A Glossary of Useful Words and Phrases

Commonly Used Terms

People & Personalities

Badge: Placa, insignia

Flatmate: An associate who shares an apartment with you

Geek: Someone obsessive and boring about a topic

A People Person: Someone who likes being with and works well with other people

Down-to-Earth Person: A realistic person

A Good Laugh: Someone fun to be with

Sympathetic: Someone who understands and wants to help

Naïve: Innocent, unsophisticated, showing lack of worldly knowledge and experience

Genuine: Authentic

Witty: To be quick-thinking and clever with words

Mean: Malicious

Eccentric: A person that is peculiar or odd

Trustworthy: Reliable

Moody: A person who is happy one moment and sad the next, temperamental.

Descriptive Words & Phrases

At First Sight: After a quick look, before really thinking about one's feeling about something

Keep Myself to Myself: Be introverted

Short of Cash: With not much money

Tight-Fisted: Not generous with money

Messy: Dirty and disorderly

To Be Particular About: Think something is very important

To Pull Your Weight: To do your share of work

Sensible: Smart and practical

Out Until the Early Hours: Away from home very late

To Get Into a Topic: To enjoy an activity

To Get On With Somebody: Llevarse bien con

Gig (Slang): Actuación

Cautious: Careful in actions or behaviors

Flexible: Easily accepting change; adaptable

Other Useful Terms

Persuade: Convince

Mundane: Common

Trivial: Insignificant

Avoid: Elude

Amazingly Enough: To emphasize that something is strange, surprising, or coincidental

Host: Anfitrión

Guests: Los invitados

Flat-Pack: A piece of furniture or other equipment that is sold in pieces packed flat in a box for easy transport and is assembled by the buyer.

Tap Dancing: A step dance in which foot movements produce audible rhythms emphasized by small metal plates on the soles of the dancer's shoes.

Rate: A ratio that compares quantities measured in different units.

Appeal: Encanto

Lies In: Reside en, se encuentra en

Totter: Walk unsteadily

5 Out of 10: Hamarretik bost

Loathing: Extreme disgust

Cannot Bear It: No poder soportarlo

Jolly: Happy

Bonnet: Hood of a car

Tap Into: Access to