UNIT 1: BEGINNINGS

Collocations

Do
- Nothing
- Your homework
- Someone a favour
- Your best
- A problem
Make
- The housework
- A mess
- A mistake
- A choice
- A profit
Take
- A break
- An exam
- A noise
- Your time
- A chance
Give
- Fun
- A ring
- Instructions
- Directions
- A talk
Have
- A good time
- Trouble
- Care
- A dream
- A break

Flatmates
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A badge: insignia

Speed flatmating: reunirse en un bar para encontrar

compaero de piso
To buddy up: compaero de piso
To rent out: alquilar
On a temporary basis: temporal / de carcter temporal
To be in a relationship: tener una relacin
To be at ones best: estar en el major momento
To order a takeaway: pedir comida para llevar
To spend the night in: pasar la noche en
To be up and out before: estar fuera hasta las
Short of cash: sin dinero en efectivo / corto fondos
Disturb: molestar
Invite somebody round: invitar a que se pasen

Personality
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Keep myself to myself: reservado / poco abierto

Geek: friki
Tight-fisted: tacao
People person: persona sociable
Be particular about sthg: preocuparse
Pull ones weight: poner de su parte / esforzarse
To be down-to-earth: realista / prctico/ con los pies en la
tierra
Until the early hours: hasta muy altas horas de la
madrugada
A good laugh: ser cmico/ te res mucho con l
Get into: pasar/ocurrir (what is getting into you?)
Get/ be annoyed: ser molestado
To be handy for: ser til / prctico
To be around: estar presente
Cautious: prudente/cauteloso
Eccentric: excntrico
Flexible: flexible
Genuine: genuine
Mean: tacao/ malo/ agresivo
Moody: temperamental/ voluble
Nave: ingenuo
Sympathetic: comprensivo
Trustworthy: fiable/confinable
Witty: inteligente/ ingenioso
Messy: desordenado/confuse
To make up ones mind: decidirse
Quick-thinking: carismtico/de mente rpida
To laugh at sb: rerse de alguien
To adapt to sthg: adaptarse a algo
For no reason: sin razn alguna
Be careful with ones money

To sabe up for sthg: ahorrar para algo

Feelings
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Embarrassed: avergonzado / incmodo

Exhausted: cansado/exausto
Satisfied: satisfecho
Thrilled: asustado
Awkward: raro/peligroso/violento
Relieved: aliviado
Anxious: ansioso
Fascinated: fascinado
Frustrated: frustrado
Impressed: impresionado
To put sthg up on ones own: subir/aumentar/alzar

Adverts
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Fill in (a form): rellenar

Sign up: registrarse / alistarse
Limited enrolment: disponibilidad limitada
Non-refundable deposit: depsito no reembolsable
To work under somebodys supervision: trabajar bajo la
supervisin de alguien
Two-for-one-deal: dos por uno
Matine performance: actuacin de maana/tarde
Limited run: nmero/tirada reducido/a
First come first served: por orden de llegada
To handle reservations: solo bajo reserva
Enquire: preguntar/ investigar
To upgrade: actualizar/mejorar
Discount: descuento
Hesitate: dudar
Comment on something: comentar algo
Similar to: parecido a
Similarity: similitud
Get satisfaction from: recibir satisfaccin
To persuade: convencer
Mundane
Trivial
To undertake challenges: asumir/emprender riesgos/retos
Flat-pack furniture: muebles automontables en caja plana
Frustration
To totter in high heels: tambalearse con tacones
Loathing: odio
Jolly: alegre / gracioso
Make music
Host a program: presenter un programa

To snore when asleep: roncar cuando ests dormido

To bite ones nails: morderse las uas
To get to the point: ir al grano
Insensitive: insensible
To be fussed about something: darte igual algo
A big deal: vaya cosa! / una gran cosa

Phone conversations
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Bear with me a minute: espere un Segundo conmigo /

aguante un minuto
Sorry to keep you (waiting): siento haberle hecho esperar
Sorry to be difficult, its just that: siento incomodarle
pero
Id really appreciate your help: agradezco su ayuda
Can you hold on a minute?: puede esperar un Segundo?
Ive got one more question, If im not keeping you:
tengo una pregunta ms, si no le molesto

Polite enquires
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I was wondering / I wonder

Id be grateful / Id appreciate it
Do you mind me asking
Would there be any chance of
Would you mind
Id like to