Virtu Lessons Flashcards
to hide
esconder
a tap
un grifo
to track
rastrear
a tool
una herramiento
to reach
lograr
a device
un dispositivo
to warn
avisar
a pocket
un bolsillo
limited
acotado
commonsense
el juicio personal
to bring up; think about
plantearse
to assess, weigh up
ponderar
to be late
retrasarse
around, roughly
alrededor
a kidnapping
un secuesto
smothering
el agobio
to be smothered
agobiarse
absent-minded
despistado (a)
a compass (navigation)
una brujula
a train
un ferrocarril
a mile
una milla
hoarse
afonico (a)
high-pitched
agudo
to make happy
algrarse
a race
una carrera
wind energy
la energía eólica
to undo
deshacer
to feel like doing sth
tener ganas de
greenhouse effect
el efecto invernadero
a greenhouse
un invernadero
to take a corner
tomar una curva
the average
la media
a circuit
un circuito
a bubble
una burbuja
a guinea pig
un conejillo de indias
a secondment
un translado
grant
una beca
a kindergarten
una guardería
to achieve, obtain
conseguir
to panic
entrar en pánico
to plummet, fall sharply
caer en picado
a ballot paper
una papeleta
a challenge
un desafío
the stockmarket
la Bolsa
to repeat ad nauseam
repetir hasta la saciedad
to absorb, soak
calar
to injure
herir
a challenge
el reto
to predict, foresee
prever
to plummet
desplomarse
around, roughly
ronda
a recoil, reversal
un retroceso
narrow, tight
ajustado
to start, embark on
emprender
controversial
controvertido
the birth rate
la tasa de natalidad
a tray
una bandeja
‘by the skin of one’s teeth’
‘por los pelos’
’ pull so’s leg’
‘tomar el pelo a alguien’
a crab
un cangrejo
one after another
una detrás de la otra
to have contacts (wasta)
tener enchufe
to digest
digerir
to swallow
tragar
to go backwards, regress
retroceder
to be a natural at
tener madera para
blind
ciego
deaf
sordo
dumb
mudo
supporter, follower
partidario
to rig; to tamper with
amañar
to make a joke
gastar una broma
a notepad
una libreta
to be fed up with
estar hasto de
an investment
una inversión
decrease in expense
abaratamiento
