Earthquake in Kanahz:

Gaps: grietas
Collapse = Fall down
Brake out:
Swept:
Trapped:
Rubble: escombros
Claim for help:
Drag someone to safety:
Emergency aid:
Poured in from around the world:
Brake of:
Dreadful:
Crooks:
Blackmarket:
Airlift:
Bulldozers:
Clear away the rubble:
Hill:
Rebuilding is now underway:
Fault:
Plates:
Christchurch
In the mid of = in the middle/ a mid
Devastated = destroyed
Eventually = in the end
Be accustomed to = be used to
Witty response = smart answer
Soon = shortly after/ immediately
Poignant = touching/ moving
Quake = shake/ tremor
In Remembrance = memory
Those who died = disappeared/ passed away
Crime = to act against the law
Bribe = coima
Former = ex
Offence = a minor fault
Pervert the course of justice =
Ban = prohibir
Diot = disturbio
Mob = mafia/ barra
Barrister = kind of lawyer
Lust = lujuria
Run down = atropellar
Flee = scape
Toll booth = peaje
Pissed = drunk
Snap = get crazy
Prosecuting = fiscal
Threat = amenazar
Scuffle = ria
Jilted = rechazado
Assalt = attack
Surveilance = vigilancia
Log down = accede
Sring = jeringa
Needles = agujas
X years imprisonment
X years youth custody
A fine of x pounds
A x month Suspended jail sentence
Pulling my leg = tomando el pelo
Pimp = proxeneta
Be uneasy = dont feel well
Unease = intranquilidad
Dead easy = too easy
Making whoopee = tirando Manteca al techo
Wilful damage = dao con intencin
Piggy bank = chanchito
To put it bluntly = hablar claramente y sin delicadeza
Neat = tidy
Messy = untidy
No twinge = ni un pice
Still = rigido
On the run = en fuga
Warehouse = depsito
Wander = caminar sin rumbo fijo
You can say it again! = of course!
Slums = suburbios/ villa
Caught someone redhanded = con las manos en la masa
Informal Language
To grass on someone = entregar/ delatar = inform the police
To blew the money = gastar/ quemar la plata = spent the money
Coppers = police (cups for americans)
Money for old rope = money easily obtained
Mates = friends
Quid = pound
Hit the jackpot = Have great success
Stashed = hidden
A grand = a thousand pounds
The bottle = the courage
Bent = dishonest, corrupt
Stacks of daugh = lots of money
Broke = with no money
Crime Criminal (person) Verb
Theft = general word for
stealing
Thief Steal or Take
Robbery = steal from people
or places
Robber Rob
Burglary = break into a
shop/house and steal things
Burglar Burgle or break into
Shoplifting = steal from shops
when open
Shoplifter Shoplift

Murder = kill someone by
intention
Murderer Murder
Manslaughter = kill someone
by accident

Rape = force someone to
have sex
Rapist Rape

Bullying = use superior
strength or influence to
intimadate
Bully Bully

Fight crime = take action to stop crime
Carry guns = have guns
Are allowed to = are permitted to
Tougher punishments |tafer panishments| = bigger fines or longer prison sentences than in
the past
Capital punishments = death, e.g. by electric chair or hanging
Prevent a crime from happening = stop a crime happening
Property = home and land
On your own = alone
Fit a burglar alarm = install a machine which makes a noise if someone enters your home
Valuables = valuable possessions
Mace spray = chemical to spray in someones face to self defence ( to protect yourself if
someone attacks you
Tree Dweller
Slightly = levemente
Tacky = grasa, de mal gusto
To conceal = esconder
Call after = nombrar en honor a
Tom toms = a kind of drum
Lurking = Be or remain hidden
Touching = moving
Elaborate and lavish = luxurious
To scrounge = To persuade someone to give you for free
Hoist (someone) up = to raise or lift
Scale = climb
Sleuths = detective
Mournfully = with sorrow
Dismantle = remove everything from a place
The Brain
Brainy = clever , intelligent
Rack my brains = think very hard to answer a question or solve a problem
Hemisphere = half (of something round in shape)
To navigate = to find your way around a new place, often using a map
Multi Tasking = doing several things at the same time
Attention span = the maximum amount of time that you can concentrate on one thing
Hard wired = designed to work in a particular way which cannot be changed
Generalisation = a statement that is often true but based on limited information
How superstitious are you?
Superstitious = the believing that something good or bad would happen if you do something
Copping out = to avoid something
Carry out = to lead something
Take responsibility = to assume a mistake
Anxious = when you cant wait
Lack of = falta de
Silliness = estupidez
Your palm is itchy = te pica la mano
Scoff at = burlarse
Wealthy = rich
Shrug = encojerse de hombros
Flaw = defecto
Flawness = perfecto
Jinx = persona mufa
Horseshoes = herradura
Witches Warlocks
Shed = cobertizo