domingo, 22 de marzo de 2015

English glossary

LAZY BUM: somebody really lazy.
FAN: device that produces cold air when you are hot.
CRUMBLE: to feel weak, to feel blue.
OLIVE SKIN: skin between brown and white.
PEDESTRIAN CROSSING: zebra crossing.
PALE: very white skin.
SUN TAN: dark skin because of the sun.
WHEN IN ROME, DO AS THE ROMANS DO: this phrase means that when you travel to another place you have to have the same behaviour as the people from that place.
VAT: IVA
TAKE TIME OFF FROM WORK: spend time without going to work.
TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS: travel plans.
CARRY-ON: part of your luggage that you can take with you when you go on the plane.
HOSTEL: cheap accomodaton with common rooms and services like the toilet or the shower.
ITINERARY: a detailed plan for a journey.
LIVING IT UP: enjoying.
STEAM: vapor, smoke.
DOME: hemispherical roof.
DUDE: you.
ALRIGHTY: okay.
THAT'S HECKA COOL: that's very cool.
LET'S BAIL means to leave.
THAT BURRITO IS SO BOMB: that's really good or tasty.
WHY YOU PUTTING ME ON BLAST?: to embarass someone in public.
WHY DID YOU CALL OUT IN FRONT OF...?: reveal another's mistery in front of other people.
SILVER SCREEN: black and white TV.
THEY BURNED DOWN TO A CRISP: they were totally destroyed by the fire.
EARTHQUAKE DRILL: alarm.
SWAY: to move or swing from side to side.
TUB: bath.
HOAX: something that will not work.
APPLIANCES: group of devices destinated to housework.
COACH POTATOE: a lazy person.
TRAY: a flat container used for carrying or displaying articles.
ASH TRAY: a container in which smokers throw the ashes of their cigarettes.

GUEST: a person who spends some time at another's home in a social activity, as a visit or party.
HOST: a person who receives or entertains guests.
MOVE INTO: change your residence place.

BUSTLING: full of people.
BURGLAR ALARM: any sound, outcry, or information intended to warn of approaching burglary.
BREAK INTO A HOUSE: go into a house.
BURGLAR: a person who breaks into houses.
HIJACK: to seize a plane or other vehicle by threat or by force.
CLOAKROOM: a room in which hats, coats, luggage… may be temporarily deposited.
SHORT-SIGHTED: related to or suffering from myopia.

LAWN is not the same as GRASS (césped, hierba).

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