slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6470 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English
| Message 9 of 13 25 October 2010 at 3:18pm | IP Logged |
flawless /'flɔ:ləs /
adj
‹performance/logic› impecable
‹conduct› intachable, impecable
‹complexion/gem/plan› perfecto
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-El actor tuvo una flawless actuación y todos le aplaudieron.
-Ella tiene un flawless físico que es la envidia de todas sus compañeras.
-Aquellos flawless autores son los que nunca escribieron.
-Un gato es un caballero de la realeza: de elegante pose, de exquisitas maneras, de una vestimenta flawless y entusiasmo por la lucha cuerpo a cuerpo, con aventuras amorosas sonadas, duelos a la luz de la luna y cantando de alegría.
-Espera una atención flawless de su servicio domestico y tiene una gama de improperios que podría hacer palidecer a un peón caminero.
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-She has a perfecta complexion.
-Peter had a impecable performance.
-The doctor had a impecable behaviour.
-I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a perfecto clown. (Margaret Atwood).
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-She has a flawless complexion.
-Peter had a flawless performance
-I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown.(Margaret Atwood)
Edited by slucido on 25 October 2010 at 3:19pm
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slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6470 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English
| Message 10 of 13 26 October 2010 at 1:17pm | IP Logged |
former ['fɔ:məʳ] antiguo, anterior, ex- / (first-mentioned) primero-s
(Entre dos opciones: The former= el primero / The latter= el segundo)
- Un former empleado ha puesto una demanda por acoso laboral.
- El former presidente de los Estados Unidos saldrá en un programa de TV.
- La casa, un former granero, ha sido recovertida de forma muy original.
- El cuadro fue restaurado a su former gloria.
- Fue mucho tiempo después del accidente que volvió a su former conducta.
- Su former-esposa.
- Su former-esposo.
- En former tiempos ( En otros tiempos, antiguamente)
- Me gustan los gatos y los perros, pero prefiero los former.
- De las dos propuestas, prefiero la former.
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- Of the two suggestions, I prefer the primera.
- A antiguo employer won the bet.
- The anterior president of the United States lives very happy.
- The house, a antigua barn, has been attractively converted.
-The painting was then restored to its antigua glory.
-It was a long time after the accident before he seemed like his anterior self.
- My ex wife
- My ex husband.
- In antiguos days we were happy. (Antiguamente, en otros tiempos)
- In antiguos times we lived together. (Antiguamente, en otros tiempos)
- I like cats and dogs, but I prefer the primeros.
- In antiguos times children as young as seven had to work in factories.
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- In former days o times . (En otros tiempos, antiguamente)
- In former times (= antaño, antiguamente) children as young as seven had to work in factories.
Edited by slucido on 26 October 2010 at 1:19pm
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slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6470 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English
| Message 11 of 13 26 October 2010 at 5:00pm | IP Logged |
cluster ['klʌstəʳ] grupo, racimo / agruparse, apiñarse.
-Fíjate en el cluster de galaxias de esta fotografía.
-Había un cluster de fans alrededor de él pidiéndole autógrafos.
-Todos los hoteles están clustered or concentrados alrededor de la estación.
-Se clustered en un punto mientras el barco se hundía
-La gente se clustered alrededor del tablón de anuncios para leer los resultados del examen.
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-Have a look at the grupo of galaxies in this photograph.
-There was a grupo of fans around him, asking for autographs.
-People se agrupaba around the noticeboard to read the exam results.
-All the hotels are agrupados around the station
-They se agrupan together as the ship went down.
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-All the hotels are clustered around the station
-They clustered together as the ship went down.
-Have a look at the cluster of galaxies in this photograph.
-There was a cluster of fans around him, asking for autographs.
-People clustered around the noticeboard to read the exam results.
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slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6470 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English
| Message 12 of 13 26 October 2010 at 5:16pm | IP Logged |
toolbox ['tʊ:lbɒks] caja de herramientas
-Las modernas toolboxes suelen estar fabricadas de metal o plástico.
-La madera era el material de construcción de elección para fabricar toolboxes a inicios del año 1800.
-Las toolboxes metálicas pesan más que las de plástico.
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-Modern cajas de herramientas are predominantly metal or plastic.
-Wood for the construction of cajas de herramientas was the material of choice for boxes built beginning in the early 1800s
-Metal cajas de herramientas (typically steel) weigh more than plastic ones.
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slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6470 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English
| Message 13 of 13 26 October 2010 at 5:31pm | IP Logged |
formerly ['fɔ:məlɪ] antes, anteriormente, antiguamente, en otros tiempos
- Alexander Arguelles formerly known as Ardaschir es un políglota extraordinario.
- La Unión Europea formerly llamada the European Community.
- El periódico formerly conocido como “The Newsprint”
- El cantante antes formerly como Prince...
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- The European Union was anteriormente called the European Community.
- Alexander Arguelles anteriormente known as Ardaschir...
- The singer antiguamente known as Prince...
- The newspaper antes known as “The Newsprint”
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- The European Union was formerly called the European Community.
- Alexander Arguelles formerly known as Ardaschir..
- The singer formerly known as Prince.
- He was formerly a congressman.
- The newspaper formerly known as “The Newsprint”
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