Unit 8. Through the Ages Flashcards
To collect in or form into a mass, or to make something do this. (Acumularse)
Bank
A period of time of which particular events or stages of development are typical. E.g. the Clinton era, the post-war era. (Era, época)
Era
Either of the two points at the most northern and most southern ends of the Earth, around which the Earth turns. (Polo)
Pole
(Formal) More important
Prior
A long look, usually of a particular kind. (Mirada)
Gaze
- A simple, quickly-made drawing that does not have many details. (Boceto, croquis) - A short written or spoken story that does not have many details. (Borrador, esquema)
Sketch
(Expression) To be able to understand a clock.
Tell the time
To look at something or someone for a long time, especially in surprise or admiration, or because you are thinking about something else. (Mirar fijamente)
Gaze
In a bridge _ a river, it goes from one side to the other. (Cruzar, extenderse sobre)
Span
If your watch or clock is _, it shows a time that is later than the correct rime. (Adelantado)
Fast
(Idiom) To make a difficult situation even worse for someone. (Hurgar en la herida)
Rub salt in/into the wound
A legth of hair or other material that is divided into three parts that are then crossed over each other in a special pattern. (Trenza)
Plait
The work of a dentist. (Odontología)
Dentistry
To form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have. (Deducir, insinuar, inferior)
Infer
(Consecutivo)
Consecutive
Giving all your attention to something. (Ensimismado, absorto)
Engrossed
A pile or mass of earth, clouds,etc. (Montículo, agrupación)
Bank
(an example of) Uncontrolled and excited behaviour or emotion that is sometimes violent. (Frenesí, histeria)
Frenzy
Before a particular time or event. (Antes de)
Prior to something
To exist or continue for a particular length of time. (Abarcar)
Span
In the past.
Formerly
To introduce something in stages over a particular period of time. (Introducir paulatinamente)
Phase
To join three or more pieces of hair or string-like material by putting them over each other in a special pattern. (Trenzar)
Plait
(Expression) (Formal) The particular problem that makes a situation difficult or impossible. (El problema)
The rub
(Idiom) (Especially of a place) very clean and tidy.
Spick and span
To have existed or happened before another thing. (Antedatar, precede, ser anterior a)
Predate