Vocabulary apple's forbidden city

1. Sprawling: muy extendido / vast
Compound: complejo / group of buildings
organised in a cluster
Weather-beaten: worn and damaged by
the effects of the sun, wind, rain, etc.
Seamlessly: fluently, effortlessly (seam:
costura)
Sealed-off: Hermetically closed
Trespassing: unauthorized access
(unauthorized trespassing = pleonasm)
Infamous: famous for the wrong reasons /
despicable
A twist of fate: reversal of fortune / cambio
de suerte
Cutting-edge: extremely innovative
Unprecedented: unheard-of / never done
before
The lion’s share of: The best/biggest part of

2. Payroll: All the employees receiving a
salary in a given company. Gente en
nómina
Flagship plant: Fábrica más grande /
representativa de una empresa (Flagship =
buque insignia)
To be prone to: ser proclive / propenso a
To spur / to cause / to trigger / to prompt /
to provoke / to unleash / to bring about /
to spawn / to lead to…
A spate (of): a string of / a series of
To pounce: a lion lurks in the shadows
before it pounces… abalanzarse / asaltar /
atacar / abordar
Callous: cruel / insensitive / careless
Boxy: en letras grandes cuadradas