vocabulario random de clases Flashcards
remain
permanecer - quedarse
to stay in the same place or in the same condition
The doctor ordered him to remain in bed for a few days.
Most commentators expect the basic rate of tax to remain at 25 percent.
[ + to infinitive ] A great many things remain to be done (= have not yet been done).
He remained silent.
demystify
(v) to make something easier to understand
What I need is a book that will demystify the workings of a car engine for me.
catchy
pegajoso
adj
(especially of a tune or song) pleasing and easy to remember:
a catchy tune
a song with catchy lyrics
revealing
adj
- Revealing clothes show more of the body than is usual:
a revealing dress/shirt
- showing something that was not previously known or seen:
A joke can be very revealing about/of what someone’s really thinking.
unconscious
in the state of not being awake and not aware of things around you, especially as the result of a head injury:
She was hit on the head by a stone and knocked unconscious.
desire
v
to want something, especially strongly:
I desire only to be left in peace.
The hotel had everything you could possibly desire.
desire someone to do/desire of What does her Ladyship desire me to do/desire of me?
[ + to infinitive ] The president desires to meet the new prime minister.
whopping
adj
enorme - gigante
extremely large:
She had a whopping great bruise on her arm.
a whopping 35 percent pay rise
a whopping lie
disregard
n
the fact of showing no care or respect for something:
disregard for
What amazes me is her complete disregard for anyone else’s opinion.
v
to ignore something:
He told us to disregard everything we’d learned so far and start again.
widely
adv
including a lot of different places, people, subjects, etc.:
They have both travelled widely.
His plays are still widely performed in the USA.
French used to be widely spoken in Cambodia.
widely admired . His work on DNA was widely admired.
widely held This is a widely held but mistaken belief.
widely accepted This theory is no longer widely accepted.
outnumber
v
sobrepasar en número
superar en cantidad a
ser más que
to be greater in number than someone or something:
In our office the women outnumber the men three to one.
pile up
v
apiladas
amontonadas
-to form a pile, or to put a lot of things into a pile
-to increase in amount
The work was piling up, and I decided I had to go in to the office on the weekend.
–(of something bad) to increase:
Unpaid bills began to pile up alarmingly.
They piled up such a huge debt that they soon went bankrupt.|
idle
adj oscioso - desocupado
not working or being used
stand idle: Half these factories now stand idle.
sit idle: It’s crazy to have £7,000 sitting idle in the bank.
repurpose
v
reconvertir , readaptar, reutilizar
to find a new use for an idea, product, or building:
The company’s role is to repurpose print data for use on the Web.
Cinemas are harder to repurpose than ordinary shops.
refurbish
v
reequipar
renovar
to make a building look new again by doing work such as painting, repairing, and cleaning:
The developers refurbished the house inside and out.
refurbished
adj
made to look new again by work such as painting, repairing, and cleaning:
The newly refurbished property is across the street from the beach.
The company offers refurbished machines with limited warranties.
catch on
v
captar, comprender, agarrar
to become fashionable or popular:
Why did the electronic gadget catch on so fast?
to understand:
We were teasing Jim, but he was slow to catch on that we were joking.
endless
adj
infinito
sin fin
never finishing, or seeming never to finish:
We used to have endless arguments about politics.
endless supply He seems to think that I have an endless supply of money.
endless possibilities The possibilities are endless.
dent
noun
abollado, hundido
a small hollow mark in the surface of something, caused by pressure or by being hit:
dent in a dent in the door of a car
v
to make a small hollow mark in the surface of something:
I dropped a hammer on the floor, and it dented the floorboard.
If you dent someone’s confidence or pride, you make them feel less confident or proud:
be badly dented His confidence was badly dented when he didn’t get the job.
beat up
v
aporrear
golpear
to hurt someone badly by hitting or kicking them repeatedly:
He claims he was beaten up by the police.
adj
(of things) in bad condition:
[ before noun ] a beat-up old car
beat yourself up
to blame or criticize yourself, usually in a way that is unfair or unnecessary:
If you fail, don’t beat yourself up; just try again.
sprawling
adj
en expansion, en crecimiento
(of a city) covered with buildings across a large area, often ones that have been added gradually over a period of time:
sprawling suburbs
Somewhere in this sprawling metropolis, there is a secret military laboratory.
affordable
adj
not expensive:
nice clothes at affordable prices
slum
n
suburbio, barrio pobre
