06/05/13 Flashcards

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Striving

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Animar a alguien

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Reshuffle (v/n)

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Reorganizar, reestructurar

Reestructuración

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Curse

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Maldicion

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Peers

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Colega de escuela, en trabajo es colleagues

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Be frowned

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No estar de acuerdo

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Nosedive

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Bajar ingresos o posicion

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Laudable

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Something perfect

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Ramifications

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Consequences

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Bias

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Prejudice

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Sought-after

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Being searched for

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Solely

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Only

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Joy of enlightenment

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Enjoy for study

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Doggedness

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Opposite to creative

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The odds are shortened

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The chances are lessened

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Plum job

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Highly desired job

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Fall well short (of)

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Not come close to the (desired) level

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Driving force

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Main push

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Urge to upgrade

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Desire to increase the status (of)

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Exalted role

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Highly praised job

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Perceived edge

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Something has this when it is seen to be better

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Peers

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Persons of equal rank or status

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Colleagues

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Appreciable nosedive

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Noticeably large drop

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Serious ramifications

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Important consequences

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Sought-after work
A job lots of people want
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Spoils of working life
Profits from working
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Attendant drop
Accompanying decline
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Roundly criticise
Severely attack
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Burst
Feel a very strong or irrepressible emotion or impulse
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Revise
Revisar una asignatura
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Review
Revisar solo un tema
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Parish
The smallest unit of local government, constituted only in rural areas
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To stammer
Tartamudear
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Astonishment
Great surprise
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Coffin
Ataud
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Rascal
Bribon
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To weep
Llorar
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Leftover
Something, especially food, remaining after the rest has been used
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Weak
Exhausto
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Heel
Talon
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Retort
Replicar, reporting verb
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Dull
Lacking interest or excitement
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Amusement
The provision or enjoyment of entertainment