2014 Good vocab

Question 1

Chicle

Answer 1

(Chewing) gum

Question 2

Acoso

Answer 2

Harassment

Question 3

Escuchar/Oir con atencion

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To listen to

Question 4

Escuchar/Oir (en el sentido de detectar, sin esfuerzo)

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To hear

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Traspapelarse

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To get misplaced

Question 6

Carril bici

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Bicycle lane (with cars in adjacent lanes), Bicycle route (just bicycles, no cars)

Question 7

Una plaza de garage

Answer 7

A parking space / A parking place

Question 8

Conflicto de intereses

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A conflict of interest

Question 9

Hence

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Por eso

Question 10

Acelerar (phrasal verb con “pick”)

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To pick up (speed)

Question 11

Compensar (una perdida de otro lado)

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To offset

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Causa raiz

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Root cause

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Un intento

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An attempt / A try

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Perseguir

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Chase / Pursue

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Un anhelo / Anhelar

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A yearning / To yearn (for something)

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Por arriba / Por abajo (sentido)

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Upward / Downward

Question 17

Doblar

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Bend

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Uns cinta de correr / Algo monotono y laborioso

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A treadmill

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Encanto

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Charm

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Calidez

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Warmth

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Legitimo / Ilegitimo

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Legitimate / Illegitimate

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Falso

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False / Fake

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Salado

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Savoury

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Obsequiar

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To throw in

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Espectro

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Spectrum

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Pensar en

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Think of/about

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Cartón

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Cardboard

Question 28

De repuesto / Extra

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Spare

Question 29

Exprimir / Comprimir

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Squeeze

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Bien hecho / Medio hecho / Poco hecho / Vuelta a vuelta

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Well done / Medium / Rare / Blue

Question 31

Largest prize in a lottery

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Jackpot

Question 32

When nobody wins the lottery one week and the prize money is passed to the next week

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A rollover

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Sorteo

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Draw

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Reacio

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Reluctant

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Soso, aburrido

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Dull

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Encantador

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Charming

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Variable de humor

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Moody

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Dormirse (despúes de que suena el despertador)

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To oversleep

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Mareado

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Dizzy

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Farmacia

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Chemist

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Menú

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Set menu

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La carta

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The menu

Question 43

Cajero automatico

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Cash machine

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Where children go at around age 3, before school at 5/6

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Nursery (UK) / Kindergarten (US)

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Arrepentirse de algo

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To regret something

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Mirar atras (fisicamente)

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To look behind you / To look back (this one can also refer to time)

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Probabilidad

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Probability / Odds

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Mareado

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Dizzy

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Una bebida con gas

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A fizzy drink

Question 50

Estomago revuelto

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Upset stomach

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Un sorbo

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A sip

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De renombre

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Renowned

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Contrarrestar / Compensar

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Offset

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Reir (risitas)

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Chuckle

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Un quejido

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A groan

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Gruñir

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Grunt

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Sacar mejor rendimiento que otro

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To outdo something / someone

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Chillar como un gorrino

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Squeal

Question 59

Recurrir a

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Resort to