News Flashcards by Carol Cohen | Brainscape

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Border

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Franjas

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Overweight

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Sobrepeso

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Sharp

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Afilado

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Owl

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Búho

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Bald

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Calvo

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Accessible

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Accesible
Asequible (approachable)

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Disorder

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Trastorno

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Skier

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Esquiador/a

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Cliff
Steep

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Acantilado

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Amazing

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Alucinante

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Spinal cord

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Médula espinal

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To vent

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Desahogar

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Copy and paste

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Cortar y pegar

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Draft

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Borrador

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Recruit

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Reclutar

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Fall by her own weight

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Caer por su propio peso

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I’m overwhelmed with work

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Estoy desbordada de trabajo
Estoy hasta arriba de trabajo

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Strengths and weaknesses

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Fuertes y debilidades

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Roof

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Tejado

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Deluge

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Diluvio

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The top right-hand side/part

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En la parte superior derecha

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At the bottom;
At the end

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En el fondo;
Al fondo

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Thoroughly;
Step on it (max speed)

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A fondo;
Pisa a fondo

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To suggest going

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Decir de ir
Proponer/sugerir ir

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To deny;
To refuse

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Negar;
Negarse a + infinitive

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What day is it? It’s Friday. (Only days)
It’s January.

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A que día estamos?
Estamos a viernes.
Estamos en enero.

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I was sick the next day

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Al día siguiente estuve enferma.

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We’ll meet at about 1 o’clock

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Nos veremos sobre la una.

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At dawn; sunrise; sunset

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Al alba; amanecer; anochecer

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At night

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De noche
Por la noche

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Breach, opening

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Brecha

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Complaint

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Reclamo

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To suffer from, endure

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Padecer

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To raise (the prices of); to commend (the work)

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Encarecer (los precios/la labor)

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Exchange gap

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Brecha cambiaría

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Cutbacks, reduction (finance)

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Recorte

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Overcome, unblock, overcome (situation)

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Destrabar

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I went to the top of

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Fuiste hasta lo alto de/la parte superior de

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Of course

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Desde luego

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Again, return

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De vuelta

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To exchange, trade

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Canjear

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It’s done neatly

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Se haga de modo prolijo

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To discard

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Descartar (se)

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Bring closer together, herald;
To approach

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Avecinar
Avecinarse

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Bring closer together, herald;
To approach

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Avecinar
Avecinarse

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To bet

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Apostar

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To burst

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Reventar

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To sweep to victory; triumph

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Arasar

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To take off (economy); unstick

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Despegar

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Sumido en una crisis

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Plunged/sunk in a crisid

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To repeal, abolish, revoke

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Derogar

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Officials; civil servants

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Funcionario

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Narrow;
Tight (fitting)

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Estrecha

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To go through

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Traspasar

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To write, draw up

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Redactar

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The law covers

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La ley Abarca

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Behind/backward

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Rezagado

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As a whole/overall

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En su conjunto