Chapter 17 A Flashcards

1
Q

amargale le vida a alguien

A

to make someone’s life miserable

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2
Q

estar en manos de alguien

A

to be under someone’s control

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3
Q

hacer la vida más facil

A

to make someone’s life easier

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4
Q

pero, hombre/mujer!

A

come on!

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5
Q

el avance

A

breakthrough

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6
Q

la cura

A

cure

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7
Q

la tendencia

A

trend

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8
Q

la predicción

A

prediction

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9
Q

diferenciarse

A

to be different

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10
Q

enterarse de

A

to find out (about)

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11
Q

desechable

A

disposable

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12
Q

a lo mejor

A

maybe

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13
Q

quizá(s)

A

perhaps

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14
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seguro que…

A

surely…

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15
Q

tal vez

A

maybe

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16
Q

dentro de

A

in/within

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17
Q

el experimento

A

experiment

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18
Q

el/la investigador(a)

A

researcher

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19
Q

la privacidad

A

privacy

20
Q

la seguridad

A

security

21
Q

demonstrar (o:ue)

A

to prove

22
Q

descubrir

A

to discover

23
Q

abundante

A

plentiful

24
Q

cómodo/a

A

convenient

25
Q

comunitario/a

A

communal

26
Q

evidente

A

obvious, clear

27
Q

fiable

A

reliable

28
Q

immediato/a

A

immediate

29
Q

móvil

A

mobile

30
Q

obvio/a

A

obvious

31
Q

resistente

A

strong, tough

32
Q

así (es) que

A

so

33
Q

por eso

A

therefore

34
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por lo tanto

A

therefore

35
Q

a corto/medio/largo plazo

A

in the short/medium/long term

36
Q

el campo científico

A

scientific field

37
Q

el fármaco

A

medicine

38
Q

la sangre

A

blood

39
Q

estar interesado/a en

A

to be interested in

40
Q

la geringa

A

syringe

41
Q

inyectarse

A

to give oneself an injection

42
Q

redundar en

A

to benefit

43
Q

tornarse

A

to become

44
Q

ajustado/a a

A

adapted to

45
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citado/a

A

cited, quoted

46
Q

rezagado/a

A

lagging behind