Workbook 5

Question 0

A good story has a intriguing plot, grabs your attention from the start,has a happy ending, has chRCters you can empathise with,
Teaches you something about life, is like real life,

Answer 0

As a result of which
In which case
The point where
By which time
The way in which

Question 1

Tendencia, moda

Answer 1

Trend

Something trendy

Question 2

Predicciones de venta

Answer 2

Make sales forecasts

Question 3

Lanza tus ideas a inversores

Answer 3

Pitch your ideas to inversors

Question 4

Tristemente, desgraciadamente

Answer 4

Woefully

Question 5

Casarse, get married

Dar el sí

Answer 5

Tie the knot
Get hitched(slang)

Question 6

El que sera un marido

Answer 6

Husband-to be

Question 7

Una mujer recien casada

Answer 7

A blushing bride

Blushing:sonrojada

Question 8

Adjetivo de “marriage”

Answer 8

Marital

Question 9

Adjetivo de wife

Answer 9

Wifely

Question 10

Separarse, break up

Answer 10

Go your separate ways

Question 11

Incompatibilidad de caracteres, discordancia de ritmo

Answer 11

Mismatch

Question 12

Nada caracteristico, fuera de lo usual

Answer 12

Out of ‘character

Question 13

De principio a fin,

Answer 13

From top to bottom

Question 14

De mal en peor

Answer 14

From bad to worse

Question 15

Su marido se negaba a realizar tareas del hogar, lo cual estaba en disonancia con sus expectativas

Answer 15

Her husband refused to do household duties, which was totally out of tune with her expectations

Question 16

Pero en lugar de dejar las cosas ir de mal en peor…

Answer 16

But instead of letting things go from bad to worse

Question 17

Persona azafata de vuelo

Answer 17

Flight attendant

Question 18

Dependiente/a

Answer 18

Sales person

Question 19

Humanity/mankind
Working hours/man hours
Personnel(personal, plantilla)/manpower (mano de obra)
Hecho por el hombre /manmade/synthetic
Understaffed(corto de personal)/undermanned

Answer 19

Servicios, instalaciones…facilities

Question 20

Si yo no hubiera rechazado el trabajo, no estaria desempleada ahora

Answer 20

If i hadn’t turned down the job, i wouldn’t be unemployed now

Question 21

I couldn’t rise to senior post (alto cargo) on account of (por culpa de) the glass ceiling
If it hadn’t been for the glass ceiling, i could have risen to(or i would have be able to rise)

Answer 21

No tiene aprension (recelo) para conducir una furgoneta

He has no qualms about driving a van

Question 22

Women who refuse to be treated unfairly by men

Answer 22

Stand up to the big boys

Question 23

20 a lo sumo (pero no mas)

Answer 23

20 at a Push

Question 24

Their male colleagues, men who do equivalent job (homologos)

Answer 24

Their male counterparts

Question 25

Can female builders compete with tea-swilling boys

Answer 25

Plasterer: escayolista

Question 26

Reclutar

Answer 26

Recruit

Question 27

Tratar con frialdad

Answer 27

Give the cold shoulder to…

Question 28

Are you applying on behalf of your husband?s

Answer 28

Andamios. : scaffolding /’skaef6ldin

Question 29

Una tarea dificil

Answer 29

A tall order

Question 30

Actitud sexista y comentarios ocasionales

Answer 30

Sexist attitude and THE ODD COMMENT like : don’t you need to be strong to do that work?