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Set 24 Flashcards

1
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fanático/fanática, recalcitrante

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diehard (fanatical)

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tradicionalista, conservador/conservadora, retrógrado/retrógrada

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diehard (rigidly traditionalist + noun)

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el intransigente/la intransigente, el retrógrado/la retrógrada, el conservador/la conservadora

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the diehard (1st is fanatic, 2nd and 3rd are rigid traditionalist)

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la tutela, el tutelaje

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the tutelage

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estar bajo la tutela de alguien, estar bajo el tutelaje de alguien

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to be under someone’s tutelage

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tutelado por alguien/tutelada por alguien, bajo la tutela de alguien, bajo el tutelaje de alguien

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under someone’s tutelage

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a vuelo de pájaro, al grano, en tema, hasta el punto (que +indicativo)

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to the point (last is to the point where - moment in time - rest are on topic)

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ir al grano, ir directo al asunto

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to get to the point

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¡Ve al grano!

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Get to the point!

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hasta el límite de sus fuerzas, hasta el cansancio

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to the point of exhaustion

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engrupado/engrupada

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grouped, clustered, in a bunch, agglomerated

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12
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abucharar a alguien

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to boo someone, to jeer at someone, to ostracize someone, to marginalize someone, to slate someone (criticize someone), to criticize someone, to put someone to shame, to embarrass someone, to exclude someone, to nag someone

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13
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quedarse abucharado/quedarse abucharada

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to be left out, to be ostracized

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abuchear a alguien

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to boo someone, to jeer at someone

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15
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factible, posible, realizable, hacedero/hacedera

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doable (last is formal)

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la realización, el desempeño, el hecho, la acción

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the doing (action itself)

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17
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las actividades, los ires y venires, los sucesos, los quehaceres (Venezuela)

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the doings

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18
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la realización, el esfuerzo, la obra

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the doing (1st is action itself or process of taking action, 2nd is effort, 3rd is result of an action)

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19
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la mesa de comedor, la mesa

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the dinner table

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20
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durante la cena, a la hora de cenar, en la mesa, en la mesa de comedor

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at the dinner table

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21
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del cual/de la cual/de los cuales/de las cuales, cuyo(s)/cuya(s)

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of which

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todo lo cual/todos los cuales/todas las cuales, todo(s)/toda(s)

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all of which (every item mentioned)

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23
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todo, todo eso

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all of which (everything mentioned)

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24
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hablando de lo cual, por cierto, a propósito

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speaking of which (all followed by comma)

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25
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aparecer, aparecerse, dejarse ver

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to show one’s face

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26
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la permanencia del objeto

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the object permanence

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27
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hurra, yupi

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yay

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28
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la mirilla

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the peephole, the spyhole, the viewfinder, the Judas hole (peephole), the Judas window (peephole), the viewer (viewfinder)

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29
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tener en la mirilla a alguien

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to follow someone, to watch someone, to keep an eye on someone, to look after someone

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30
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mascar algo, masticar algo, morder algo de un bocado

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to chomp on something (1st can also be intransitive)

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masticar algo, mascar algo

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to chomp something (1st can also be intransitive)

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32
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tascar el freno, morder el freno, roer el lazo

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to champ at the bit (of a horse - to chew its restraints)

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33
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no ver la hora de (algo), comerse las uñas (Argentina), estar ansioso/ansiosa por (algo)

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to champ/chafe at the bit (of a person - be impatient)

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34
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comerse las uñas por hacer algo, estar ansioso/ansiosa por algo

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to be champing/chafing at the bit (impatient to do something)

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35
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cadavérico/cadavérica, mortal, sepulcral, de muerte

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deathly (figurative - death-like)

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mortal, letal, mortífero/mortífera

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deathly (literal - fatal/deadly)

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mortalmente, fatalmente, como la muerte

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deathly (adverb - death-like; 1st and 2nd come before adjective, 3rd comes after adjective)

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38
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totalmente, completamente, horriblemente

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deathly (adverb - completely)

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39
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mortalmente, fatalmente

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deathly (adverb - fatally)

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ser mortalmente alérgico/alérgica a algo

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to be deathly allergic to something

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41
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el silencio sepulcral

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the deathly silence, the deadly silence, the deathly hush

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el completo silencio, el silencio sepulcral, el silencio absoluto

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the deathly hush

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43
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mortalmente enfermo/mortalmente enferma, gravemente enfermo/gravemente enferma

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deathly ill

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lívido/lívida, mortalmente pálido/mortalmente pálida, blanco como la pared/blanca como la pared, completamente pálido/completamente pálida

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deathly pale

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45
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callado como un muerto/callada como una muerta

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deathly quiet

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el silencio sepulcral, el silencio absoluto

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the deathly quiet

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47
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de milagro

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miraculously, by chance, narrowly, accidentally, unexpectedly, miraculous, by some miracle

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48
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la argolla

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the hoop earring, the ring (jewelry or circular object), the wedding ring, the shackle (literal or figurative), the pull/sway (influence - used in Central America/Ecuador/Peru), the in-crowd (influential group - used in Central America/Ecuador/Peru), being chained to a post for public humiliation (medieval punishment)

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49
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el papel de argolla, el papel rayado, el papel con renglones

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the lined paper

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50
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la manzanilla, la camomilla

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the chamomile (plant or tea)

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51
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de manzanilla, de camomilla

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chamomile (both are containing chamomile, 1st is also of tea)

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52
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la camomilla, el té de camomilla

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the chamomile tea

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53
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famosamente, por todos conocido/conocida, como todo el mundo sabe, bien sabido/sabida

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famously (notably/as everyone knows)

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54
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a las mil maravillas, divinamente, estupendamente

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famously (excellently)

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55
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cómodamente, confortablemente

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comfortably (physically)

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56
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holgadamente, tranquilamente

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comfortably (1st is financially or without difficulty, 2nd is with ease)

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57
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sin problemas, holgadamente, cómodamente

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comfortably (without difficulty)

58
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acomodado/acomodada, desahogado/desahogada

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comfortably off (fairly wealthy)

59
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incómodamente, incómodo/incómoda

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uncomfortably (1st is both physically and awkwardly, 2nd is only awkwardly)

60
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inquietantemente

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uncomfortably (alarmingly), disturbingly

61
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encender un fuego, iniciar un incendio, iniciar un fuego

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to start a fire (purposefully begin a fire)

62
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provocar un incendio, iniciar un incendio

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to start a fire (cause a fire to begin - eg accident done by human or result of lightning strike)

63
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la yaya (Chile/Cuba/Perú/Colombia)

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the owie, the boo boo

64
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yayo/yaya

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poppa/nana, grandpa/grandma

65
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el secreto, el misterio, la confidencialidad, la discreción, la reserva

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the secrecy

66
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en secreto

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in secrecy, in secret, secretly

67
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el voto de silencio, el acuerdo de confidencialidad

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the secrecy undertaking (vow not to divulge something)

68
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el secretismo, el halo de misterio

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the veil of secrecy (figurative - barrier to knowing)

69
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de modo indeterminado, indeterminadamente

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indeterminately

70
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indeterminable

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indeterminable (impossible to determine)

71
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la indeterminación

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the indeterminacy (indefinite state)

72
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el principio de incertidumbre

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the uncertainty principle, the indeterminacy principle, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle (all in quantum mechanics)

73
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indeterminado/indeterminada

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indeterminate (indefinite)

74
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lampiño/lampiña

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hairless (without body hair), beardless, smooth-faced, smooth-cheeked, clean-shaven, smooth-skinned (without body hair), glabrous (of plants - hairless)

75
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respetar las reglas del juego, jugar respetando las reglas de algo, respetar el reglamento de algo

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to play something according to the rules (a game or sports)

76
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respetar las reglas, jugar respetando las reglas

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to play by the rules (a game or sports), to play according to the rules (a game or sports)

77
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jugar limpio, ser justo/ser justa

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to play according to the rules (figurative - be fair), to play by the rules (figurative - be fair)

78
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el garito

A

the gambling den, the dive (sleazy bar)

79
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el airbag, la bolsa de aire

A

the airbag

80
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hoy en día, hoy por hoy, en estos días, a día de hoy

A

in this day and age

81
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las agarraderas, las manoplas, el agarraollas (Costa Rica)

A

the pot holder

82
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el transcurso, el trascurso

A

the course (of time or an event), the passage (of time), the passing (of time)

83
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en el transcurso de algo, en el trascurso de algo

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in the course of something (during something)

84
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fundirse

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to melt, to burn out (of electronics), to blow (of electronics), to go (of electronics - to burn out), to seize up (break down - eg of an engine), to go bust (go bankrupt), to merge, to join (merge), to unite, to fuse, to fuse together

85
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fundirse con algo

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to merge with something, to merge into something, to fuse together with something, to fade into something (in movies/TV - to transition)

86
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fundirse algo

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to blow something (spend something - money)

87
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fundir algo

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to melt something, to melt something down (coins/gold/jewelry), to smelt something (iron/steel/mineral), to cast something (mold something), to blow something (an electronic), to break something (an electronic), to merge something, to fuse something, to fade something (movie/TV scene), to blow something (spend something - money), to ruin something (literal - destroy something), to spoil someone (coddle - followed by a - used in Chile)

88
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fundirse en algo

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to blend into something, to merge into something, to merge to something

89
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el daño a la propiedad, los daños a la propiedad

A

the property damage

90
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el pelotón, la sección

A

the platoon

91
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estremecerse, encogerse, encogerse de miedo, encogerse de dolor

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to flinch (literal - recoil) (3rd is from fear reflex, 4th is from pain reflex, 1st and 2nd are general)

92
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rehuir de algo

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to flinch from something (figurative - avoid something)

93
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encogerse ante algo, retraerse ante algo, resistirse a algo

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to flinch from something (figurative - avoid something frightening)

94
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el paso atrás, el estremecimiento

A

the flinch

95
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rehuir algo/a alguien

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to avoid something/someone, to shy away from something/someone (figurative - avoid), to run away from something/someone (figurative - avoid), to stay away from something/someone, to keep clear of something/someone

96
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la beca

A

the scholarship (money for studies), the grant (money for studies)

97
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la erudición, el estudio, la escolaridad

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the scholarship (knowledge)

98
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becado/becada

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scholarship (adjective - having a scholarship)

99
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la beca en memoria

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the memorial scholarship (scholarship honoring someone dead)

100
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la erudición, las becas para deportistas

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the sports scholarship, the sport scholarship

101
Q

becar a alguien

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to give someone a scholarship, to give someone a grant, to award someone a scholarship, to award someone a grant

102
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el descubierto, el saldo deudor, el sobregiro, el giro

A

the overdraft

103
Q

el descubierto bancario

A

the bank overdraft

104
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el competidor/la competidora, el rival/la rival, el opositor/la opositora

A

the competitor (in commerce)

105
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el competidor/la competidora, el rival/la rival, el contrincante/la contrincante, el concursante/la concursante, el oponente/la oponente

A

the competitor (in sports)

106
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el concursante/la concursante

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the competitor (in sports or participant in a contest), the contestant, the candidate

107
Q

concursante, que compiten, rival

A

competing (of businesses - trying to outdo each other)

108
Q

rival

A

competing (of businesses or general rivals), rival, enemy (adjective - in war)

109
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conflictivo/conflictiva

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competing (conflicting), controversial, troubled, conflict, difficult (controversial or troubled or causing trouble), unsettled, unsettling, troublesome (of a person), problem (of a person), delicate (controversial)

110
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rival, que compiten

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competing (in sports or a competition)

111
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al fin de cuentas, a final de cuentas, a fin de cuentas, después de todo, básicamente, al fin y al cabo, en definitiva

A

when all is said and done

112
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estremecerse, hacer un gesto de dolor, doblarse del dolor, retorcerse

A

to wince (cringe)

113
Q

hacer un gesto de bochorno, avergonzarse, apenarse

A

to wince (1st is to briefly express embarrassment; 2nd and 3rd are to feel embarrassed)

114
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la mueca de dolor, el gesto de dolor

A

the wince

115
Q

el boca a boca

A

the word of mouth

116
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boca a boca, de boca a boca

A

word-of-mouth

117
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por boca de otros, por boca de ganso (Argentina), por radio macuto (España)

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by word of mouth

118
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el don (de algo), la facilidad (para algo), la habilidad (para algo), el talento (para algo)

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the flair (for something) (talent for something)

119
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el estilo, la elegancia, la clase

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the style (stylishness)

120
Q

la vena artística, el estilo

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the artistic flair (1st is aptitude/talent for art, 2nd is uniquely stylish approach)

121
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tener un don para algo, tener facilidad para algo, tener talento para algo, ser bueno/buena para algo

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to have a flair for something (be talented in something)

122
Q

lamentablemente

A

unfortunately, regrettably, regretfully

123
Q

el boletín, el boletín de notas, el boletín de calificaciones, la boleta de calificaciones (México), la cartilla de notas (España)

A

the report card

124
Q

la llamada de broma, la broma telefónica

A

the prank call

125
Q

la llamada de apareamiento

A

the mating call

126
Q

el baile de cortejo, el baile de apareamiento, la danza de apareamiento

A

the mating dance

127
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descorrer el pestillo de una puerta, descorrer el cerrojo de una puerta, abrir el pestillo de una puerta, abrir el cerrojo de una puerta, quitar el pestillo de una puerta, quitar el cerrojo de una puerta, alzar el pestillo de una puerta, abrir levantando el picaporte de una puerta

A

to unlatch a door

128
Q

la llave, el llavín

A

the latchkey (key to outside door of house)

129
Q

cerrado con pestillo/cerrada con pestillo

A

latched

130
Q

el cerrojo, el pestillo, la cerradura, el pasador, la perilla

A

the latch (door fastener)

131
Q

echar el pestillo de una puerta, cerrar con pestillo, cerrar con pestillo una puerta, cerrar con pasador, cerrar con pasador una puerta, echar el pestillo

A

to latch a door

132
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cerrarse

A

to latch (intransitive), to be closed (refuse to change - used with a + no article + noun), to become overcast (of weather), to fall (of night), to heal (of a wound), to close up (of a wound), to shut down (of a person - become uncommunicative), to dig in one’s heels, to refuse to budge,to cloud over (of weather)

133
Q

el latch

A

the latch (electronic circuit)

134
Q

prenderse, agarrarse, acoplarse

A

to latch on (of a baby - to grab a nipple) (intransitive)

135
Q

cazar algo, agarrar algo, entender algo, pillar algo, captar algo, asimilar algo, pillarse de algo (Colombia), coger algo (España)

A

to latch on to something (figurative - understand/adopt something)

136
Q

el cerrojo pasante, el cerrojo deslizante

A

the knob latch

137
Q

la aguja de lengüeta

A

the latch hook (rug-making tool)

138
Q

aferrarse a algo, agarrarse de algo, agarrarse a algo, pegarse a algo

A

to latch on to something (literal - cling to something)

139
Q

colgarse de alguien, pegarse a alguien, pegarse como una lapa a alguien

A

to latch on to someone (figurative - follow someone around)

140
Q

la cerradura de bloqueo, el pestillo de bloqueo

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the night latch, the night bolt (both bolt inside a door)

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