VOCABULARY Flashcards
YUPPIES
Young Urban Professional
The SUITS
Managers. People who wear suits
COUCH POTATO
Is a person that is seating in a sofa waching tv all day long and eating.
sedentary person
COUCH = SOFA
AVERAGE JOE
Common person
PLAIN JANE
Girl who is not attractive
HEAD HONCHO
An important influential person
BIGWIG
an important person
AIRHEAD
a stupid or simple-minded person; idiot
TROPHY WIFE
is an expression used to refer to a wife, usually young and attractive, who is regarded as a status symbol for the husband
COUGAR
a woman in her 30s or 40s who actively pursues casual sexual relationships with young men
SUGAR DADDY
a man who offers to support a typically younger woman or man after establishing a relationship that is usually sexual
CHICKEN SCRATCH
Incredibly messy handwriting that is nearly impossible to read
SORE LOSER
A sore loser refers to one who does not take defeat well, whereas a good sport means being a “good winner” as well as being a “good loser”
GOOD SPORT
someone who can accept a loss in a competition or can accept being the butt of a joke
NECK & NECK
So close that the lead between competitors is virtually indeterminable.
SUBTLE
not immediately obvious or comprehensible
LIFE THREATENING DISEASES
disease that cannot be cured
TO BLOW THE NOSE
sonarse la nariz
HANDKECHIEF
pañuelo
MOORS
moro
WITHOUT A DOUBT
Sin duda
TO DOMINATE
dominar
REFERRAL
referncias
PUNISH
castigar
IN THE LONG RUN
a largo tiempo
THREATENING
amenazante
LOUD MOUTH
bocazas
SUDDEN
de repente
TISSUE ISSUE
When you need a tissue, but don’t have one on your person, which then causes an issue
JIPPED
cheated, stolen, dissed
TO SLASH PRICES
to greatly reduce prices
BARGAIN
something bought or offered at a low price
TO STEAL
to take (something) from someone, etc without permission or unlawfully, esp in a secret manner
TO JIP
To take unfairly, to rob
TO GYP
To deprive (another) of something by fraud; cheat or swindle.
RIP OFF
JIP
TOURIST TRAP
trampa para turistas
BALD
calvo
STEERING WHEEL
In a car or other vehicle, the steering wheel is the wheel which the driver holds when he or she is driving.
TYRE
A tyre is a thick piece of rubber which is fitted onto the wheels of vehicles such as cars, buses, and bicycles.
TYRE FLAT
DESINFLADA
REAR VIEW MIRROR
ESPEJO RETROVISOR
TRUNK
MALETERO
BOOT
MALETERO
HOOD
CAR FRONT PART
BUMPER
Impact absorber on a vehicle
CARPOOL LANE
LANE TO CARPOOL
TO CARPOOL
Participate in car-sharing arrangemen
SWITCH/CHANGE LANE
CAMBIAR DE CARRIL
BLIND SPOT / DEAD ANGLE
ANGULO MUERTO
PUMP GAS / REFILL
ECHAR GASOLINA
TO TAILGATE
drive close behind a vehicle
STUCK IN TRAFFIC / IN A TRAFFIC JAM
estar parado en un atasco
CUT OFF (IN TRAFFIC)
CORTARTE EL PASO
ROAD RAGE
aggression while driving
RECKLESSLY
In a dangerous way
FENDER BENDER
minor collision between vehicles
TO RUBBERNECK
To drive slowly by a car accident (or site having emergency vehicles) and turn the head to see anything gory.
TO BLAST THE MUSIC
PONER LA MUSICA A TOPE EN EL COCHE
TO GIVE THE MIDDLE FINGER
HACER UNA PEINETA
PENT UP ENERGY
ENERGIA ACUMULADA
TO HONK THE HORN
TOCAR EL CLAXON