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APUNTES DE VOCABULARIO:
PROFICIENCY EXAM
A mixed blessing:
A moments delay
A quantum leap: enorme mejora, salto espectacular
A turn-up for the books: que no se espera
Acquisitive: materialista
Again and time/again
Agree ON
Allaying your fears
alliances
An armchair traveller
Another string for a bow: segunda baza
arguably: podra decirse
Arm in arm: cogidos del brazo
As right as rain
As though: as if (you behave as though you were)
At odds with: en desacuerdo con
At one time: en un momento del pasado
At the expenses of: a costa de
Philosophical: sereno
At the expenses of: a costa de
Philosophical: sereno
At the turn of the century: a finales de siglo
Bad omen: mal augurio
Be coming along: make good progress
Be in the lap of luxury: nadar en la abundancia
Be in the right
Bearing: comportamiento, modos /// Demeanour: conducta, comportamiento
BenefiCial (no benefitial)
MISfortune (no UNfortune)
Bliss: felicidad, gozo, dicha
Blue chips: acciones solventes
Bottle up emotions: reprimir las emociones
Bowl over: dejar atnito
Break out in a cold sweat: comenzar a tener sudores fros (miedo de
repente)
Burn the midnight oil: trabajar hasta las tantas de la noche
Burn your bridges: acabar con las relaciones de algo (dejar atrs y no
volver)
Burn a hole in your pocket: dinero quemando en el bolsillo (gastarlo cuanto
antes)
By no means: de ninguna manera
By rights
By Word of mouth: de palabra
Carve: trinchar carne
Cautionary: cautelar
Change clothes
Change hands (cambiar de dueo)
Carry away: dejarse llevar
Change places with sb
Change ways
Change your mind
Changes subject (no topic)
Chocke back: contener las lgrimas
Get in: conseguir meter baza (hablar), conseguir hacer algo aunque no
tengas mucho tiempo, ir a comprar algo
Get into gear: ponerse en marcha
Get my goat: poner de los nervios
Get nowhere fast: no llegar a ningn lado
Get off the beaten track: apartados del mundanal ruido
Get sb down: make someone feel unhappy
Get your fingers burnt
Give and take
Give the cold shoulder: dar la espalda
Glaring error/fault
Go according to plan: salir como estaba planeado
Go down the tubes: irse al traste
Go down with: pillar (enfermedad)
Go in for: soler gustar
Go off: estropearse
Go over: analizar
Golden hello: prima de bienvenida
Got to grips with: enfrentarse con algo
Grasp the nettle on: coger el toro por los cuernos
Green shots: brotes verdes
Hard-pushed to: ser difcil algo (me ser difcil hacer la maleta tan rpido)
Haunted by guilt
Have a nice turn of phrase: tener una forma agradable de decir las cosas
Have a nice turn of phrase: tener una forma agradable de decir las cosas
Have bigger fish to fry: tener cosas ms importantes que hacer
Unsatisfactory
Unwary: incauto
Unwieldly: difcil de manejar
Up for grabs: disponible
Vent your frustration with me
Watch your step: tener ms cuidado
Weak link in the chain: punto dbil, taln de Aquiles.
Weary
Well and truly: completamente
Well into the 1980s (far into)
White godos: electrodomsticos
White knight: caballero blanco (economa)
willfully: a propsito
With that being said
Within hours: en cuestin de horas
ESTRUCTURAS
Were she my daughter > IF SHE WERE my daughter
Should you change your mind > IF YOU SHOULD CHANGE your mind
Had I realised > IF I had realised
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SHOULD:
To be about to + infinitve
To be on the brink of + noun: The government is on the brink of
collapse.
To be on the point/verge of gerund/noun: She was on the verge of
bursting into tears
to be likely/unlikely to + infinitive: She is likely to pass the exam.
INVERSIN
Never before have I felt as contented as I do now
Only once in my life have I regretted taking a trip.
Scarcely had the clock struck midnight WHEN the lights went out
No sooner had I put my raincoat on THAN sun came out again
Hardly had I sat down before someone else hammered on the door
Not until last month did I feel in control of my workload
Seldom do any birds visit the garden, due to the number of cats around
Rarely will there be any opportunity for proper discussion
Had it not been for the fact that my cousil was coming to the party, I would
have stayed at home