Empatucar un piso, ensuciar un piso (al caminar sobre él).

To track up a floor, to track on a floor.

Don't  come into the bedroom while I am mopping the floor. You will track it up.

In Modern Literature:

"It's no time to be tracking up her shiny floors."
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins.

In Cartoons:

Hagar the Horrible

Cielo Falso, Cielo Raso.

Photo: Daily Mail UK

Dropped ceiling.

I will have a dropped ceiling installed in my bedroom.


In Modern Litarature.

¨"Back in the late sisties, in an effort to improve the lighting, a dropped ceiling had been installed."
The Last Juror by John Grisham.

In News:

"The only sign of anything wrong - apart from the missing cables and piping- was a hold in the dropped ceiling."
Daily Mail UK

Taller de latonería y pintura.

Auto body shop, body shop.

There is an auto body shop nearby.

On the Radio: 

Commercial broadcast on Sunny 106.5 FM Texas on January 12 2014.

In News:

"Despite the hazardous conditions that seemingly sends cars slip sliding through the slush, auto body shops have yet to see a true uptick in business."
Yonkers Daily Voice.

Foto: Yonkers Daily Voice.

¿Cuánto de incial?

How much down? (forma corta)

How much down (did you pay for the apartment)?


In Modern Literature:

How much down?
The Firm by John Grisham.

Rendir cuentas sobre algo.

To account for something,

"What is wrong with having a system whereby you have to account for what you spend?"
bab.la

"We have to account for every penny we spend on business trips."
Oxford Advanced Learner's Ditionary.

People who used CADIVI dollars have to account for their expenses through an online sworn statement after returning to the country.


In News:

"Media reports first raise questions about Harrell’s reimbursements to himself from his campaign account for expenses, including using his private plane to fly on state business."
The State.

"It's a weak argument, because it fails to account for money police collect through overtime and paid details. "
Boston Globe.

"Other allegations stemmed from a 2012 Post and Courier report that raised accusations that Harrell couldn't account for money withdrawn from his campaign and had used his campaign account for personal expenses. "
Independent Mail.

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2013/12/07/3146246/sc-attorney-general-activists.html#storylink=cpy"

El río está crecido.

The river is high.

Tocuyo River was high last week after the long downpour.

In Modern Literature:

The Padgitts sometimes used it (the bridge) in the springtime when the river was high.
The Last Juror by John Grisham.

In News:

"The Cumberland River is very high and overflowing."
The New York Times.

Novela por entregas.

Serial, novel in serial form, serialized novel.

We have to decide what to cut from the longer serialized version to make for a more streamlined novel version.

In News:

"It was first printed in newspapers in serial form and it was read  by millions."
Stafford County Sun

"An idea was proposed last semester to publish a serialized novel yn the Papyrus"
Greenville Collega Papyrus.

Pagar algo en cuotas.

To pay in installments.

We paid for the car in monthly installments over two years.
Cambridge Dictionary Online.


In News:

"Flood insurance premiums cannot be paid in monthly installments like automobile and health care coverage can."
NOLA.com

"Homeowners who want to pay their property tax in installments next year are being told they must confirm that within the next few weeks."
Newstalk

"City council is also allowing for the tax liability due in 2013 to be paid in four installments in 2014-15. Payments are due April 1, 2014,"
Cincinnati.com

Hacer guardia (un vigilante, un soldado, un policia, un oficial, un funcionario...)

Foto: Diario Notitarde

To stand guard, tu guard something, to keep guard.

Do not worry. The police will stand guard over the door.

In News:

"The Old Guard guarded the tomb every minutw of every day since April 6, 1948. Today will be no exception."
Fox

"Tomb of the Unknown soldiers stand guard during Hurricane Sandy"
Fox

"Spc. Brett Hyde, Tomb Sentinel, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), keeps guard over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier."
Fox

"A former Marine and father of two decided to help ease his daughter's fears after the tragic school shooting in Connecticut late last week by standing guard outside her west Nashville school."
News 2 ABC.

Siglas/Indicativo de una emisora de radio.

Call sign, call letters.

"Call letters: the call sign of an American or Canadian radio station, especially that of a commercial broadcasting."
Collins Dictionary.

"Call sign: a combination of letters and numbers that is used to identify someone or something in a radio broadcast."
Merriam Webster Dictionary.

KCOY is Sunny Radio call sign.


In News:

"The only thing the club is waiting for “is to see if the Coast Guard will give up one or two of their call signs that we’re considering for the radio station,” Huotari said."
Your West Valley.

"When WXDU first went live on the FM dial in 1983, it wasn't the first Duke University radio station. The school had been broadcasting under various call letters and frequencies as early as 1950."
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