Recibir una Sanción por Escrito por Infracción de Tránsito.

To get a ticket.

“He was a little surprised when he got an actual ticket, but I told him that.. ."
Post Tribune.


On the Radio:



The US Department of Transportation.

Líder Interino.

Caretaker leader, interim leader.

A caretaker leader has power for a short period of time until a new one is chosen.
Cambridge Dictionary Online.






In the News:

"Terrorism expert Peter Bergen reports on CNN International that the Egyptian Saif al-Adel has been appointed as a "caretaker" leader of al-Qaeda, following the death of its emir Osama bin Laden."
Time Magazine.


" A veteran Egyptian jihadist is effectively serving as the caretaker leader of Al Qaeda while it adjusts to the death of Osama bin Laden."
Times Online.


"Norman Benotman, an analyst at the London-based Quilliam foundation, said al-Adel would not be interim leader for very long."

Imagen: The Independent.

Darle Cuerda a un Reloj.

To wind up a watch/clock.

If you wind (up) a clock or watch, you cause it to work by turning a key, handle or other device.

Cambridge Dictionary Online.

On Websites:

"Many of my lovely lady customers write to me after they purchase an antique wrist watch with a mechanical movement asking which is the correct way to wind a watch."

Street Directory.

Pagar Vacuna.

Pay extortion money.

They have to pay extortion money to FARC every month.

In the News:

"In excerpts of the book, Nijmeijer said she had taken part in a bombing which she said was carried out in retribution against a Bogota merchant who refused to pay extortion money -- or what she called the "revolutionary tax" -- that the group had demanded."

AFP.


Imagen: Diario el Espectador de Barquisimeto.

Barrio muy Pobre.

Slum, the slums

In Caracas many people live in the slums.


In the News:

"Today, the 30-year-old carries only a worn Bible in his jacket pocket, and he has traded his band of assassins for another group: Christian rappers who preach for peace in some of Latin America’s most violent slums."

The Washington Post.

In Dictionaries:

"She was brought up in the slums of Lima."
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

Aguas Negras, Aguas Fecales.

Sewage.

Some cities in the world do not have proper facilities for the disposal of sewage.

Raw/untreated sewage is being pumped into the sea, from where it pollutes our beaches.
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

In the News:

"The biggest problem for water quality is when it rains heavily and sewage overflows are allowed to go into the sea."

The Telagraph.


Imagen: Diario el Carabobeño.

Jarras de Jugo, Jarras de Zumo.

Gallon jug.

Half gallon jug.








In Realia:




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Price Chopper.




In the News:

In the basement of an abandoned Hill District house, amidst mounds of trash and empty two-gallon jugs of Wild Irish Rose, lay a wooden door with a used syringe sticking from it.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Takeaway draft beer debuted last week in downtown Augusta in the form of half-gallon jugs called "growlers."

The Augusta Chronicle.

Using Progressive Tenses

Taken from Longman Dictionary of Common Errors.


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Describing People's Clothes and Accessories.

How to Describe People's Physical Appearance.