General Flashcards

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1
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Enfocarse

A

to focus on

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la fiscalía

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district attorney, public prosecutor

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la cifra

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number, sum, figure

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el abogado del Diablo

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devil’s advocate

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5
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la epopeya

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epic (poem); feat

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adelantar

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to move forward

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7
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rechazar

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to deny

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el allanamiento

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forced break in

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9
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creciente

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growing

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destacar

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to emphasize

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proveer

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to provide

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dar la nota

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to draw attention (negative)

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la montaña rusa

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roller coaster

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el piel de gallina

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goose bumps

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chocar (con)

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to bump (into)

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la sàbana

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sheet

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la rodilla

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knee

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18
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incertidumbre

A

uncertainty

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el cargo

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position; care

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20
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el mapache

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racoon

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21
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el guantazo

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slap; smack

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22
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la queja

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complaint

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quejarse

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to complain

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la barbaridad

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atrocity; madness

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meter
to put
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deberse (a)
due to
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la herejía
heresy
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la carcajada
loud laugh
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grueso
thick
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áspero
rough
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blando
soft
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esbelto
slender
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arrugado (estar)
wrinkled
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la riña
arguement; fight
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la ira
rage
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el peluche
stuffed animal
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la infección estomacal
sick to the stomach
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arreisgar
to risk
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echarse a perder
to go bad
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derogar
to abolish; to repeal
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una traba
un obstáculo
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remontarse
to rise up; to go back (in time)
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en auge
growing; rising; booming
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la aberración
atrocidad
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el diente de ajo
clove of garlic
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rendir
to produce
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como tal
as such; per say
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el giro argumental
plot twist
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a menos que
unless
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la portada
book cover
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la tangente
tangent
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el tramo
stretch
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la gruta
cave
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el moretón
bruise
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el casero
landlord
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circular
circulate; to go around
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acotar
delimit; limit; restrict
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tratado
treaty
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tratado
treaty
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el atraso
backlog; slowness; delay
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el chapulín(es)
grasshopper(s)
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burlarse (de)
to mock; make fun of
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lo antes posible
as soon as possible
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el techo
roof
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plano
flat
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tatemar
una técnica mexicana de cocinar verduras
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reposar
to rest; to settle
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la manteca
lard; fat
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estirar
stretch