Spain 2022_B2_03 Flashcards

1
Q
  1. Are there many thieves in the city in which you live? (colq)
  2. Lebanon → Lebanese (adj + N)
  3. its going to take me forever in the supermarket because there are so many people (colq exp)
  4. the red-tape/bureacracy pisses me off (exp = to put someone in an bad mood)
  5. it´s coffee time
A
  1. ¿Hay muchos chorizos en la ciudad en que vives?
  2. El Líbano → libanés
  3. me van a dar las uvas en el supermarcado porque hay mucho gente (me/te + dar las uvas) (from the countdown to the new year custom)
  4. el papeleo me pongo de mala leche (ponerse de mala leche)
  5. es hora de café
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  1. Something that is dead easy for you? (colq exp - a walk in the park, a piece of cake)
  2. It gives me goosebumps
  3. Do you have anything in your house which is really really old? (colq exp)
  4. At the moment I´m worried about David (colq exp = to fret, or to worry about)
  5. the time of the year
A
  1. ¿Algo que sea pan comido para ti? (ser pan comido)
  2. Me pone carne de gallina (also piel de gallina)
  3. ¿Tienes algo en casa que es del año de la pera?
  4. En este momento me como el coco por David. (comerse el coco)
  5. el época del año
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  1. Subj use no. 6?
  2. Subj use no. 7?
  3. What are the nexos temporal - futuro - categoria 1?
  4. What are the nexos temporal - futuro - categoria 2?
  5. What are the nexos temporal - futuro - categoria 3?
A
  1. Cuando hablamos de la finalidad p.e para que - Te llamo por telefono para que vengas a casa (Trick: después = finalidad = subj/antes = causa = indic)
  2. Para expresar una acción futura con el nexo temporal - vb1 = subj, vb 2,3 etc = simple future - cuando vengas a casa, comeremos caracoles, beberemos cerveza …
  3. Inmediatez - en cuanto**, **tan pronto como
  4. Anterioridad - antes de que - Antes de que veng_as_ a casa, limpiar_é_ el polvo
  5. Posteriodad - después de que
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  1. Subj use no. 8?
  2. Subj use no, 9?
  3. What is close to category 9, but different?
  4. Nexus words categ 9 → Indic only? (4,5,6 = maybe)
  5. Nexus words categ 9 → subj only?
  6. Nexus words categ 9 → indic or subj depending on level of certainty
A
  1. Necesidades (necesito), peticiones (pedir) o mandatos (ordenar)
  2. Hipótesis
  3. Verbs of opinion eg me imagino que** + **indic**, **supongo que** + **indic
  4. A lo mejor** o **Lo mismo** o **Igual viene a la fiesta
  5. Puede que** o **Puede ser que** o **Es (im)probable que** o **Es (im)posible que venga a la fiesta
  6. Quizás** o **Tal vez** o **Problamente** o **Posiblemente viene/venga a la fiesta
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  1. a mongrel
  2. the public childcare centres
  3. it doesn´t help you when it comes to work
  4. there are many vacancies (ie jobs which need filling)
  5. to be decisive (not decisivo + CF decidido)
A
  1. un chucho
  2. las guarderías publicas
  3. no te sirve a la hora de trabajar
  4. hay muchos puestos vacantes
  5. ser resolutivo (decidido = determined)
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  1. It’s likely that you’ll arrive in Auckland. (what is the lesson?)
  2. … and surrounded by mountains.
  3. Its located approximately 2 hours by car
  4. to be acustomed to something
  5. to paint a watercolour** o **an oil painting - the canvas - a still-life
A
  1. Es probable que llegues a Auckland (not llegar en)
  2. … y rodeado de montañas
  3. está situado aproximadamente dos horas en coche (transporte = en)
  4. acostumbrarse a algo
  5. pintar a la acuarela** o **al óleo** - el **lienzo** - el **bodegón
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  1. That’s a porkie** (or a **complete and utter lie)(said in a jocular context)
  2. the unfounded rumours** (or **fake news) in/on the net
  3. they rigged (or fixed) the elections (vb)
  4. to upload (x2) something to the internet
  5. to download (x2)
A
  1. Es una mentira cochina
  2. los bulos en la red
  3. amañaron las elecciones (amañar)
  4. colgar**/**subir algo en la internet
  5. descargar**/**bajar
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  1. first-time parents (also inexperienced = novato)
  2. it’s an echo-chamber (spanish equiv + explain)
  3. to be in contact** + **to keep in contact (with s.o) (+ what NOT?)
  4. there are many people who bad-mouth you (ie criticise cos’ jealous)
  5. Alt N = desvantaja
  6. Q-code
A
  1. papas primerizos
  2. es una bola de nieve (lit = snowdome, one of those gifts that you shake)
  3. estar en contacto** + **mantener el contacto** (NOT quedarse en contacto → quedarse en + estado eg **se quedo en blanco ie when mind goes blank in exam)
  4. hay mucho gente que te pone verde (poner verde)
  5. inconveniente (also → an issue or problem, meaning I knew)
  6. El codigo Q
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Q
  1. a horror** (or **scary) movie (x 2)
  2. wrestling (but the American thing)
  3. I dread flying (in a plane)
  4. the expectation
  5. an influencer** o **blogger
A
  1. peliícula de terror** o **película crueles
  2. la lucha libre
  3. me da pavor volar en avión
  4. la expectativa
  5. un/a influenciar** o un/a **bloguero
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10
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  1. What´s the simple rule to form presente de subjuntivo?
  2. What´s the simple rule to form imperfecto de subjuntivo?
  3. What is implic when use imperf de subj in the past?
  4. How meaning diff x2 when use it with conditional?
A
  1. Take the first person present tense + cross out the last letter + change to subj form
  2. Take the ellos form imperfect + cross out the -on + add -a,-as,-a, -amos, -ais, -an etc
  3. Implication desire not happened eg Ayer esperé que saliera el sol ← pero, no salió
  4. 1. make advice more polite - te recomendaría que usaras gafas de sol 2. conditional sentence + unlikely to happen - si fuera rico, iría por todo el mundo
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  1. Which struct use most - I advise you O I would advise you?
  2. I advise you to focus on all the good things you have.
  3. I’m already _counting down_ the days to return (Elvi) (slightly diff)
  4. Write an essay about the problems of the internet
A
  1. present subj form cos’ shorter therefore can say quicker than … te aconsejaría que usaras …
  2. te aconsejo que te concentres en todo lo bueno que tienes
  3. Yo ya estoy _tachando_ los días para volver (ie cross out, instead of counting down)
  4. Escribid una redacción sobre los problemas de la internet
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  1. Exp 1 = I trust him with my life
  2. Exp 2 = I hung my head in shame when … (to hang one’s head in shame)
  3. Exp 3 = I took it to heart when … (to take something to heart)
  4. Exp 4 = to be the apple of his mother’s eye (to be the apple of somebody’s eye)
  5. Exp 5 = to be a bit thick
A
  1. Yo pongo la mano en el fuego por él
  2. se me ha caido la cara de vergüenza cuando(caérsele la cara de vergüenza)
  3. Me lo he tomado a pecho cuando … mi madre me criticaba (tomarse algo a pecho)
  4. Es el ojito derecho de su mamá (ser el ojito derecho de alguien)
  5. no tener dos dedos de frente
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  1. Exp 1 = is on a bender or is getting sloshed
  2. Exp 2 = to get drenched** (or **soaked) eg when caught in a shower
  3. Exp 3 = to get out of trouble** (or **off the hook)
  4. Exp 4 = to be in your element
  5. Exp 5 = to call the shots** or **to be in charge
A
  1. está empinado el codo** (empinar = **hold up, ie the elbow on a bar → empinarse = to get hard, re dick (colq)
  2. ponerse como una sopa
  3. sacarle las castañas del fuelgo eg Bagheera siempre saca las castañas del fuego a Mowgli.
  4. estar en su salsa
  5. cortar el bacalao - le corta el bacalao aquí es Joanana, por lo tanto habla con ella
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  1. Exp 1 - to blush** + **to go red as a beetroot
  2. Exp 2 - were packed in like sardinas
  3. Exp 3 - to dawdle** or **to drag your feet
  4. When use epoca o temporada?
  5. What 2 verbs use for to force ie you shouldn’t force people to do X?
A
  1. ponerse rojo** + **ponerse rojo como un tomate
  2. ir como sardinas en lata
  3. andar/ir pisando huevos
  4. Both refer to a period of time (eg temporada de invierno) BUT epoca refers to a period in the past
  5. no deberían obligar/forzar a la gente
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  1. What is the structure for giving valoraciones?
  2. Which exp of valor use with estar and with ser?
  3. When ser + exp of valor have an un/a infront of it?
  4. Alberto is passionate about this topic + a stronger word + a weaker word
A
  1. es/está/me parece + Exp of valor (-) or (+) + que + subj?
  2. estar = bien o mal que (or variants on eg fatal = muy mal, genial = muy bien), basically everything else use with ser
  3. un + N eg es una pasada (= v. v. positive)/pena/barbaridad que …, Nothing in front of adj eg es alucinante (awesome)/increible/raro/importante etc.
  4. Alberto es UN apasionado DE este tema + fanático/a + aficionado/a
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  1. From my point of view its outrageous that the governments don’t do more to ..
  2. it’s a complicated (or complex) topic
  3. sometimes there are more shelf-stackers than cashiers
  4. dressed potatoes → to dress, eg a salad (with oil, vinegar and lemon)
  5. meat … rare, well done
  6. word = ladle + una olla (o cacerola) con manga
A
  1. Desde mi punta de viesta es + una barbaridad + que los gobiernos no hagan más para … (valoracion)
  2. Es un tema complejo
  3. a veces hay más reponedores que cajeros
  4. papas aliñadoaliñar
  5. carne … poco hecha, muy hecha
  6. cazo - ollas don’t have a long handle, just the little handle on either side - tapadera = lid
17
Q
  1. Follow these instructions strictly** (or **to the letter** or **to the T)
  2. Exp = depends on what we’re told to do (to do what one’s told to do)
  3. I’m the exception which proves the rule
  4. Is courage on the rise? (or rising)
  5. a travelling market … salesman etc.
A
  1. Siga estas instrucciones a rajatable
  2. depende de son que nos tocan** (**bailar al son que le tocan eg bailo al son de mis padres)
  3. Soy la excepción que confirma la regla
  4. ¿es el valor en alza?
  5. un mercado ambulante