Unidad 10 - Momentos especiales

aclarar

to clarify

agitar

to shake

apretado/a

tight

arbusto

bush

arco iris

rainbow

atentado terrorista

terrorist attack

atrapado/a

trapped

me senté en un banco

I sat down on a bench

borracho/a

drunk

boda

wedding

bombero/a

fireman/woman

burlarse de alguien

to mock someone

cadáver

corpse, body

cazar

to hunt

cerilla

match

conductor/a

driver

control de policía

police check

copa

wine glass

cremallera

zipper

dar una vuelta

to take a walk

de hecho

in fact

de pronto/de repente

suddenly, all of a sudden

incendio

fire (uncontrolled)

derrotar

to defeat

desaparecer

to disappear

desnudo/a

naked

detener

to stop something

detenerse

to stop oneself

dictadura militar

military dictatorship

dirigirse a

to go to (somewhere), to address (someone)

emocionarse

to be moved or touched

en vez de

instead of

encendido/a

turned on

enfrentamiento

confrontation

ensayar

to rehearse

entrar en guerra

to go to war

entregar

to hand over/in, to deliver

equivocarse

to make a mistake, to get something wrong

escaleras

stairs

estado de ánimo

mood, state of mind

estaba dispuesto a dejarlo todo

I was ready to leave everything behind

flecha

arrow

me hace gracia

I find it funny

los hechos

the facts

huir

to flee, run away

independentista

separatist

insoportable

unbearable

instantáneamente

instantly

te lo juro/prometo

I swear (to you)

llamar a la puerta

to knock on the door

llenar

to fill

mariposa

butterfly

matar

to kill

el mundial de fútbol

FIFA World Cup

murciélago

bat

negar

to deny

ordenar

to tidy up, to organize

la pesca submarina

spearfishing

pluma

feather

presentarse (en un lugar)

to show up

presumir

to show off

¡Qué dices!

No way!

¡Qué vergüenza!

How embarrassing!

quedarse sin palabras

to be speechless

quemarse

to get burned

un rato

a while

recompensar

to reward

recuperar

to recover, get back

regresar, volver

to return, go back

renunciar

to resign

resulta que

it turns out that

rodear

to surround, go around

¿sabes qué?

You know what?

tres días seguidos

three days in a row

dos películas seguidas

two films in a row

sirve para cocinar

it is used for cooking

sin darse cuenta

without realising

sin duda

no doubt

submarinista

diver

supuestamente

supposedly, allegedly, presumably

tal vez

perhaps

tardaron cuatro días en controlar el incendio

it took them four days to get control of the fire

terremoto

earthquake

vela

candle

se produjo un accidente

an accident occurred/happened

acercarse

to get close, to approach

número oculto

unknown number

al día siguiente

the day after, the following day

evaluar los daños

to assess the damage

no me di cuenta

I didn't realize