Elena H

i dont usually have coffee first time in the morning. 

READ ABOUT TRUMP + NEWSOME LA  NATIONAL GUARD ETC. 

remote control

mando

a timer

a ttemporizator

PROS AND CONS OF AIRCONDITIONING

two of my friends came at home and rang the bell. 

came over

we entered the car, and they put me a mask. 

a blindfold. 

we ended up going out the car. 

getting out of the car

we went in the train

we got on the train

abanico

fan

check

fist bump

i had to get someone i didnt know offfer me a drinnk. 

they have really good salmorejao in the communist party. 

there was a lot of queue there. 

if you turn them down and let them dry this way. 

it was getting very worse

much worse

sand paper

papel de lijar

la planta baja

the ground floor

as my bf had signal he was able to check the newspapers online

and he saw that it was something about all of spain. 

at 9 and. a half the electricity came back. 

“SE QUIEN ERES”

invitados 

guests

PIXART. 

imanes

magnets

superponer

superimpose

being owner is really good

owning (a house) is really good

a lot of building in my neighborhood are being canceled

torn down

the building was renewed a few years ago

thge building was renovated. a few years ago

in the flat next door lives an old woman

DANCED CHILDHOOD, FLAMENCO UNTIL COVID

The flamenco school i was going to was in Tirso de Molina

My bf’s grandmother sister  is a flamenco teacher. 

she was a famous dancer. 

below our flat live a copule witha. kid

it wont be perfect never

SEvillanas. 

a type of flamenco> 

can dance in couple. 

alegrias. 

the name of the flamenco depends ont he tempo. 

taranto

solea

buleria

we had a guy playing the guitar in live, 

TENNIS AND RELATION TO TRANSLATION. 

ASK ABOUT BLACKOUT, DIDNT ASK LAST WEEK. 

2 or 3 years later, the father went out of jail

got out of jail

was realeased from prison

this guy that went in jail

he got in love with the 62 year old women. 

sequestrado

additionally to raping her. 

in addition to raping her. 

grafted skin

docotr de cabecera

general practiciner (gp)

mark done

themed park

theme park

pui de fu

pozo de locuras

played HYE

do more next time. 

what kind of diseases you are more likely to get. 

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go carts

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on sunday his family is coming hoem for lunch

coming over

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go-karts

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I am prone to allergies

proclive

FIND CONTEXTUAL EXAMPLES OF PRONE

a lot of people get ____ out to sea. 

a lot of peole get trapped

the people in the high chairs

lifeguards

it’s under my hears. 

ears. 

knowing what to do with a concret esituation> 

not good at numbers

not good at chess

not good at rubiks cube

my father really likes chinese games. 

castet

riddles. 

a four borders ship. 

Prison Break

Shameless

and his brother that is out of jail wants to save him. 

who 

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row houses

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surrogate mothers

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turbulence

clang

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deadpan

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we are helping the bank obtaining…

we are permitting the bank to obatin

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we are encouraging the bank to obtain

adj : interesting

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v: i am obtaining

eating pizza is fun

watching the game, I suddenly became hungry

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taken

eaten

gone

SOMETHING ELENA HAD ASKED ABOUT, HOW MUCH SPANISH INFLUENCE VS FRENCH INFLUENCE?

ENGLISH IS MADE UP OF ABOUT 35-40 PERCENT FRENCH
WHILE LESS THAN 5 PERCENT OF ENGLISH IS MADE UP OF SPECIFICALLY SPANISH WORDS. 

something less we have to worry about. 

Seychelles for honemyoon. 

we will go thtere for 10 days and hopefully 

fishes, snorkeling, turtles. 

our first idea for the honeymoon was going to tanazania for a safari

10 days, budget 11,000 euros.  

Donald Trump said something stupid.

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DEI

LGBTQI

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grasping at straws

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garter belt

grasping at straws

p. turbulence

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clang

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flight attendant

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Lost in Translation

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deadpan

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each personality differs. p. defer

i defer to you

defer payment

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get a room!

HAVENT SHOWN THE CASIMIRO EXLUSIVE HOUSING YET. 

DID CHINA CULTURE QUESTIONS / SAME IN SPAIN? 

SHE TALKED ABOUT WEDDING RING.   /// WAS THERE A WEBSITE? 

we are helping the bank obtaining…

data related to sustainability. 

robust. 

i went to france

i was first at my grandparnts  in a small villlage. 

we went there beause my gp celebrated their 60th anniversary. 

small gathering with all the family for that. 

went to bordeaux , had typial lunches and inners with parents. 

went to Madrid to celebrate NYE.

patones de arriba village. 

recommended. 

old looking

canceled, marked done

pastillas

pills

alteration of mood

mood swings

tachycardia

caveat

ELENA 

PRACTICE TESTS. 

CLAY OLMECA STATUE

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La moula m’apaise à peine

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just barely

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apaiser = appease

Partout je vois ton sourire

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Je dois exaucer mes rêves

exhaust

Elena Hiere

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un voeux

You

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Je chante ma peine et j’oublie

my sorrow

Malgré le love j’ai mis d’la distance,

Elena Hiere

3:30 PM

de la distance

You

if he gets bad with you 

if he get on bad terms with you

you can denounce him

you can report him. 

bolt. 

my father came to madrid 3 weeks ago

the line for bikes should be diffferertnt fro the lune

What is your relationship with bikes? 

curso prematrimonial

you have to do 

2 days, sat and sun

we went to mass to know in person the cura

MENA

cursillo matriomonial

cura asked if they lived together.  suggested confessing. 

tirita

BAND-AID

we dont know the baby yet. 

we havent met the baby yet. 

Desperate housewives. 

i’ve bene trying some wedding dresses.
i've been trying on some wedding dresses.

they live in an invented place. 

they live in a made-up place. 

Wysteria lane. 

the 4 of them have husbands. 

how they relate themselves with the rest of neighbors. 

how they relate to the rest of the neighbors. 

londonian people

londoners

i was with two turkeish girls that were paty of my time. 

and one spanish guy. 

the turkish girls were with me all weekend long. 

wore jackets as hijab. 

a cathedral they turned into a mosque. 

they removed most of chrsitan symbols

but some of them are still inside

a mosaic of jesis and virgin mary. 

speaking english all day about work stuff made me very very tired.
was exhausting, was tiring, exhausted me, tired me out

yesterday i was in face to face meetingsw with 3 -4 turkesih people. 

one of them speaks very well englih

english very well

but the other ones have reallyreally bad english. 

il ike the way they work

how motivated they are. 

they tried to work dilligently. 

what i also liked, they knew I was going to instanbul

they offered me to come to my. hotel on saturday to grab me. 

to pick me up

to take me out

they took me around the whole city to  have luch, to have dinner. 

we talked about personal stuff. 

a really good mix of european and middle east. 

a pretty modern city. 

i found it very modern. 

WHAT ARE SOME FEATURES OF MODERN CITY. 

p. controversy

30th birthday. 

went to france to bordeaux

we had invited all the family and friends to my parents house. 

they have a garden. 

it can sit 30 people in the yard. 
it can fit 30 people in the yard. 

beginning of sept

escaped from the rain until midnight

pretty hot during the day. 

had lunch

had some drinks

got to use the pool becuase it hot. 

it was very difficult to find a church with a priest. 

so we had to go to a Madird church. 

Berrueco

finca mirabel

PERU

for work i’m going to TURKEY

for a few days.  18- 23/24

POSH

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split ends

pitchfork

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calf

talk

tok

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egg

milk

melk

You

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jaune

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lait

iron p. 

she kills herself the poor chickens and she cooks them. 

i think i might got covid because i was really bad for 3 or 4 days. 

p.  mandatory

when he conquistated mexico

conquire

when he conquiered mexico

impone their language in all the continent

impose their language across the entire continent

plazas en parliamento

seats in parliament

european restrictions are pretty laxative. 

prtty lax, relaxed. 

cray cray

LOOK UP GIRLY TALK

You

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gain of function

Elena Hiere

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territoire d'outre mer

You

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bye-sies

penultimate = ok, or

second to last

they know very well my best friend. 

shoping cart

HOW DOES THE SHOPING CART THING WORK IN FRANCE? 

getting someone kiss you on the cheek. 

you get eaten. 

except you put some mmosquito spray

DID UTTERANCE VERBS.  SHE KNEW ROUGHLY 40 %

good. goals

good causes

PERU

we’re flying to Lima

we are going to Arequipa (has a monastery, a canyon)

Lake titicaca, Puno. 

Cuzco, machu piccu

then we got back to Lima, we stay there for 2 days. 

asia, US, north africa - with parents

i’m a bit preocupied of security. 

a friend of mine were there a few week ago

the train derives fro the way

the. train derailed

GOING TO PARIS FOR A WEEKEND. 

GOING TO BEST FRIEND’S WEDDING IN A COUPLE WEEKS. (IT WILL BE WHERE?  FORGET)

w2i 

germaphobe

i’m crazy about clean stuff and stuff like that

cleanliness. 

i dont like peopel to sit on my couch with clothes from the street. 

 garras

claws

anything very elaborated

elaborate

carton

cardboard

rascador

SHOW CAT MEMES

agrulcutures

farmers

the only thing i dont agree him with is that.  

they didn’t grew up as farmers. 

father works in agriculture for. abank

mother in KPMG. 

she’s a socia

it’s very impressing. 

una buena gestion. 

grasp of / handle on

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claw

claws

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upholstery

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https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=8ffd5b3fe64f0225&sxsrf=ADLYWIKcIHfF_T1w09KP5uLjeFTArJZuUg:1715605259877&q=upholstery&tbm=isch&source=lnms&prmd=imvnbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-2NvQ14qGAxWVjYkEHTWWDmEQ0pQJegQIFhAB&biw=1203&bih=881&dpr=2#imgrc=cIm6a5MVYJk4bM

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chick

You

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cull

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grasp of / handle on

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https://sites.google.com/view/swtenglish/directory/grammar/and-their-preps-verbs-nouns-adjs

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Ya estoy.

I'll always be here for you.

I'll always be there for you.

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Look for

look through

if you get too much tanned, it can be bad

she has been trying for a few days to get better with him. 

the other girls i didnt know. 

before the trtip we had a few issues. 

we asked for a discount but they didnt… 

we didnt do much on the friday.  

and the day after we went ot the city center to do some tourism. 

i did my erasume during 4 months in lisbon. 

escape game. 

designed for bacheoloette party.  

we. spent the day in lisbon

then we went back to hte hotel to get prepared for the night.  

i’ve known her since we are 3 years old. 

he told me he could sell me a few ones. 

upside down

they have to retain their respiration. 

hold their breathe. 

as they are two cats, they fight and play. 

scaredy cat.  

split

app

if i didnt want kids i would probably dont care. 

i’ve known her since we are 3 years old. 

she likes relceiving love that people tell her she’s beautiful. 

t all comes out in the wash

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cows graze

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brouter

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edible

eatable

trembling

wednesday 5 hours driving. 

hung out covadonga for the afternoon

lagos de covadonga

on thursday morning

ribadesella, 

a mix of the river and the ocean. 

el paseo maritimo

the boardwalk

Bulnes, ruta de Carnes

funicular

terleferico

cable car / aerial tramway

we wanted to leave early to avoid trafic

but, useless, we had a lot of traffiic. 

impossible. no use

futile

it was no use

it was pointless

as we were alone, so he called my name

acantilados

cliffs

we are wiling to pay for our chillness

tranquiltility. 

ayuntamiento

city hall

the places i’ve been asking for budget from 

have cocktails, lunch …. 

i can make some people sleep in my place. 

stones energies

Philosopher’s stone

3 meses 

thrusday

flight to bordeux

will take taxi 

next week to picos de europa

clear grey

i bought it on the intenret because i watned a special paint. 

limewash

Les Petits Mouchoirs

clear grey

i bought it on the intenret because i watned a special paint. 

limewash

Les Petits Mouchoirs

wednesday, had to give an online training. 

training about internal control. 

5-6 hours non-stop

20 people. 

we cant afford it. 

i need time. 

blocking out time for myeself for the whole year. 

ogranize your time differently. 

it’s up to you. 

the book just came out. 

it’s just this time. 

do i force you to teach

do i force you to homeschool Daniel

how things are divided between us

i do my part. 

if they dont validate to the exams. 

i have a book out

i cut my course load in half

i donb believe in the concept of reciprocity. 

i’m used to listening to ppeople speak in english

taking the advantage in the converstaion

Jump in

i had a meeting last thursday with norwegian bank

had to explain in english

what we do with sustanabiliyt and stuff like that. 

go for it

a book that you plundered

i was going to go tmy grandparents to kill a pig. but 7 hours there an back too much

becuase culdnt go 

slilla de felipe 2. 

you go up a small mountain, a hill actually, 

the legend says that the king was going there

used to go there to see how

to see the progress of the workds of the Escorial. 

Leroy y Merlin to buy stuff for the apartment. 

we have a balcony in the flat with t kind of closet. 

 a 4th part of the his balcony has a structure, 

pile it up. 

which profound you want it

we measured the high

the height

eyeballed it. 

Rivas, 30 minutes driving Leroy & Merlin. 

scubadiver

screwdriver

I work in sustainability for banks. 

and I know some stuff                

the banks are compometiendose. a …. 

or they are going to stop working with some clients, or making these clients be more sustainble… 

ESG

environment , s ocial, govt. 

ESG data management team. 

I’m helping the bank getting all the data they. need. 

humid food

wet food

i mix it with water. 

euthanize

with the speakers on. 

when you’re on speaker phone

mimi 

nala

p.  the Lion King

muzzle

main, mane, maine coon

she took care of my brothers and I when we were young. 

he would never manage to do his life alone. 

he learned how to cook very very well.  p.  

they come from wealthy neighborhoods

affluent

well-to-do

father works in a bank, 

responsbible for agrigulture markets

both aprents were born in farms. 

grandparnes were foarmers. 

motehr wanted to live in bordeaux

father wanted to be a farmer. 

hard to be a farmer 

the EU has some helps

they help the farmers to get that helps. 

i went for a walk in the madrid countryside.  

50 ,minutes from madrid, patones de arriba. 

next to this town there is a walk you can do in the mountain. 

relieve = relief. 

hilly 

carcabas. 

Patones de Arriba. 

it can remind you of hte Death Valey

a hole in which some 

there are some pikes of rock, clay. arcilla.  argile? 

Interurbano busses, green.  

they usually leave 

mucho barro

very muddy

a very pentoso hill 

a very steep hill 

it’s made to do that.  

store clerk

i’ve been buying some ceramic from amazon. 

it dries on itself. 

i want to go to the gym
I want to go to the gym (more)
I want to start going to the gym. 

a regular
a consistent customer or patron.

what I did was going this morning before work.
what I did today was, i went before work.
what I did today was go before work.  

to watch my food.
to watch what i eat. 

when i go out and i have done it.
?

a hen party = good (UK), or
a bachelorette party (US)

the girl that is going to marry. = OK, or
the girl that is going to get married.   

rained a bit
It rained a bit. 

we went there by car = good, or

we went there driving
we drove there. 

his mother’s part of the family, i dont see them very much. 

his mother's side of the family I don't see very much.
I don't see his mother's side of the family very much. 

there are still some zones of the neighborhood that are a bit… 

sketchy? shady? dangerous?  questionable?  iffy? 

the other day she came at work

the other day she came to work. 

‘i’m not the kind of person that likes to get involved with political things’ = correctly used third person. good

‘but i dont mind learning from people with opinions’

meant to say “you’ll live long”.
?

I dint want to turn it on , or as less as possible.

I didn’t want to turn it on, or as little as possible.

tacaño

stingy

URSS

USSR

during the first 15 years, you could traverse the berlin wall to shop, etc. 

during the first 15 years, you could cross the berlin wall to shop, etc. 

Pronounce: the rationing the food 

the exposition explains you everthing fron the beginning of hte war to 1989. 

The exhibition explains [to you] everything from the beginning of the war until 1989.

i was a bit harta

i was a bit fed up. 

they include testimonials from people. 

they include testimonies from people.

alcantarilla

sewer

if you go there you must book your afternoon or morning. = OK, or

if you go to it, be ready to spend an entire afternoon or morning. 

if you go there, clear your schedule for the entire afternoon or morning. 

If you go there, it can take you all afternoon or all morning to see it.  

the everything is very good (the conjunto )

all of it together is very good

a perm is not something you do [only] in the hairdresser? = OK, or (depending on context)

isn't a perm only something you do at the hairdresser?

a perm is something you only do at the hairdresser, no?
a perm is something you only do at the hairdresser, isn't it?

the window has a little rail of a few cm.

window sill

ciencia ficcion

sci fi

mass behavaior

crowd mentality

nothing very original comes to my mind 

nothing very original comes to mind

i had gone there by car = OK, or
I had driven there

catcalling

oggle

i’m not used to use it.  

I’m not used to using it. 

traje

suit

very good state

very good condition

caja de carton

cardboard box

devolver

return

he’s a consultant

for banking industry

but more into technological stuff

but more about technogical stuff

but more to do with techynogical stuff. 

i started playing when i was 10 years old or like that. 

I started playing when I was 10 years old or something like that. 

I started playing when i was 10 yeras old or thereabouts.  

I started playing when i was around 10. 

They are selling it for free. 

They’re giving it away. 

erience in DF 2 weeks ago?  impnressions of mexico?

from what i gather it was your first time in centra/southamerica

thoughts about going back? exploring more? 

talk about work-life balance

WHAT IS GOING ON IN MADRID?

one in new york

once in california

how many students did you have? 

not htat much, 3 or 4 particular classes

back in france was giving english

S&P

Everyone speaks very well english.  

honest greens. 

i know veyr well spain france portigual and england

because i’ve lived there a few moths in each one. 

the farther north, the people are a bit more cold

further south, they are more open, 

cercanas

warm friendly

Viarritz

a french city that is very close to pais vasco

it’s pais vasco frances

when i go there i also go to san sebastian, bilbao

p. . hours

homeworking

working from home

i was walking up north to get closer of my home. 

i tried to run behind / below him

after him

3 hours later. 

i had to stop peopple to ask them if they could look for me the way to …

i dont know if i’m touching the buttons and it stops functioning. 

i dont know if i’m pressing the buttons and it stops functioning.

he stopped going out from his house = good, or

he stopped leaving his house

I do not to get to speak englsih with anyone never

I dont get to speak English with anyone ever. 

I never get to speak English with anyone. 

Pronounce: subsidiary, the final use, respository

we have to write how is our proposal 

We have to write how our proposal is. 

What have to write what our proposal is. 

Pronounce:  developing, adequate

SEC

i dont remember the letters

I don’t remember what the letters stand for

it sounds right for a document? 

Does it wound right for the document?

social media responsible. I was the social media responsible.
I was in charge of social media. 

i got to go to Manchester and too another one. 
I got to go to Manchester and to another one, too.

the camera man would think about what he would be going to film ahead of time.
the camera man would think about what he was going to film ahead of time. 

why did you go
why did you leave? 

working ina. project for my spanish clieints.
working on a project for my spanish clients.

we only had work relations with that people.
we only had work relations with those people.

they like to explain how is the food.
they like to explain how the food is.

Pronounce: we speak with Turkey in English. 

i’m used to speak with providers like Moody’s , S+P
I'm used to speaking with providers like Moody's, S+P

i’ve been looking for my words.
I've been searching for my words.
I've been struggling to find the words.

the whole 9 yards = everything 

it’s very frenchy
it's very french

mal pagado
poorly paid, badly paid. 

what you have to do, most of the time it’s something new.
what you have to do most of the time is something new.