Una Foto que se toma uno mismo, autofoto.

Selfie.

Nicolás Maduro took an excellent selfie.

In News:

"Teach me how to take a good selfie,"
Gazette.com 

"Don't use a photo your mother took of you at last year's family beach outing. Don't use a selfie."
Forbes.com

Es sólo un decir.

It is just a figure of speech.

"You usually use the figure of speech "break a leg" to wish actors good luck."
Cambridge Dictionary Online

In Modern Literature:

“If you ever touch my coffee, I’ll see to it that you’re sent to the mail room to lick stamps.”
 “We have an automated licker. Do they lick stamps on Wall Street?”
 “It was a figure of speech.”
The Firm by John Grisham.

In Cartoons:

KING FEATURES

Teléfono de disco

Rotary phone, rotary dial phone, rotary dial telephone.


On Websites:

Pink Retro Old Fashioned Rotary Dial Telephone

Amazon.com

In News:

"A nugget of Philly technology is going the way of the Walkman, rotary telephone, Beta tapes, pet rocks, TurboGrafx 16 and phone booths."

NBC

"For those of us who still remember rotary phones this innovation is truly extraordinary. By and large, such technological developments have been a benefit to our society and our economy."

The Hill.

Un telephone a cadran en anglais en espagnol.

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.