VAUGHAN 13 L6

Question 1

Esto no está al día

Answer 1

This isn’t up to date.

Question 2

Tenemos que actualizar las cifras.

Answer 2

We have to update the figures.

Question 3

El restaurante estaba tan lleno que fuimos a otro

Answer 3

The restaurant was so crowded that we went to

another.

Question 4

Por mucho que le hables no le vas a convencer

Answer 4

No matter how much you talk to him, you’re not going

to convince him

Question 5

Ingresé en la empresa a mediados de los sesenta

Answer 5

I joined the company in the mid-sixties

Question 6

Me casé con ella a finales de los cincuenta

Answer 6

I married her in the late fifties.

Question 7

Me jubilé a principios de los ochenta.

Answer 7

I retired in the early eighties

Question 8

Hasta ahora pareces tener las cosas bajo control.

Answer 8

So far you seem to have things under control

Question 9

Es cómodo tener una farmacia justo a la vuelta de la

esquina.

Answer 9

It’s convenient having a pharmacy just around the

corner.

Question 10

El paro ha bajado 2 puntos en 3 meses

Answer 10

Unemployment has gone down by 2 points in 3

months.

Question 11

Tenemos muy pocas cosas en común.

Answer 11

We have very few things in common.

Question 12

Ni siquiera sé cómo se llaman

Answer 12

I don’t even know what their names are

Question 13

Eso va contra la política de la empresa

Answer 13

That goes against company policy

Question 14

Me lesioné la espalda en el accidente

Answer 14

I injured my back in the accident

Question 15

Quiero introducir progresivamente la nueva

organización

Answer 15

I want to phase in the new organisation

Question 16

Entonces quieres descontinuar progresivamente la

antigua.

Answer 16

Then you want to phase out the old one

Question 17

No tiene sentido

Answer 17

It doesn’t make (any) sense

Question 18

Tengo ganas de acostarme

Answer 18

I feel like going to bed.

Question 19

Le mandaron al extranjero en cuanto supo suficiente

inglés para apañarse.

Answer 19

They sent him abroad as soon as he knew enough

English to get by

Question 20

A juzgar por tu aspecto, yo diría que estás

desesperado

Answer 20

Judging by your appearance, I would say you’re

desperate

Question 21

El fin no justifica los medios

Answer 21

The end doesn’t justify the means

Question 22

Creo que ha habido un malentendido

Answer 22

I think there’s been a misunderstanding.

Question 23

No me importan los problemas de Oriente Medio.

Answer 23

I don’t care about the problems in the Middle East.

Question 24

Cuanto antes mejor

Answer 24

The sooner the better

Question 25

Los fines de semana para mí son sagrados

Answer 25

Weekends for me are sacred