Workbook 12

Question 0

Deal cards

Answer 0

Repartir cartas

Question 1

Shuffle cards

Answer 1

Barajar cartas

Question 2

Sobre la marcha

Answer 2

On the go,

On the fly

Question 3

Improvisadamente

Answer 3

At the drop of a hat

Question 4

On the spot , en el acto, inmediatamente
In next to no time /inmediatamente, tout de suite(tambien se dice frances)
In two twos/ en un santiamen, in the twinkling of an eye
On the double, at the double /sobre la marcha, inmediatamente
In less than no time / en menos de nada
At once

Answer 4

Plural con “s”de palabras terminadas en “o”
Memo,mosquito, photo, studio, volcano,zoo
Plural con -oes
Hero, mosquito , potato, volcano
Plural con -ves
Wolf, half, loaf, shelf, thief, roof/pudiendo tambien ROOFS

Question 5

The audience was/were in tears
Physics is fun, maths is boring
The government is/are setting up a scheme to ensure the unemployed Have enough work opportunities

Answer 5

Measles is highly infectious, and people with the illness are advised to stay at home
His earnings are 50 a week, w hich isn’t enough to feed a family of ten

Question 6

The police have asked the public to make sure all personal belongings are removed while premises aresearched.(el sitio, edificio, terreno esta siendo registrado)
Premises: edificio, terreno (asi, en plural)

Answer 6

The press has/have a responsability to ensure that news is reported accurately

Question 7

Hacer cosquillas

Answer 7

Tickle

Question 8

Rellenar, reponer

Answer 8

Replenish

Question 9

Rajarse, agrietarse, resquebrajarse

Answer 9

Crack

Question 10

The whip cracked

Answer 10

El latigo resonó

Question 11

Scald

Answer 11

Escaldar, sumergir en agua hirviendo

Question 12

Dispersarse, despertigarse

Answer 12

Scatter

Question 13

Titiritero

Answer 13

Puppeteer

Question 14

Comedor de fuego

Answer 14

Fire eater

Question 15

Estatua viviente

Answer 15

Living statue

Question 16

Plurales
Appendix/appendices
Check up/ check ups
Daughters-in-law
In-laws

Answer 16

Ox(buey) oxes
Passers by (transeuntes)
Runners up
Criterion, phenomenon, datum, medium…criteria, phenomena, data…
Aircraft, deer, offspring, sheep, species… Se quedan igual en pl. y sg.

Question 17

Turron

Answer 17

Honeycomb, cinder block

Question 18

Cripple

Answer 18

Tullir, lisiar, paralizar

After the fall, the racehorse was crippled and unable to run in any more races

Question 19

Cinder

Answer 19

Carbonilla, to be burned to a cinder (quedar reducido a cenizas)

Question 20

Clasp

Answer 20

Agarrar, sujetar, asir
Grasp, tambien es agarrar, sujetar, asir
Grab, agarrar, coger, atrapar

Question 21

Leak

Answer 21

Escape , fuga

It would be dangerous if the nuclear power station were to develop a leak

Question 22

Rusty

Answer 22

Herrumbrados

It’s not surprising that your tools have become rusty, if you leave them outside in the rain

Question 23

You’re lucky tonhave survived the acccident with no broken bones,
But we’d better check that there is no internal bruising

Answer 23

Mumble

Farfullar , hablar entre dientes

Question 24

Buoyancy/’bci6nsi

Answer 24

Flotabilidad

Question 25

Wreckage

Answer 25

Restos , ruinas

The parts of a vehicle or buiding that remains after it has been seriously damaged

Question 26

The test was so complicated that it was too difficult for the teachers to understand, let alone the students ( mucho menos, conque..,

Answer 26

She has never travelled outside her own town, let alone travel abroad

Question 27

Assassinate, differentiate, dominate, captivate
Clarify, exemplify, justify, magnify, intensify
Flatten ,heighten(elevar, hacer mas alto…), shorten, lenghten(alargar)
Categorize, maximize, stabilize, standardize

Answer 27

Endanger, enrage (hacer enfadar a alguien), ensure, enlarge (agrandar, ensanchar)
Deepen(ahondar en conocimientos, acentuar,…)threaten, widen(ensanchar, ampliar…)