Workbook 3 Flashcards
Basurero
Dustman or refuse collector
Contenedor de basura
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A large metal container in which you can throw away bulky items
Chatarrero
Rag picker
Camion de la basura
Dustcart
Basura que se tira por la calle, patio , etc
Litter
Tirar papeles o ensuciar el patio
To litter the playground
Basura
Rubbish,
Refuse
Vertedero, basurero
Esta casa es una pocilga
Tip
This house is a tip (familiar)
Tip tambien significa propina
Estallido de escritura grafitis
Outbreak of graffiti-writing
Hay slogans pintados con spray por toda la ciudad
There are slogans sprayed all over the walls in the town
Mas de, more than
In excess of
In excess of 2thousand people die from heart attack annually
I wonder if my son is taking fitness to extremes
Dennis went over the top to make Paul feel at ease
Pasarse
Lema , divisa
Mi lema es moderacion en todas las cosas
My motto is moderation in all things
Comprar en exceso es la debilidad de laura
Shopping in excess is laura’s weakness
Estresado, agobiado
Overstretched
Oversensitive
She is very oversensitive and gets upset very easily
Sobrevalorado
Overrated
The two coffees cost us 20€, which I thought was terribly overpriced
Agotado, cansado
Overtired
Engullir, devorar
Wolf
Ahogarse(al tragar) asfixiarse,
choke /tf6uk
He almost choked when he was wolfing the sandwich
Nip and tuck
Cirugia plastica
Meterse para el cuerpo, comer avidamente
Tuck into
Lamer
Lick
Hacer una confidencia
Confide
Cleft sentences
Oraciones “partidas”
He paid 20€.
No, it was 25 € that he paid.
Dar una fiesta, organizar una fiesta
Throw a huge party
Otra cleft sentence:
No, it was for his birthday that he threw a party
Oraciones con “what “clause para dar enfasis
What he did was break a record
What I love is eat chips and salad
Uncooperative, undeserving (no merecedor, not worthy)
uninformative(poco educativo, not educTional, poco instructivo ). unreceptive
Carefulness,powerless
Disadvantageous,disrespectful, discourteous,/dis’k3:ti6s descortes
Indecisive(indeciso) inadvisable, insubstantial
Decidido,ser decidido una persona
To be decisive
Un cascarrabias, a complainer
Crank
Manija, manilla, manivela
Crank, handle
Pocos, escasos recursos
Scarce resources
Escasamente, a penas, brevemente
Scarcely , barely
Analfabetismo
Illiteracy
Analfabetismo descontrolado
Rampant illiteracy
Comunidad rural indigente, desamparada
Destitute
Destitute rural community
Usureros de los prestamos
Loan shark
Apuro, dificil situacion, dilema
Predicament
Dinero en efectivo
Cash ( coins and bills)
He lent them the cash
Prestamo
Loan
Emprendedores necesitados
Needy entrepreneurs
Garantia, aval , fianza
Collateral
Mohammed yumus lent small amounts to the poor with no collateral
Destinatario, receptor
Re’cipient
Ganancia, beneficio
Profit, she only made 3 € profit on her product
Incumplir en pagar
To default, fail in repaying
Donativo, limosna
Handout
He thinks that people are better off with a loan than with a handout
Impreso, folleto, information sheet
Handout ( igual que donativo)
Ser de la vieja escuela
He is old school, he can’t use a computer
