Sacar la mano a un medio de transporte, parar un medio de transporte o vehículo para subir a él.

To flag down a means of transport/vehicle (informal).

To hail a means  of transport/vehicle (slightly formal)

"You wait here with our bags while I hail a taxi.

Cambridge Dictionary Online.

"Shall we hail a taxi?"

Cambridge Dictionary Online.

"I managed to flag down a passing police car."

Cambridge Dictionary Online.

"A police officer flagged us down."

 Cambridge Dictionary Online.

In Modern Literature:

"It was not until they had gone an entire block that Langdon finally spotted  a cab rounding the corner. He flagged it down, and the cab pulled over."

The Lost symbol by Dan Brown.

In News:

"According to him, five men flagged down his cab  and asked to be brought to Barangay Holy Spirit."
Inquirer News.

"Boise PD says officers were flagged down by a taxi cab driver Saturday at about 11 p.m. about a woman who tried to skip out on a taxi fare."
KBOI2.com

"Part II of our series “Hack Job” features an inside look at a TLC crackdown and an interview with TLC Commissioner David Yassky who attempts to hail a cab to Brooklyn, where he actually lives.

Pix11.com

Caer mal la comida.

Food gives someone indigestion.

"You know crisps give me indigestion."
Oxford Dictonary Online. 


"I like spicy foods but they always give me indigestion."
Merriam Webster Dictionary.

On Websites:

" Does tea give you indigestion?"
Livestrong.com


 Photo: Aprendiendo a Salvar  Vidas.

Persona cuya nacionalidad es de un país Árabe.

Arab (noun)
Arab (adjective)

Arabs are generally very religious people.

In Modern Literature:

"Middle Eastern music played on his radio, and the young Arab driver gave them a friendly smile."
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown.

Madera o palos que flotan en el agua (mares, lagos, ríos) o que se han acumulado en sus orillas.

Driftwood (uncountable noun).

Driftwood: wood which is floating on the sea or brought onto the beach by the sea.
Cambridge Dictionary Online. 

I could not find my glasses in the driftwood.

In Modern Literature:

"Eric and the boy I thought was named Ben gathered broken branches of driftwood from the drier piles."
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.

"Jacob strolled to a nearby driftwood tree that had its roots sticking out like the attenuated legs of a huge, pale spider."

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.

In News:

"On Ninety Mile Beach, at Lake Tyers, we wandered for hours among the dunes and built dens from driftwood."
The Telegraph UK.

Productos de la Cesta Básica.

Staples, basic foods, staple products.


"Shortages mean that even staples (= basic foods) like bread are difficult to find."
Cambridge Dictionary Online. 

Staples like flour and rice.
Longman Sictionary Online.

In News:

"Perez says the authorities also need to raise the controlled prices for staple products that have remained fixed  despite double-digit inflation."
CNBC.

Colores escandalosos.

Loud colors.

 

"You shouldn't wear anything too loud to a job interview."

Cambridge Dictionary Online.

In Modern Literature:

"...a well-tanned blond man with a loud blue and white alpine sweater."
The Firm by John Grisham.


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Mentenerse vivo por medio de respiración asistida, estar intubado (medicina).

To be on life support, to be intubated.

They said that then-CIA director  is still on life support.

In News:

"Surviving on life support alone, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is using the artificial respiration..."

CBS

" While attention focuses on Chavez’s battle for survival and politics, Venezuela’s economy likewise appears to be on life support."
The Foundry.

Hacer Huelga de Hambre.

Go on hunger strike, embark on hunger strike, to be on hunger strike.

Two students from Carabobo University went on hunger strike to protest against TSJ ruling.

In News:

"Mothers who have been on hunger strike for seven days have vowed to continue in spite of requests that they stop the strike"

The UB Post. 

"he mother and the widow of Lance Naik Hemraj Singh, killed along the line of control (LoC) in J&K, on Saturday went on hunger strike."

Times of India.

Toma de Posesión (de cargo polìtico)

Inauguration.

Michael Jackson was invited to Bill Clinton's first inauguration.

In News:

"A political clash over the legitimacy of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's next term loomed as the announcement came that he will be unable to attend his inauguration."
CNN.

"Chávez will not be sworn on inauguration day."
CNN.

A principios de año.

Early this year, early last year, early next year.

I am going to sell my car early this year.

We went to the beach early this year.

He bought a new car early last year.


In News:

"Maybe also a bit of profit-taking after the gains late last year and early this year."
 Yahoo News.

"An eerily similar set of disputes broke out early last year, in the immediate aftermath of the American troop withdrawal."

 Middle East Online.