Terence Flashcards
Appalling
Awful, terrible, horrible
To pull someone’s leg
To trick sb/ to joke with sb / to take the piss / to pretend that sth false is true but it is not serious
To loathe sb
To dislike sb / to despise sb / to deteste sb/sth
Aisle
walkway on bus, plane, or in store
Drown
die in water (ahogarse)
Ward
room in hospital (sala)
To deign to do sth
condescend to do (dignarse a)
Tom Cruise would never deign to take a selfie with you.
Lengthening
Making or becoming longer (alargamiento)
To file for bankruptcy
Declararse en quiebra
In the foreseeable future
En el futuro previsible
Lame excuse
Excusa floja
Glance
Glimpse- look at (ojeada, mirada, vistazo)
You could tell at a glance that he was no ordinary speaker.
Bargain
Item sold at discount (Ganga)
A fuss
Complaints
Profit
Earnings (beneficio)
Whithold
Not give (retener) Withhold information
A mortgage
For house (hipoteca) a bank loan specifically to buy a house
Cramped (adj)
Small + uncomfortable
There is no room to swing a cat = too tiny
To hoard sth
To keep everything you get, and have trouble getting ridding of
Roomy (adj)
Lots of space/room in your home or a specific room
To feel hemmed in
To feel that sth is closing around you
To dread sth
To feel very nervous or anxious about sth. You really, really don’t want to do it. Dread+v-ing / dread going to work today
Sth is a bit of a slog
Hard to read/watch and concentrate on sth often it is quite hard and boring
To go on and on about sth
To talk about sth again and again
To be attending seeking
To want everyone to notice you and give you attention all the time
To let the cat out of the bag
To accidentally reveal a secret
Get sth off one’s chest
To say/confess sth that one has wanted to say for a long time, resulting in a feeling of relief
Witty
Funny in a clever way
Unease
Anxiety to feel uncomfortable in a situation
Enlightenment
Clarification, understanding. To have a feeling of understanding
Eager (adj) Eagerness (n)
Avid (entusiasta)
He is an eager reader
I am eager to show you
Dwindle
Get smaller in size slowly
Hand sth in
Submit, entregar
Accomplishment
Feat, goal achieved, logro
Frequent
Visit
Detachment
Disinterest
Archly
Playfully
Reconnaissance
Exploration
Boundaries
Parameters
Intersect
Meet
Discount
Reduction from the full amount
Uninhabitable
Not fit to live on
Beforehand
In advance
Categorically
Absolutely and completely
Contaminated
Impure and likely to cause disease
Indelible
Impossible to rub out
Intersect
Cross each other
Ratified
Formally accepted
Vacated
Left empty
Annihilated
Completely destroyed
Bullion
Gold and silver bars
Conducive
Likely to lead
Exonerated
Freed from blame
Aptitude
Natural ability
Sordid
Dirty and squalid
Annuity
Annual allowance
Inevitable
Bound to happen
Disintegrated
Broke up into small pieces
Trespassing
Being on private land without permission
Inconsiderate
People who don’t care how their behaviour affects other people
Insolvent
Not having money to pay what one owes
Invulnerable
They can’t be harmed or damaged
Inaugurate
To introduce someone important into a new place or job by holding a special ceremony
Indict
To charge someone formally with an offence in law
Infuriate
To make someone very angry
Inquest
An official inquiry to find out what caused someone’s death
Insatiable
That cannot be satisfied
Incredulity
Disbelief
Inlet
A narrow strip water which goes from a sea or lake into the land
Incentive
Something that encourages you to do something
Incorrigible
Someone who has faults or bad habits that will never change
