February 21, 2020 Flashcards

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mother tongue

Do you speak Portuguese? - Of course. It’s my mother tongue.

My mother tongue is Finnish.

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la lengua materna

¿Hablas portugués? - Por supuesto. Es mi lengua materna.

Mi lengua materna es el finlandés.

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downpour

Let’s stay home. They forecast a downpour for this afternoon.

We were hoping for it to be sunny on our wedding day, but we got a downpour instead.

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el chaparrón

Quedémonos en casa. Para esta tarde pronosticaron un chaparrón.

Esperábamos que el día de nuestra boda fuera soleado, pero en vez de eso nos tocó un chaparrón.

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serenade

Jaime asked his girlfriend to marry him with a serenade played by mariachis.

Last night, my neighbor surprised his wife with a serenade. The whole thing was very beautiful, of course, but it kept me from sleeping.

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la serenata

Jaime le pidió matrimonio a su novia con una serenata interpretada por unos mariachis.

Anoche, mi vecino sorprendió a su esposa con una serenata. Fue muy bonito todo, por supuesto, pero no me dejó dormir.

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Pluto

In 2015, the space probe “New Horizons” took a picture of Pluto that marveled the world.

When I was in elementary school, I was taught that Pluto was a planet, but it turns out it’s not.

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Plutón

En el 2015, la sonda espacial “New Horizons” tomó una foto de Plutón que maravilló al mundo.

In 2015, the space probe
Cuando estaba en primaria, me enseñaron que Plutón era un planeta, pero resulta que no lo es.

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to long

I long to return to the country where I was born.

The little girl had lived all of her life in a remote part of the country’s interior, and she longed to see the sea.

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anhelar

Anhelo regresar al país en donde nací.

La pequeña niña había vivido toda su vida en un lugar remoto del interior del país, y anhelaba ver el mar.

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to twinkle

It was a dark night where just a single star could be seen twinkling in the distance.

We could see the light of the lighthouse twinkle as we got closer to the coast.

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titilar

Era una noche oscura donde se veía una sola estrella titilando a la distancia.

Podíamos ver la luz del faro titilar a medida que nos acercábamos a la costa.

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daytime

Our language school offers daytime courses at very affordable prices.

There are numerous daytime and evening activities for both grown-ups and kids on the cruise.

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diurno

Nuestra escuela de idiomas ofrece cursos diurnos con precios muy accesibles.

Hay numerosas actividades diurnas y nocturnas para grandes y chicos en el crucero.

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