Unit 11. Design and Innovation Flashcards
To cause something bad to start. (Provocar, desencadenar)
Trigger
- To reduce or cause something to reduce. (Agotar, disminuir) - If the blood/colour _ from someone’s face, or if their face _ (of blood/colour), they turn very pale, often because they are shocked or ill. (Palidecer)
Drain
To remove and/or take in a particular direction, especially in a fast and powerful way. (Arrastrar)
Sweep
To represent or show something in a picture or story. (Representar)
Depict
The act of sweeping something to clean it. (Barrido)
Sweep
- To completely destroy a building, especially in order to use the land for something else. (Demoler, derribar) - To prove that an argument or theory is wrong. (Echar por tierra)
Demolish
(Expression) To raise a flag to the top of a pole using a rope. (Alzar la bandera)
Hoist a flag
To keep thinking or talking about something, especially something bad or unpleasant. (Obsesionarse)
Dwell on something
Describes a building with several floors. (De varias plantas)
UK: Multistorey US: Multistory
Describes a product that is intended to be thrown away after use. (Desechable)
Disposable
(Expression) Almost.
All but
A place where you pay to use the machines there that will wash and dry clothes. (Lavandería)
Launderette / Laundrette / (US) Laudromat
A moving ship that can be used for removing goods from a ship, putting bags onto an aircraft, moving grain into a store, etc. (Montacargas)
Elevator
To direct water onto something using a hose. (Lavar o regar con manguera)
Hose
To fix a border around a picture, etc. and often glass in front of it. (Encuadrar)
Frame
Delicate, as if full of air. (Ligero)
Airy
To form an edge to something in an attractive way. (Enmarcar)
Frame
A sudden strong blow of air. (Ráfaga)
Blast
- A pile of things arranged one on top of the other. (Pila) - (Informal) A large amount. (Montón)
Stack
- An opportunity to make your ideas or beliefs known publicly. - All the things that a political party promises to do if they are elected. (Programa politico)
Platform
Describes a situation that is convenient for those involved but may not be honest or legal.
UK: Cosy US: Cozy
- If you _ something, you remove the liquid from it, usually by pouring it away or allowing it to flow away, and if something _, liquid flows away or out of it. (Drenar, escurrir) - If you _ a glass or cup, you drink all the liquid in it. (Acabar, bebértelo todo)
Drain
(Expression) The freedom to do, say, or feel what you want. (Rienda suelta)
Free rein
To easily defeat someone.
Demolish
To strongly encourage or try to persuade someone to do something. (Exhortar, inciter)
Exhort
- (Literary) Very high an making people feel respect. (Destacado, sobresaliente) - Very great. (Imponente, alto)
Towering
To win all the parts of a completion, or to win very easily. (Arrasar)
Sweep
Tha basic structure of a building, vehicle, or piece of furniture that other parts are added onto. (Armazón, estructura)
Frame
To express something choosing your words carefully. (Formular, elaborar una frase, pregunta)
Frame
- To love, protect, and care for someone or something that is important to you. (Estimar, apreciar) - To keep hopes, memories, or ideas in your mind because they are important to you and bring you pleasure. (Conservar)
Cherish
(Phrasal verb) To praise something or someone in a way that will influence people’s opinions.
Build something/somebody up
- To imagine or expect something in the future, especially something good. (Prever) - To form a mental picture of something or someone you have never seen. (Imaginar)
Envisage
(Expression) The way someone thinks or feels about something at a particular time. (Estado de ánimo)
Frame of mind
(Innovador)
Innovative
Owing money. (Endeudado)
Indebted
A long, thin pole made of wood or metal. (Barra, vara)
Rod
(UK) The system of pipes, openings in the ground or other devices that are used for carrying away waste matter and water. (Alcantarillado)
Drains
In football, a _ is a player whose position is behind the other defenders.
Sweeper
With a lot of light and space. (Espacioso, amplio)
Airy
(Ocupar)
Occupy
To perform an examination on a chemical in order to test how pure it is. (Evaluar, analizar)
Assay
An ugly grey area of a city where people live in closely crowded apartment buildings and there is little space and no trees or grass.
Concrete jungle
To quickly eat all the food you have been given. (Zamparse)
Demolish
A thing or person that is very surprising or causes a lot of admiration. (Maravilla)
Marvel
(Expression) To make someone become suddenly and completely in love with you. (Conquistar)
Sweep somebody off their feet
The period of preparation before something happens.
Build-up
(A piece of) material like a net with spaces in it, made from wire, plastic, or thread. (Malla)
Mesh
Showing no worry or serious thought. (Despreocupado, hecho a la ligera)
Airy
Showing little activity; not busy or happening in a positive way. (Perezoso, vago, descuidado)
Slack
(Innovación, novedad)
Innovation
To clean especially a floor by using a brush to collect the dirt into one place from which it can be removed. (Barrer)
Sweep
To say what the punishment of someone who has commited a serious crime will be.
Condemn somebody to (do) something
The type of computer system you are using, in connection with the type of software you can use on it. (Plataforma)
Platform
The size and shape of someone’s body. (Cuerpo, constitución)
Frame
Something that makes you very tired.
Drain
To criticize someone or something severely. (Emprenderla contra)
Blast
(Specialized) One of the pictures on a strip of photographic film, or one of the single pictures that together form a television or cinema film. (Fotograma)
Frame
Comfortable and pleasant, especially (of a building) because of being small and warm. (Cómodo, calentito)
UK: Cosy US: Cozy
More important that anything else. (Fundamental, primordial)
Overrriding
To join together in the correct position. (Engranar)
Mesh
To officially declare (something) to be unfit for use. (Declarar en ruina/ como no apto)
Condemn
(Phrasal verb) To increase or become larger or stronger, or to cause someone or something to do this. (Desarrollar, incrementar, acumular)
Build (something/somebody) up
A set of stairs inside a building, usually with a bar fixed on the wall or onto vertical poles at the side for you to hold on to. (Escalera)
Staircase
- To look at something carefully, with the eyes or with a machine, in order to get information. (Examinar, explorar) - To look through a text quickly in order to find a piece of information that you want or to get a general idea of what the text contains. (Echar un vistazo a)
Scan
Tall, with many floors.
High-rise
To arrange things in a ordered pile. (Apilar)
Stack
(Funcional)
Functional