3. tuvo que esforzarse para no estrujar el papel

Question 9

1. Zara wrapped herself up in her shabby/tattered cloak (vb = to wrap o.s up in)
   1b. shabby (adj) -> vb origin
2. to cover her face with the cloth (-> handkerchief)
   3a. given the inebriated state of the crowd (clue: not muchedumbre(
   3a. intoxication (N) -> to get drunk (vb)
3. a bowl with a handful of porridge

Answer 9

1a. Zara se arrebujó en su capa ajada (arrebujarse en)
1b. ajado -> ajar = to wear out, eg clothes
2. para cubrirse el rostro con el paño (->pañuelo)
3a. dado el estado de embriaguez de la concurrencia
3b. embriaguez -> embriagarse
4. un cuenco con un puñado de gachas

Question 10

1a. his sweaty + stench (colq) mixed with …
1b. more generic stench (N) + sweaty (ad)
2a. if they lock you up, you won´t cough up [to me]
2b. vb = to fork out + to cough up, as in to pay
3. Are you laughing at me, tart?
4. You’re a disgusting rogue.

Answer 10

1a. su tufo + a sudor se mezcló con …
1b. hedor + sudoroso
2a. si te encierran, no me las apoquinarás
2b. apoquinar
3. ¿Te estás riendo de mí, fulana?
4. Es un granuja repugnante

Question 11

1. who taught her to pilfer (ie steal small amounts)
2. she was paying dearly for the mistake of pinching the wallet (vb = to snatch, also)(mistake = blunder (colq) -> non-coloq)
3. she only nicked [FROM} busnessmen (vb)
4. but those muggings were rare (ie robbery with violence
5. what N if 4. done by soldiers + verb?

Answer 11

1. quien le enseño a sisar
2. estaba pagando caro + el gazapo de afanarle la cartera (la metedura de pata)
3. ella solo birlaba a hombres de negocios
4. pero esos pillajes eran escasos
5. pillage -> saquear = sacking, rather than pillaging

Question 12

1. there was a new pickpocket in …
2. was doing 6 years in prison for a petty theft (clue: a theft without violence
3. Spencer snitched to the police
   4a. he was beaten to death by the police
   4b. explain beaten?
4. he was wary of her because she was craftier than him (tener + N -> vb - to be wary of)

Answer 12

1. había una carterista nueva en …
2. aplicaba seis años de presidio por un simple hurto (hurtar)
3. Spencer se chivó a la policía (chivarse a)
   4a. había muerto por los porrazos de la policía
   4b. porrazo = a blow, eg from a porra = truncheon
4. le tenía recelo porque era más mañosa que él (recelar de - to be wary of)

Question 13

1. but the thing with the parliamentarian had got her in a real jam (as in tough situation)
   2a. The best she could do was wolf it down and skedaddle
   2b. what wolf it down mean re drink?
   2c. explain skedaddle?
   3a. she wiped clean the plate (as in left no scraps)
   3b. don’t confuse with similar vb but diff meaning

Answer 13

1. pero lo del parlamentario la había metido en un embolado serio
   2a. Lo mejor que podía hacer era engullir y escamotearse
   2b. to guzzle
   2c. escamotear = to swipe, make s.th disappear by sleight of hand -> escamotearse = to make o.s disappear (all colq)
   3a. rebañado el plato
   3b. rebañar CF rebana = to slice

Question 14

1. he was passing through London
2. he came face to face with a plaque (loc. vb)
3. a hat stand with three hats (+ what else N?)
4. a sparse/thin goatee

Answer 14

1. estaba de paso en Londres
2. se dio de bruces con una placa
3. un perchero con tres sombreros (clothes hanger)
4. una perilla rala

Question 15

1. He looked to be in good shape (clue: NOT parecer)
2. the physician + hesitated (old fashioned word = dr) (what alt vb = to hesitate?)
3. the guy in the turtle neck jumper
4. Those present in the office
   5a. the two men laid their eyes on him
   5b. to clap/lay your eyes on s.o

Answer 15

1. Aparentaba estar en buena forma (aparentar)
2. el galeno + titubeaba (titubear = dudar)
3. el tipo de jersey de cuello alto
4. Los presentes en la oficina
   5a. los ojos de los dos hombres se posaron en él
   5b. posar los ojos en X

Question 16

1. he felt [] the tears run down his check (what vb normally mean? x3)
2. he exposed a gash (as in wound) (clue: vb = lit. to leave in plain sight)
3. he glimpsed the figure of his father, on horseback (vb 1. to glimpse 2. to make out)(clue: not atisbar)
   4a. He headed towards his mount (vb)
   4b. what else N (mount) mean?

Answer 16

1. sintió cómo las lágrimas le resbalan por la mejilla (resbalar = 1. to slide 2. to slip 3. to slip up, mistake)
2. dejó a la vista una brecha
3. vislumbró la figura de su padre, a lomos de se caballo
4. se encaminó hacia la montura (encaminarse hacia)
   4b. saddle

Question 17

1a. He’s looking for me to keep whipping me!
1b. vb = 1. to flog 2. to whip 3. what else? + N = whip?
2. I will be the one who gives you a whalloping (vb = to clobber s.o + what lit meaning of vb?)
3. he didn’t protest when he received the first slap (to the face) (clue: NOT cachetada o manotazo)
4. he felt like crying and, crestfallen…

Answer 17

1a. ¡Me busca para seguir azotándome!
1b. azotar (+ to spank, bum) + látigo (N)
2. seré yo quien te zurre (zurrar = curtir, to tan ie leather)
3. no protestó cuando recibió el primer sopapo
4. el sintió ganas de llorar y, cabizbajo…