ultra 5.29.14 3 Flashcards by Joseph Meyers | Brainscape

Q

a dent

A

una abolladura

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

threadbare, shabby, worn out

A

raído

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

to creak, grind (one’s teeth), grate, clank

A

rechinar (los dientes)

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

a line [of writing]

A

un renglón

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

immediately after

A

a renglón seguido

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

he didn’t notice the difference

A

no reparó en la diferencia

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

regardless of the cost

A

sin reparar en gastos

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

to get one’s strength back

A

reparar fuerzas

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

to repair

A

reparar

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

cottage cheese

A

el requesón

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

an inspection, seizure, search

A

una requisa

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

a chink, crack, opening

A

un resquicio

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

a nightingale

A

un ruiseñor

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

to savour, relish, delight in

A

saborear

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

rage, cruelty (viciously)

A

(con) saña

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

sap

A

la savia

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

the burial, intermnent

A

el sepelio, el entierro

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

a hand saw

A

un serrucho, una sierra

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

astral, astronomic

A

sideral
espacio sideral
luces siderales

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

overdraft (bank)

A

un sobregiro

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

to sit round the table after lunch/dinner

A

estar de sobremesa

Q

an after lunch sigar

A

un cigarro de sobremesa

Q

we’ll talk about that after lunch/dinner

A

hablaremos de eso en la sobremesa

Q

to sip, suck (through a straw)

A

sorber (por una paja)

Q

a (engagement) ring

A

una sortija (de compromiso)

Q

to smooth out, mellow, tempe

A

suavizar

Q

to beg, implore (sb not to do sth)

A

suplicar (a algn no hacer algo)

Q

a tapestry, carpet, walhanging

A

un tapiz

Q

defective, faulty

crazy, loony, stupid

A

tarado

Q

You have to be crazy to grab that snake with your hands

A

Hay que estar tarado para coger a esa serpiente con las manos.

Q

Here we store the defective product

A

Aquí almacenan el producto tarado.

Q

shopkeeper, grocer

A

el tendero

Q

a social gathering, regular informal gathering

A

una tertulia

Q

to walk with long strides

A

andar a trancos

Q

in a couple of strides

A

en dos trancos

Q

a clover

clubs (naipes)

A

un trébol

Q

a warble, trill

A

el trino (de las aves)

Q

a manned flight

manned by

A

un vuelo tripulado

tripulado por

Q

gauge (ferrocarril)

A

la trocha

Q

a path, shortcut

A

una trocha, una vereda, un atajo

Q

a mob, crowd

a pile

A

un tropel

Q

to be under the protection/guardianship of

to be a ward of the court

A

estar bajo la tutela de

estar bajo tutela jurídica

Q

tools, equipment

A

los útiles (de pesca, de labranza)

Q

the dishes, service, set

A

la vajilla

Q

four blue counters equals one black one

A

cuatro fichas azules valen por una negra

Q

it’s not good/use to me now

A

ya no ma vale

Q

i can still use/wear this hat

A

este sombrero me vale aún

Q

better late than never

A

más vale tarde que nunca

Q

the greeness

A

el verdor

Q

to glimpse, catche a glimpse of

A

vislumbrar, ojear, atisbar

Q

a helmet

A

un yelmo, un casco