to tan	Broncearse	She tanned really quickly on her holiday in Jamaica.
archery	tiro al arco	Robin Hood was famous for his archery skills.
hang in there!	Aguanta!	Hang in there! the ambulance is on its way.
likes	Gustos	What are your likes and dislikes?
dislikes	Disgustos	I had to make a list of my likes and dislikes on the form.
wildlife	Vida salvaje	We saw some incredible wildlife in Africa.
to meet up with	Verse, encontrarse o reunirse	I’m going to meet up with some friends this evening.
at last	Por fin	John’s here at last – we‘ve been waiting for ages.
good points	Virtudes, fuertes, puntos validos o cosas buenas.	Even though the weather was terrible, the holiday still had its good points.
despite	a pesar de	We went to the beach despite the bad weather.
loads	un montón	Loads of people take their holiday in August.
platypus	Ornitorrinco	I saw a platypus when I was on holiday in Australia.
extensive	Extenso	You can learn an extensive range of vocabulary in this book.
glove box	Guantera	He has a torch in his glove box in case his car breaks down at night.
to head	Dirigir, encabezar	I’m tired, so I’m going to head home now.
context	contexto	I need to be able to speak English in two different contexts! at work, and when socializing.
the other day	el otro dia	I was walking through town the other day when I saw an old friend from school.
suitable	Adecuado, apropiado	Wearing jeans and a t-shirt was not really suitable for a job interview.
long-distance	Larga Distancia	Many people find that a long-distance relationship is hard to maintain.
ahead	al frente, adelante	She could see someone ahead of her who she did not want to speak to.
early days	primeros dias	Although it was early days, everyone thought the project would be a big success.
nothing like	Nada como	His latest song is nothing like his first one! I didn‘t realize it was the same singer.
for the time being	Por el momento	I can’t afford my own flat, so I’ll have to stay at my parents’ house for the time being.
tiny	Pequeñito	My bedroom is tiny, you can only just fit a bed in it!
astronomical	Astronomica	I visited the astronomical observatory to look at the moon.
shift	Turno	I don’t like working the night shift.
mining town	Ciudad Minera	Mansfield is a former mining town in the UK and now has a high level of unemployment.
harrowing	Horrendo, desgarrador	Identifying the body was a harrowing experience.
to take a toll	afectar, pasar factura	These long working hours are taking a toll on my health.
observatory	Observatorio	Many observatories are high in the mountains to give clearer views of the stars.
to probe	probar, demostrar	The detective probed into the details of the case.
ground station	Estación terrestre, Estación en tierra	The rocket spent three weeks at the ground station waiting for better weather.
role	papel, rol	My role in the project is to organize the publicity.
middle of nowhere	Medio de la nada	He lives in the middle of nowhere, so he relies on his car for everything.
desert	Desierto	The Sahara is the biggest desert in the world.
puffed (out)	Agitado	I was puffed out when I got to the top of the stairs.
itchy feet	pasión por viajar	Jake is getting itchy feet – he wants to move abroad again.
to get out of sb’s way	dejar de estorbar a alguien, ceder el paso.	The woman with the shopping trolley wouldn’t get out of my way.
colleague	Colega, compañero de trabajo	The colleague who sits next to me at work speaks really loudly on the phone.
barrier	Barrera	My low level of English was a barrier to getting a well-paid job.
to locate	localizar	I couldn’t locate my luggage at the airport.
missing	perdido	Posters for the missing cat were displayed in the post office.
to get sth across	Comunica, hacer comprensible	His Italian was so bad he was having problems getting his message across.
native speaker	hablante nativo	He was born in England and is a native speaker of English.
to converse	conversar	I managed to converse with Mario in Italian for over an hour.
hardly	dificilmente	Although I hardly knew him, I felt like I had known him all my life.
pretty much	casi, mas o menos	I think that’s pretty much everything, thank you for coming today.
to surround	rodear	The police surrounded the house.
to improve	mejorar, perfeccionar	I have to study harder to improve my English.
walkway	pasaje, pasadizo	The new walkway between the carpark and the town centre is really nice.
seafront	frente al mar	You can often see people eating fish and chips along the seafront.
straight away	inmediatamente, en seguida, de una vez	Sorry, I forgot to do the work – I’ll finish it straight away.
greenery	vegetación, verde, verdor	It was really relaxing sitting in the park – we were surrounded by greenery.
to fit like a glove	quedar a como un guante, quedar a la medida	This dress is the perfect size._ It fits like a glove.
to into sth, be	gustar	I’m really into the new Nelly Furtado CD, it‘s brilliant.
big deal	la gran cosa	Don’t worry about it, it’s not a big deal.
to host	organizar	My aunt and uncle hosted a big party.
to get sth	Conseguir	Sorry, I’m not sure I get what you‘re telling me.
to trade	comerciar	His business trades in clothing from China.
big shot	manda más, pez gordo	Just because he got promoted he thinks he is such a big shot.
duty	deber, obligación, servicio	Although he is my friend I feel it is my duty to tell the police he was speeding.
to transfer	transferir	My parents transfer money into my bank account every month.
whole	todo, entero	I shouldn’t have eaten the whole cake. I feel sick.
way more	mucho mas	We planned to spend £4,000 pounds on the kitchen, but it cost way more than we expected.
radiator	radiador (calentador o carro)	The radiator in my flat broke and it is freezing!
cross-legged	con las piernas cruzadas	She sat cross-legged on the floor at start of the yoga lesson.
cramp	calambre	I didn’t cool down properly after sport and got bad cramp in my leg.
mattress	colchón	The mattress on my bed is so uncomfortable.
to sleep over	quedarse a pasar la noche	When I was a teenager I often slept over at my friend’s house.
character	personaje	There are different characters in the Russian script.
stink!	Apesta!	The teacher gives us so much homework it stinks!
to beat up	dar una paliza	The football hooligans beat up a rival fan.
awesome	impresionante	Seeing Mount Etna erupt was an awesome experience.

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