Tener un Ataque de Tos.

To go into a coughing fit.

When she gets nervous, she always goes into coughing fits.

In the News:

"... and I went into a coughing fit."
Twist Magazine.

Estudiante con el Primer Lugar en una Graduación.

Valedictorian.

A valedictorian is a student who has the highest marks/grades in a particular group of students and who gives the valedictory speech at a graduation ceremony.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Online.

In the News:

"There were no other students at the school with marks as high as Kymberly’s, but she wasn’t the only one at graduation named valedictorian. Instead, she was forced to share the title and honor with another student whose grade point average was lower than her own. "
Color Lines.

In Educational Material:

" Oh, there’s the dean and I think that’s the commencement speaker behind her. You must be really proud of your daughter. I know I would be if my son were valedictorian."

ESL PODCAST

Hombre Sometido por la Eposa.

A hen-pecked husband/man.

A henpecked man is controlled by and a little frightened of a woman, especially his wife.
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

In the News:

"She adds that since chances of finding other men at the clinic is minimal, men fear taking their wives there because people will thinks they are henpecked."

Coastweek.

"Having, erm, penetrated the show, he meets fellow contestants: The hen-pecked Benny (and his domineering fiancee Eileen) and the ultimate himbo Don. Not to mention Mr Man's shady organisers, Fred and Cassie. "

Today Online.

Correr Amonestaciones (Matrimonio Religioso)

To publish the banns, to read the banns, to call the banns, to put up the banns.

In many countries it is necessary to publish the bans two months before getting married.

In Dictionaries:

"The banns were published in their local parish church."
Cambridge Dictionary Online.


In the News:

"English and Welsh clergy have been advised not to offer to publish banns for any marriage which involves someone from outside Europe."
Grimsby Telegraph.

Vender a Consignacion, Poner a Consignacion.

To sell through/on consignment, to put something on consignment, to consign.

She should start to sell her book through consignment. That would be a good way to become popular.

In the News:



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On Websites:

11 Tips When Selling Through Consignment.

http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol58/consignment.htm

Tiempo al Aire de un Programa de TV o Radio.

Run (of a TV or Radio Show).

During the run of that show, they appeared in different TV movies.



On the Radio:


Taken from American Top 40 March 23 1984.

In the News:

"Six full seasons of the series were produced in the original run of the series, featuring the voice talents of multiple guest celebrities, including Whoopi Goldberg (Gaia), Meg Ryan (Dr. Blight)..."

TV Series Finale.

"Stock spent 12 years on the air hosting a talk show on news/talk KXNT (originally just on 840 AM but now simulcast on 100.5). That run is over as the CBS Radio-owned station has dropped him. The longtime Las Vegas talker spent the majority of his career with KXNT in mornings."

Radio-Info.com

Lugar sin Costas (adjetivo)

Landlocked (adj.)

Bolivia and Paraguay are the two only landlocked countries in South America.

In Dictionaries:

Switzerland is completely landlocked.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

In the News:

"Gwen grew up in a land-locked county, far from the sea, but spent almost the last quarter-century of her life not only living by the coast."
Littlehampton Gazette .

"Massoudou Hassoumi, a spokesman for the president of this landlocked African nation which shares a border with Libya."
The Associated Press.

Con Doble Sentido

Double entendre.

Double entendre: word or phrase that can be understood in two different ways, one of which usually refers to sex.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

In the News:

"It is both odd and sort of charming to see the stadium rock — the crew and the fans — to this joyous 1978 song that was early on embraced by gay people for the double entendre of its lyrics, which celebrate the Y as a great place for men to meet.
New York Times.

"The audience can expect to hear bad jokes, cheap tricks, and double entendres from the Dirdy Birdy."
Daily Record.

"All double entendre jokes aside (and there are many of them), we couldn’t be more excited about — get this! — an upcoming reality show on Lifetime! "
VH1

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.