vocabulario general.docx

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A bit of = Un poco de A bit of a fluke = Casualidad A far cry from = A años luz de Achievement = Logro/ hazaña Addictions = Adicciones Alike = Parecido Amusing = Divertido An idiom = Frase hecha Argue = discutir Ass = coñazo/ culo/ ridículo Assumption = suposición Attached = Pegado, unido Attachment = accesorio Award = Premio Aware = Ser consciente de Awkward = Torpe, incómodo, complicado Back up = retroceder Backup = Respaldo/ apoyo Badger = tejón Baffle = confundir Bailor = Fiador, que fía dinero Balm = Bálsamo Bark = ladrar Barrette = pasador del pelo Batch = lote, tanda Be in two minds about sth = Estar dudando Beat the crap out of sb = Dar de hostias a alguien, pergarle una paliza Became hooked on = Hacerse adicto a Befuddled = aturdido // Befuddle = aturdir, confundir Beg = rogar/ suplicar Behavioural = Conductual Behold = mirar, contemplar/ ¡mira! Belly = vientre Below = debajo de Belt = cinturón Bend = doblar Bent = torcido Beret = Boina Bet = Apostar Betray [sb] = traicionar a Beverage = Bebida, brebaje Bid = pujar Bit by bit = Poco a poco Black humour = Humor negro Black tie = de etiqueta Bladder = vejiga Blamend = Culpar

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A bit of = Un poco de A bit of a fluke = Casualidad A far cry from = A años luz de Achievement = Logro/ hazaña Addictions = Adicciones Alike = Parecido Amusing = Divertido An idiom = Frase hecha Argue = discutir Ass = coñazo/ culo/ ridículo Assumption = suposición Attached = Pegado, unido Attachment = accesorio Award = Premio Aware = Ser consciente de Awkward = Torpe, incómodo, complicado Back up = retroceder Backup = Respaldo/ apoyo Badger = tejón Baffle = confundir Bailor = Fiador, que fía dinero Balm = Bálsamo Bark = ladrar Barrette = pasador del pelo Batch = lote, tanda Be in two minds about sth = Estar dudando Beat the crap out of sb = Dar de hostias a alguien, pergarle una paliza Became hooked on = Hacerse adicto a Befuddled = aturdido // Befuddle = aturdir, confundir Beg = rogar/ suplicar Behavioural = Conductual Behold = mirar, contemplar/ ¡mira! Belly = vientre Below = debajo de Belt = cinturón Bend = doblar Bent = torcido Beret = Boina Bet = Apostar Betray [sb] = traicionar a Beverage = Bebida, brebaje Bid = pujar Bit by bit = Poco a poco Black humour = Humor negro Black tie = de etiqueta Bladder = vejiga Blamend = Culpar Bland = Soso, insípido, poco estimulante, aburrido Blend in = Integrarse Blind = Ciego Blink = Parpadear Bliss = felicidad Blizzard = Tormenta de nieve/ventisca

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Blossom = flor Bobby = poli (policia) Bond = lazo, vínculo Booty = culo Bother = molestar Bouillon = caldo Bound = atado/ obligado por algo Bowel = intestino Bowl = bol Breed = Reproducirse Brief = breve Bring sth in = Traer Broke up = Romper con alguien Burden = carga Burp = eructo Burst into tears = Romper a llorar Burst out laughing = Romper a reir Busboy = ayudante de camarero Butt = culo Buttock = posaderas By ourselves = Nosotros mismos // all by ourselves = nosotros solos Call off = Cancelar, suspender Can’t help doing something = No poder evitar hacer algo Candle = vela Cartoonist = Dibujante Catch up = Alcanzar/ Ponerse al día/Reencontrarse Catch up with (sb) = Alcanzar a alguien Ceiling = techo Cheat on = poner los cuernos Check out = constatar/ check it out = echar un vistazo Cheer = vitorear, aclamar Chin up = ¡alegra esa cara! Chopped up = Picar Clilling = Escalofriante, pavoroso, espeluznante Clog = Atascar, tapar/Zueco Collocation = Unidad fraseológica Colloquial = Coloquial Comedian = Cómico Comfort zone = Zona de confort Commitment = palabra, promesa Compulsive behavior = Comportamiento compulsivo Concern = Preocupar/ afectar, concerir Consultant = asesor Cool = fresco/ indiferente Cope = Salir adelante, superar Couch = sofá Couch = sofá Cozy = cómodo, acogedor, confortable Crafty = astuto Crafty = astuto/ artista Crap = mierda Crawl = gatear Creating = Crear Cred = credibilidad Creep = moverse con lentitud, arrastrarse/ deslizamiento/ asqueroso/ adulador

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Creep out = acojonar Cross your mind = Pasarse por la cabeza (un pensamiento) Crossbow = ballesta Crotch = entrepierna Crouch = agacharse, flexión Crown = corona Crowning = Supremo Crumb = Migaja Cushion = cojín Cut down = cortar con algo Damn = maldita sea Dare = retar, atreverse, osar Date = salir/ cita/ época Dazzle = resplandor Deaf = sordo Deal = acuerdo/ trato Defeat = vencer, ganar/ rechazo/ hacer fracasar Delivered = entregar Deploy = desplegar Deserve = merecer Detachment = Indiferencia Detrain =Bajarse del tren Dial = sintonizador Dig = cavar Digrees = divagar Do anything at all = Hacer nada en absolute, cualuier cosa, lo que sea Doodling = Garabato Doom = Muerte, fatalidad, maldición, ruina, sentenciar Douche (bag) = ducha vaginal Draft = borrador, boceto Drag out = prolongar Drat = porras (espresa frustación) Draw back = Desventaja Drool = babear Drop dead = morir de repente/ ¡vete! Dude = tío, tipo Dumb = tonto/ mudo Dump = vertedero/ tirar a la basura Dumped = Tirar/vertedero Easement = usufructo/ alivio, facilitación Eat your heart out = ¡Chúpate esa! Eccentric = Excéntrico, extravagante Edge = borde/ ventaja Edgy and tense = Nervioso y tenso Endeavor = esfuerzo Engross = Absorber (tu atención), cautivar Entanglement = enredo, lío Entirely up to = Únicamente depende de Faint = apenas visible, borroso/ desmayarse Fair = justo/a Faithful = Fiel, leal Fancy = adornado Far in advance = Con mucha anticipacióon Fear = temer/ miedo Feisty = vivo, enérgico/ luchador, batallador, guerrero

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Felony = delito, crimen Fill (sb) in on = Poner al día Flabbergasted = atónito, estupefacto Flak = crítica Flare = resplandor Flash around = Alardear Flatter = halagar, mas plano Flick = Golpear Foamy = espumoso Forfait = pasar (frances) Found = Hallazgo Frail = débil, delicado, frágil Frenzy = Frenesí, histerismo, furor From the age of about 7 till I was 16 Fur = pelo de animal/ piel (abrigo) Furry = Peludo Fuss = protesta, escándalo, pataleta/ quejarse, preocuparse Fussy = Quisquilloso Gadget = Aparato Gap = hueco, espacio/ lapso de tiempo Gazed = Contemplar/mirar fijamente Gee = ¡vaya! Germs = Gérmenes Get a joke = Coger un chiste Get back = Recuperar Get off = bajarse, aperarse/ correrse Get off my back = ¡lárgate! Get over = Recuperarse, ponerse mejor, superar Get rid off = Deshacerse Girdle = faja/ ceñir Glance = Ojeada/Ojear Gnat = mosquito Go too far down that road = Enfrentar una situación Good mood = Buen humor Grab = agarrar Grab = Atrapar/coger/agarrar Gritting my teeth = Apretando los dientes/aguantar, tolerar Grumpy = Cascarrabias Hammy = sobreactuado Hand sth out = Repartir Handle = apañarse Handle = mango/ picaporte Hands up = aviso Hang out = pasar el rato Hangover = resaca Hanker for = anhelar, hanker after = ansiar, añorar Harass = Atormentar Harmless = Inocuo/inofensivo Harsh = duro, severo Hell = infierno/ coño, mierda... What the hell! Hilarious = Hilarante, divertidísimo Hired =contratado,empleado Hit = acertar/ éxito Hit it off= llevarse bien (get on well) Hokum = Tonteria

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Hokum = tontería Hold on = esperar Hole = agujero Homegirl = colega (amiga de siempre) Hooker = prostituta Horn = cuerno Horny = cachondo Hound =sabueso/ perseguir Human being = ser humano Humbling = humilde, modesto Icicle = carámbano Impassive = implasible Imtercourse = relación sexual In a sense = En cierto sentido, en cierto modo, de alguna manera / In a very real sense

= En el sentido estricto (de la palabra) Indeed = Ciertamente/ ¡No me digas! ¿En serio? Insight = percepción Insurance = seguro (médico, del coche...) Invented = Inventado Irony = Ironía Issues = publicar It's up to you = Depende de tí Jam = apuro Jaw = mandíbula Joint = Articulación (Articulation->Formal) Juggle = Hacer malabarismos Junk = porquería Just fine = Simplemente bien Just to the letter = al pie de la letra ¿? Kidnap = secuestrar Lackey = Lacayo Lad = Chico, chaval Lamb = cordero Lame = cojo/ débil/ aburrido Lane = carretera angosta Last = último/ durar Laugh at = Reirse de Laughing at themselves = Reirse de sí mismos Laught out loud = Reirse a carcajadas Laundry = colada/ ropa sucia Lead = guiar Lean out = Asomarse Lecture = clase, lección, conferencia/ sermón Leer = mirar lascivamente Liable to = Probalbe Limb = extremidad, miembro Living the dream = Viviendo el sueño Loads of = Montones de Loathe = odiar Long-term relationship = Relación larga Loom = Acercarse/amenazar Lousy = terrible, asqueroso Lowly = Modesto, humilde = Humble Lunatic = Loco, lunático Made = carka

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Make fun of = Reirse de Make out = Liarse Make up = Inventar/imaginar Matter of opinion = cuestión de opiniones Matter of time = cuestión de tiempo Mean = tener propósito de Meatloaf = pastel de carne Mee-mow = Mess = desorden/ caos/ lío Metaphor = Metáfora Mind you own business = Meterte en lo tuyo Misery = Pena, tristeza = Unhapiness Missy = fallar (informal) Mood = Humor Moot = discutible Move on = continuar Move out/away = mudarse Muffle = envolver Mute = mudo Nailed = clavo/ uña Neat = Aseado, limpio. Neatly = Cuidadosamente = Tidily Nest = nido Nest = nido, encajar, anidar Nevertheless = sin embargo Newb = Nobato/a Nippy = fresquito No wonder = Con razón (no ser extraño) Nod = Asentir None shall pass = Nadie pasará Nostril = agujero de la nariz Notion = Noción Nozzle = boquilla/ boca de manguera Nun = monja Obey = Obedecer Obviously = Por supuesto On fire = que se sale (coloquial) I'm on fire On its face = ¿? On your own = solo Otherwise = si no/ diferente, de otra manera/ otra cosa Out earn = Ganar más dinero que alguien Outlook on = Actitud ante algo (Outlook on life) Overcome = Derrotar, vencer Overcome addictions = Superar adicciones Overwhelmingly anxious = abrumadoramente ansioso Owe = deber Pad = almohadilla Parking lot = aparcamiento Pass out = Desmayarse Pastry = masa, pasta, hojaldre Pasty = pálido Path = camino Peak = Pico, cima, máximo Peed = pasado de hacer pipí Peek = vistazo

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Perky = animado, alegre Pick up = recoger a Pie = tarta Pining = languidecer Pipette = pipeta, probeta Pity = Pena Plead = Suplicar -> Pasado = Pled Polish = Pulir Political cartoons = Dibujos políticos Politically biased = Políticamente tendencioso Poor = Mediocre Poppet = cielo, tesoro, peque Posted = Cubrir, empapelar Praised = Alabar Prank = broma Press-ups = Flexiones Pretty = bastante Prom = baile de graduación Prone = Boca abajo/propenso a Propose = proponer Puffy = hinchado Pull off = quitarse (ropa) Pull sb’s leg = Tomarle el pelo a Pull up = Detenerse Punch = puñetazo Puns = Juego de palabras = Wordplay Puppet = marioneta Puppy = cachorro Purse = cartera Pursue = Perseguir Push = oprimir, pulsar Put = Preguntar Put sth out = Apagar Putting = Poner/colocar/añadir Quiddity = esencia/ sutileza Quirky = Extravagante, estrafalario = Original, strange Quite a few = Bastante Raccoon = mapache Rat = rata, canalla Rate = tasa, índice/ tarifa, precio Reached = llegar Register = Registro. Formal vs Informal Regret = arrepentimiento Rejected = Rechazar Release = poner libertad/ lanzar/ soltar/ renuncia Relieve = aliviar Remarkabke = Notable/ extraordinario Rent = alquilar Replaced = Recolocar Resemble = parecerse Revived = Resucitar Ribbon = cinta, lazo/ franja Ridiculed = Ridiculizar Riot = disturbio/ risa, desmadre, monda, pera Rite = Rito

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Rob = robar Robbery = atraco Round = redondo/ serie de algo Rubber = goma Rush = correr, deprisa Saucer = platillo (de una taza) Scold = Regañar Scone = bizcochito Scratch = rasguño, arañazo Screw = tornillo Screwed = Tornillo Scribbling = Garabato Seeking treatment = Buscando tratamiento Sense of homour = Sentido del humor Serene = Tranquilo Set about = Ponerse a Set out = Salir de viaje, encarar, buscar Set up = Tender una trampa Share = compartir, contar, participación Shore up = Aountalar/ Apoyar Shot = tiro/ chupito Shouda, woulda, coulda = Para expresar que algo no se hizo y podría haberse hecho. Show-off = Creído, jactarse, alardear Shrimp = camarón Shrug = Encoger los hombres Sin = pecado Sink = hundirse/ pila, fregadero Sit-ups = Abdominales Sketched = Boceto/esbozo Skinny = Delgado, flaco/Chismorreo, cotilleo Slang = Jerga Slapstick = Bufonero Slash = Cortar Slip = Resbalar Slip off = quitarse (ropa) Slut = zorra, puta, furcia Smack = abofetear Smart = Listo Smashed = Romper/destrozar Snipe = disparo Snore = roncar Snuggle = Acurrucarse Something to do = algo que ver Span = Periodo de tiempo/ alcance/ abarcar/envergadura(con alas extendidas) Spat = discusión Speak your mind = Ser sincero, decir lo que uno piensa Spear = Lanza, arpón Spectres = Fantasmas Speed = velocidad Spied = Espiar Spine = Columna vertebral/fuerza de voluntad Spit = Escupir Splendid = Espléndido Spot = Sitio/ Grano Sprawl = Tumbado

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Squeeze = amante Stab = apuñalar Staccato = Staccato Stamped on = Dar un manotazo Stand for = Significar Stare = Mirar fijamente Stick to = Apegarse Stick to you guns =Mantenerse en sus 13 Stream = Chorro, arroyo, sarta de (of) Stretch = Estirar Stride = Zancada Struck out = tachado Stub sth on = Apagar Stuck = Atascado Stump = dejar mudo, sin palabras, no tener respuesta Stymied = obstaculizar, impedir Substance dependencies = Dependencia a sustancias Substituted = Sustituir Suck = sorber/chupar Suck = sorberse. That sucks! = qué lástima! Sue = Demandar Suited = adecuado/apto Surreal humour = Humor surrealista Surrogate = sustituto Sweat = sudar Swell = genial (irónico) = Sword = Espada Synonym = Sinónimo Take (sb) aback = dejar de piedra Take back = retirar/ retractarse de Take themselves seriously = Tomarse en serio Tasty = sabroso Tell jokes = Contar chistes That's depends -> On what? = Depende. ¿De qué? The paperwork = Papeleo Thus = Así/por consiguiente Tickle = hacer cosquillas/ cosquilleo tinkle = tintitneo, campanilleo Tip = propina/ consejos/ punta, final Tissue = pañuelo de papel To adhere to = Cumplir con/acatar/seguir To be a good match = Hacer buena pareja To be all over = haber terminado To be on crap = estar en la mierda To carry out = Llevar a cabo To catch your eye = Llamar tu atención, impresionar (Te entra por el ojo) To conduct = Llevar a cabo To face problems head on = Encarar los problemas To fall for anyone = Enamorarse de alguien To get involved = Involucrase en algo/ Salir con alguien To get stuck on = Atascarse en To go for someone = Ir a por alguien To go off someone = Dejar de gustar To go with your gut feeling = Seguir una corazonada To keep sth short = Ser breve. Do yo usually write a lot or keep it short?

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To know your own mind = Saber lo que uno quiere o le gusta To look on the bright side = Mirar el lado bueno To make sure that = Asegurarse de que To omit = Omitir To plan your holidays a long time in advance = Con anticipación To remain = Permanecer To require = Requerir/demandar To tell a white lie in order not to hurt people’s feelings = Mentira piadosa To transcribe = Transcribir To view = Inspeccionar/considerar Toad = sapo Tolerant = Tolerante Took = Recaudación Top = Lo más alto Trait = Rasgo, característica Trample = pisotear Tremble = Temblar Trunk = Tronco Trunk = tronco Tub = bañera Turning = Girar/doblar Turn-off = Repugnar Tush = cola, trasero Type (sht) up = Teclear, mecanografiar Unbearably = Insoportablemente Underlip = labio inferior Ungodly = Intespestivo Unlike = a diferencia de/ diferente Unwillingly = A regañadientes Upset = molesto Vast = Vasto, amplio = Enormous Veil = velo/ tapar, esconder Wager = apuesta Waltz = vals/ compás de 3 por 4/ bailar el vals Wanderer = vagabundo, errante Wave = ola/ decir adios u hola con la mano. What's on your mind = qué te pasa Whatsoever = cualquier que fuera Whe I was little/small When I was a child <-> As a child When I was a kid When I was a young child When I was at primary school Whirl = Girar/rodar Wince = Avergonzarse/apenarse Wind sth down = Relajarse/perder energía Wing = ala Witty = Ingenioso Womenfolk = mujeres Wooed = atraer a, enamorar a Workout = Rutina Worm = gusano, lombriz Wrecking lives = Arruinar vidad Write (sth) down = Anotar Write (sth) up = Escribir a mano, denunciar a alguien por medio de un escrito

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Yeast = levadura Yell = Gritar Yell = gritar Yikes = ¡ostras! You are next = eres el siguiente // You are next of = ser pariente cercano You take it back = Retira lo que has dicho Zip = ir pitando/ con cremallera/ nada, cero Zipper = cremallera