Mindset Draught (drft) Drought (drat) Draft ()

actitud, mentalidad

Resentful

resentido, rencoroso

corriente

Struggle

luchar, forcejear

sequa

Scribble While away the time Run-down

garabatear pasar el rato, pasar el tiempo sin hacer nada agotar, cansado

borrador

Rough (rf)

spero, basto valiente, bien definido, marcado, negrita fuera de los caminos trillados, apartado, remoto, escondido, retirado ganar a las cartas, ajedrez, etc avispa

Bold

Browse

curiosear, ojear

Off the beaten track

Scathing (ske)

feroz, mordaz, caustico

Beat

Grumpy

grun

Wasp

Midget

enano gorrn, persona que se cuela en una fiesta gorila, matn, portero

Guesswork

conjeturas

Gatecrasher

Rotten

podrido maduro, madurar (personas) madurar (fruta)

Bouncer

Mature

Stag

ciervo macho

Ripen

Doe d/

cierva, coneja

Blink

parpadear involuntario Fawn /fn/

cervatillo

Wink

guiar el ojo voluntario lo, rollo, molestia

Deer

ciervo genrico

Hassle

Antler

asta de ciervo,

Cash back

Debit card cashback, cash that shoppers receive along with their Kick the bucket goods when paying by debit card hipoteca dejar sin sentido, asombrar alucinante, impresionante ganado Full of beans

morir, darle la patada al cubo (ahorcado)

(re)mortgage

lleno de energa, lleno de vitalidad esquirol desalentado, deprimido, triste poca de cello muy cansado, en las ltimas tratando de decidir entre dos opciones muy contento

Stun

Blackleg Down in the mouth Rutting season Be on your last legs Be in two minds about something Over the moon

Stunning

Cattle

Graze

pastar

Hike

caminata, hacer senderismo, hiking boots : botas de montaa Envidiar, hacer algo de mala gana. I begrudge every moment I spend at work, lamento cada momento que paso en el trabajo tener problemas con alguien emitir

Go hiking

Begrudge (b'grd)

Down the moon

lo contrario a muy contento

Have issues with someone Shed

Put your foot in it Nuisance

meter la pata molestia, to be a nuisance: ser una molestia, una lata

Sink

hundirse

Tough

Difcil, duro

Barely

Apenas, escaso

Pillory

ridiculizar

Scratch

araar

Inhabitant

habitante

Pride

orgullo esperar, sostener, aguantar capricho

Agog

ansiedad, curiosidad

Hang on

Fates

destino

Waywardness

Deserve

merecer

Beforehand

de antemano

Be rid of

deshacerse precavido, to be wary of : desconfiar de algo solicitud

Come out

salir

Wary

Essay

ensayo en el campo acadmico incesante, despiadado pregunta, investigacin elogiar

Appeal

Scholarly

Drift

empujado a la deriva con los pies en el suelo sorprender

Relentless

Down to earth

Enquiry

Take aback

Praise

Breadth

anchura, amplitud ancho, como caracterstica geogrfica (desierto ancho) o espalda ancha

Championed

campen

Broad

Eerie

inquietante, sobrecogedor puado

Maverick

inconformista estar ansioso, tener ganas, estar entusiasmado trineo experto reconocido aunque yo no lo he comprobado La Polica, el cuerpo de polica puro, absoluto Vale la pena Ej: to be worth reading: vale la pena leerlo con un valor de, que vale: to be worth five million valer cinco millones when someone thinks of something again.

Handful

Be keen

Baffle

frustar, baffle

Sledge

Squid

calamar

So-called expert

Whim

capricho, antojo

Police force

Raft

plataforma, balsa ancho en el sentido de distancia entre dos extremos

Sheer

Wide

To be worth + ing

Drag

arrastrar remind: to make someone think about something again. Remind always takes an object. Palabras prestadas de otro idioma Sumamente claro

to be worth

Remind

Remember

Loan Word Highly articulate Useful

Rusty

Oxidado

Accurately

Con exactitud

til, provechoso

usefulness

utilidad Cuidadoso. To be careful with: tener cuidado con Vendaje

Useless

Intil, inservible Descuidado, imprudente

careful

careless

bandage

To be wound /wand/ Wind/wound /wand/ To refuse

Enrollar

Wound /wund/

Herida, herir

Soplar

Rubbish

Basura

Negarse, rechazar

Refuse

Basura No valido, discapacitado

Dump

Verter, tirar Alcantarilla, cloaca Costurera? Entumecer Producir, fabricar Producto Fila Remar Lgrima Rasgar(se), romper algo en pedazos Maravilla

Invalid

Sewer

Numb

Number

Numero , Insensible Polaco Limpiar, pulir Inclinarse Lazo Atractivo, deseable Sintonizar, conseguir sintona Limpio, ordenado Consciente, as far as i am aware: que yo sepa Disposicin para, por ejemplo disposicin para ayudar. Revelacin hacer todo lo posible (por hacer algo)
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Produce

Polish

Row

Bow

Tear

Desirability

Marvel

To get attuned

Setback

Contratiempo Sobrenatural, misterioso Ser consciente de

Neat

Weird

Aware

To be aware of

Readiness to

Byway

Camino apartado hacer, tener entre manos, tramar, estar haciendo

Eye-opener To go to any/some/etc lengths

To be up to

Hoodwink Stapler steplr Vase /v:z/ Chest of drawers Fondness f:ndns Scratch

Hacer trampas, embaucar, timar Grapadora

All got to know each other To staple stepl Mascot

Todos nos conocamos Grapar Amuleto, mascota para traer suerte Cajn Tener cario a, ser aficionado a Espina de arbusto Ave de presa, ave rapaz Reacondicionar, reequipar Hacer una sugerencia Causar o producir una buena/mala impresin Devolverle a alguien su dinero Quedarse corto, no llegar a la medida

Jarrn, florero

Cmoda, sifonier

Drawer /dr:r / To be fond of something A thorn bush

Cario, aficin

Rascar, araar

To enhance

Mejorar, realzar

Birds of prey

Handy

Prctico, til Perspicacia, idea, percepcin Arreglrselas

To refit To make a suggestion To make a good/bad impression to give + subject + a refund to be on the short side to spring off

Insight

To cope

To give + subject + Darle a alguien la the impression impresin de que that Loss Prdida

Cork

Corcho Aterrizar, posarse, conseguir, obtener

To land

To cheer

Aclamar, vitorear

Run of bad luck To treat sb

Periodo de mala suerte Invitar a alguien. I'm

treating you te invito yo;

To claim how's life been treating you? (colloq) Treat

Afirmar, pretender, reclamar, solicitar cmo te trata la vida? (fam) Sustantivo: regalo, invitacin, permitirse un lujo Regresar Tomar al cuidado una organizacin oficial Estar empeado/decido a hacer algo Estar casi, bordear, limitar Argumento

To treat

Verbo: tratar, considerar, invitar Rechazar Volver, dar la vuelta, facturar Fecha de vencimiento Ahora que lo pienso A decir verdad Argumento Trazar, urdir, conjurarse

To turn down

To turn back To take into care To be adamant

To turn over

Due date

Mind you

To border on

Storyline

Plot

To plot

Sore

Dolor

Border

Frontera (entre pases) Boundary Algo es probable o seguro que va a suceder. Its bound to rain: 99% de posibilidades de que llueva Algo est listo para ser. Her new film is set to be a great success

Lmite, frontera

To be sure/bound to

To beat the bounds

Para superar los lmites

To be set to

To be due to

Est previsto que. Algo se espera que suceda en un momento determinado. Chief is due to retire next year Pinchar

Script

Guin

To prick

Light hearted

Alegre, Poco serio, Dicho en tono festivo Servicio, revisin del coche Raspar algo

To dip into

Sumergir en, mojar galletas Hacer la revisin al coche Descartar, desechar Educar, educacin. nature versus nurture = debate sobre se nace o se hace Escultura, talla Escribir, deletrear, significar 1 recurrir [to, a]: Linda resorted to using her savings, Linda tuvo que echar mano de sus ahorros 2 Jur interponer recurso, recurrir Emotivo discurso Levantar, subir, aumentar

Service

To service

To scrape

To scrap

Nature To endow sb/sth with something To carve

Naturaleza

Nurture

Dotar a alguien/algo de algo Esculpir, grabar

Carving

To spell

To resume

Reanudar

To resort to

To be being

Estar siendo .

Rousing speech To raise To approve of sb. + -ing Whirlpool To give st. a shot To sow

To rise

Subir, ascender

To arouse

Suscitar, excitar sex.

Whirlwind

Torbellino

Torbellino Poner algo a prueba, probar algo, Ill give it a shot = voy a probar Sembrar

To slam

Cerrarse de golpe

Seam

Costura

Unlikely To get to grips with st. Shame To pay attention to To get cross

Improbable Hacerse con algo con la prctica Pena

Oddly enough

Extrao

Ashamed

Avergonzado

Prestar atencin

To take notice of To lose your temper Neither.. nor

Prestar atencin

To be angry Ambos. On either side of the road en ambos lados de la calle

Perder los nervios Ni..ni puede significar tampoco, pero requiere una oracin negativa y su posicin en la frase es distinta I dont like it, and I cant afford it either. No me gusta, y tampoco puedo comprarlo. My sister didnt go either. Mi hermana tampoco fue. I havent seen that film. I havent either. No he visto esa pelcula. Yo tampoco verbo transitivo resumir: could you sum it all up in a few words?, puedes resumirlo en pocas palabras? verbo intransitivo resumir to sum up..., en resumen Crudo, invierno crudo, inhspito

Either

Neither

Cuando neither significa tampoco se puede sustituir por nor. Con ambos se utiliza la estructura: neither/nor + v aux/v modal + sujeto I Either didnt go. Neither/Nor did I. Yo no fui. Yo tampoco. I cant swim and neither/nor can my brother. Yo no s nadar y mi hermano tampoco. Significar o querer hacer I didn't mean to do it perdn, lo hice sin querer; he didn't mean (you) any harm no quiso hacerte dao.

To mean

To sum up

Offspring

Hijos, descendencia

Bleak

To work up an appetite Commonplace

Abrir el apetito

To work sb up

Ponerse nervioso Basado en hechos reales

Normal Lectores, nmero de lectores, pblico lector Ir a la cabeza

Factual

Readership To go into the lead Steady hand

Hacer el papel To play the lead protagonista de una pelcula, etc Steady Trabajador/aumento worker/increase constante Shoplifter Ladrn tiendas (hurto)

Mano firme

Burglar

Ladrn de casas

Pickpocket

Carterista

Robber

Ladrn de bancos

Jot sth down

Apuntar algo

Unsuitable

Inapropiado, inoportuno

So as + To + Verb infinitive

As como + infinitivo Tejido, past p weave = tejer

So that......

Para + frase

Woven

Due to + noun/verb + ing

Debido a

To stand someone in good stead

Colocar a alguien en una buena posicin

Loose

Suelto holgado ligero

Restless

Inquieto, agitado

A hedge

Seto

Steep

Empinado excesivo

A hitch

Problema

Outskirts

Afueras

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Commuter town To hitchhike

Ciudad dormitorio

Sincere

Sincere

Hacer autostop

Buckle

Hebilla

Strap

Correa, tirante

Plough

Arado o la osa mayor

Choppy

Revuelto

To dread

Tener terror a

To ail

Estar enfermo

Harm

Dao Experimentar, someterse a algo Contable Comunicarse por telfono No tener vertigo

Dreadful

Horrible psimo

Undergo

A counter

Mostrador De la nada, sin avisar, inesperadamente Ocupado al telfono

Accountant To get through to To have a head for heights Stilt Expense account lunches To mellow

Out of the blue

Engaged

Fair

Justo, bastante Madera vieja, desperdicios de madera Fresno

Zanco, pilote

Driftwood

Dietas Madurar, aejarse Aejo Over the counter Juntar, reunir, Garther speed = ganar velocidad Manta

Ash

A hose

Manguera

OTC

Household

Faenas domsticas

To gather

To stretch

Estirarse alargar

Blanket

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A torch

Linterna

To strain

Esforzarse, aguzar Agrupar, bunch up = apiar, amontonar Desigual, desnivelado Dirigir, llevar un concierto Guardera

To deafen

Ensordecer

To bunch

Mattress

Colchn

Uneven To address a concert A crche Off the top of my head To curl up

A cordon

Cordn

Intact To steal the show Cosy

Intacto Robar la atencin del show, ser el protagonista Acogedor Filtrar a la prensa, filtrar informacin (wikileaks) leak = gotera Mostrarlo a todo el mundo

Sin pensar

Acurrucarse

To leak

The going rate

El precio normal de algo

Show off

Show up

Revelar, mostrar

Make up

Inventar, recuperar, Make up your maquillarse, reconciliar mind Ganar, mejorar, recoger, captar Extrovertido To articulate

Decidir Capaz de expresarse con claridad Ponerse a, get down to work = ponerse a trabajar Fracasar estrepitosamente, pegarse un trastazo

To pick up

outgoing To get stuck into

To get down to To come a cropper

Meterse de lleno en

to stand sb in good stead

Resultarle o serle muy til a alguien

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Big

Big y large describen el tamao, la capacidad o la cantidad de algo, pero big es menos formal. A diferencia de

mainly, above all, particularly, specially

Sobre todo

Unlike

In earnest

En serio, seriamente

By no means

De ninguna manera Constantemente, continuamente Intencin de + verbo

By means of

Por medio de Correo, puesto de trabajo Andando, con on Por temor a (hacer) algo Con miedo de Abandonar algo, dejar,
to give up chocolate

Steadily Intention of + verb-ing By car, by bus, For fear that

Post

On foot

Con by

For fear of

Por temor a que

In fear of

To take up residence

Mudarse, to move

To give up + ing

Rendirse, dejar de intentar

I gave up going there deje de intentar ir alli

To feature

presentar, radio features, tv features Enfrentarse a un problema, derribar Aprovechar (energa)

To exhibite

Mostrar fsicamente, en un escaparate Totalmente, absolutamente Asi, de esta manera

To tackle

Utterly

To harness

thus To behave youself

To behave

Comportarse

Comportarte bien Enough comes after adjectives and adverbs. Good enough Enough comes before nouns. Enough money
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So much .. as

Tanto como: Jake is not so (much) curious Enough as (he is) obnoxious.

On behalf of

De parte de, en nombre de despus

Apart from

Aparte de

Afterwards

Blurred

Borroso, confuso Delante de nombres, NUNCA delante de verbo+ing bastante

Out of interest

Por curiosidad Mientras. Comienza una frase: Meanwhile,. Mas que/masque

During

Meanwhile Rather than/ rather...than

Rather

High time

Llegado el momento

Would rather/sooner + subject + past simple (subjuntivo) Its (high/about) time + subject + past simple (subjuntivo) To hold down a job To find out about Conserver un empleo Conocer detalles sobre, investigar sobre Subir, incrementar, aumentar. Intransitivo: Something go up
verbo transitivo 1 recoger . Put away the toys 2 (dinero) ahorrar . Put away some money for 3 (a un criminal) encerrar 4 comer: he puts away large quantities of food, consume una cantidad ingente de comida

Preferira que. I would rather you told me the truth preferira que me dijeras (subj. pret. Imperf.)la verdad
Es el momento. Its time we went back home. Es hora de que volvieramos (subjuntivo) a casa

Take up

Start: a hobby Accept: offert,challenge Use: time, resources Abandonar, drop out of Russian classes Opuesto a take up Aumentar, subir. Transitivo: Put up something Put something up

Drop out of

Go up

Put up

Put away

Landscape

Panorama, paisaje

Concern

Verbo: preocupar, concernir, afectar Nombre: preocupacin problema, asunto

Undergo

Experimentar, someterse a (una ciruga, un test)

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V: (=shape) formar; (=make)

Fashion

fabricar; (=mould) moldear; (=design) disear. It fashioned the way we live today

Shatter

N: moda

Destrozar, desmenuzar, hacer aicos, hacer polvo Considerar. In regard to: con respect a Hazaa, proeza
used to emphasize that what happened was not what you expected We had expected to arrive an hour late, but in the event we were early.

Blur

Empaar desdibujarse Borroso.

Regard

Feasible

Viable, factible

Feat

Mind-blowing

asombroso,-a, alucinante: it was a mind-blowing experience, fue una experiencia alucinante. Their feats were mind-blowing

In the event

De hecho.. In the event of

En el caso de . Al alcance de : Medicines
should not be stored within reach of children Las medicinas no deben ser almacenada al alcance de los nios Posible de alcanzar: Solar powered cities are within reach.

Within

Dentro de: within the box, the project is due within three days Para. I want to go to the shop in order to buy . In order to travel abroad Desfasado. Games
companies cannot afford to be behind the times

within reach

In order to, so as to

Bring about

Causar, ocasionar, traer consigo. have been brought about the accident
1 bajo, debajo de 2 figurado it's beneath her to complain, quejarse es indigno de ella she married beneath her, no se cas bien you're beneath contempt, ni siquiera mereces mi desprecio

Behind the times

Parecer lgico. The gun Stand to reason

was in Alex's hand. It stands to reason he fired the shot. The gun was in Alex's hand. It stands to reason he fired the shot.

Beneath

Above

Encima, por encima Desorientado, perdido.

Clara was all at sea in the advanced calculus class.

Above suspicion To be on call

Fuera de toda sospecha. He must be

about suspicion

At sea

Estar de guardia. Salirse con la suya, salir impune: Get away with doing nothing at work

get around to verb + ing sth

Decidirse a hacer algo. to get away with

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Get away

Salir por ahi, hacer una escapada

Rationale

Razn, base, the major

rationale cited for la mayor razn citada para

Ban

Prohibicin
smoking ban = prohicion de fumar

Tener antojo, tener ganas, craving: antojo, ansia. To crave

I'm craving (for) a cigarette, me muero por un cigarrillo there ways to control the craving.

There are sure to be Junk food

Seguro que hay: there are sure to be foods you cant resist to Comida basura

Weak-willed person To appeal

Persona debil de character Gustar, atraer

To praise

Alabar, elogiar, felicitar Intake

Toma, ingesta
I verbo transitivo 1 (empresa) dirigir, administar 2 (la casa, el dinero, las finanzas) llevar, manejar 3 (personas) controlar 4 conseguir, lograr: he managed to open the door, logr abrir la puerta II verbo intransitivo poder (con algo), arreglrselas Observa que cuando to manage significa conseguir hacer algo a pesar de la dificultad existente, va seguido del infinitivo con to: I managed to read his letter despite his awful handwriting. Consegu leer su carta a pesar de su horrible letra

I nombre 1 (de la economa) profunda depresin 2 (en las ventas) bajn II verbo intransitivo 1 (las ventas) caer en picado (los precios) desplomarse 2 (los nimos, la economa) decaer 3 (una persona) caer, desplomarse: she slumped to the ground, se desplom en el suelo

Slump

To manage

Encontrarse con un amigo I meet my brother in To meet

the park

Conocer gente nueva:

All the party, there were many people to meet

To pave

Pavimentar, allanar. Pave the way: allanar el camino

To draw

I vtr (ps drew pp drawn) 1 (un cuadro) dibujar (una lnea) trazar 2 tirar de (tren, carroza) arrastrar: the coach was drawn by four white horses, la carroza iba arrastrada por cuatro caballos blancos (cortinas) (abrir) descorrer (cerrar) correr (persianas) bajar

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3 (a gente, aplausos, etc) atraer: his remarks drew applause, sus comentarios levantaron aplausos the musicians drew a crowd, los msicos atrajeron a mucha gente (la atencin) llamar 4 (un arma, una conclusin, confesin, fuerza, un diente, dinero del banco, etc) sacar (un taln) librar (un sueldo) cobrar 5 to draw breath, respirar 6 to draw lots, echar a suertes 7 (comparacin) hacer II verbo intransitivo 1 Arte dibujar 2 (moverse) to draw apart (from), separarse (de) to draw to a halt/stop, parar to draw to an end, acabarse 3 Dep they drew three all, empataron a tres III 1 2 3 nombre sorteo Dep empate fig (exposicin, espectculo) atraccin

To draw from: extraer (conclusions) the conclusion he drew from his

experiments

Soft drink To come as no surprise

refresco

To come as a surprise

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