half term 8

aprovechamiento

exploitation

salvaguardar

to safeguard

el mercurio

mercury

a fondo

deeply / well

metales pesados

heavy metals

devastadora

devastating

siniestro

sinister

pervivir

to survivir

una voz en off:

voice over

 la brisa suave

gentle breeze

burlar

to evade

cegar

to blind

borrar

to erase

aliento

breath/encouragement

girar

to turn or transfer (money)

polivalente

multipurpose

cineasta

film maker

guionista

screenwriter

largometraje

feature film

circunscrito

restricted

inventariar

to inventory

cifrar

to encode

misterio

mystery

cuento de hadas

fairytale

escalofriante

chilling

acertar

to get right or guess right

indicio

sign

el mito

myth

atrás

behind or back

retroceder

to back up or reverse

herido

hurt

ataduras

tethers

abordar

to tackle or board

una fábula

a fable (story with a moral message)

recordar

remind or remember

cisne

swan

la moralaje

the moral of a story

depredador

predator or predatory

arquetipo

archetype - type of recognisable character

binario

binary

rebobinar

to rewind

pruebas - from probar

evidence or tests

amargo

bitter

homenajeado

guest of honour

ñoño

nerd

rendir

to produce

 El matiz

nuance

bocajarro

at point blank

mudo

mute

dar pie

to lead or give rise to or give grounds for

siga

seguir - i subjunctive conjugation

razonimiento

reasoning

bombardear

to bombard

era

era

narradores

narrators

encarrilar

to put on the right track or to guide

psique

psyche

relatos

stories or account

por medio

in the way or all over the place or through

desechable

disposible

urgir

to urge or be needed urgently

garganta

throat or revine/gorge

soltar

to let go or loosen

sofoco

stiffling sensation

peregrinaje

pilgrimage

cipreses

cypresses

sortilegio

spell / charm

oficio

trade

bello

beautiful/lovely

arriesgar

to risk

el modo

manner/way

los modos

manners

el patrono

patron saint

la marina

navy

inclinación

inclination

redencion

redemption or repayment

portador

bearer or carrier

estéril

sterile

hacer cumplir/ejecutar/imponer

to enforce

cruda realidad

harsh reality