Words & Expressions (4)

Question 1

Waver /ˈweɪvər/

He’s beginning to waver about staying in the job

Answer 1

Titubear, dudar, vacilar

Está empezando a dudar sobre si quedarse en el trabajo

Question 2

Musing

Answer 2

Contemplación

Question 3

Musings

Answer 3

Ideas, reflexiones, meditaciones

Question 4

To muse

Answer 4

Meditar

Question 5

To muse on (sth)

He took weeks to muse on the question before putting pen to paper

Answer 5

Reflexionar sobre

Tardó semanas en reflexionar sobre el asunto antes de ponerse manos a la obra

Question 6

Grovel

I don’t want to grovel to the boss, but I want our plan to be approved, so I might have to do it

Answer 6

(Be servile) - denigrarse, humillarse, rebajarse, arrastrarse

No quiero denigrarme ante el jefe, pero quiero que aprueben nuestro plan, así que probablemente tenga que hacerlo

Question 7

Abasement (or self-abasement)

Answer 7

Humillación, degradación

Question 8

Wretch

Those wretches! How dare they impersonate us!

Answer 8

(Despicable person) - desgraciado, despreciable

Esos desgraciados! Cómo se atreven a imitarnos

Question 9

Vi - Sob

N - Sob

Rachel’s boyfriend had dumped her and she was sobbing in the girls’ restroom

Answer 9

Sollozar

Gemido

Question 10

Seemly

It was not considered seemly to talk in such a way in front of the children

Answer 10

Decente, decoroso

Question 11

Bask in (sth)

Meerkats enjoy basking in the sun

I bask in the warmth of my family’s love

Answer 11

Tumbarse, echarse (al sol)/disfrutar de algo

Los suricatos les gusta tumbarse al sol
Disfruto del calor de mi familia

Question 12

To bulldoze (sb) into (sth) (figurative)

• My colleagues bulldozed me into doing the presentation

Bulldoze through (sth)

Answer 12

Forzar a, obligar a

Abrirse paso a empujones

Question 13

Buzzwords

The paper headlines are full of buzzwords but contain no real content at all

Answer 13

(Trendy term) - palabra de moda, expresión en boga

Question 14

Brag

He’s always bragging about his wealth

Answer 14

Alardear, presumir, vanagloriarse, fanfarronear

Question 15

Bamboozle

The magician’s tricks quite bamboozled me

She was bamboozled into telling them her credit card number

Answer 15

(Deceive) - desorientar, desconcertar / engañar, engatusar, enredar engañar

Question 16

Vicarious

People get a vicarious pleasure out of becoming scared when then watch horror movies
He wanted his son to become a famous surgeon to gain a vicarious sense of success.

Answer 16

Indirecto

Vicario (que tiene las veces, poder y facultades de otra o la sustituye)

Question 17

To Deride

His co-workers mercilessly derided him

Answer 17

(Express contempt for, ridicule)

Sus compañeros lo ridiculizaban con crueldad

Question 18

Yummy dogger

Answer 18

Galletas & lucky person

Question 19

Dodger

Answer 19

Person evasiva, evasor de impuestos, tramposo

Question 20

To hobnob with someone

Evelyn spends her weekends hobnobbing with socialities in the city

Answer 20

Relacionarse con, codearse con….

Question 21

Baffling

There’s nothing as baffling as the human brain

Answer 21

Desconcertante, incomprensible

Question 22

To baffle

If baffles me that you don’t want to come to the party

Answer 22

Confundir, desconcertar

Question 23

Outrageous

John was rude all evening; his behaviour was outrageous

Answer 23

Intolerable, inaceptable, indignante, ofensivo

Question 24

Riddled with

High schools are riddled with incompetent employees

Answer 24

Plagado de…

Question 25

Knock (sb) up

Her boyfriend knock her up when she was 16, which put an end to her dream of being an actress

She was knocked up

Answer 25

Preñar

Question 26

Wedlock

To be born out of wedlock

Answer 26

Matrimonio

Ser ilegítimo

Question 27

Understudy

(Noun) He has played as understudy to Celtic’s usual goalkeeper

(Vb) He had to undertudy Prospero

Answer 27

(Stand-in) - suplente

Question 28

to be duped into

The newspaper was duped into publishing an untrue story

Answer 28

to be deceived, fooled….

Question 29

To go bust

Since the start of the recession, many well-known retailers have gone bust.

Answer 29

Go bunkrupt

Question 30

To pan out

Their attempt to start a new business didn’t pan out.

Answer 30

Tener éxito

Question 31

ripple effect

“the ripple effect is huge when something like this happens”

Answer 31

Efecto dominó - the continuing and spreading results of an event or action.

Question 32

Backlog

Many of us find our body’s trapped in this flight or fight mode, leaving a backlog of stress in our cellular memory

Answer 32

Acumulación

Question 33

To impair

Over time, chronic stress impairs our nervous system

Answer 33

Afectar

Question 34

Unwieldy / cumbersome

Answer 34

Difícil de manejar

Question 35

To streamline

Streamline your to-do list to make it more manageable

Answer 35

Hacer más eficiente, racionalizar

Question 36

Acquaint oneself with

Answer 36

Familiarialzarse con

Question 37

Daunting

Answer 37

(Intimidating) - sobrecogedor, desalentador