Wonder_01 - Vocabulary English - Catalan

Front 1

to start cracking up

Back 1

petar-se de riure, esclafir a riure

Front 2

cleft

Back 2

split, divided

["a cleft palate" ; "a cleft lip", "a cleft foot"].

Front 3

tush

Back 3

cul

Front 4

cranky

Back 4

irascible, bad-tempered, in a bad mood, crabby, tetchy, huffy

Front 5

"no et preocupis, ja ho solucionaràs"

[o "ja te'n sortiràs" o "ja te n'empescaràs alguna"]

Back 5

don't worry, you'll figure it out!

Front 6

"una cara feta puré"

Back 6

a mushed-up face

[to mush up = fer puré]

Front 7

assignatura de lliure elecció

Back 7

elective

Front 8

to bum

Back 8

1. to hang around, to dawdle, to bum, to idle, to do nothing, to loaf.

2. to obtein by asking, to cadge ["gorronejar"].

[bum = cul ; a tramp, a vagrant ; vago]

Front 9

I got a bum note

Back 9

vaig treure una nota de merda ("del cul").

Front 10

una mentida pietosa, una petita mentida

Back 10

a white lie

Front 11

to reach out

Back 11

acostar-se, atansar-se a

Front 12

el retrovisor

Back 12

the rearview mirror

Front 13

to flounder

Back 13

1. walk with difficulty [clumsily], to fumble.

2. have difficulties.

[flounder = a kind of fish]

Front 14

"no li vaig veure la gràcia al fet d'anar-hi"

Back 14

I didn't see the point in going there

Front 15

"pobre del qui m'ha ratllat el cotxe" (perquè li'n caurà una de bona)

Back 15

I pity the fool who scratched my car

[it was a famous catchphrase from "Mr T" in "The A-Team" series]

Front 16

bangs

Back 16

fringe ["serrell"]

Front 17

crocs

Back 17

a kind of shoe

Front 18

to twirl

Back 18

to turn, to spin

Front 19

"és molt exigent si la tens a mates"

Back 19

"she's really strict if you get her for math"

Front 20

dork

Back 20

Someone who has odd interests, and is often silly at times. A dork is also someone who can be themselves and not care what anyone thinks.

Front 21

"estàs sent molt groller!"

Back 21

you're being so obnoxious!

[annoying, disagreeable, displeasing]

Front 22

"com si això et donés la raó!"

Back 22

as if that proves your point!

Front 23

"vaig començar a seguir-la, però ell es va posar just davant meu"

Back 23

"I started to follow her, but he cut right in front of me"

[to cut right in front of = posar-se de través, tallar, bloquejar]

Front 24

"aquest era el senyal per a dir-li a la mama que realment me'n volia anar"

Back 24

that was my signal for my telling Mom if I really wanted to leave.

Front 25

perdre la noció del temps

Back 25

to lose track of the time

Front 26

jitters

Back 26

tremolors, nervis

Front 27

deli

Back 27

a delicatessen, a kind of shop

Front 28

to schlep

Back 28

1. to traipse, to move slowly or laboriously.

2. to carry clumsily, to lug.

Front 29

to traipse

Back 29

to schlep, to move slowly or laboriuosly.

Front 30

to lug

Back 30

to drag laboriously

Front 31

it'll be a bit of a schlep

Back 31

serà una jornada dura

[to schlep = to traipse, to move laboriously]

Front 32

to hog

Back 32

to take more than one's share

["the dog was hogging the bed"]

Front 33

to go out of sb's way to do sth

Back 33

fer tot el possible per a fer algo

["he went out of his way to tell me that"]

Front 34

"actua d'una manera davant d'adults i d'una altra davant de nens"

Back 34

he's one way in front of grown-ups and another way in front of kids

Front 35

"tenien posicions contraposades sobre si jo hi havia d'anar o no"

Back 35

they had reversed sides on wether I should go or not

Front 36

to take attendance

Back 36

passar llista

[attendance book = llibre d'assistència]

Front 37

ground rules

Back 37

basic rules

["we need to agree on some ground rules before we go any further"].

Front 38

una escriptura descuidada

Back 38

a sloppy writting

Front 39

she sat down across from me

Back 39

va seure davant meu, encarada cap a mi

[across from = davant de, encarat cap a]

Front 40

cool beans!

Back 40

com mola!

Front 41

bequest

Back 41

something bequeathed ["llegat, deixat en herència"]

Front 42

to bequeath

Back 42

llegar, deixar en herència

Front 43

"vindríem a ser com la Bella i la Bèstia"

Back 43

we're kind of like Beauty and the Beast

Front 44

"algú va riure's de la teva cara?"

Back 44

did someone make fun of your face?

Front 45

snottily

Back 45

1. mocós, amb mocs ["runny-nosed"].

2. overly conceited or arrogant.

[snot = moc]

Front 46

scoot!

Back 46

fora! fot el camp!

Front 47

to snuggle

Back 47

arraulir-se, acurrucar-se

Front 48

to scooch over

Back 48

fer fora, apartar, fer lloc

["I was snuggling with the dog on the bed when Dad scooched him over gently"].

Front 49

to make a good cal

Back 49

prendre una bona decisió

["it was a good call Mom made, your going to school"]

Front 50

huffy with

Back 50

irascible, bad-tempered, crabby, cranky, tetchy

Front 51

dir entre plors [mentre s'empassen mocs o llàgrimes]

Back 51

to say between sniffles.

to say between snuffles.

Front 52

"els senyals que fèiem servir per a mesurar el seu estat d'ànim ja no hi són"

Back 52

The signs we used to gauge his moods are all gone.

/geitg/

Front 53

"quan vull que se'n vagin, ho entenen sense que jo hagi de dir res"

Back 53

When I want them to go away, they get it without my having to explain.

Front 54

a ringer for sb

a dead ringer for sb

Back 54

la viva imatge d'algú

el doble d'algú

Front 55

jock

Back 55

1. esportista

2. jockstrap = an elasticated belt with a pouch worn by men, esp athletes, to support the genitals.

Front 56

goody-goody

Back 56

un santet [pejoratiu]

Front 57

to bob

Back 57

1. to go or move up and down.

2. to have a short haircut.

Front 58

a long shot

Back 58

1. a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards.

2. a contestant that is unlikely to win.

Front 59

it's a long shot but...

Back 59

no crec que surti bé però tanmateix...

[to be a long shot = something that will probably not succeed but is worth trying]

Front 60

tenir un nus a la gola

fer-se un nus a la gola

Back 60

to have a lump in sb's throat

Front 61

un terròs de sucre

Back 61

a sugar lump

Front 62

flaky

Back 62

[fleiki]

eccentric, quirky, freaky, queer

Front 63

no s'havien molestat a posar-me al dia de l'assumpte

Back 63

they hadn't bothered to clue me in on the subject

Front 64

pettiness

Back 64

small-mindedness, meanness

["mesquinesa, estretor de mires"]

Front 65

to poke fun at sth

Back 65

enfotre's d'alguna cosa

Front 66

"fanfarroneja davant de la gent que..."

Back 66

he brags to people that...

Front 67

to rib sb [about sth]

Back 67

enriure's d'algú, prendre el pèl

Front 68

for crying out loud!

Back 68

per l'amor de déu!

mare meva!

Front 69

"tothom de la meva edat"

Back 69

everybody my age

Front 70

"ficar-se en una conversa"

Back 70

1. to break into a conversation.

2. to chime in.

Front 71

"des que em va robar els anells, no en vull saber res d'ella"

Back 71

since she stole my rings, I do not have anything to do with her anymore.

Front 72

"què hi té a veure, això?"

Back 72

what does that have to do with anything?

Front 73

ritzy

Back 73

luxuriously elegant

Front 74

pantalons de campana

Back 74

bell-bottoms

Front 75

to outlast sth/sb

Back 75

1. to last longer than sth.

2. to survive sth.

Front 76

una noia gòtica

Back 76

a Goth girl

Front 77

to squish

Back 77

1. to squash, to squeeze.

2. to make wet sound, squishing sound.

Front 78

teensy-weensy

Back 78

teensy, teeny = tiny

["to cut into teensy-weensy bites"]

Front 79

"Em sorprèn que t'hagin deixat en pau tan fàcilment".

"Em sorprèn que te n'hagis pogut sortir tan barat".

Back 79

I'm surprised they let you off the hook that easily.

Front 80

to bump

Back 80

to hit slightly

Front 81

"els testos s'assemblen a les olles"

Back 81

the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Front 82

to ooze

Back 82

to exude slowly, to seep, to leak

Front 83

1. "No vaig somriure, com si algú pogués dir que ho vaig fer".

2. "No vaig somriure, com si això importés".

Back 83

1. I didn't smile, not that anyone could tell if I had.

2. I didn't smile, not that it matters.

["Not that I care" = "com si això m'importés"]

["Not that I like it" = "com si això m'agradés"]

Front 84

"Com si això suposés gaire diferència"

Back 84

Not that it makes much a difference.

Front 85

to huddle

Back 85

1. to close up, to crowd, to gather.

2. to have a short talk.

Front 86

high five!

Back 86

give me five!

[hand-slapping gesture]

Front 87

tenir polls

Back 87

to catch the cooties

Front 88

"és super pacient amb les coses, però no quan es tracta d'arribar tard a la feina"

Back 88

he's super patient about things, but not when it comes to his being late for work.

Front 89

"em va ajudar a posar-me dempeus"

Back 89

she helped me to my feet

Front 90

"tenir una febrada"

Back 90

to run a temperature

Front 91

"imagina-te'l perdent-se Halloween!"

Back 91

imagine his missing Halloween!

Front 92

"quedar-se endarrerit en els estudis"

Back 92

to fall behind with the class work.

to fall behind in class.

Front 93

"hi ha una possibilitat d'una entre dos"

Back 93

there's a one-in-two chance

Front 94

"he decidit 'cortar por lo sano'"

Back 94

I've decided to make a clean break for it

Front 95

stuck-up

Back 95

arrogant, boastful, cocksure, conceited

Front 96

"tenir accés a [un grup]"

"poder accedir a [un grup]"

Back 96

to gain entry to [a group]

Front 97

"estar boig per algú"

"enamorar-se bojament d'algú"

Back 97

to have a crush on sb

Front 98

to be a trouper about sth

Back 98

a reliable, uncomplaining, hard-working person.

Front 99

"considerant que..."

"tenint en compte que..."

Back 99

1. considering that...

2. bearing in mind that...

Front 100

"això no hi té cap relació de cap manera"

Back 100

it really has no bearing on anything at all

Front 101

a biggie

Back 101

[slang] an important question, a serious matter