English 🇨🇦 Flashcards
(92 cards)
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Embarass
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Embaraçar
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Stationary
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Papelaria
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Stumble
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to fall, litteraly or not
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goods
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items, products or stuff in general
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“in contrast”
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but
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announced
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declared
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declared
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stated
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reported
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revealed
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unveiled
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released
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“fight to the end”
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stand
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headline
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the title, the main thing
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nonstop
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ongoing
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ongoing
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continuing to exist or develop
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spar
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to fight
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impose
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to officialy force a rule | to force someone to accept something
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sassy
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rude | showing no respect
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swap
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to give something and be given something instead
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continually
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in a way that happens repeteadly
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unclear
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something not clear
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to back down
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to surrender or give up
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escalating
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to encrease | intensify or grow
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surrunder
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to give up
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“on an ongoing situation”
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regularly, without stopping
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backround
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the context
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flex
to bend or to show off
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bend
to curve
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to sip
to drink
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swerve
to change directions all of a sudden
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"you're such a chicken"
you're scared
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cheeky
slightly rude or showing no respect, but often in a funny way
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stock market
the value of stocks and shares being bought and sold
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accelerate
to speed up
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retire
to leave your job or stop working because of old age or ill health
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grueling
An extremely tiring and difficult, demanding great effort and determination
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dramatically
in a very sudden or noticeable way
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extended
long or longer than usual
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Spacecraft
a vehicle used for travel in space
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stranded
when you/something is stuck somewhere helpless
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stranded high and dry
left without help in a tough situation
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stranded
feeling abandoned, isolated, or helpless in a situation where you expected support
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head back
to return
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repeatedly
often
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encounter
find
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hound dog
a depicable person
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youth
the period of your life when you are young, or the state of being young
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bigot
a person who has strong, unreasonable beliefs and who does not like other people who have different beliefs or a different way of life
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lecturer
someone who theaches at college or university
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give something a go
to attempt something
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to attempt
to try to do something, especially something difficult
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bedpost
one of the four corner poles that support a bed
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pole
a long, thin stick of wood or metal, often used standing straight up in the ground to support things
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to tend
to be likely to behave in a particular way or have a particular characteristic:
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to fall off the wagon
you stopped doing something good or healthy, or relapsed into an old habit
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to land
to come down onto the ground or another surface after moving through the air; to succeed in getting something you want, such as a job or opportunity; to arrive in a particular place or situation.
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to rob
to take money or property illegally from a place, organization, or person, often using violence.
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dime
10-cent coin
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drawback
an obstacle, a disadvantage
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Flawless
perfect, with no mistakes or erros.
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to attend
to be present in a formal gathering or take care of someone
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If I could turn back time
If I could travel to the past
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certainly
for sure
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confidence
to trust in yourself
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the bottom line
the most important or fundamental point in a discussion
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to perform
To carry out or execute a task, duty, or action
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typically
normally
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to expand
to increase
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carry out
to complete, perform, or execute a task, action, or duty
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duty
responsibility, obligation
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to proceed
to continue or move afterward
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to nurture
to give support, to care for and to encourage growth and development, to enhance, to improve
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differ
to be different from something or someone or to disagree.
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grasp
to comprehend, specially something complex or to hold something tightly
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to prevent
to not make it happen
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to keep from
to prevent something from happening or to stop yourself or someone else from doing something.
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to refer
to mention, direct attention to, or relate to something or someone
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pain points
specific problems, frustrations, or challenges that people experience, often in business, customer service, or personal development
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stage
A period or step in a process; A level of progress or development or A section of a journey
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cultivate
To develop or improve something, to nurture relationships or skills
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there's no good... without....
emphasizes how two things are connected
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it’s about time to
something should happen now or is overdue.
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overdue
something that should have already happened or been done but is late.
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to leap
A leap is a big jump, a big step forward in life or taking a risk.
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a leap of faith
taking a risk or making a bold decision without knowing the outcome, but trusting that things will work out.
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hone
to sharpen, refine, or improve something—whether it's a skill, an ability, or even a physical object.
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to sharpen
To make something physically sharp; To improve or refine a skill or ability or To make something clearer or more defined.
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hectic
really busy
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Apart from that
besides it
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Otherwise
if not
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False-begginer
in language learning, a person who stopped learning a language but when they comeback, they have few/confused knowledge of it
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rusty
covered with rust (like an old metal object) or lacking skill due to inactivity (like being out of practice in something).
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afterwards
at a later time or after something else has happened. After that
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