Unit 13 - News and the media

Question 1

Explosión, estallido

Answer 1

Blast

Question 2

Daño, pérdida

Answer 2

Toll

Question 3

Número de muertos, estadística de muertos

Answer 3

Death toll

Question 4

Rajar (con un cuchillo)

Recortar (gastos, empleos,….)

Answer 4

To slash

Question 5

Alabar, felicitar

Answer 5

To praise

Question 6

Avance, logro

Answer 6

Breakthrough

Question 7

Retirarse de, salirse de

Answer 7

To pull out of

Question 8

Juramento, promesa; voto

Answer 8

Vow

Question 9

Prometer, jurar hacer algo

Answer 9

To vow to do

Question 10

Descartar

Answer 10

To rule out

Question 11

Tomar por la fuerza; agarrar a

Answer 11

To seize “siis “

ˈsiːz

Question 12

Arrebato, estallido, explosión

Answer 12

.Outburst

ˈaʊtbɜːrst

Question 13

Enfrentamiento, choque

Answer 13

Clash

Question 14

Desilución repentina

Answer 14

Pang of disappointment

Question 15

No estar de acuerdo con; tener un enfrentamiento con

Answer 15

To clash with

Question 16

To hop on: subir a (bicicleta, autobús)

Answer 16

To get into

Question 17

Estar a punto de hacer algo(2)

Answer 17

To be about to do st / To be On the brink of doing st

Question 18

Prohibir

Answer 18

To ban

Question 19

Medidas severas

Answer 19

Crackdown

Question 20

Tomar medidas severas contra..; ponerse serio con

Answer 20

To crackdown on

Question 21

Soborno (hecho y ofrecido)

Soborno y corrupción

Answer 21

Bribery ˈbraɪbəri (el hecho)
Bribe. (lo ofrecido)
Bribery and corruption

Question 22

Recibir algo de forma positiva (noticias, …)

Answer 22

To hailx

Question 23

Filtrar (revelar secretos, información , …)

Answer 23

To leak

Question 24

Inversión

Answer 24

Stake

Question 25

Prohibir, bloquear, vetar (a alguien)

Answer 25

To bar sb

Question 26

Absolver; encontrar no culpable, declarar inocente

Answer 26

To clear sb

Question 27

Grúa

Answer 27

Crane

Question 28

Grúa (la que se lleva los coches)

Answer 28

Tow truck

Question 29

Falta, escasez (de)

Answer 29

Lack (of)

Question 30

Guiar, liderar, conducir

Answer 30

To lead-led-led

Question 31

Dificultad, problema; molestia (de molestar a alguien)

Answer 31

Hassle ˈhæsəl

Question 32

Posar para una foto

Answer 32

To pose

Question 33

Adj + enough

Answer 33

Suficientemente, lo suficiente (detrás de adj)

Question 34

Baño, servicio, aseo

Answer 34

Loo

Question 35

Enough + noun (countable/uncontable)

Answer 35

suficiente / suficientes

Question 36

Manejar mal un asunto

Answer 36

To mishandle st

Question 37

Alcantarilla

Answer 37

Gutter ˈgʌtər

Question 38

Suficientemente (adj) como para + infinitivo

Answer 38

Adj + enough + infinitivo con to

Question 39

Impar; raro, extraño; sin pareja

Answer 39

Odd

Question 40

Enfrentarse; no estar de acuerdo

Answer 40

To clash

Question 41

Mentir

Answer 41

To lie - lied - lied (lying) ˈlaɪ. - liːd

Question 42

Dar información confidencial

Answer 42

To tip off

Question 43

Tirado en la calle

Answer 43

To lie in the gutter

Question 44

Principal (adj)

Answer 44

lead (adj) ˈliːd

Question 45

Ser bueno en hacer algo

Answer 45

To be good at -ing

Question 46

Página rota, desgarrada

Answer 46

Torn page

Question 47

Escabullirse, correr deprisa

Answer 47

To scuttle

Question 48

Torpe; complicado; embarazoso; / adverbios

Answer 48

Awkward (adj) / awkwardly (adv). “Ok ued “ ˈɔːkwərd

Question 49

Tumbarse, echarse

Answer 49

To lie - lay - lain (lying) ˈlaɪ ˈleɪ ˈleɪn

Question 50

No parar, ir de un lado para otro

Answer 50

To be on the go

Question 51

Pescar al alguien importante, exitoso

Answer 51

To land a big fish

Question 52

Prensa sensacionalista

Answer 52

Gutter press

Question 53

despedicidar tu oportunidad, malograr una oportunidad

Answer 53

To blow your chance (blow-blew-blown) ˈbləʊ. ˈjɔːr

Question 54

Tratar mal a una persona

Answer 54

To mishandle sb ˌmɪsˈhændəl

Question 55

Desilusión, decepción

Answer 55

Disappointment

Question 56

Van a ser las una de la mañana

Answer 56

It´s getting on for one in the morning

Question 57

Punzada, emoción repentina, arranque de …. (Celos, hambre, ….) / arrebato de …

Answer 57

Pang of st

Question 58

Estar a punto de

Answer 58

To be on the brink of

Question 59

Alegre; optimista

Answer 59

Upbeat

Question 60

Caldo, sopa

Answer 60

Broth

Question 61

Salir, irse discretamente

Answer 61

To slip out

Question 62

To get into: subir a (bicicleta, autobús)

Answer 62

To hop on

Question 63

Asco, repugnancia

Answer 63

Revulsion

Question 64

Gusano, lombriz, virus informático (gusano)

Answer 64

Worm wɜːm

Question 65

Pujar

Answer 65

To bid

Question 66

Oferta

Answer 66

Bid

Question 67

ain´t ˈeɪnt

Answer 67

am not; is not; are not

Question 68

salir del cascarón

Answer 68

To hatch

Question 69

Mantenerse optimista

Answer 69

To remain upbeat

Question 70

Ofrecer algo por algo

Answer 70

To bid (st) for (st)

Question 71

To get away with murder

Answer 71

irse de rositas, esquivar el castigo

Question 72

Escaparse

Answer 72

To get away

Question 73

Adquisición, absorción, compra

Answer 73

Takeover

Question 74

Oferta Pública de Acciones - OPA

Answer 74

Takeover bid

Question 75

Ser / mostrarse optimista

Answer 75

To be upbeat

Question 76

Muerto de cansancio

Answer 76

Dead on my feet

Question 77

Isn´t it?

Answer 77

Innit?

Question 78

Librarse de la cárcel, salirse con la suya

Answer 78

To get away with

Question 79

Bajarse (autobús, tren, ...)

Answer 79

To get off

Question 80

Librarse de un castigo, salir impune

Answer 80

To get off

Question 81

Ganar dinero de forma deshonesta

Answer 81

To line your own pockets

Question 82

Forrar (el interior de una caja, ....)

Answer 82

To line

Question 83

Forrar (un libro...)

Answer 83

To cover

Question 84

Desestimar (un juicio,....)

Answer 84

To dismiss

Question 85

Me lo creeré cuando lo vea

Answer 85

I´ll believe it when it happens

Question 86

Pronto, próximamente

Answer 86

coming up

Question 87

En poco más de un año

Answer 87

In just over a year

Question 88

Meter cizaña, armar lío

Answer 88

To stir up trouble

Question 89

Escándalo

Answer 89

fuss

Question 90

Montar un lío

Answer 90

To make a fuss

Question 91

Como si a alguien le importara

Answer 91

As if anyone cares

Question 92

Matrimonio de conveniencia

Answer 92

Sham marriage

Question 93

Gas lacrimógeno

Answer 93

Tear gas

Question 94

Valentía, valor

Answer 94

Bravery ˈbreɪvəri

Question 95

Cóctel molotov

Answer 95

Petrol bomb

Question 96

Desactivación de bomba

Answer 96

Bomb disposal

Question 97

Unidad de desactivación de bombas

Answer 97

Bomb disposal unit

Question 98

Motivos/razones de salud

Answer 98

Health grounds

Question 99

Empatar el partido

Answer 99

To draw the match

Question 100

Desembolso económico

Answer 100

Payout

Question 101

Ir a la quiebra

Answer 101

To go bust

Question 102

Discutir (de discusión)

Answer 102

To argue ˈɑːrgjuː

Question 103

Recurso, apelación (legal)

Answer 103

Appeal

Question 104

Atractivo, encanto (sustantivo)

Answer 104

Appeal

Question 105

Atractivo sexual

Answer 105

Sex appeal

Question 106

Ponte en su lugar (de él)

Answer 106

Put yourself in his shoes

Question 107

Llamar (taxi), hacer la señal de llamarlo

Answer 107

To hail

Question 108

Filtración (secreto, información); fuga, gotera

Answer 108

Leak

Question 109

Soy lo suficientemente alta como para subir a la montaña rusa.

Answer 109

I am tall enough to go in the rollercoaster.

Question 110

Creo que el plato está suficientemente caliente.

Answer 110

I think the dish is hot enough.

Question 111

Metraje, grabación

Answer 111

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