vocaab 191121 Flashcards by Rob Glover | Brainscape

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pimp

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un padrote

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sunflower

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un girasol

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leg or foot (or an amimal)

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la pata

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to have bad luck

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tener mala pata

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overturning, great change, upset

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un vuelco

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stage, setting

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el escenario

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representative

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el / la representante

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supply

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el abastecimiento

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power cut

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un apagón

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scarcity - shortage

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la escacez

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link

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un eslabón

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to hurry someone up

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meter prisa a alguien

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to be unfortunate

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dar pena

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to be sad / feel sorry

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darse pena

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crash (great noise) or fuss / fanfare

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un estrépito

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someone who can´t dance / uncoordinated

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una pata dura

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unrequited love

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el amor no correspondido

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subordinate - secondary

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subalterno

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rabble / riff-raff

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la chusma

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shipyard

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el astillero

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at that time

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en aquel entonces

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plot

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la maquinación

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stands in a stadium

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las gradas del estadio

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prick up your ears

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aguzar el oido

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to thrash (at football or sports)

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golear

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box (theatre or sporting arena)

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un palco

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platform / rostrum

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una tribuna

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rattle (football)

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una matraca

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atheist

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el / la ateo

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deity / god

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la divinidad

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prayer

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la plegaria

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flea

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una pulga

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cheat (adj or noun)

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tramposo

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fans / supporters (coll noun)

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la hinchada

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commentator

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el relator

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to vanquish / defeat

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doblegar

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relating to the tax system

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tributario

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unexpected, sudden

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sorpresivo

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to bump into, run over, carry away

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llevarse por delante

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= de todas maneras

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en todo caso

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crowded /packed

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apretado, concurrido, atestado, abarrotado

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to pounce on / jump on / come down hard on

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echarse encime (de)

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state coffers / public purse

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las arcas publicas

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apathy

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el pasotismo

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apathetic

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pasota

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it’s not all it’s cracked up to be; it’s not all that

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no es para tanto

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to trill (like birds)

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trina

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pothole

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un bache

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target

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objectivo

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upset (emotionally)

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afligido

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poke your nose in

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meter la nariz

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flick of the tail

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un coletazo

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pony tail

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la coleta

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pothole

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un bache

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to trill (like birds)

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trinar

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I am really, really angry

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estoy que echo chispas

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to be really pleasantly surprised

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ser para quitarse el sombrero

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to put your foot in it

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meter la pata

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to burst out laughing

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troncharse / partirse de risa

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To upset, distress

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afligir

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counterpart

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un homólogo

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to be in short supply

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escasear

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how cheeky!

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qué jeta / qué morro