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Minimalism at its best...or worst. A FLOP HOUSE or FLOPHOUSE (DOSSHOUSE in British English) is a house or also a hotel that offers very cheap accommodations at very cheap prices because the services you get are well...cheap.  The quarters are mere cubicles, beds are small and bedrooms are usually shared. FLOP HOUSES are usually occupied by homeless people or low-income travelers. These days FLOP HOUSES have gained low reputation and some people use them to smoke drugs among other things. In the past FLOP HOUSES were known as Lodging Houses. There is not a real translation for it in Spanish. The closest would be PENSION DE MALA MUERTE or ALBERGUE PARA INDIGENTES.

"This FORD will save us some time like two or three minutes." We know FORD as one of the most famous names in the car industry, but FORD is also a shallow section in a river or a stream that can be safely crossed by walking or driving (as in the image on your left). There is a word for that in Spanish but it's rarely used. VADO is such term. Curiously, we prefer to say UN LADO CRUZABLE DEL RIO which is not necessarily the best Spanish expression out there. 

"Well, if they keep calling me a CAPO in Ecuador we could always send them some flowers or that thing called yucca."                              In Spanish a CAPO is a man, usually the leader of a criminal organization, who does not usually involve directly with his own business and commands everything from a discreet and remote position, more specifically, a Mafia leader. The word CAPO is originally Italian not Spanish and  is also used in English but is still considered an alien word. Curiously, the word CAPO is not as frequent as another, also an alien word, DON. In fact, there seems to be an underlying difference between both terms- DONS are CAPOS but of he highest possible kind.  

An example of really poor AIM. It depends. AIM as a verb is simply APUNTAR or DIRIGIR (hacia un objetivo).  It may also mean PROPENDER as when you want to achieve something. AIM as a noun may be OBJETIVO or PROPOSITO. Though it's not always that easy.  In the example: "Your AIM is impeccable!" we cannot translate AIM as OBJETIVO. In this case AIM means LA CAPACIDAD DE DAR EN EL BLANCO.

When you 're really angry your Gallbladder looks much bigger (and greener)! The right term is GALL BLADDER or GALLBLADER. As you can see in the picture, the GALLBLADDER is a pear-shaped organ, right below the liver, whose only function is to store bile produced by the liver which later on will be released in the small intestine. It is the bile the substance that helps our body deal with the fat contained in digested food. Curiously. it is possible to live without a GALLBLADDER. If removed, the bile will simply go from the liver to the intestine. It is not advisable to do it though (since there is a reason for it to be there) unless it is so full of Gallstones that is more a problem than a solution. Gallstones are formed when the bile stored in the Gallbladder is so full of cholesterol that the bile solidifies thus provoking stones. 

Hearse Driver: "Anyone else would like to jump in?" This choice was a bit creepy, wasn´t it? But I take them as they come. A HEARSE is a car used to carry coffins from churches to the funeral place and then the cemetery. Of course the itinerary is not necessarily that but a HEARSE is always a long car, a limo, used only to transport cadavers to their final resting place. In Spanish we used two words to refer to a HEARSE. We call it COCHE FUNEBRE or CARRO FUNEBRE. If the vehicle is one pulled by horses then it is a CARROZA FUNERARIA.   HEARSES are also called FUNERAL COACHES.

"A classic display of Mr.Wonka's SNARKY behaviour." SNARKY is an adjective word with several possible translations, all of them negative. It is also more often heard in British English than American. It  means SHORT-TEMPERED or IRRITABLE. e.g. You can tell he's upset when he begins with his SNARKY remarks. It may also mean IMPERTINENT, SARCASTIC or ARROGANT. e.g. You sound SNARKY whenever you say you want friends who are like you. In a slighter tone it is also IRREVERENT, perhaps WITTY, if it is the case someone has responded angrily but at the same time the situation is funny. e.g. "Do I look stupid?" he repeated SNARKILY "Maybe you're looking yourself at a mirror!"