UNIT 15.

THE DAILY GRIND

BY THE SAME TOKEN: por la misma razn
UNABASHED: descarado, sinvergenza
FORLORNLY: tristemente
TO TOTE = TO CARRY
CHIRPY = CHEERFUL
PLIANT = dcil, manejable
CULPRIT = culpable, acusado
OUTPUT = resultado
RUN-OF-THE-MILL: comn y corriente
UNDUE: excesivo
A GOLDEN HANDSHAKE: gran finiquito
CUT THEIR TEETH = GET EXPERIENCE
PROGRESS UP THE RUNGS: ir subiendo peldaos (en la vida laboral)
A MIXED BLESSING: un arma de doble filo
DOG-EAT-DOG: sin escrpulos
THE SLIGHTEST WHIFF OFF: a la mnima
SNAPPED UP: se los rifan
A TRACK RECORD: historial
MINDSET: mentalidad
THE JURY IS STILL OUT: la decisin an no ha sido tomada
A QUANTUM LEAP: un salto espectacular
QUICK FIXES: soluciones rpidas
KEEP THEIR HEADS DOWN: pasar desapercibidos
TO BLEED RED INK: TO LOSE A LOT OF MONEY
GREEN SHOOTS: signos de recuperacin econmica
BLUE CHIP COMPANIES: empresas solventes y estables
WHITE GOODS: electrodomsticos
A GOLDEN HELLO: bonificacin econmica al empezar un trabajo
A WHITE KNIGHT: inversor que rescata a la empresa
COLLOCATIONS ABOUT rpido:
A QUICK BITE: a snack
A QUICK BUCK: beneficio rpido
A QUICK CATNAP: siestecita
FAST LANE: LIFE IN THE FAST LANE: vivir con desenfreno
FAST TRACK CHANNEL: cola VIP sin esperas

BRISK NOD: rpido asentimiento

SWIFT DENIAL: negacin inmediata
RAPID RESPONSE: respuesta rpida

FOR FEAR THAT = LEST

NIGH ON = ALMOST = WELL NIGH
FERN: helecho
MOSS: musgo
In WHAT is a female profession
TO BREW COFFEE OR TEA: hacer caf o t
ITS ALL DOOM AND GLOOM: est todo perdido
A BALLPARK FIGURE: clculo aproximado
WORKING MY FINGERS TO THE BONE: dejarse la piel trabajando
KEEP OUR HEADS ABOVE WATER: sobrevivir (econmicamente)
ITS TIME FOR A REALITY CHECK: es hora de enfrentarse a la realidad
TO WALK IN ON A BACKLOG: enfrentarse a trabajo atrasado
TO PUT HIS MONEY WHERE IS MOUTH IS: que no sean promesas vacas, sino
con dinero
NONETHELESS = HOWEVER
BUDDING: incipiente, en ciernes
IF THE WORST COMES TO THE WORST: en el peor de los casos
CUT LOSSES: recortar prdidas
TO BE WON OVER BY someone: ser convencido por, me meti en el bote
SHOPPING SPREE: compra compulsive
TO REAP THE BENEFITS: cosechar los beneficios
QUANDARY: dilemma