Unit 9. The Natural World Flashcards
- A piece of curved or bent metal that can be pressed into a smaller space but then turns into its usual shape. (Muelle) - Something’s ability to return to its usual shape after it has been pressed. (Elasticidad)
Spring
- (Specialized) To melt fat in order to make it purer. (Derretir) - To prepare or treat the bodies of dead animals in order to take out the fat and other substances that can be used in other products.
Render
A hard, white, grey layer of material that forms on the inside of pipes or containers that heat water. (Capa costra)
Scale / Limescale
- To touch something with a paw. (Dar zarpazos) - (Informal) To feel or touch someone roughly with the hands, especially in an unpleasant sexual way. (Sobar, manosear)
Paw
- To dig a hole in the ground, especially to live in. (Cavar, excavar) - To move yourself into a position where you can feel warm, comfortable or safe. (Meterse) -To search for something, as if by digging. (Hurgar)
Burrow
(Extinción)
Extinction
- A short, stiff hair, usually one of many. (Pelo, pelo de barba) - The _ of a brush are the stiff hairs or pieces of plastic that are connected to it. (Cerda)
Bristle
(Extingido)
Extinct
A strong wish, especially one that is difficult or impossible to control. (Deseo, ansia)
Urge
- A small, usually black or brown creature with a long, soft body and no arms or legs, like a snail but with no shell. (Babosa) - (US informal) A slow-moving, lazy person.
Slug
To send someone, especially soldiers, to live in a place.
Quarter
- Any of the long sharp pointed hairs on the body of a porcupine. (Púa) - A pen made from a bird’s feather, used in the past.
Quill
Any of the various small mammals with large, sharp front teeth, such as mice and rats. (Roedor)
Rodent
To go from place to place searching, especially for food. (Buscar comida)
Forage
A hole in the ground dug by an animal such as a rabbit, especially to live in. (Madriguera)
Burrow
An area of a town where a particular group of people live or work or where a particular activity happens. (Distrito, barrio)
Quarter
(of a liquid) With small white bubbles on the surface. (Espumoso)
Frothy
- One of the sharp curved nails at the end of each of the toes of some animals and birds. (Garra, zarpa) - One of the two pointed parts, used for holding things, at the end of the legs of some insects and sea creatures. (Pinza)
Claw
(Fetal)
Foetal / Fetal
A slight injury or an unpleasant noise produced by rubbing against a surface. (Rasguño)
Scrape
- The thick main stem of a tree, from which its breaches grow. (Tronco) - The main part of a person’s body, not including tha head, legs, or arms. (Tronco)
Trunk
Dried grass or plant stems used by animals as a bed. (Lecho, cama de paja)
Litter
(Formal) A guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have. (Deducción, conclusion)
Inference
The hard, pointed part of a bird’s mouth. (Pico)
Beak
To use claws to tear something or someone. (Desgarrar)
Claw
Food grown fro horse and farm animals. (Forraje)
Forage
- To not continue with a system or plan. (Desechar, descartar) - To get rid of something that is no longer useful or wanted, often using its parts in new ways. (Tirar, convertir en chatarra)
Scrap
A place where water naturally flows out from the ground. (Manantial)
Spring
(Formal) To give something such a service, a personal opinion or expression, or a performance of a song or poem, etc. to people. (Dar, prestar)
Render
To suddenly realize something. (Darse cuenta)
Twig
(Erradicar)
Eradicate
To (cause to) rub against a surface so that slight damage or an unpleasant noise is produced. (Rozar, arañar, chirriar)
Scrape
Buildings for people to live in. (Vivienda, alojamiento)
Housing
(Desastroso)
Disastrous
A device on a vehicle that is used to make a loud noise as a warning or signal to other people. (Claxon, bocina)
Horn
(Hibernar)
Hibernate
To fight a war or organise a series of activities in order to achieve something. (Llevar a cabo, hacer la Guerra)
Wage
To grow roots. (Arraigar, echar raíces)
Root
A piece of men’s clothing that covers the hips and bottom and the top part of the legs and is worn when swimming.
Trunks / Swimming trunks
(Literary) The fact of being kind towards or forgiving a person that you have defeated, especially by allowing them to live. (Clemencia)
Quarter
Carrying or holding a lot of something. (Cargado, repleto)
Laden
(Decaimiento, deterioro, declive)
Decline
(of hair) To stand up. (Erizarse)
Bristle
One of the many very small, flat pieces that cover the skin of fish, snakes, etc. (Escama)
Scale
(Desatre)
Disaster
- (Informal) To hit someone hard with the fist. - (US) to hit a baseball hard
Slug
A large plant with a rounded shape formed from many small branched growing either directly from the ground or from a hard stem grown in gardens. (Arbusto)
Shrub
One or more people who provide help, information, or a particular reaction to something but who are not usually named.
Quarter
To cut something into four parts.
Quarter
To spread across an area or place untidily. (Ensuciar)
Litter
A room or house that has been provided especially for servants or soldiers and their families to live in. (Cuartel)
Quarters
(Expression) A dangerous or threatening place or situation.
The lion’s den
To react angrily. (Enfurecerse)
Bristle
- (Formal) To cause someone or something to be in a particular state. (Dejar) - (Formal) To change words into a different language of form. (Traducir)
Render
- An animal that hunts, kills, and eats other animals. (Depredador) - (Disapproving) Someone who follows people in order to harm them or commit a crime against them. (Atacador)
Predator
(Informal) An amount of drink, especially strong alcoholic drink, that you can swallow at one time. (Trago)
Slug
A large nose. (Napia)
Beak
To appear or start to exist suddenly. (Brotar)
Spring
The members of a person’s family who are directly related to that person and who lived a long time before him or her. (Ascendencia, linaje)
Lineage /ˈlɪn.i.ɪdʒ/
The hair, wool, or fur covering an animal.
Coat
A place where people secretly plan or take part in dishonest or illegal activities. (Antro)
Den
(En peligro de extinción)
Endangered
To succeed in getting or achieving something, but only just or with great difficulty.
Scrape
(Preposition) Near to.
Off
A substance that is put in a container to be used as a toilet by pets. (Arena higiénica)
Litter
(Old fashioned) A judge. (Magistrado)
Beak
Almost. (Practicamente)
Virtually
To strongly advise or try to persuade someone to do a particular thing. (Urgir, instar)
Urge
Covered with spines. (Espinoso)
Spiny
A hard, pointed, often curved part that grows from the top of the head of some animals, or the hard substance of which a horn is made. (Cuerno)
Horn
A piece of men´s underwear that covers the hips and bottom and the top part of the legs.
Trunks
To remove an unwanted covering or a top layer from something, especially using a sharp edge or something rough. (Raspar)
Scrape
- The foot of an animal that has claws or nails, such as a cat, dog, or bear, (Pata, garra, zarpa) - A human hand. (Manaza)
Paw
The home of particular types of wild animals. (Guarida)
Den
A set of bars over a hole in the road that allows vehicles to cross, but not animals such as cows and sheep. (Verja para el ganado)
Cattle grid
A covered space at the back of a car, for storing things in. (Maletero)
UK: boot US: trunk
A rough structure, usually built outside from pieces of wood, cardboard, etc., in which children play. (Cuarto, refugio)
Den
(Specialized) To put a first layer of plaster or cement on a wall. (Enlucir)
Render
A place where people can watch wild animals or birds without being noticed by them. (Observatorio de animals)
UK: hide US: blind
The strong, thick skin of an animal, used for making leather. (Piel, pellejo)
Hide
To have a fight or argument. (Reñir, pelearse)
Scrap
A large, strong case that is used for storing clothes and personal possessions, often when travelling or going to live in a new place. (Baúl)
Trunk
A group of animals that are born at the same time and have the same mother. (Camada)
Litter
Baby hedgehod
Hoglet
To move quickly and suddenly towards a particular place.
Spring
The long, tube-shaped nose of an elephant. (Trompa)
Trunk
A curved metal musical instrument that is narrow at the end you blow into and much wider at the other end. (Trompa, cuerno)
Horn
To remove wild plants from a place where they are not wanted. (Desherbar)
Weed
An insect with wings that is similar to a butterfly, usually flies at night, and is attracted to light. (Mariposa nocturna)
Moth
(Genéticamente modificado)
Genetically-modified
An imaginary line drawn around the middle of the Earth on equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole. (Ecuador)
Equator
(Resistente)
Resistant
Small pieces of rubbish that have been left lying on the ground in public places. (Basura)
Litter
(Repercusión)
Repercussion
(Idiom) If something _, it causes suffering, deaths, or damage.
Take its/a toll
Any wild plant that grows in an unwanted place, especially in a garden or field where it prevents the cultivated plants from growing freely. (Mala hierba, maleza)
Weed
A type of cactus that has oval fruit that can be eaten with sharp spines on them. (Chumbera)
Prickly pear
To encourage someone to do or achieve something.
Urge somebody on
A piece of metal used instead of a coin for putting in machines.
Slug
To look for something by turning things over.
Root
(Expression) (Informal) (Disapproving) - To find a way of influencing or controlling someone. (Sorber el seso) - If a woman _ a man, she manages to start a relationship with him, often because she wants to control him or get something from him.
Get your claws into somebody
- Small animals and insect that can be harmful and are difficult to control when they appear in large numbers. (Bichos, alimañas) - (Offensive) (Disapproving) People who are unpleasant and harmful to society. (Chusma)
Vermin
A difficult or slightly dangerous situation that you cause by your own silly behaviour. (Apuro)
Scrape
- A small field where animals, especially horses, are kept. (Corral, prado) - (AUS) A field of any size that is used for farming. - (Specialized) An area surrounded by fences where horses or cars are kept and shown to the public before a race. (Parque)
Paddock
(Especie)
Species (pl. Species)
A bullet. (Bala)
Slug
A small brown mammal with a covering of sharp spines on its back. (Erizo)
Hedgehog
(UK) (Informal) (Disapproving) Someone who is thin and physically weak or who is weak in character. (Pelele)
Weed
To remove tartar (=hard white substance) and plaque (=soft substance in which bacteria breed) from teeth. (Quitar el sarro)
Scale
A small, thin branch of a tree or bush, especially one removed from a tree or bush and without any leaves. (Ramita)
Twig
