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from class - May 2015 Flashcards

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serious

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grave

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to attend

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asistir a

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to remind (somebody)

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recordar a

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next to

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al lado de

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under

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debajo de

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shelf

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estante

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an MP (member of parliament)

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un politico

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the PM (prime minister)

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el primer ministro

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to peter out

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«enthusiasm» decaer, irse apagando; «supplies» irse agotando

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to add fuel to the fire

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echar leña al fuego

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a tax bracket

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banda impositiva

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imcome tax

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IRPF

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a tax return

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la declaración de la renta

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Capital Gains Tax

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impuesto sobre la plusvalía

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tax-deductable (adjective)

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desgravabale

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cash-in-hand

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en negro

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a tax loophole

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una fisura fiscal

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quid (slang for pounds)

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pavos

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even if

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aunque

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a spin doctor

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porta voz (contratado para dar a la prensa, TV, etc, una interpretación favorable de los hechos)

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uncertainty

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incertidumbre

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a gas leak

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una fuga de gas

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to be hungover

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tener resaca

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carelessness

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falta de atención / de cuidado

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Dutch Courage
courage holandés / valentía o arrojo que se debe a la ingestión de una bebida alcohólica
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he's a yes-man
es de los que dicen amén a todo
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risky
arriesgado
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detrimental
perjudicial
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a trial period
período de prueba (a ingresar en una empresa)
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headstrong
testarudo
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to end up
terminar / acabar
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staunch (adj)
incondicional
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to back
apoyar / respaldar / avalar
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a backer
partidario
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a poll
votación
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bullish (adj)
optimista
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to unfold (to be revealed)
desarrollarse
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to mutter
hablar entre dientes / refunfuñar
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vituperative
injurioso
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to go back to (to originate)
remontarse
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a border
una frontera
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aware
al tanto
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so far so good
hasta ahora todo bien
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sooner or later
tarde o temprano
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a tongue twister
trabalenguas
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underfunded
infratado / insuficientemente financiado
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rush hour
la hora punta
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a sitcom (situation comedy)
comedia (acerca de situaciones de la vida diaria)
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toothache /eík/
doler de muelas
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flattery
halago
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big-headed
engreído
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humble
humilde
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they've been hinting at changes to our work schedules for weeks
llevan semanas insinuando/ dando a entender que va a haber cambios en nuestros calendarios de trabajo
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he hinted that it might be his last visit
nos insinuó/ nos dio a entender que quizás fuera su última visita
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bosom buddies
compinches
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tight-fisted
tacaño
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a kept woman
mantenida
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a fake bank note
un billete falso
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insider trading
abuso de información privilegiada
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handy (adj)
útil / practico
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to skimp ON something
escatimar en algo
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to bump (someone off a plane)
quedarse sin plaza
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to whine about something
quejarse de algo
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legroom
espacio para las piernas
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a trade-off
un sacrificio
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to garner
obtener / recoger
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to pan something / someone
ser criticado
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the thumbs-up
la aprobación
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stark (adj)
descarnado/ crudo
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a nosedive
un descenso / bajado en picado
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to win hands down
ganarle a alguien/ganar sin problemas o sin el menor esfuerzo
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to elbow
darke un codazo a
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to draw (equal scores in a game etc)
empatar
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lady mayoress
alcaldesa
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smug (adj)
de suficiencia/ petulante
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artichokes
alcachofas
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razor shell (fhellfish)
navaja
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newlyweds
recíen casados
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to put back
retrasar
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to put off
postponer
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to bring forward
adelantar
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brewery
cervecera
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to take someone for a ride
dejarse engañar
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to stir
remover
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to dress a salad
aliñar
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a dummy
chupete (baby), manequí/muñeca (shop windows / tests)
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sober (adj)
sobrio
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a play slip
nomina (aviso de suledo)
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slander (uncountable noun)
calumnia

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