Chortle /ˈtʃɔː.tl ̩/

To laugh, showing pleasure and satisfaction, often at someone else's bad luck.
Ex.: She chortled with glee at the news.
Spanish: reírse (con satisfacción)

Echelon

Pronunciation: \ˈe-shə-ˌlän\
Function: noun.
Countable.

A group of individuals at a particular level or grade in an organization

Spanish: escalón

aim

verb [I] (regular)
/eIm/
To try or intend to achive something.
At the University we aim to provide you with a world class education.

Spanish: pretender, tener la intención de

Clobber

/ˈklɒb.ə/
To hit something or someone repeatedly.
Ex.: Don't make me angry unless you want me to clobber you.
Spanish: golpear incesantemente

helter-skelter

adverb
/ˌhel.təˈskel.tər//-t ̬ɚˈskel.t ̬ɚ/ adv
quickly and in all directions.
People were screaming and running helter-skelter down the steps to escape the flames.

spanish: antropelladamente.

noun
/ˌhel.təˈskel.tər//-t ̬ɚˈskel.t ̬ɚ/ n [C] UK
a tall structure at a fair which you slide down and around for enjoyment.

spanish: Tobogán.

Remand

• verb: place (a defendant) on bail or in custody, especially when a trial is adjourned.
• noun: a committal to custody.

Spanish: estar en prisión preventiva.

moat

/məʊt//moʊt/ Noun (countable)

a long wide hole which is dug all the way around a place such as a castle, and usually filled with water, to make it more difficult to attack
Ex.: The site of the manor house is surrounded by a narrow moat which is fed by water from the New River.
Spanish:`foso´

Deliver

verb
/dɪˈlɪv.ər /

[T] (formal)
to save someone from a painful or bad experience.
Deliver us from evil


Spanish: Liberar, librar

Ember

Pronunciation: \ˈem-bər\

Function: noun

a piece of wood or coal that stays red and very hot after a fire has stopped burning.
One smoldering in ashes

Spanish: Ascua(s)

broadcast

broad‧cast1 [countable]

A programme on the radio or on television:
Example:a news broadcast

Español:programa, emisión

scraggy

scraggy adjective
/ˈskræg.i/ adjective disapproving
Very thin, especially so that the bones stick out
ex: He was wearing a high-necked pullover to hide his scraggy neck.
Spanish: escuálido, flacucho

arise

verb [I] (arose, arisen)

The risk of laryngeal damage can arise from attempting anything more than a few short phrases.
It means that trying a few short phrases can produce laryngeal damage.
Synonym: happen.
Translation into Spanish: producirse, aparecer, ser consecuancia.

shrug

Past tense and past participle shrugged, present participle shrugging [intransitive and transitive]

to raise and then lower your shoulders in order to show that you do not know something or do not care about something:

I just shrugged my shoulders and ignored him.

Spanish: encogerse de hombros.

Medley

noun (MIXTURE)
/ˈmed.li/ n [C]

A mixture of different things, especially tunes put together to form a longer piece of music
a medley of popular tunes
The menu described the dessert as 'a medley of exotic fruits'.

spanish: Mezcla

Smoulder

verb
UK (US smolder)

(UK)/ˈsməʊl.dər/
(US)/ˈsmoʊl.dɚ/ v [I]

•to burn slowly with smoke but without flames
-a smouldering fire
-smouldering embers
The fire was started by a smouldering cigarette.


Spanish: arder sin llama

greedy

/ˈgriː.di/ Adj
always wanting more food, money, power, possessions etc than you need
Ex.: He looked at the gold with greedy eyes.
Spanish:'codicioso, ávido, ansioso'

Lithe

Adjective
/laɪð/
Meaning: young, healthy and able to move and bend smoothly and gracefully.
Ex.: the strong lithe body of gimnasts.
Spanish: ágil

moan

[intransitive and transitive]
informal to complain in an annoying way, especially in an unhappy voice and without good reason:

'I feel seasick already,' she moaned.

Spanish: Quejarse

latch

noun
/lætʃ/ n [C]
a device for keeping a door or gate closed that consists of a metal bar which fits into a hole and which is lifted by pushing down on another bar
Our back-door only has an old-fashioned latch to close it.
Spanish: pestillo.

Guild

noun [countable]
/gɪld/ n [C]
an organization of people who do the same job or have the same interests
the Writers' Guild

Spanish: gremio, asociación

natter

/ˈnæt.ər/ verb
to talk for a long time about unimportant things, without any particular purpose
Ex: Lynne's been nattering on about the wedding for weeks.
Spanish: parlotear

bonafide or bona fide

/bəʊ.nəˈfaɪ.di/ Adj
real, not false, true, and not intended to deceive anyone
Ex.: Only bona fide members are allowed to use the club pool.
Spanish: 'de buena fé'

words, words, words

The air is always thick with our verbal emissions. There are so many things we want to tell the world. Some of them are important, some of them are not. But we talk anyway. A life without words would be a horrendous privation. (Katamba 1994: 1)