Ultra 5.14.14

Question 1

chard

Answer 1

acelga

Question 2

a follower, initiate, supporter

Answer 2

un adepto

Question 3

The new political party is gaining supporters

Answer 3

El nuevo partido político está ganando adeptos.

Question 4

to level out, make even

Answer 4

allanar

Question 5

to break into, raid

Answer 5

allanar

Question 6

ups and downs/twists and turns

Answer 6

los altibajos

Question 7

to urge on, press, hurry (sb to do sth)

vi: to be urgent

Answer 7

apremiar (a algn a hacer algo)

Question 8

to poke out, peep, lean out, stick out

Answer 8

asomar

Question 9

he peeped over the fence

Answer 9

asomó la cabeza por encima de la valla

Question 10

his wallet was sticking out

Answer 10

le asomaba la cartera

Question 11

do not lean out of the window

Answer 11

prohibido asomar la cabeza por la ventanilla

Question 12

to amaza, astonish

Answer 12

asombrar

Question 13

nothing surprises me anymore

Answer 13

a mí ya nada me asombra

Question 14

n: informer
adj: revealing, incriminating, tell-tale

Answer 14

delator/a

Question 15

he knew who had informed on him

Answer 15

sabía quienes habían sido sus delatores

Question 16

a mistake

Answer 16

un desacierto, una equivocación

Question 17

to dazzle, leave speechless

Answer 17

deslumbrar

Question 18

shabby, dilapidated, rickety, tumbledown, large and rembling

Answer 18

destartalado

Question 19

a wrong, an injustice

Answer 19

un entuerto, una injusticia

Question 20

to smash, shatter

to come up against, be thwarted by

Answer 20

estrellar (con/contra)

Question 21

he smashed it against the wall

Answer 21

lo estrelló contra la pared

Question 22

the current threatened to dash the boat on the rocks

Answer 22

la corriente amenazaba con estrellar el barco contra las rocas

Question 23

to gravitate (towards)
to loom (over) (amenazar)

Answer 23

gravitar (hacia)

gravitar (sobre)

Question 24

the nobility

Answer 24

la hidalguía

Question 25

to commence, initiate, begin

Answer 25

incoar

Question 26

to begin a process

Answer 26

incoar un proceso

Question 27

interference/meddling (in)

Answer 27

injerencia (en)

Question 28

journalist

Answer 28

un periodista, un reportero/a

Question 29

to put up a fight

Answer 29

librar (una batalla)

Question 30

shake, wiggle, sway

Answer 30

menear

Question 31

He shook his head
She was shaking her hips
The dog was wagging his tail

Answer 31

Meneó la cabeza
Meneaba las caderas
El perro meneaba la cola

Question 32

omit, to get around, obviate, avoid

Answer 32

obviar

Question 33

he omitted the details that he considered trivial

Answer 33

Obvió los detalles que consideró triviales.

Question 34

misappropriation, embezzlement

Answer 34

la malversación, el desfalco

Question 35

The politician avoided the subject of the misappropriation of funds en his campaign

Answer 35

El político obvió el tema de la malversación de fondos en su campaña.

Question 36

the staff, payroll

Answer 36

la planilla

Question 37

to dip (immerse in liquid)

Answer 37

bañar, mojar

Question 38

fish/reptile scale

Answer 38

una escama

Question 39

sumptuous, magnificent

Answer 39

suntuoso, fastuoso, lujoso

Question 40

stubborn, pigheaded

Answer 40

testarudo

Question 41

a whirlwind

Answer 41

un torbellino

Question 42

a whirlwind of energy

Answer 42

un torbellino vital